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Heavy Is the Crown: George R.R. Martin on His Triumphs and Torments

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<p>See Charles Dickens' Rare Manuscripts, Teenage Love Letters and a Copy of 'David Copperfield' That Traveled to Antarctica</p><p>To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Charles Dickens Museum in London is staging an exhibition of historic objects that shed light on the writer’s life and legacy</p><p>By Julia Binswanger</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-charles-dickens-rare-manuscripts-teenage-love-letters-and-a-copy-of-david-copperfield-that-traveled-to-antarctica-180985811/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-charles-dickens-rare-manuscripts-teenage-love-letters-and-a-copy-of-david-copperfield-that-traveled-to-antarctica-180985811/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/see-charles-dickens-rare-manuscripts-teenage-love-letters-and-a-copy-of-david-copperfield-that-traveled-to-antarctica-180985811/</span></a></p><p>Books by Charles Dickens at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/37</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/manuscripts/" rel="tag">#manuscripts</a></p>

Dickens at his desk, 1858

By George Herbert Watkins, born 1828.

Dickens is seated at a polished wooden desk, which is adorned with neatly arranged papers, a quill pen, and an inkwell, symbolizing his literary craft.

Dickens is dressed in mid-19th-century attire, including a dark frock coat and waistcoat, reflecting the fashion of his time.
His face bears a contemplative expression, with his gaze slightly diverted from the camera, suggesting introspection or creative thought.

His distinctive facial features, such as the sharp nose, expressive eyes, and thick beard, are rendered with remarkable clarity.

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<p>Rasputin: Fraud, Mystic, Womanizer, Prophet... Or All of the Above?</p><p>Antony Beevor on the Enigmatic Spiritualist Who Enchanted Russian High Society and Changed the Course of History</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/rasputin-fraud-mystic-womanizer-prophet-or-all-of-the-above/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/rasputin-fraud-mystic-womanizer-prophet-or-all-of-the-above/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/rasputin-fraud-myst</span><span class="invisible">ic-womanizer-prophet-or-all-of-the-above/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/russianhistory/" rel="tag">#RussianHistory</a></p>

Photo of Grigori Rasputin. He is sitting in a chair with his hands clasped in front of him. He has on a white shirt. He has a long beard and long greasy hair.

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<p>English writer A. A. Milne was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1882.</p><p>He is best best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.</p><p>Watch our podcast on Winnie the Pooh:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWZxwuam5Iw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWZxwuam5Iw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWZxwu</span><span class="invisible">am5Iw</span></a></p><p>A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh as an accessible eBook:<br><a href="https://tilde.zone/@gluejar/113749300977151258" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tilde.zone/@gluejar/113749300977151258"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilde.zone/@gluejar/1137493009</span><span class="invisible">77151258</span></a></p><p>Books by A.A. Milne at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/730" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/730"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/730</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photograph of A. A. Milne.

Emil Otto Hoppé - Shadowland, September 1922 (page 62).

In this photograph, A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, is likely captured in a thoughtful or distinguished pose, characteristic of Hoppé’s style.

The lighting and composition would emphasize Milne’s features, possibly with soft shadows adding depth.

Given the time period, the image is a black-and-white portrait, possibly highlighting Milne's refined yet approachable demeanor.

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<p>"If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1904.</p><p>Anton Chekhov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, opens at the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Constantin Stanislavski.</p><p>Written in 1903, it was first published by Znaniye, and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Publishers.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry_Orchard" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry_Orchard"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cher</span><span class="invisible">ry_Orchard</span></a></p><p>Cherry Orchard at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7986" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7986</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Scene from The Cherry Orchard, Moscow Art Theater, 1904. The MAT setting demonstrates a conscious attempt to avoid the stiffness and artificiality of the perfectly symmetrical box set. Variation of planes and glimpses into other rooms in the house continue the environment beyond the stage room and help to combat unintentional rigidity.

