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[?]✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 » 🌐
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Renaissance Maps: Myths & Memories

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

    Objective reality is a heuristic resulting from constraints of subject-object grammar. Nagel asked What's it like to be a bat? But more fundamentally, what's it like to be human?
    philosophics.blog/2026/06/02/l

      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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      BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES. Counterfeiters of passes. Cant.

      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): BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES. Counterfeiters of passes. Cant. 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): BENE FEAKERS OF GYBES. Counterfeiters of passes. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

        [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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        Events for the 3rd of June from Wikipedia:

        • 1980: The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to $1066 million in 2022) worth of damage. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Gra
        • Birth (1981) of Sam Murphy, Australian rugby league player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Murp
        @histodons

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

          FAULKNER. A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks. CANT.

          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): FAULKNER. A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks. CANT. 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): FAULKNER. A tumbler, juggler, or shewer of tricks; perhaps because they lure the people, as a faulconer does his hawks. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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            HOGGISH. Rude, unmannerly, filthy.

            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): HOGGISH. Rude, unmannerly, filthy. 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): HOGGISH. Rude, unmannerly, filthy. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

              [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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              Events for the 2nd of June from Wikipedia:

              • 1919: Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism
              • Birth (1878) of Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_
              • Death (1986) of Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aur%C3%A
              @histodons

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

                Check out this video summary of a post on the nature of Progress.
                open.substack.com/pub/brywilli

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

                  Why ‘Progress’ Is Just Someone Else’s Destination with Better PR

                  explains how progress is not a neutral term and, in practice, may be a trap.

                  👉brywillis634737.substack.com/p

                  I also discuss other subtopics. 🐺→🐩=

                    [?]Longreads » 🌐
                    @longreads@mastodon.world

                    "Psychologists have a term for a certain kind of relentless remembering: hyperthymesia." —Jonathan Weiner on autobiographical memory for The American Scholar theamericanscholar.org/you-mus

                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                      BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch.

                      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): BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch. 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): BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                        GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow.

                        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): GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward 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): GILLY GAUPUS. A Scotch term for a tall awkward fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                          [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                          Events for the 1st of June from Wikipedia:

                          • 1922: The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Ul
                          • Birth (1969) of Luis García Postigo, Mexican footballer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Gar
                          • Death (1968) of André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%
                          @histodons

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

                            TO LAG. To drop behind, to keep back. Lag last; the last of a company.

                            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): TO LAG. To drop behind, to keep back. Lag last; the last of a company. 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): TO LAG. To drop behind, to keep back. Lag last; the last of a company. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                              More of the same on language insufficiency

                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                NAB, or NAB CHEAT. A hat. Penthouse nab; a large hat.

                                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): NAB, or NAB CHEAT. A hat. Penthouse nab; a large hat. 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): NAB, or NAB CHEAT. A hat. Penthouse nab; a large hat. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                  [?]Amin Girasol » 🌐
                                  @fluidlogic@oldbytes.space

                                  In retrospect, it's completely incredible that apparently not for a moment did the team behind the 1981 UK Computer Literacy Project consider a non-British-built computer as the project's flagship.

                                  That's not a criticism; it's an acknowledgment of how vibrant the UK computer manufacture scene was at the time. The BBC asked seven different British computer manufacturers to make a pitch.

                                  In the context of the current talk about data sovereignty and looming technofascism, the choice to wind down the British computer industry (in the name of efficiency?) seems shortsighted.

                                  Alison Gazzard, "Now the Chips Are Down", MIT Press Platform Studies series, 2016.

                                  ufacturers to use the ABC programming language, approached various companies that were already manufacturing microcomputers. Between Christmas 1980 and New Year’s Day 1981 the members of the team wrote initial specifications of what they wanted from a microcomputer for the project. David Allen and John Coll distributed the specifications to seven manufacturers: Sinclair, Newbury, Tangerine, Research Machines, Transam, Nascom, and Acorn. The specifications were ambitious and the deadline was tight, but the BBC wanted the machine to be ready as soon as possible. An article in the January 1982 edition of Practical Computing noted that the microcomputer should have some of the following features: * A Basic high-level language, since Basic is easily understood by the beginner while allowing sophisticated techniques to be used. The Basic was to be as compatible as possible with existing Basics. * A full keyboard, to include an additional row of keys capable of producing any code under software control. * A Teletext extension to load software from Teletext transmissions.

                                  Alt...ufacturers to use the ABC programming language, approached various companies that were already manufacturing microcomputers. Between Christmas 1980 and New Year’s Day 1981 the members of the team wrote initial specifications of what they wanted from a microcomputer for the project. David Allen and John Coll distributed the specifications to seven manufacturers: Sinclair, Newbury, Tangerine, Research Machines, Transam, Nascom, and Acorn. The specifications were ambitious and the deadline was tight, but the BBC wanted the machine to be ready as soon as possible. An article in the January 1982 edition of Practical Computing noted that the microcomputer should have some of the following features: * A Basic high-level language, since Basic is easily understood by the beginner while allowing sophisticated techniques to be used. The Basic was to be as compatible as possible with existing Basics. * A full keyboard, to include an additional row of keys capable of producing any code under software control. * A Teletext extension to load software from Teletext transmissions.

