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[?]Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian: » 🌐
@hyde@lazybear.social

071 with @pcora

He shares his thoughts about , , standing desk, , and, .

he also replied to @edphones's question.

And, we got a recommendation for two .

lazybea.rs/ovr-071/

    [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
    @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

    Disappearing Scrapbooks
    The fate of Willa Cather’s archives, real and fictional.

    By Liz Cettina

    lareviewofbooks.org/article/wi

    Books by Willa Cather at PG:
    gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/22

    Photograph of Willa Cather by Van Vechten; smiling; looking toward the camera. (1936) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_Cather#/media/File:Cather_Van_Vechten.jpg

    Alt...Photograph of Willa Cather by Van Vechten; smiling; looking toward the camera. (1936) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_Cather#/media/File:Cather_Van_Vechten.jpg

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      43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
      From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian

      by Emily Temple

      lithub.com/43-of-the-most-icon

      Some Iconic Short Stories at PG:
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/375
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/209
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/27411
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/12122
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200

      Cover image of the book Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and translated by David Wyllie. It features an illustration of a distressed man covering his face near an open door, evoking the story's themes of horror and alienation. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5200/pg5200-images.html

      Alt...Cover image of the book Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and translated by David Wyllie. It features an illustration of a distressed man covering his face near an open door, evoking the story's themes of horror and alienation. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5200/pg5200-images.html

        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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        FLAT. A bubble, gull, or silly fellow.

        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

        --
        @histodons

        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLAT. A bubble, gull, or silly fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLAT. A bubble, gull, or silly fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          [?]Earl » 🌐
          @Earl@mast.john1126.com

          @mstadmin
          ⭐ "hunger is the best seasoning"

          Convicts sent to many years ago had...

          "the most miserable, scarcely enjoyable meals; and sometimes — if they do not want to starve — they catch snakes and lizards, cut off the heads, roast them over straw fire, and consume this meat with the greatest of appetites. Truly once again the saying holds true: Hunger is the best cook."

          : The 12 Hours

            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

            FACE-MAKING. Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards in his hand.

            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            --
            @histodons

            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FACE-MAKING. Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards in his hand. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FACE-MAKING. Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards in his hand. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
              @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

              Naming the Universe

              How the quick thinking of internationally minded astronomers avoided stamping the solar system with petty European rivalries

              by Stephen Case

              aeon.co/essays/how-gods-beat-a

              Books by John Herschel at PG:
              gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/48

              Planetary System. Eclipse of the Sun. The Moon. The Zodiacal Light. Meteoric Shower. From Yaggy’s Geographical Study, 1887. An illustrated educational diagram depicting the solar system with orbital paths around a central sun, comets, and the zodiacal light. The corners feature vignette illustrations of related astronomical phenomena: a solar eclipse, the moon, the zodiacal light, and a meteoric shower. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Levi_Walter_Yaggy_Planetary_System_1887.jpg

              Alt...Planetary System. Eclipse of the Sun. The Moon. The Zodiacal Light. Meteoric Shower. From Yaggy’s Geographical Study, 1887. An illustrated educational diagram depicting the solar system with orbital paths around a central sun, comets, and the zodiacal light. The corners feature vignette illustrations of related astronomical phenomena: a solar eclipse, the moon, the zodiacal light, and a meteoric shower. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Levi_Walter_Yaggy_Planetary_System_1887.jpg

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                Scholar Claims Van Gogh Hid Secret Homage to Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ In His ‘Café Terrace at Night’

                Did you know about his "Sacred Realism"?

                by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso (from the archives)

                news.artnet.com/art-world/vinc

                Books by Van Gogh at PG:
                gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40

                Van Gogh - Terrace of a Café at Night (Place du Forum) 1888. It depicts a café on the Place du Forum lit by gaslight, glowing yellow against the deep blue starry night sky, with cobblestones rendered in van Gogh's characteristic brushwork. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Terrace_at_Night#/media/File:Van_Gogh_-_Terrace_of_a_Caf%C3%A9_at_Night_(Place_du_Forum)_1888.jpg

                Alt...Van Gogh - Terrace of a Café at Night (Place du Forum) 1888. It depicts a café on the Place du Forum lit by gaslight, glowing yellow against the deep blue starry night sky, with cobblestones rendered in van Gogh's characteristic brushwork. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Terrace_at_Night#/media/File:Van_Gogh_-_Terrace_of_a_Caf%C3%A9_at_Night_(Place_du_Forum)_1888.jpg

                  [?]rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually » 🌐
                  @rk@mastodon.well.com

                  I didn’t buy it. It was hard not to, but I was strong. But I really wanted to.