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<p>Perpetual Movement: Francis Picabia’s 391 Review (1917–1924).</p><p>Francis Picabia, like his close friend and collaborator Marcel Duchamp, was a man of many names. While Duchamp famously went by his feminine alter ego Rrose Sélavy and signed his 1917 Fountain with the pseudonym R. Mutt, Picabia adopted numerous aliases across his literary and artistic practice. </p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/francis-picabia-391-review/?utm_source=newsletter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/francis-picabia-391-review/?utm_source=newsletter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/francis-picabia-391-review/?utm_source=newsletter</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/391-vol-1-19" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/391-vol-1-19"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/391-vol-1-</span><span class="invisible">19</span></a></p><p>Picabia at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=picabia&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=picabia&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=picabia&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dada/" rel="tag">#dada</a></p>

“La Sainte-Vierge” from the 12th volume of 391 (1920).

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<p>Do you track your reading habits? "Like the things we eat or the ways we move our bodies, the books we consume get talked about as yet another avenue for self-improvement," writes Tajja Isen for The Walrus. Here's her story about the problem with reading lists, and a way to make them useful and even lead to more enjoyment. Tell us in the comments what you think — and if you track, why.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/AEiSjN" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/AEiSjN</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readinglists/" rel="tag">#ReadingLists</a> <a href="/tags/goodreads/" rel="tag">#Goodreads</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1812.</p><p>Lord Byron takes his seat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.</p><p>These parlamentary experiences inspired Byron to write political poems such as Song for the Luddites (1816) and The Landlords' Interest, Canto XIV of The Age of Bronze. Examples of poems in which he attacked his political opponents include Wellington: The Best of the Cut-Throats (1819) and The Intellectual Eunuch Castlereagh (1818).</p><p>Books by Lord Byron at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1708" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1708"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1708</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of Byron by Richard Westall, completed in 1813.

Byron is shown in a slightly turned pose, gazing to the side with a thoughtful and introspective expression.

He wears an open-collared white shirt with a rich, red cloak or drape, which enhances his aristocratic elegance.

His hair is styled in soft, dark curls, framing his face, which was considered emblematic of beauty during the period.

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<p>Have you ever read a book set at a magical boarding school in England and wondered why the adult staff aren't doing anything about the supernatural problems the site faces? Well, then I recommend The Incandescent by Emily Tesh to you. Turns out competent adults can make a difference!</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> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> </p><p>1/2</p>

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<p>Book Review: Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka<br>Of all the versions of you in all universes, can you live with being this one?<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ohai.social/@carturo222" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carturo222</span></a></span> has our review<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-self-portrait-with-nothing.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-self-portrait-with-nothing.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-self-portrait-with-nothing.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>The Explorer Who Faked His Way Through the Hajj</p><p>Englishman Richard Burton wore several disguises, ranging from merchant to doctor to pilgrim in the holy city of Mecca.</p><p>By Kayla Johnson</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-explorer-who-faked-his-way-through-the-hajj/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_01302026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/the-explorer-who-faked-his-way-through-the-hajj/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_01302026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/the-explorer-w</span><span class="invisible">ho-faked-his-way-through-the-hajj/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_01302026</span></a></p><p>Richard Burton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/898" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/898"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/898</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

Portrait of Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, army officer, orientalist writer and scholar, c. 1863, by Ernest Edwards, from vintage albumen print in the publication Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science, and Art, with Biographical Memoirs, Edwards, Ernest, and Lovell Reeve, State Library of New South Wales, DSM/920.042/P

Burton is dressed in Middle Eastern/Ottoman attire:
Fez or tarbush (traditional cap)
Flowing robes and kaftan
Sash around the waist
Dagger visible at his waist
Oriental setting: Seated on cushions with draped fabric and tent-like backdrop
His characteristic intense gaze and prominent mustache
A pose suggesting his famous ability to "pass" as a native in various cultures

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Edwards_Richard_Burton_1864_slnsw.jpg/960px-Edwards_Richard_Burton_1864_slnsw.jpg

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<p>Virginia Woolf poems, written for niece and nephew, have been discovered</p><p>By Andrew Limbong</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5260964/virginia-woolf-poems-niece-nephew" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5260964/virginia-woolf-poems-niece-nephew"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">260964/virginia-woolf-poems-niece-nephew</span></a></p><p>Books by Virginia Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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<p>Who could use a laugh?<br>Space Worms is here. Chaos is inevitable. Space Squad 51 is unstoppable. Get it now! <a href="https://buff.ly/N02v1f5" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/N02v1f5</a> <br><a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> <a href="/tags/kobo/" rel="tag">#Kobo</a> <a href="/tags/nook/" rel="tag">#Nook</a> <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/googleplay/" rel="tag">#GooglePlay</a><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1853.</p><p>Charles Dickens gives the first of his public readings of his own works, in Birmingham Town Hall (England) to the Industrial and Literary Institute, repeated three days later to an audience of working people and including an adaptation of A Christmas Carol; these are very successful and Dickens continues public readings until the year of his death.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_A_Christmas_Carol" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_A_Christmas_Carol"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptati</span><span class="invisible">ons_of_A_Christmas_Carol</span></a></p><p>Christmas Carol at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. Title page.