                                    [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                    Events for the 31st of May from Wikipedia:

                                    • 1971: In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_
                                    • Death (1558) of Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (b. 1505) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_H
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                                      [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                                      @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                                      What is the connexion between Winnie the Pooh, Harry Potter, and Camus' Meursault? I look at how culture and non-verbal language add to the lossiness of written and spoken words. We likely understand the importance of body language, gestures, and visual cues, but there's more.

                                      👉 philosophics.blog/2026/05/30/t

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

                                        FRIDAY-FACE. A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, or jour maigre. Immediately after the restoration of king Charles II. a proclamation was issued, prohibiting all publicans from dressing any suppers on a Friday.

                                        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): FRIDAY-FACE. A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, or jour maigre. Immediately after the restoration of king Charles II. a proclamation was issued, prohibiting all publicans from dressing any suppers on a Friday. 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): FRIDAY-FACE. A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, or jour maigre. Immediately after the restoration of king Charles II. a proclamation was issued, prohibiting all publicans from dressing any suppers on a Friday. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                          AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT.

                                          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): AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT. 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): AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                            Events for the 30th of May from Wikipedia:

                                            • 1539: In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida
                                            • Birth (1846) of Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ca
                                            • Death (1949) of Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel
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                                              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                              @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                              Meet Caritas Pirckheimer: Scholar, Abbess, and Renaissance Writer

                                              When the Protestant Reformation swept through Nuremberg, one abbess refused to surrender her convent. Caritas Pirckheimer used scholarship, political connections, and years of literary experience to defend her community against reformers and city officials.

                                              By Cait Stevenson

                                              medievalists.net/2026/05/meet-

                                              More information:
                                              en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caritas_

                                              Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532) by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) . A portrait in muted earth tones and grey-blue showing Caritas Pirckheimer in a brown habit and white wimple, her expression serious and direct. Her face is rendered with great realism against a flat blue-grey background. An inscription in German script appears in the upper left. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Woman,_Said_to_Be_Caritas_Pirckheimer_(1467%E2%80%931532)_MET_DP221628.jpg

                                              Alt...Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532) by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) . A portrait in muted earth tones and grey-blue showing Caritas Pirckheimer in a brown habit and white wimple, her expression serious and direct. Her face is rendered with great realism against a flat blue-grey background. An inscription in German script appears in the upper left. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Woman,_Said_to_Be_Caritas_Pirckheimer_(1467%E2%80%931532)_MET_DP221628.jpg

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

                                                MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent.

                                                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): MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent. 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): MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                  Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago

                                                  The Blazing World is a testament to how far the written novel has travelled in the past 400 years. A literary time capsule, it holds within it the origins of a genre we now call speculative fiction.

                                                  by Donna Mazza

                                                  theconversation.com/guide-to-t

                                                  Books by Margaret Cavendish at PG:
                                                  gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46

                                                  The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page.An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page. The title page reads "The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, the Duchesse of Newcastle. London, Printed by A. Maxwell, in the Year M.DC.LX.VIII" (1668). The engraving depicts a crowned central female figure flanked by armoured attendants beneath an ornate arch — likely representing the Empress of the Blazing World. Transcription: Here on this Figure Cast a Glance. But so as if it were by Chance, Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay, Since this like Shadowes to the Day It only represent's; for Still, Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace These lovely Lines within her face. View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt, Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt, By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/51783/pg51783-images.html

                                                  Alt...The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page.An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page. The title page reads "The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, the Duchesse of Newcastle. London, Printed by A. Maxwell, in the Year M.DC.LX.VIII" (1668). The engraving depicts a crowned central female figure flanked by armoured attendants beneath an ornate arch — likely representing the Empress of the Blazing World. Transcription: Here on this Figure Cast a Glance. But so as if it were by Chance, Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay, Since this like Shadowes to the Day It only represent's; for Still, Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace These lovely Lines within her face. View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt, Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt, By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/51783/pg51783-images.html

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

                                                    BEETLE-HEADED. Dull, stupid.

                                                    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): BEETLE-HEADED. Dull, stupid. 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): BEETLE-HEADED. Dull, stupid. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                      Events for the 29th of May from Wikipedia:

                                                      • 1999: Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun
                                                      • Birth (1944) of Quentin Davies, English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_
                                                      @histodons

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

                                                        HORSE'S MEAL. A meal without drinking.

                                                        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): HORSE'S MEAL. A meal without drinking. 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): HORSE'S MEAL. A meal without drinking. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                          A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis argues that legal systems falsely treat words as precise instruments despite the inherent instability of language. Responding to a video (in comments), I critique how courts rely on dictionaries, punctuation rules, and corpus linguistics to manufacture definitive meanings where none naturally exist.
                                                          👉 philosophics.blog/2026/05/28/i

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

                                                            COURT CARD. A gay fluttering coxcomb.

                                                            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): COURT CARD. A gay fluttering coxcomb. 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): COURT CARD. A gay fluttering coxcomb. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                              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.

