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amyfou, 6 days ago to random

#Monsterdon 👽 🪐 🚀 !

"Explain to me please this stupid mov(i)e to me right now" <-- Venusian

shandyist, 13 days ago to random

Reading about late Stuart politics this morning, and boy does it resonate:

"if the representation of the parties was misleading, this had potentially devastating consequences for the nature of political choice."

Vibracobra23, 14 days ago to random

So, some of you may remember that on May 14th I posted that I had found a postcard sent by H.G. Wells to his wife and that I'd sent scans to the H.G. Wells Society to see if it could be evaluated. I heard back last night. The expert wishes to remain anonymous, but has given permission for the details of the evaluation to be shared. Below are the scans that I sent of the front and back of the card. The card shows a train at the top of the Brünig Pass in Switzerland... 1/11 #HGWells #Postcards

The back of the postcard sent by H.G. Wells, showing the address of Mrs Wells where the card was sent.

ErikUden, 14 days ago to random

How to actually appeal to young voters and win the 2024 elections

A fake campaign ad showing Joe Biden calling for a purge of American billionaires Originally created by JustinTBrowns on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wstttzTc23s

remotevoices, 23 days ago to random

Kristin Hersh's "Clear Pond Sessions" stripped down versions of tracks from her Clear Pond album
#bandcamp #KristinHersh #rock #AltRock #raw
https://kristinhershfire.bandcamp.com/album/clear-pond-sessions

erictopol, 24 days ago to random

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00410-X/fulltext

First clinical trial of a pan-coronavirus vaccine , Phase 1 results, looks encouraging

eniko, 25 days ago to random

okay so im gonna need everyone in the world to stop emailing me, thanks

mirijb2, 25 days ago to random

What a loss. Alice Munro, 1931-2024. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cbb4da2ef035e66b62948e2204205824a6d8457e87520f19f27beafc15828f34/XRH6DI2QEFBHTFDS5JLVJLS3PA/ Edited to add: I don’t know when I’ve grieved like this for a writer. I knew I would.

mazdam, 28 days ago to random

experimenting with the Bridgy Fed, but don't know how to follow this account: @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy

bitterkarella, 29 days ago to random

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Robert Morgan: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of stopmotion
Morgan: ok so imagine
Morgan: what if your mom was richard williams

gutenberg_org, 1 month ago to books

English novelist and poet Charlotte Smith was born #OTD in 1749.

Smith's first significant literary success came with the publication of "Elegiac Sonnets" in 1784. In addition to her poetry, Smith wrote several novels: her first novel, "Emmeline, or The Orphan of the Castle" (1788), was followed by others such as "Ethelinde" (1789), "The Old Manor House" (1793), and "Desmond" (1792).

Books by Charlotte Smith at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281

#books #literature #poetry

The Young Philosopher was Smith's last novel and a piece of "outspoken radical fiction". Charlotte Turner Smith - Eighteenth Century Collections Online Smith, Charlotte Turner. The young philosopher. Vol. 1. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jr. and W. Davies, 1798. Title page of the book "The Young Philosopher: A Novel" in four volumes by Charlotte Smith, featuring an excerpt of poetry, indicating it was printed in London by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies in the Strand, 1798.

openculture, 1 month ago to random

RIP Paul Auster: Hear the Master of the Postmodern Page-Turner Discuss How He Became a Writer

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/rip-paul-auster-hear-the-master-of-the-postmodern-page-turner-discuss-how-he-became-a-writer.html

erictopol, 1 month ago to random

This isn't good, folks.
I'm not worried about H5N1 transmission to humans (yet) but the USDA pathetic lack of transparency, how long it took for the genomes to be released, lack of testing asymptomatic cattle......
All detracts from "confidence"

erictopol, 1 month ago to random

The story of frequent persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in multiple organs after mild Covid keeps getting stronger, and correlates (odds ratio >5) with symptoms of Long Covid

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00171-3/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

stefan, 1 month ago to mastodon

Mastodon fetching all replies to a post you're viewing would hugely improve user experience on small and one-person instances. If you know a bit about Ruby and/or Mastodon, please spend a moment reviewing this work in progress:

https://github.com/NeuromatchAcademy/mastodon/pull/44

via https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/112307981094627966

#mastodon #ruby #MastoDev #opensource

luis_tinoco, 1 month ago to newmusic Portuguese

Tonight's Geography of Sound will be dedicated to new CD releases with works by Arto Koskinen, Jüri Reinvere and Caroline Shaw.
Click here at 24h (GMT) to listen: http://www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: http://www.rtp.pt/programa/radio/p1123 @composers @contemporarymusic #radio #newmusic #modernmusic #composer #composers #antena2

BrianJopek, 1 month ago to random

One of the funnier things I’ve seen today.

carrideen, 2 months ago to random

So excited to welcome @emilywest @georgeonline @kaushiktekur @etantet and @paranoidreader to c18.masto.host! It's a great idea to write an introduction post (hashtag introduction and newhere as well as any interests you have), add everyone who seems interesting (since there is no pushing unasked-for content at you), and you are always encouraged to "prune" your feed as it grows. Check out trending links and tags here: https://c18.masto.host/explore/

vivdunstan, 2 months ago to history

Very happily browsing Stirling University’s Books and Borrowing 1750-1850 database of Scottish libraries, which is now online, including contributions from me of library borrowing transcripts for Haddington and Selkirk libraries https://borrowing.stir.ac.uk/libraries/ #ScottishHistory #BookHistory #18thCentury #19thCentury #Libraries #Reading #Books #Bookstodon #Readers #StirlingUniversity #Database #DH #DigitalHumanities

shandyist, 2 months ago to random

I sure wish people would learn to pose questions succinctly.

mrundkvist, 2 months ago to history

Newly rediscovered portrait of Gustav Badin (~1747-1822), dance master and choreographer to the royal Swedish court!

https://zebregsroell.com/view-catalog/portrait-painting-gustav-badin-annemarie-jordan

#history #blackhistory #18thcentury

CultureDesk, 2 months ago to music

NPR's Tiny Desk studio had never hosted a hardcore punk band ... until Soul Glo. Here's the four-piece's 15-minute set to send you into the weekend, described by NPR producer and fan Lars Gotrich thus: "Hardcore and punk are vital not only in how I understand the world but also challenge myself; it's music that feels first, then screams. Soul Glo crystalizes its anger and anxiety — about trauma, anti-Blackness, mortality, survival — with a pummeling prism of classic hardcore speed, psychedelic noise, sludgy riffs and a spitfire vocalist with exasperated-but-exhilarating run-ons, who finds moments to step back and bounce like an emcee would."

https://flip.it/5E9p40

#Music #FridayFeeling #Punk #HardCorePunk #NPR #TinyDesk

biblioscholar, 2 months ago to random

bitterkarella, 3 months ago to random

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Stephen King: so ursula we're all been thinking it over
King: and i think we finally figured out a solution for omelas
Ursula Le Guin: why are you doing this
King: no no we've really got it this time
Le Guin: that's not the point of the story
King:
King: c'mon aren't you even curious?