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<p>Hello Fediverse! (as we've learned :) )</p><p>Thank you for your warm welcome.</p><p>In our shop there is a display-window for which we pick a topic that is important to us. There we place all kinds of books beside each other. Poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, childrens' books and essays. There only has to be an association which connects them. We call this our "Wabe", our honey-comb.</p><p>We'll start posting on it next week. Are there and important hashtags we should use? <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

A photograph of the bookshop "Buchhandlung am Brühl" from the outside. You can see three large display-windows with books and handmade craft-art from the ore mountains.

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<p>"Nothing can come of nothing: speak again."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1838.</p><p>William Macready opens a performance of King Lear at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, restoring most of Shakespeare's original text, including the character of the Fool.</p><p>The restored character of the Fool was played by Priscilla Horton. And Helen Faucit's final appearance as Cordelia, dead in her father's arms, became one of the most iconic of Victorian images.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lear" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lear"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lea</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1532" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1532</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Lear and Cordelia in Prison c1779 N 05189 B 53 Pen and watercolour 123×175 by William Blake.

It depicts a poignant scene from William Shakespeare’s King Lear, where the aging King Lear and his devoted daughter, Cordelia, are imprisoned together.

In this work, Blake captures the deep sorrow and tenderness between Lear and Cordelia. Lear, frail and distressed, appears to lean toward his daughter, who remains calm and resolute.

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<p>In January 1864.</p><p>Anthony Trollope's Can You Forgive Her?, the first of his Palliser novels, begins to appear in monthly parts in London. Trollope completes it on April 28 and the first volume is published as a book in September by Chapman & Hall. In April, The Small House at Allington concludes publication in the Cornhill Magazine and is published in book form by George Smith.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Forgive_Her%3F" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Forgive_Her%3F"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_</span><span class="invisible">Forgive_Her%3F</span></a></p><p>Can You Forgive Her? at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/19500" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/19500</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

First edition title page.
Anthony Trollope/Chapman and Hall - Can You Forgive Her?

At the top, the title Can You Forgive Her? is prominently displayed in bold serif type, drawing immediate attention.

Below the title, the author's name, Anthony Trollope, appears in a slightly smaller but still significant font size, emphasizing his established reputation as a novelist.

The publisher’s details, Chapman and Hall, are printed near the bottom, marking the book’s London publication.

The design is minimalistic, without elaborate ornamentation, focusing on clarity and readability.

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<p>A lesson in coexistence</p><p>The 17th-century town Cacheu was a hub of West African and European cultures, languages and beliefs (and run by women)</p><p>by Toby Green</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/lessons-in-pluralism-from-a-17th-century-african-town?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e74e74a2cc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/lessons-in-pluralism-from-a-17th-century-african-town?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e74e74a2cc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/lessons-in-plur</span><span class="invisible">alism-from-a-17th-century-african-town?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e74e74a2cc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Guinea at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=guinea" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=guinea"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=guinea</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#anthropology</a></p>

A well in Cacheu, circa 1900

The photograph shows:
A communal well or fountain ("uma fonte") in the outskirts ("arredores") of Cacheu
Multiple people, mostly women and children, gathered to collect water
Water vessels: Various pots, jars, and containers being filled or carried
Landscape: Tropical vegetation with palm trees in the background
Daily life scene: Documenting the essential task of water collection
The image is labeled in both Portuguese ("Cacheu. Arredores - Uma fonte.") and French ("Cacheo. Environs - une fontaine.")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacheu#/media/File:DC_-_Cacheu._Arredores_-_Uma_fonte.jpg

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<p>Swedish mathematician Niels Fabian Helge von Koch was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1870.</p><p>He gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described. It is based on the Koch curve, which appeared in a 1904 paper titled "On a Continuous Curve Without Tangents, Constructible from Elementary Geometry."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Fabian_Helge_von_Koch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Fabian_Helge_von_Koch"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Fa</span><span class="invisible">bian_Helge_von_Koch</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

Portrait of Nils Fabian Helge von Koch.

