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"Throughout space there is energy. Is this energy static or kinetic! If static our hopes are in vain; if kinetic — and this we know it is, for certain — then it is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature."Serbian-American inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1943.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla</a>Books by Nikola Tesla at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a>

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) thinking.

Tesla is seated in a dimly lit study or laboratory. He wears a dark, tailored suit, complete with a high-collared white shirt and a neatly tied bowtie, reflecting his elegant style. His slender frame and sharp features are illuminated by soft, focused light, emphasizing his high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and slightly furrowed brow.

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"The trouble with this country is... that there're too many people going about saying "The trouble with this country is—" Dodsworth, Ch. 10 (1929)American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright Sinclair Lewis died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1951.Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis</a>Sinclair Lewis at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/278" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/278">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/278</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Sinclair Lewis, Nobel laureate in Literature 1930.

Lewis is seen with a sharp, angular face, a prominent nose, and a high forehead. His expression is thoughtful and slightly reserved, reflecting his intellectual nature.

He is dressed in early 20th-century attire, typically a suit and tie, presenting a professional and refined look suitable for his era and stature.

He is seated with a relaxed but composed posture, often gazing directly at the camera or slightly to the side, evoking a sense of introspection and seriousness.

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What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know.Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world than a reflection of our growing ignorance. Embracing that truth is leading to a rethink of everything from rational decision-making to the limits of machines.By Zack Savistky<a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entropy-a-measure-of-just-how-little-we-really-know-20241213/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entropy-a-measure-of-just-how-little-we-really-know-20241213/">https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entropy-a-measure-of-just-how-little-we-really-know-20241213/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/entropy/" rel="tag">#entropy</a>

Carnot aged 17 in the uniform of a cadet of the École polytechnique. Portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1813).

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This is really cool! Last year I read William Dalrymple's "The Golden Road" and central to its narrative are these trade routes. This was an experiment to reconstruct a lost 5th century CE ship design based on drawing in the Ajanta Caves. According to Dalrymple, images in the Ajanta Caves provide some of the best info for the period. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn15110gvo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn15110gvo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn15110gvo</a><a href="/tags/india/" rel="tag">#India</a> <a href="/tags/mastindia/" rel="tag">#MastIndia</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/ancienthistory/" rel="tag">#AncientHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#Ocean</a> <a href="/tags/ships/" rel="tag">#Ships</a> <a href="/tags/sailing/" rel="tag">#Sailing</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#Archeology</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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A Review of Homeless: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-homeless/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-homeless/">https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-homeless/</a><a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/postapocalyptic/" rel="tag">#PostApocalyptic</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Book cover for Homeless by Neal Shooter. Image on cover shows a black and white sketch of someone walking through a forest on a cold winter day. The ground is covered in snow, the trees are bare, and the person is so bundled up you can’t tell what they look like.

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The strange tale of Sigmund Freud’s begoniaHow the gift of a plant helped Emma Freud finally get to know her great-grandfatherby Emma Freud<a href="https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia">https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/botany/" rel="tag">#botany</a>

Begonia obliqua L.

Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) - Botanicus http://www.botanicus.org "Temple of Flora"

The image depicts Begonia obliqua (now more commonly known as Begonia species), showing:

A begonia with characteristic asymmetrical (oblique) leaves in rich green tones, with prominent red stems
Delicate pink blossoms and white star-shaped flowers scattered throughout the composition
An orange/brown butterfly in the upper left, adding life and movement to the scene

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia#/media/File:Begonia_obliqua00.jpg

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This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: - I bought a second-hand copy of <a href="/tags/isotopes/" rel="tag">#Isotopes</a>: Principles and Applications, published by Wiley. Isotopes are hugely important in various branches of science, and I have it in mind to get to grips with the finer details at some point. - I found a copy of Simon Lamb's Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes at a local charity shop, a classic from <a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@princetonupress</a> - And I bought a copy of Paul Thagard's Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart? from <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@themitpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@themitpress</a> for basically the price of a packet of crisps. <a href="/tags/chemistry/" rel="tag">#Chemistry</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#Physics</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/earthsciences/" rel="tag">#EarthSciences</a> <a href="/tags/orogeny/" rel="tag">#Orogeny</a> <a href="/tags/cognitivescience/" rel="tag">#CognitiveScience</a> <a href="/tags/cognition/" rel="tag">#Cognition</a> <a href="/tags/intelligence/" rel="tag">#Intelligence</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, Isotopes: Principles and Applications, showing a chunky hardback book with a bluish-black cover. A band of large ochre and brown pixels is running diagonally across the bottom-left corner. Though no explanation is given on the cover, this is a close-up of a colourised schematic plot that shows nuclides and their decay products

