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<p>This 2,200-Year-Old Chinese Medical Text May Be The Oldest Human Anatomy Chart In History</p><p>By Natasha Ishak</p><p>The discovery of the text written on silk sheds light on the significant advances in medicine that led to the development of acupuncture in ancient China.</p><p><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/china-mawangdui-medical-manuscripts?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atinewsletter&amp;utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="allthatsinteresting.com/china-mawangdui-medical-manuscripts?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atinewsletter&amp;utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allthatsinteresting.com/china-</span><span class="invisible">mawangdui-medical-manuscripts?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atinewsletter&amp;utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com</span></a></p><p>Ancient Medicine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4630" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4630"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4630</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#Oldmanuscript</a></p>

<p>Waiting for Godot Has Been Translated Afrikaans</p><p>What took so long?</p><p>By: Rick de Villiers </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/waiting-for-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/waiting-for-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/waiting-fo</span><span class="invisible">r-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#Translation</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#Theatre</a></p>

The Sky Trap, by Frank Belknap Long <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/33844438">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Protection. <a href="/tags/grickledoodle/" rel="tag">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#funny</a></p>

<p>Books for Armchair Travelers: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-armchair-travelers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-armchair-travelers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-for-armchair-travelers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#Travel</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz</p><p>Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/why-america-cant-get-enough-of-the-wizard-of-oz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/why-america-cant-get-enough-of-the-wizard-of-oz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/why-america-cant-ge</span><span class="invisible">t-enough-of-the-wizard-of-oz/</span></a></p><p>Wizard of Oz at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby</p><p>In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-s</span><span class="invisible">cott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/</span></a></p><p>The Great Gatsby at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad</p><p>Emily Hauser Explores Ancient Greek Visions of Gender</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-</span><span class="invisible">resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/</span></a></p><p>The Iliad at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a></p>

<p>Some shameless self-promo: I&#x27;ve set up a <a href="/tags/kofi/" rel="tag">#kofi</a> shop. You can buy DRM-free copies of my <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> there (your choice of epub, mobi, azw3 or pdf). You can also buy me a coffee if you&#x27;d like.</p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/bo</span><span class="invisible">oks</span></a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/4AMN2GVDQZQB8ciD2mHgpQ" rel="nofollow">Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Tim Harford.</p><p>The importance of randomness &amp; spontaneity in creativity &amp; problem-solving. Plans, order &amp; rationality are often counter-productive! So don&#x27;t beat yourself up about meeting simplistic measures of performance. The tech discussion is a bit dated, but the principles are extremely relevant to AI. Ginormous gender blind-spot.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/productivity/" rel="tag">#Productivity</a> <a href="/tags/creativity/" rel="tag">#Creativity</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous</p><p>Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms</p><p>By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-four-literary-i</span><span class="invisible">cons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a></p>

<p>The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen</p><p>On November 28th, 2012, Randall Munroe published an xkcd comic that was a calendar in which the size of each date was proportional to how often each date is referenced by its ordinal name (e.g. &quot;October 14th&quot;) in the Google Ngrams database since 2000. Via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@DProofreaders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DProofreaders</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-1</span><span class="invisible">1th-of-the-month/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>can’t sleep again, read all of Leila Mottley’s new book in one go. I had the problem where there are three POV characters and I only really cared about one of them. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White</p><p>“I think writing is mainly work.”</p><p>By Sam Weller</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/writing-advice-and-literary-wisdom-from-the-great-e-b-white/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZWMFB93CY27620V892DWTVS&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/writing-advice-and-literary-wisdom-from-the-great-e-b-white/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZWMFB93CY27620V892DWTVS&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/writing-advice-and-</span><span class="invisible">literary-wisdom-from-the-great-e-b-white/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZWMFB93CY27620V892DWTVS&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Children&#x27;s literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/children_literature/" rel="tag">#Children_literature</a></p>

<p>How French ‘merveilleux-scientifique’ fiction reframed reality</p><p>By Fleur Hopkins-Loferon</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-french-merv</span><span class="invisible">eilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality</span></a></p><p>Maurice Reynard at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/50553" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/50553"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/50553</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/33954509">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>📖 📻 **Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?**</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-07-12/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-07-12/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.boisestatepublicradio.org/</span><span class="invisible">2025-07-12/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading</span></a>. </p><p>_What do you think?_</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/image/" rel="tag">#Image</a> attribution: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:AudiobookLibrary.jpg</span></a>.</p>

<p>📖 📻 **Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?**</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5454723-e1/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5454723-e1/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">454723-e1/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading</span></a>.</p><p>_What do you think?_</p><p><a href="/tags/npr/" rel="tag">#NPR</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/image/" rel="tag">#Image</a> attribution: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:AudiobookLibrary.jpg</span></a>.</p>

Anyone dream of this? <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://reddthat.com/post/45584699">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Traffic makes beasts of us all, but that&#x27;s too far, way too far 😂 </p><p>@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon @bookbubble @humour @reading<br> <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <br><a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

<p>The story of Nastenka: Why &#x27;White Nights&#x27; is taking the world by storm</p><p>by Aakanksha Sharma</p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li</span><span class="invisible">fe-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms</span></a></p><p>White Nights at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36034" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36034</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>