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<p>U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available</p><p>Thanks to a generous gift of materials from the Wolf Law Library at the William &amp; Mary Law School, and the Internet Archive’s mission to digitize and provide universal access to knowledge, we are pleased to share more than 125,000 U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs.</p><p>by Merrilee Proffitt via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u-s-supreme-court-records-and-briefs-the-arguments-that-shaped-america-now-freely-available/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u-s-supreme-court-records-and-briefs-the-arguments-that-shaped-america-now-freely-available/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u-</span><span class="invisible">s-supreme-court-records-and-briefs-the-arguments-that-shaped-america-now-freely-available/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>

<p>Translators: unsung heroes of a multilingual web</p><p>Following the launch of the ‘World Wide Web’ (which became known as ‘the web’) – in 1990, users with a native language other than English reached 5 percent by 1994, 20 percent by 1998, 50 percent by 2000 and 75 percent by 2015.</p><p>By Marie Lebert</p><p><a href="https://ausit.org/blog/translators-unsung-heroes-of-a-multilingual-web/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ausit.org/blog/translators-unsung-heroes-of-a-multilingual-web/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ausit.org/blog/translators-uns</span><span class="invisible">ung-heroes-of-a-multilingual-web/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise</p><p>Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a “life-and-death struggle”</p><p>by Meilan Solly</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smithso</span><span class="invisible">nian-institution/a-white-historian-claimed-that-black-people-had-no-history-this-trailblazing-scholar-dedicated-his-life-to-proving-otherwise-180988144/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p>Carter G. Woodson at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3835"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3835</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#blackhistorymonth</a></p>

<p>Rediscovered photograph sheds light on Jeanne Duval – Manet’s Lady with a Fan</p><p>by Maria C. Scott</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/rediscovered-photograph-sheds-light-on-jeanne-duval-manets-lady-with-a-fan-275051" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/rediscovered-photograph-sheds-light-on-jeanne-duval-manets-lady-with-a-fan-275051"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/rediscover</span><span class="invisible">ed-photograph-sheds-light-on-jeanne-duval-manets-lady-with-a-fan-275051</span></a></p><p>Manet (as illustrator) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6624" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6624"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/6624</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>📚 When the Cranes Fly South by: Lisa Ridzén</p><p>Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left. These days, his quiet existence is broken up only by daily visits from his home care team. Fortunately, he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten to keep him company, though now his son, wi...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/when-the-cranes-fly-south" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/when-the-cranes-fly-south"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/when-the-c</span><span class="invisible">ranes-fly-south</span></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><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/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/friendshipfiction/" rel="tag">#friendshipfiction</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a></p>

<p>&quot;Lost, yesterday, somewhere between Sunrise and Sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.&quot;</p><p>&#x27;Lost, Two Golden Hours&#x27; in Common School Journal November 1844</p><p>~Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859)</p><p>Horace Mann at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70681" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70681</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Voynich Manuscript revealed: five things you probably did not know about the Medieval masterpiece</p><p>Scholars have speculated for centuries about the meaning behind the 15th-century codex and its peculiar illustrations</p><p>By Garry Shaw</p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/05/the-voynich-manuscript-revealed-five-things-you-probably-did-not-know-about-the-medieval-masterpiece" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/05/the-voynich-manuscript-revealed-five-things-you-probably-did-not-know-about-the-medieval-masterpiece"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">5/05/the-voynich-manuscript-revealed-five-things-you-probably-did-not-know-about-the-medieval-masterpiece</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_</span><span class="invisible">manuscript</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#oldmanuscript</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</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><br><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></p>