In the middle, Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes, showing a colour photo of a group of small, single-storey concrete buildings on a barren hillside with a huge mountain range with snow-covered peaks in the background. This photo is reproduced in the book, with the legend explaining that this is a small cemetery on the road to the Zongo Valley in the Cordillera Real, just north of La Paz. The peak in the background is the 6088 metre high peak of Huayna Potosi.

On the right, Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?, showing a colour photo of three figures, a small white robot, a woman, and a dog, in a grassy field facing the viewer, the out-of-focus background showing a blue sky.

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Join the Texas Observer in conversation with author Jessica Pishko on February 5th for this FREE event at Alienated Majesty Books.We'll discuss Pishko's provocative and important book about the dangers posed by extremist sheriffs in the United States. RSVP: <a href="https://buff.ly/4gzkA5r" rel="nofollow">https://buff.ly/4gzkA5r</a> <a href="/tags/events/" rel="tag">#events</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a>

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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1815.Jane Austen's novel Emma is published anonymously by John Murray in London dated 1816. About 1500 copies sell over the next 5 years. Murray offered Austen £450 for this plus the copyrights of Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility, which she refused. Instead, she published two thousand copies of the novel at her own expense, retaining the copyright and paying a 10% commission to Murray.Emma at PG: <a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/158" rel="nofollow">https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/158</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Title page of the first edition of Emma by Jane Austen, published on 23 December 1815, although the title page is dated 1816.

The text reads:
"EMMA: A Novel. In Three Volumes. By the Author of 'Pride and Prejudice,' etc."

The publisher's details are printed at the bottom:
"London: Printed for John Murray, 1816."

The layout is symmetrical, with no decorative embellishments or illustrations, emphasizing the content of the book rather than its exterior. As typical for books of the time, the title page serves both an informational and promotional purpose, linking the novel to the author's previous works, which would have been recognizable to readers.

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So here's the first of the <a href="/tags/mysteryauthors/" rel="tag">#MysteryAuthors</a> from our <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#Winter</a> issue.Nice trees, somewhat obscured by the <a href="/tags/blankpage/" rel="tag">#BlankPage</a>But who could it be?<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a>

A desk looks out on lush foliage, with piles of books, a lamp and a computer screen showing an empty page

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After Failing Math Twice, a Young Benjamin Franklin Turned to This Popular 17th-Century TextbookA 19th-century scholar claimed that “Cocker’s Arithmetick” had “probably made as much stir and noise in the English world as any [book]—next to the Bible”By James Fox<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-failing-math-twice-a-young-benjamin-franklin-turned-to-this-popular-17th-century-textbook-180985664/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-failing-math-twice-a-young-benjamin-franklin-turned-to-this-popular-17th-century-textbook-180985664/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-failing-math-twice-a-young-benjamin-franklin-turned-to-this-popular-17th-century-textbook-180985664/</a>1716 edition of Cocker's Arithmetick is available at <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> <a href="https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_cockers-arithmetick-be_cocker-edward_1716/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_cockers-arithmetick-be_cocker-edward_1716/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater">https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_cockers-arithmetick-be_cocker-edward_1716/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>

By age 16, “being on some occasion made ashamed of my ignorance in figures, which I had twice failed in learning when at school,” Benjamin Franklin wrote, “I took Cocker’s book of arithmetic and went through the whole by myself with great ease.” Illustration by Meilan Solly / Images via James Fox

The illustration depicts a young Benjamin Franklin, at the age of 16, engrossed in studying arithmetic. The setting is likely modest, reflecting his humble beginnings. Franklin is seated at a simple desk or table, with an open book—presumably Cocker’s Arithmetic—in front of him. His focused expression conveys determination and curiosity, embodying his well-known self-taught nature and drive for knowledge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#/media/File:Feke_-_Benjamin_Franklin.png

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📚 Dungeon Crawler Carl by: Matt DinnimanYou know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game ...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/dungeon-crawler-carl" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/dungeon-crawler-carl">https://bookblabla.com/book/dungeon-crawler-carl</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a>

You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.

Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.

Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

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finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/285jz09giIlViRRSkhMEBA" rel="nofollow">I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 by Ed Yong.Delves into the many varied & amazing ways humans & animals have evolved to depend upon microbes. Most of this was familiar to me already, though told in the author's excellent clear & awed way. New was the incredible nesting of microbes within high-order animal cells, with each doing distinct jobs, such that none can survive without the others. Yong is always good for a celebration of life & its complexity.<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/sciencewriting/" rel="tag">#ScienceWriting</a><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WildWoila</a> <a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wildwoila@wyrms.de</a>

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📚 Against the Grain by: Terry O'ReillyIn Terry’s bestselling book, My Best Mistake, he uncovers the surprising power of screwing up. Now, he turns his incredible eye to the mavericks who go “against the grain” in their work to see what makes them tick and to explore what lessons we can learn from them. People wh...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/against-the-grain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/against-the-grain">https://bookblabla.com/book/against-the-grain</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/businesseconomics/" rel="tag">#businesseconomics</a> <a href="/tags/managementselfhelp/" rel="tag">#managementselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/personalgrowth/" rel="tag">#personalgrowth</a> <a href="/tags/success/" rel="tag">#success</a>

In Terry’s bestselling book, My Best Mistake, he uncovers the surprising power of screwing up. Now, he turns his incredible eye to the mavericks who go “against the grain” in their work to see what makes them tick and to explore what lessons we can learn from them. People who chose to ignore conventional wisdom, found or invented a better way, questioned the status quo at great sacrifice and pushed for change against all odds.

Some were drummed out of their careers for it but in the end were proven right (Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis). Some were celebrated but had to fight every inch of the way (Norman Lear). Some re-invented their industry but preferred to stay an outsider (Tom Laughlin—aka Billy Jack).

Some confounded their competitors with ingenious strategies (NHL coach Roger Neilson). One even saved millions of people around the world, but was humiliated, demoted, and dismissed for her entire career (Dr. Katalin Karikó—co-creator of the COVID vaccine). All persistent visionaries, each covered in battle scars.

New from the bestselling author and host of CBC Radio’s Under the Influence

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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1818. Lord Byron, in Venice, sends the final part of Childe Harold to his publisher.The poem contains elements thought to be autobiographical, as Byron generated some of the storyline from experience gained during his travels through Portugal, the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea between 1809 and 1811.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgrimage" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgrimage">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgrimage</a>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage at PG: <a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131" rel="nofollow">https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a>

This is the title page of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, circa 1812.

The name of the work, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, prominently displayed in an elegant and serif typeface, reflecting the literary and romantic style of the period.

Lord Byron, the author, would be credited beneath or near the title. His name might appear in a slightly smaller or secondary font.

The name of the publisher (John Murray), the location (London), and the year of publication (1812) would be included, often at the bottom of the page.

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Five Good Books about Mental Illness. As a parent and caregiver for an adult living with a serious psychiatric illness, I have read a lot about the subject. Here are my five favorite books about psychiatric illness. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (1996) by Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD. The best memoir about living with a serious mental illness and the best book overall that I have read about mental illness, in this case bipolar disorder. Fine literature written by a brilliant author who earned a PhD in psychology and has been awarded about a dozen honorary doctorates. It is inspirational. The Mad Among Us: A History of the Care of America’s Mentally Ill (1995) by Gerald Grob, PhD. The author was a medical historian who wrote this balanced and objective book about the history of psychiatry. It includes the good and the bad. Despite the unfortunate title, this is a great non-fiction book about the history of psychiatry in the USA. We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication (2010) by Judith Warner. This book, written by a journalist, was originally intended to be a critique of psychiatry and the parents of children with mental illnesses. But as the author met families and did her research, she changed her mind and wrote a balanced book about parents trying to help their children. As the author points out, we parents are not eager to put our children on psychiatric medications; in fact the opposite is true. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of An American Family (2020) by Robert Kolker. This biography was written by a journalist about the lives of a large family with twelve children, six of whom were eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia. It is intense and disturbing, as is living with schizophrenia. It is not an encouraging or feel-good book. Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are (2018) by Kevin Mitchell, PhD. This book by a neuroscientist is more broadly about neuroscience, rather than specifically about mental illness. But the author addresses serious mental illness and the state of our knowledge about possible underlying causes of it as a developmental disorder. This book focuses on modern scientific evidence, rather than assumptions and the blame game often associated with attitudes about mental illnesses. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/mentalillness/" rel="tag">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/psychiatry/" rel="tag">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="/tags/caregiving/" rel="tag">#Caregiving</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/schizophrenia/" rel="tag">#Schizophrenia</a> <a href="/tags/neuroscience/" rel="tag">#Neuroscience</a>