                  A copy of X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt, OSF/MOTIF Edition, by Douglas A. Young.

                  Alt...A copy of X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt, OSF/MOTIF Edition, by Douglas A. Young.

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                    [?]Quasit » 🌐
                    @Quasit@beige.party

                    Cold writing take [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                    @mdhughes @glitzersachen @screwlisp @Binder

                    "Cosmic Laughter" (1974) is a collection of some wonderfully funny science fiction short stories. It was once is my fault recommendations a few weeks ago: kolektiva.social/@Quasit/11668

                    And R. Bretnor wrote a lot of very funny short science fiction too. "The Schimmelhorn File" (1979) is a collection of short stories about a Swiss janitor who is a genius—but only in his subconscious. Fair warning, Papa Schimmelhorn starts out as a dirty old man and just gets worse and worse.

                    archive.org/details/schimmelho

                    Another character who's a genius only in his subconscious (and generally wakes up from a bender with mysterious inventions that he doesn't understand) is Henry Kuttner's Galloway Gallagher. Many Gallagher stories were collected in "Robots Have No Tails" (1952).

                    Gallagher is, I should note, an alcoholic.

                    archive.org/details/robotshave

                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                      KNIGHT OF THE TRENCHER. A great eater.

                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                      --
                      @histodons

                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNIGHT OF THE TRENCHER. A great eater. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNIGHT OF THE TRENCHER. A great eater. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                        [?]EveryLibrary » 🌐
                        @everylibrary@mastodon.social

                        What if you could fight book bans by buying a book?

                        charity-opus.com/shop/p/stephe

                          [?]Global Museum » 🌐
                          @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

                          This stunning Book of Hours from around the 1490s was made for a woman back in the day.
                          Thanks to Domeisen Rarebooks for sharing this gem from their upcoming July Sotheby’s sale.
                          @xmuse_

                          Alt...The Pelican Book of Hours 1490-1500. Rare Book

                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                            KNIGHT AND BARROW PIG, more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency.

                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            --
                            @histodons

                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNIGHT AND BARROW PIG, more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): KNIGHT AND BARROW PIG, more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                              Solved, Unsolved and Unsolvable: The Status of Hilbert’s 23 Problems in Mathematics

                              More than a century after David Hilbert presented a list of 23 mathematical challenges to the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians, mathematicians have made significant progress, but there’s still much work to do.

                              By Evelyn Lamb

                              simonsfoundation.org/2026/06/1

                              Mathematical problems at PG:
                              gutenberg.org/ebooks/71655

                              David Hilbert. (1907). American Journal of Mathematics, 29(1). This is a 1907 photographic portrait of David Hilbert, shown in profile wearing pince-nez glasses, a beard, and a tweed jacket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilbert#/media/File:David_Hilbert,_1907.jpg

                              Alt...David Hilbert. (1907). American Journal of Mathematics, 29(1). This is a 1907 photographic portrait of David Hilbert, shown in profile wearing pince-nez glasses, a beard, and a tweed jacket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilbert#/media/File:David_Hilbert,_1907.jpg

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                                22-year-old Mozart’s handwritten notebook unearthed in ‘major discovery’

                                The notebook was confiscated during the French Revolution, and has now been found in Paris.

                                classicfm.com/composers/mozart

                                Books by Mozart at PG:
                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/13

                                This posthumous portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was painted by Barbara Krafft at the request of Joseph Sonnleithner in 1819, long after Mozart died. Sonnleithner, who was making a "collection of portraits in oils of well-known composers" (Deutsch) wrote to Mozart's still-living sister Maria Anna ("Nannerl"), asking her to lend a picture to Krafft (a well-known artist working in Salzburg). He's shown in a powdered wig and an elegant red coat with gold embroidery and lace, in a three-quarter profile pose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart#/media/File:Wolfgang-amadeus-mozart_1.jpg

                                Alt...This posthumous portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was painted by Barbara Krafft at the request of Joseph Sonnleithner in 1819, long after Mozart died. Sonnleithner, who was making a "collection of portraits in oils of well-known composers" (Deutsch) wrote to Mozart's still-living sister Maria Anna ("Nannerl"), asking her to lend a picture to Krafft (a well-known artist working in Salzburg). He's shown in a powdered wig and an elegant red coat with gold embroidery and lace, in a three-quarter profile pose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart#/media/File:Wolfgang-amadeus-mozart_1.jpg

                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                  MUTTON MONGER. A man addicted to wenching.