<p>A Review of Love Bug: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-love-bug/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-love-bug/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-lo</span><span class="invisible">ve-bug/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/valentinesday/" rel="tag">#ValentinesDay</a> <a href="/tags/youngadult/" rel="tag">#YoungAdult</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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>4 Must-Read Works by Edgar Allan Poe (&amp; Why You Should Read Them)</p><p>Edgar Allan Poe was a master of Gothic literature. Although his stories are filled with gloom and mystery, they also contain universal truths.</p><p>by Andrew Olsen</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/edgar-allan-poe-works-must-read/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/edgar-allan-poe-works-must-read/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/edgar-all</span><span class="invisible">an-poe-works-must-read/</span></a></p><p>Edgar Allan Poe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/481"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/481</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 I Who Have Never Known Men (B&amp;N Exclusive Edition) by: Jacqueline Harpman</p><p>As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl--the fortieth prisoner--sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/i-who-have-never-known-men-bn-exclusive-edition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/i-who-have-never-known-men-bn-exclusive-edition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/i-who-have</span><span class="invisible">-never-known-men-bn-exclusive-edition</span></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><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/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/dystopianfiction/" rel="tag">#dystopianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/feminist/" rel="tag">#feminist</a></p>

<p>Completly misunderstanding how society works is what tech bros do best! 😂 </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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span><br>@worldbuilding <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/bro/" rel="tag">#Bro</a> <a href="/tags/dystopian/" rel="tag">#Dystopian</a><br><a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/scifimemes/" rel="tag">#SciFiMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</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> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#Opera</a> <a href="/tags/hard/" rel="tag">#Hard</a> <a href="/tags/cottagecore/" rel="tag">#CottageCore</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</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/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>

<p>Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a dark parable about coercive control</p><p>By Katy Mullin and Hannah Roche</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/emily-brontes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/emily-brontes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/emily-bron</span><span class="invisible">tes-wuthering-heights-is-a-dark-parable-about-coercive-control-253866?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%201%202025%20-%203359834264+CID_13448bac8f25132d36fbf0c25b322159&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Emily%20Bronts%20Wuthering%20Heights%20is%20a%20dark%20parable%20about%20coercive%20control</span></a></p><p>Wuthering Heights at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/768" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/768</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/movie/" rel="tag">#movie</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Today&#x27;s Distributed Proofreader&#x27;s blog celebrates the 49,000th unique title Distributed Proofreaders has posted to Project Gutenberg: The Trail of the Serpent, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/04/12/celebrating-49000-titles/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2025/04/12/celebrating-49000-titles/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2025/04/12/celeb</span><span class="invisible">rating-49000-titles/</span></a></p><p>The Trail of the Serpent at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75840" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75840</a></p><p>Distributed Proofreaders</p><p><a href="https://www.pgdp.net/c/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.pgdp.net/c/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a></p>

<p>Today&#x27;s DP Blog shines a spotlight on the Noël Coward play, &quot;Hay Fever&quot;</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/05/01/hay-fever/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2025/05/01/hay-fever/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2025/05/01/hay-f</span><span class="invisible">ever/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/plays/" rel="tag">#plays</a></p>

<p>Why Are There So Many Folk Songs About Maypoles?</p><p>Happy May 1st!</p><p><a href="https://wordsmarts.com/folk-song-maypole/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wordsmarts.com/folk-song-maypole/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordsmarts.com/folk-song-maypo</span><span class="invisible">le/</span></a></p><p>Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne by PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/28" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/28"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/28</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

<p>Inside Switzerland&#x27;s extraordinary medieval library</p><p>By Mike MacEacheran</p><p>The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/2</span><span class="invisible">0260202-inside-switzerlands-extraordinary-medieval-library</span></a></p><p>Medieval library at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=medieval+library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=medieval+library</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a></p>

<p>This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies</p><p>A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones</p><p>By Kristen French </p><p><a href="https://nautil.us/this-plaintive-song-is-from-a-land-without-lullabies-1207655/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nautil.us/this-plaintive-song-is-from-a-land-without-lullabies-1207655/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nautil.us/this-plaintive-song-</span><span class="invisible">is-from-a-land-without-lullabies-1207655/</span></a></p><p>Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/16" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/16"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/16</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