In the image, he is shown as an older gentleman, with neatly combed hair, a mustache, and a composed, intellectual expression.

His attire would be formal, typical of late 19th- and early 20th-century European academics—a suit with a high-collared shirt.

von Koch, Helge (1904). "Sur une courbe continue sans tangente, obtenue par une construction géométrique élémentaire" [On a continuous curve without tangent, obtained by an elementary geometric construction]. Arkiv för Matematik (in French). 1: 681–704. JFM 35.0387.02.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000100114564&view=1up&seq=691

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<p>A most interesting chart. And most revealing.<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a></p>

Bar chart.
Title: Number of Toronto Public Library in-person visits versus attendance at games (home and away) of major sports teams, 2023.
The chart shows that there were 12.5 million library visits, versus attendance of 3 million for Blue Jays games, 1.7 million for Maple Leafs games, and 0.8 million for Raptors games.

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<p>There’s an historic home downtown from the 1800’s that had a ginormous old cottonwood tree growing in front of it. Unfortunately, the tree got badly damaged in a storm a few years ago and had to be cut down. But they left the huge stump in place and recently turned it into a free library with a full-sized door, plus the same style cupola and slate roof tiles as the house. It’s pretty cool. 📚🌳</p><p><a href="/tags/streetphotography/" rel="tag">#streetphotography</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a></p>

An historic home from the 1800’s with angled roof pitches, big windows, a cupola, bright yellow siding, and slate roof tiles, partially hidden behind green trees branches in bright afternoon sunshine and partly cloudy skies.

The same historic house in the left background behind trees and a decorative, low iron fence. There is a very large stump of a former cottonwood tree in the right foreground with a slate-tiled cupola roof on top of the stump that in the same style as the house behind.

The large stump of a former cottonwood tree has been hollowed out inside to contain a small, free library with book-filled shelves behind a full-sized wooden door, which is open to see inside the stump. A hint of partly cloudy blue skies is visible above the cupola roof of the tree stump.

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<p>Omgggg!! I just discovered that Project Gutenberg has an automated feed on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> where they post new books they add!</p><p>Go follow them: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_new" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_new</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

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<p>Hi guys! </p><p>I’m new to mastodon and the fediverse. I’m still trying to figure things out but so far this seems pretty cool! </p><p>Here is a list of my interests: <br><a href="/tags/kpop/" rel="tag">#kpop</a> <br><a href="/tags/kdrama/" rel="tag">#kdrama</a><br><a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <br><a href="/tags/manga/" rel="tag">#manga</a> <br><a href="/tags/genshinimpact/" rel="tag">#genshinimpact</a><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a> </p><p>I am also a part of the <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> community and came here because of <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#tiktok</a> </p><p>I hope to find lots of friends so if you follow me i’ll follow you back! </p><p><a href="/tags/newhere/" rel="tag">#newhere</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

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<p>"Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1916.</p><p>James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is first published complete in book form, in New York by B. W. Huebsch.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Portra</span><span class="invisible">it_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man</span></a></p><p>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/4217" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/4217</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Front cover of the first edition, published by B. W. Huebsch in 1916

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<p>A light from the periphery</p><p>The life of Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose illuminates how scientific genius can emerge from the most unexpected quarters</p><p>by Somaditya (Soma) Banerjee</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/why-satyendra-nath-bose-was-more-than-einsteins-sidekick?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fbc94eca5e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/why-satyendra-nath-bose-was-more-than-einsteins-sidekick?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fbc94eca5e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/why-satyendra-n</span><span class="invisible">ath-bose-was-more-than-einsteins-sidekick?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fbc94eca5e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_13_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>More about Nath Bose;<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendr</span><span class="invisible">a_Nath_Bose</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

Bose at Dhaka University in the 1930s.

It shows Bose seated outdoors on a wooden chair, facing the camera directly. He is dressed in formal academic attire typical of the period: a light-colored suit jacket, matching trousers, a collared shirt, and a neatly knotted tie. A pen is visible tucked into the breast pocket of his jacket, suggesting a scholarly or professional role.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose#/media/File:Satyendra-nath-bose.jpg

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