                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  --
                                  @histodons

                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUTTON MONGER. A man addicted to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUTTON MONGER. A man addicted to wenching. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                                    @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                                    Was Hobbes Right in Leviathan? Only partially.

                                    brywillis634737.substack.com/p

                                      [?]A Part of Bee [she/her] » 🌐
                                      @morix@loci.onl

                                      Tasha Suri's "The Isle in the Silver Sea" is beautiful, painful, full of longing and love and humanity and stories.

                                      I may write more later but if you like tightly written, weird, magical, lesbian fiction give it a look

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                                        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                        @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                        8 Women Composers Who Shaped the Musical World

                                        Discover eight women composers who have shaped the musical world and gave women in music a voice.

                                        by Andrew Olsen (from the archives)

                                        thecollector.com/women-compose

                                        Books in Music at PG:
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                                        Ancient icon depicting Saint Kassiana, or Kassia, an 8th-century poet and composer in Byzantium This is a Byzantine-style Orthodox icon of St. Kassiani, identified by the Greek inscription as "the hymnographer". She's depicted in traditional robes with a halo against a gold background, holding a quill and a scroll inscribed with Greek text — the opening words of her famous hymn "Lord, the woman fallen into many sins...", known as the Hymn of Kassiani, traditionally chanted during Holy Wednesday services in the Orthodox Church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassia#/media/File:Kassia.jpg

                                        Alt...Ancient icon depicting Saint Kassiana, or Kassia, an 8th-century poet and composer in Byzantium This is a Byzantine-style Orthodox icon of St. Kassiani, identified by the Greek inscription as "the hymnographer". She's depicted in traditional robes with a halo against a gold background, holding a quill and a scroll inscribed with Greek text — the opening words of her famous hymn "Lord, the woman fallen into many sins...", known as the Hymn of Kassiani, traditionally chanted during Holy Wednesday services in the Orthodox Church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassia#/media/File:Kassia.jpg

                                        Hildegard von Bingen receives a divine inspiration and passes it on to her scribe. She's shown seated under an arched, architectural frame, with tongues of flame descending onto her head — representing the divine inspiration of her visions. She holds a wax tablet, recording what she sees, while her secretary/scribe (often identified as the monk Volmar) stands beside her with a book, ready to transcribe her words into the manuscript. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen#/media/File:Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg

                                        Alt...Hildegard von Bingen receives a divine inspiration and passes it on to her scribe. She's shown seated under an arched, architectural frame, with tongues of flame descending onto her head — representing the divine inspiration of her visions. She holds a wax tablet, recording what she sees, while her secretary/scribe (often identified as the monk Volmar) stands beside her with a book, ready to transcribe her words into the manuscript. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen#/media/File:Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg

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                                          [?]EveryLibrary » 🌐
                                          @everylibrary@mastodon.social

                                          They want to regulate what you and your family are allowed to read - www.bookbanpetition.us

                                            [?]Paria sans portefeuille » 🌐
                                            @PariaSansPortefeuille@jasette.facil.services

                                            "There are records of people being whipped for celebrating and being threatened for celebrating. And even outside the context of celebrations, there was retaliation against the Freedmen [..] There was a lot of hope in the middle of a lot of hostility."

                                            Historian , author of

                                            kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-p
                                            @bookstodon

                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                              @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                              CUT. Drunk. A little cut over the head; slightly intoxicated. To cut; to leave a person or company. To cut up well; to die rich.

                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              --
                                              @histodons

                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CUT. Drunk. A little cut over the head; slightly intoxicated. To cut; to leave a person or company. To cut up well; to die rich. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CUT. Drunk. A little cut over the head; slightly intoxicated. To cut; to leave a person or company. To cut up well; to die rich. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                The Atlas Behind the Revolution

                                                While George Washington struggled to obtain reliable maps, British readers could consult this remarkable 1776 atlas.

                                                By: April White

                                                daily.jstor.org/the-atlas-behi

                                                A Literary & Historical Atlas of America by J. G. Bartholomew at PG:
                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/57610

                                                A map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the three Delaware counties by Lewis Evans, engraved by L. Hebert. Scale ca. 1:960,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows trails. Includes descriptive notes and distance chart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Evans_(surveyor)#/media/File:A_map_of_Pensilvania,_New-Jersey,_New-York,_and_the_three_Delaware_counties._LOC_74691938_(cropped).jpg

                                                Alt...A map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the three Delaware counties by Lewis Evans, engraved by L. Hebert. Scale ca. 1:960,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows trails. Includes descriptive notes and distance chart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Evans_(surveyor)#/media/File:A_map_of_Pensilvania,_New-Jersey,_New-York,_and_the_three_Delaware_counties._LOC_74691938_(cropped).jpg