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Richard the Lionheart: New Study Rethinks His Capture After the Crusadeby Attila Bárány<a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/richard-the-lionheart-capture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/01/richard-the-lionheart-capture/">https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/richard-the-lionheart-capture/</a>Original article: <a href="https://real.mtak.hu/188501/1/Veber_MercenariesandCrusaders2024.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="real.mtak.hu/188501/1/Veber_MercenariesandCrusaders2024.pdf">https://real.mtak.hu/188501/1/Veber_MercenariesandCrusaders2024.pdf</a>Richard I at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2908" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2908">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2908</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>

Depiction of Emperor Henry VI pardoning Richard in Peter of Eboli's Liber ad honorem Augusti, c. 1196.

The illumination shows:

Upper right: Emperor Henry VI seated on a throne in red robes with a crown, holding symbols of authority, with a green tree beside him
Lower right: King Richard kneeling or prostrating himself before the emperor in submission
Left side: Armed figures, likely guards or knights, one prominently holding a sword
Center: Another figure, possibly a mediator or official

Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI grants a pardon to en:Richard I of England (Richard Lionheart). Petrus de Ebulo, Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis, fol 129, recto

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New Media, Old Anxieties: Why is “Brain Rot” the Word of the Year?Josh Abbey Considers “Savage Torpor” and Other Nice Things<a href="https://lithub.com/new-media-old-anxieties-why-is-brain-rot-the-word-of-the-year/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/new-media-old-anxieties-why-is-brain-rot-the-word-of-the-year/">https://lithub.com/new-media-old-anxieties-why-is-brain-rot-the-word-of-the-year/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/dictionaries/" rel="tag">#dictionaries</a>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary

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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1879.During construction of an extension to Birmingham Central Library in England, a fire destroys 50,000 books and the original manuscript of the Coventry Mystery Plays (including the "Coventry Carol").<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Mystery_Plays" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Mystery_Plays">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Mystery_Plays</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Carol" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Carol">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Carol</a>Coventry Carol at PG (as audio book): <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20603" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20603</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Cover of Christmas Carol Collection 2006 by Various.

Contents

# 01 - O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam - 00:06:18
Performed by: Karen Savage

# 02 - The Boar’s Head Carol by Traditional - 00:01:17
Performed by: Kara Shallenberg

# 03 - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen by Traditional - 00:03:30
Performed by: Diyan

# 04 - Good King Wenseslas by J.M. Neale - 00:03:21
Performed by: Alan Drake & Irene Takiris with Friends

# 05 - Here We Come A-Wassailing by Traditional - 00:01:43
Performed by: Claire Goget

# 06 - Joy to the World by G.F. Handel - 00:01:41
Performed by: Kim Butler

# 07 - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Baptiste Calkin - 00:02:02
Performed by: Kristin Hughes

# 08 - Dona Nobis Pacem by Traditional - 00:02:05
Performed by: SKVE

# 09 - The First Noel by Traditional English carol - 00:02:32
Performed by: Claire Goget

# 10 - Coventry Carol by Robert Croo (Lyrics) - 00:02:00
Performed by: Kim Butler

# 11 - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear by Edmund Hamilton Sears and Richard Storrs Willis - 00:03:35
Performed by: Kristin Hughes

# 12 - Away in a Manger by W. J. Kirkpatrick - 00:02:09
Performed by: Karen Savage

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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1818.Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" appears in Leigh Hunt's weekly The Examiner (London; p. 24) under the pen name "Glirastes". Horace Smith's contribution to the same informal sonnet-writing competition, "On a Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted Below" is published on February 1 under his initials.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a>

"Ozymandias" by Glirastes in The Examiner, London, Sunday, January 11, 1818, No. 524, page 24.