<p>📚 Behind These Four Walls by: Yasmin Angoe</p><p>Isla Thorne had a rough start in life. Orphaned young, she spent her formative years in a group home where she met her best friend, Eden Galloway. At sixteen, they decide to run away to LA...but Eden never makes it.</p><p>It&#x27;s been ten years since Eden vanished. And Isla...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/behind-these-four-walls" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/behind-these-four-walls"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/behind-the</span><span class="invisible">se-four-walls</span></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><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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/domestic/" rel="tag">#domestic</a></p>

<p>Thought of the day by Robert Frost (misattributed to): &#x27;The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.&#x27;</p><p>By Gandharv Walia</p><p><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/thought-of-the-day-february-21-thought-of-the-day-by-robert-frost-the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-the-moment-you-get-up-in-the-morning-and-does-not-stop-until-you-get-into-the-office-/articleshow/128651821.cms?from=mdr" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/thought-of-the-day-february-21-thought-of-the-day-by-robert-frost-the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-the-moment-you-get-up-in-the-morning-and-does-not-stop-until-you-get-into-the-office-/articleshow/128651821.cms?from=mdr"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">economictimes.indiatimes.com/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/international/us/thought-of-the-day-february-21-thought-of-the-day-by-robert-frost-the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-the-moment-you-get-up-in-the-morning-and-does-not-stop-until-you-get-into-the-office-/articleshow/128651821.cms?from=mdr</span></a></p><p>Frost at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1091"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1091</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;Several recent <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> paint a stark portrait of the uniquely expansive regime of <a href="/tags/uspolicing/" rel="tag">#USpolicing</a> and punishment, revealing what conventional wisdom gets wrong about its origins and scale and clarifying the obstacles to changing it.&quot; </p><p>Marie Gottschalk reviews <a href="/tags/themigrantsjail/" rel="tag">#TheMigrantsJail</a>, <a href="/tags/thehighestlawintheland/" rel="tag">#TheHighestLawInTheLand</a>, <a href="/tags/theminneapolisreckoning/" rel="tag">#TheMinneapolisReckoning</a>, &amp; <a href="/tags/copaganda/" rel="tag">#Copaganda</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bostonreview.net/articles/</span><span class="invisible">the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/staterepression/" rel="tag">#stateRepression</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#migrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportations/" rel="tag">#deportations</a> <a href="/tags/massdeportations/" rel="tag">#massDeportations</a> <a href="/tags/carceralindustry/" rel="tag">#carceralIndustry</a> <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>Book Review: The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang<br>Linguistics science fiction that isn&#x27;t just the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis redux...Hook it to my veins.<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@chloroform_tea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chloroform_tea</span></a></span> has our release-day review of the book at the NOAF blog<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/book-review-language-of-liars-by-s-l.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/book-review-language-of-liars-by-s-l.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-language-of-liars-by-s-l.html</span></a><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/2UYemQHbkm5z7dvJVk934c" rel="nofollow">Anxious People</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Fredrik Backman.</p><p>A bunch of charming idiots (i.e. everyday people) get thrown together and muddle their way through a crisis in the only way humans can: messily, and hilariously. Occasionally heavy-handed but the portrayal of people and their idiosyncrasies is a joy.</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> </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>Blood On the Page: On Jane Austen’s Period Drama</p><p>Devoney Looser Explores 19th-Century Attitudes About Menstruation and Women’s Health</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-on-jane-austens-period-drama/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-on-jane-austens-period-drama/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/blood-on-the-page-o</span><span class="invisible">n-jane-austens-period-drama/</span></a></p><p>&quot;The Letters of Jane Austen&quot; at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42078" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42078</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a></p>

<p>Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/AshenBladesOpen</span><span class="invisible">Wounds</span></a></p><p>The arch-demon, Pride, leads demon-kind in an ancient plan to open a gate between worlds, so vast demon armies might march forth and conquer, but opening a portal requires both energy equivalent to a nuclear explosion and the cooperation of a half-demon, to stabilize it. However, the only half-demon available has made it her life mission to kill all demons.</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><br><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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>