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                                                  The mathematical secrets hidden at the heart of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família

                                                  By Sergi Muria Maldonado, Anton Aubanell Pou, Jordi Font González

                                                  theconversation.com/the-mathem

                                                  Books about Mathematics and Religion at PG:
                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                                  Melancholia I by Albrecht Dürer, with a numerical grid visble in the top right-hand corner. It shows a winged, brooding figure surrounded by tools of geometry, science, and craft—scales, hourglass, compass, ladder, a polyhedron, and a sleeping dog—yet seemingly stuck in inactive thought rather than using them. A magic square (summing to 34 in every direction) is set into the wall, with the date 1514 hidden in its middle row. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I#/media/File:Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_-_Melencolia_I_-_Google_Art_Project_(_AGDdr3EHmNGyA).jpg

                                                  Alt...Melancholia I by Albrecht Dürer, with a numerical grid visble in the top right-hand corner. It shows a winged, brooding figure surrounded by tools of geometry, science, and craft—scales, hourglass, compass, ladder, a polyhedron, and a sleeping dog—yet seemingly stuck in inactive thought rather than using them. A magic square (summing to 34 in every direction) is set into the wall, with the date 1514 hidden in its middle row. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I#/media/File:Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_-_Melencolia_I_-_Google_Art_Project_(_AGDdr3EHmNGyA).jpg

                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                    DICE. The names of false dice: A bale of bard cinque deuces \nA bale of flat cinque deuces \nA bale of flat sice aces \nA bale of bard cater traes \nA bale of flat cater traes \nA bale of fulhams \nA bale of light graniers \nA bale of langrets contrary to the ventage

                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    --
                                                    @histodons

                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DICE. The names of false dice: A bale of bard cinque deuces \nA bale of flat cinque deuces \nA bale of flat sice aces \nA bale of bard cater traes \nA bale of flat cater traes \nA bale of fulhams \nA bale of light graniers \nA bale of langrets contrary to the ventage A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DICE. The names of false dice: A bale of bard cinque deuces \nA bale of flat cinque deuces \nA bale of flat sice aces \nA bale of bard cater traes \nA bale of flat cater traes \nA bale of fulhams \nA bale of light graniers \nA bale of langrets contrary to the ventage A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      [?]Paria sans portefeuille » 🌐
                                                      @PariaSansPortefeuille@jasette.facil.services

                                                      : Three Decades of Diplomatic Failure

                                                      In ep 115 of 's Connections pod, Mouin Rabbani interviews , author of ": Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict & Missed Opportunities"

                                                      youtube.com/watch?v=pSaz_VKlwjc
                                                      @bookstodon

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                                                        [?]Nicks World » 🌐
                                                        @NicksWorld@mastodon.stickbear.me

                                                        Downloading more books. I just love doing this. I'm looking for fantasy books with very adult topics and magic, lots of magic, especially if its wandless magic, but I'm fine with other types of magic, essentially, wizards and witches are my jam, especially if its good wizards and witches.

                                                          [?]Free Software Foundation » 🌐
                                                          @fsf@hostux.social

                                                          Calling all : the Shop has lots of great on , including how to use it! u.fsf.org/4bd

                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                            GEE. It won't gee; it won't hit or do, it does not suit or fit.

                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                            @histodons

                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GEE. It won't gee; it won't hit or do, it does not suit or fit. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GEE. It won't gee; it won't hit or do, it does not suit or fit. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                              [?]EveryLibrary » 🌐
                                                              @everylibrary@mastodon.social

                                                              No country has ever increased freedom and liberty by banning books - www.bookbanpetition.us

                                                                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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                                                                5 of Agatha Christie’s Works You Won’t Be Able to Put Down

                                                                Don’t miss out on this list of bestselling Agatha Christie works, which remain unrivaled in the murder mystery genre.

                                                                thecollector.com/agatha-christ

                                                                Christie at PG:

                                                                gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451

                                                                Agatha Christie in a play at Cockington Court in 1912 - picyrl.com. She is wearing a large, elaborate fabric turban. It is heavily textured and trimmed with a strand of beads or pearls across her brow. Her dress is light-colored and long-sleeved with loose, flared cuffs. A darker, open vest is layered over the top. A beaded necklace hangs down close to her waist.