Percy Bysshe Shelley. - First publication in The Examiner, No. 524, page 24.

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TrollSong" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/TrollSong</a>Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

(Left) The cover of Troll Song, by Owen Tyme, Illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

There's a woman in mud spattered white, leather armor crossing a pair of short swords against the neck of a terrified, shirtless dwarf.

The woman has white hair and a darker skin tone on the left side of her face. Her left eye is green and her right eye is blue.

The dwarf's hair and beard are blond.

The background is a green forest, with some flowers among the tall grass.

(Right) The background is a snow-covered forest, with a pair of dark silhouettes in it, one small and the other large, like a giant. The smaller silhouette is of a young woman walking away and the interior is filled with musical symbols, in green, white and two shades of blue. The larger silhouette is a woman wielding two swords and the interior is full of blood spatter. The larger one appears to be chasing the smaller one.

The following text is laid over the scene:

“I can’t die until Lyra takes her last breath! She’ll regret betraying her sisters!”

“There’s no price I won’t pay to see that happen, no pain I won’t endure and I’d sacrifice the whole world to seal her fate!”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TrollSong

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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1868.John William De Forest, writing for The Nation, calls for a more specifically American literature; the essay's title, "The Great American Novel", is the first known use of the term. In 1880, writer Henry James simplified the term with the initialism "GAN".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel#Notable_candidates" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel#Notable_candidates">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel#Notable_candidates</a>Books by John William De Forest at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4323" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4323">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4323</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Portrait of John William De Forest.

A middle-aged or older man with a strong, thoughtful expression, likely with neatly combed dark or graying hair and a short, well-groomed mustache.

Wearing formal 19th-century clothing, such as a dark suit, waistcoat, and a white shirt, typical of the era's intellectuals or gentlemen.

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American novelist, journalist and activist Jack London was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1876.London wrote several works dealing with animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London</a>Books By Jack London at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Portrait photograph of Jack London (1876-1916) Contributor Names Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer Created / Published between 1906 and 1942; from a negative taken between 1906 and 1916.

London, known for his rugged individualism, is portrayed with a thoughtful expression, emphasizing his literary and adventurous spirit.

His attire is simple yet sturdy, perhaps a jacket or a collared shirt, indicative of his practical, outdoorsy lifestyle.

The photograph's composition is intimate, with a soft focus on London's face, drawing attention to his determined eyes and expressive features.

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UPDATE 4-MAY-2026 18:23 UTC+7 348/560 — $212 left to cover May essentials. Thank you to everyone who’s contributed so far 🙂‍↕️I’m disabled with no healthcare or fixed income, and I need ongoing support to stay afloat. If you can spare at least $5/month, it would make a real difference. If you prefer one-off support, that helps just as much.Please help amplify this so it reaches more people. Thank you, truly.<a href="https://wrzky.com/links" rel="nofollow">https://wrzky.com/links</a><a href="https://wrzky.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@posts</a> <a href="https://ovo.st/club/mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mutualaid</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mutualaid@fedigroups.social</a> <a href="https://ovo.st/club/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@disability</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@autistics</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@actuallyadhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@actuallyadhd</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitymutualaid/" rel="tag">#disabilitymutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidboost/" rel="tag">#MutualAidBoost</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#audhd</a> <a href="/tags/cptsd/" rel="tag">#cptsd</a> <a href="/tags/chronicillness/" rel="tag">#chronicillness</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="/tags/ongoingsupport/" rel="tag">#ongoingsupport</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/disabledwriter/" rel="tag">#disabledwriter</a> <a href="/tags/medicalassistance/" rel="tag">#medicalassistance</a> <a href="/tags/disabilityjustice/" rel="tag">#disabilityjustice</a> <a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#womensrights</a> <a href="/tags/muslim/" rel="tag">#Muslim</a> <a href="/tags/islam/" rel="tag">#islam</a> <a href="/tags/muslimah/" rel="tag">#Muslimah</a> <a href="/tags/muslimwomen/" rel="tag">#muslimwomen</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#fedi</a> <a href="/tags/maythe4th/" rel="tag">#MayThe4th</a> <a href="/tags/maythe4th2026/" rel="tag">#maythe4th2026</a>

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