                                                              [18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

                                                              Montage of dictionary items posted by this account

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                                                                [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                Events for the 28th of May from Wikipedia:

                                                                • 1991: The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ab
                                                                • Birth (1956) of Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Do
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                                                                  [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                  Hi! I'm a bot posting events which happened on today's date, at random from Wikipedia’s lists. Historic events, births, deaths and holidays/religious days if there’s room.

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                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                    BLUE PIGEONS. Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches. Cant. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off houses or churches.

                                                                    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): BLUE PIGEONS. Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches. Cant. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off houses or churches. 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): BLUE PIGEONS. Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches. Cant. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off houses or churches. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                      DICKED IN THE NOB. Silly. Crazed.

                                                                      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): DICKED IN THE NOB. Silly. Crazed. 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): DICKED IN THE NOB. Silly. Crazed. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                        [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                        Events for the 27th of May from Wikipedia:

                                                                        • 1984: The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube%E
                                                                        • Birth (1999) of Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily-Ros
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                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                          BULL. A crown piece. A half bull; half a crown.

                                                                          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): BULL. A crown piece. A half bull; half a crown. 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): BULL. A crown piece. A half bull; half a crown. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                            [?]Church of Jeff » 🌐
                                                                            @jeffowski@mastodon.world

                                                                            IN 1934, THE KARLSRUHE FOOTBALL CLUB IN BERLIN, GERMANY REFUSED TO GIVE THE NAZI SALUTE BEFORE PLAYING AGAINST A FRENCH TEAM. THE CLUB WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING FOR 12 MONTHS. HITLER EVENTUALLY MADE IT A CRIME TO REFUSE TO GIVE THE NAZI SALUTE.

                                                                            Alt...IN 1934, THE KARLSRUHE FOOTBALL CLUB IN BERLIN, GERMANY REFUSED TO GIVE THE NAZI SALUTE BEFORE PLAYING AGAINST A FRENCH TEAM. THE CLUB WAS BANNED FROM PLAYING FOR 12 MONTHS. HITLER EVENTUALLY MADE IT A CRIME TO REFUSE TO GIVE THE NAZI SALUTE.

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

                                                                              CHRISTMAS COMPLIMENTS. A cough, kibed heels, and a snotty nose.

                                                                              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): CHRISTMAS COMPLIMENTS. A cough, kibed heels, and a snotty nose. 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): CHRISTMAS COMPLIMENTS. A cough, kibed heels, and a snotty nose. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                @EventsOfTheDay@zirk.us

                                                                                Events for the 26th of May from Wikipedia:

                                                                                • 1948: The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_L
                                                                                • Birth (1908) of Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%
                                                                                @histodons

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

                                                                                  I've got mixed emotions about Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks on anti-Enlightenment grounds.

                                                                                  philosophics.blog/2026/05/23/b

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

                                                                                    AIR AND EXERCISE. He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, though more vulgarly, expressed, at the cart's arse.

                                                                                    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): AIR AND EXERCISE. He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, though more vulgarly, expressed, at the cart's arse. 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): AIR AND EXERCISE. He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, though more vulgarly, expressed, at the cart's arse. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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

                                                                                      NOBTHATCHER. A peruke-maker.

                                                                                      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): NOBTHATCHER. A peruke-maker. 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): NOBTHATCHER. A peruke-maker. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                        HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 boosted

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

                                                                                        How Sir Isaac Newton Predicted The World Will Change In 2060

                                                                                        Sir Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end in 2060, but never published these studies during his lifetime.

                                                                                        by Mike Cohen

                                                                                        thecollector.com/how-isaac-new

                                                                                        Books by Newton at PG (including Newton's Principia):
                                                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/62

                                                                                        ISAAC NEWTON From the picture by Kneller, 1689, now at Cambridge An oil portrait of Newton in his mid-forties with long, flowing silver-grey hair, wearing a dark brown robe over a white shirt. He is turned slightly, gazing directly at the viewer. One hand rests on a surface. The background is dark and muted, in the style of late 17th-century English portraiture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Isaac_Newton

                                                                                        Alt...ISAAC NEWTON From the picture by Kneller, 1689, now at Cambridge An oil portrait of Newton in his mid-forties with long, flowing silver-grey hair, wearing a dark brown robe over a white shirt. He is turned slightly, gazing directly at the viewer. One hand rests on a surface. The background is dark and muted, in the style of late 17th-century English portraiture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Isaac_Newton

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

                                                                                          I need to find time to write a discursive diagnostic piece on the nonsense that is psychology, especially psychoanalysis.

                                                                                          👉 philosophics.blog/2026/05/22/f

                                                                                          Reading Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks – excellent, by the way – I suggest skipping Chapter 4. It's not bad in itself, but…. I'll keep reading.

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

                                                                                            RIBBIN. Money. The ribbin runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. CANT. Blue ribbin. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbin; the silly fellow drinks common gin.

                                                                                            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): RIBBIN. Money. The ribbin runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. CANT. Blue ribbin. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbin; the silly fellow drinks common gin. 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): RIBBIN. Money. The ribbin runs thick; i.e. there is plenty of money. CANT. Blue ribbin. Gin. The cull lushes the blue ribbin; the silly fellow drinks common gin. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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