                                                                Alt...Agatha Christie in a play at Cockington Court in 1912 - picyrl.com. She is wearing a large, elaborate fabric turban. It is heavily textured and trimmed with a strand of beads or pearls across her brow. Her dress is light-colored and long-sleeved with loose, flared cuffs. A darker, open vest is layered over the top. A beaded necklace hangs down close to her waist.

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                                                                  What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 2: Kelvin and Helmholtz at the Ready

                                                                  By Paul Sutter

                                                                  universetoday.com/articles/wha

                                                                  About Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism:
                                                                  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E

                                                                  Books by Baron Kevin and Helmholtz at PG
                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/48
                                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/59

                                                                  William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, whose famously wrong answer for the Sun's age turns out to be exactly the calculation we need. A black-and-white studio portrait of Lord Kelvin with white hair and a full white beard, wearing a formal suit, waistcoat, tie, and watch chain. He has a serious expression and is looking slightly away from the camera. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Kelvin-1200-scale1000.jpg

                                                                  Alt...William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, whose famously wrong answer for the Sun's age turns out to be exactly the calculation we need. A black-and-white studio portrait of Lord Kelvin with white hair and a full white beard, wearing a formal suit, waistcoat, tie, and watch chain. He has a serious expression and is looking slightly away from the camera. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Kelvin-1200-scale1000.jpg

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                                                                    There can be no sin committed from love – the radical ethics of Héloïse

                                                                    by Prashanti Aswani, Adam D’Arpino, Abigail Tulenko

                                                                    aeon.co/videos/there-can-be-no

                                                                    Books by Abelard and Heloïse at PG
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                                                                    Transcription: Wherein are written how the scholar Peter Abelard forgot his learning and became a lover, altho the price he paid was great: and how the beautiful Heloise in desiring to acquire knowledge from Abelard learned of all lessons the greatest, from the greatest master of all, to wit, Love: and how she prized it most highly, altho it brought her both shame and sorrow. The love letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard and Héloïse Other: Ralph Fletcher Seymour https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/40227/pg40227-images.html

                                                                    Alt...Transcription: Wherein are written how the scholar Peter Abelard forgot his learning and became a lover, altho the price he paid was great: and how the beautiful Heloise in desiring to acquire knowledge from Abelard learned of all lessons the greatest, from the greatest master of all, to wit, Love: and how she prized it most highly, altho it brought her both shame and sorrow. The love letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard and Héloïse Other: Ralph Fletcher Seymour https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/40227/pg40227-images.html

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                                                                      BUGABOE. A scare-babe, or bully-beggar.

                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUGABOE. A scare-babe, or bully-beggar. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                        Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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                                                                          Now I'm even more curious! Which would you choose: out of the most recent 10 books you've read, most were

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                                                                            GUMMY. Clumsy: particularly applied to the ancles of men or women, and the legs of horses.

                                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GUMMY. Clumsy: particularly applied to the ancles of men or women, and the legs of horses. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GUMMY. Clumsy: particularly applied to the ancles of men or women, and the legs of horses. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                              New research proposes Dante’s Inferno modelled a planetary impact 500 years before modern science!

                                                                              by Asmae Ourkiya

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                                                                              Inferno by Dante Alighieri at PG:
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                                                                              Dante's Inferno, as illustrated by Botticelli. Sandro Botticelli's c. 1480s illustration for Dante's Inferno, depicting the funnel-shaped descending circles of Hell in cross-section, packed with tiny figures suffering their respective torments, narrowing down to Satan at the very bottom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy_Illustrated_by_Botticelli#/media/File:Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_Carte_de_l'Enfer.jpg

                                                                              Alt...Dante's Inferno, as illustrated by Botticelli. Sandro Botticelli's c. 1480s illustration for Dante's Inferno, depicting the funnel-shaped descending circles of Hell in cross-section, packed with tiny figures suffering their respective torments, narrowing down to Satan at the very bottom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy_Illustrated_by_Botticelli#/media/File:Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_Carte_de_l'Enfer.jpg

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                                                                                Was Mill anti-traditional?

                                                                                And was Hayek suffering from the burden of the past...?

                                                                                by Henry Oliver

                                                                                commonreader.co.uk/p/was-mill-

                                                                                Books by John Stuart Mill at PG:
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                                                                                John Stuart Mill. Engraved profile portrait of the English philosopher and political economist, balding with curly side hair and a beard, dressed in a dark coat with a wide cravat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill#/media/File:JohnStuartMill.jpg

                                                                                Alt...John Stuart Mill. Engraved profile portrait of the English philosopher and political economist, balding with curly side hair and a beard, dressed in a dark coat with a wide cravat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill#/media/File:JohnStuartMill.jpg

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