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@HiddenFrame_ Wicked!

In "The Odyssey" (2026), Odysseus speaks with a Boston accent, despite being from Ithaca, which is in New York.

@BBHerodotus #FamousReaders

“My appetite is hearty and when I sit down to read I like a square meal. Don’t read as if it were some chore or a choice away from modern entertainment devices. Read expecting to receive more than you imagine.” - C.S. Lewis

@cljack Old observation, supposedly made by a 19th-century European immigrant: In America, the president is "mister," and I am "mister" too.

the euros don’t understand this is completely unrelated to hierarchy 😭 just totally baffled at the concept of manners

@cljack Years ago when I was teaching I routinely addressed my students as "sir" or "ma'am." It's just ordinary respectful treatment.

@PresbyInn FYI: colonialmeetinghouses.com Looks like a site that was developed for a photo book. Some pretty pictures.

English Neighborhood Reformed Church Ridgefield, NJ

@MrAndyNgo That's how they ran the J6 operation at the Capitol, too, with some teams trying to incite the crowd outside; others breaking windows; others trying to shove bystanders forward to create confrontations; etc.

As during the 2020 BLM-Antifa riots, highly organized ideologues would form specialized teams to carry out different functions at the riots. There are instructional texts and essays available on revolutionary anarchist websites that teach militants how to organize insurrections. The militants would also train in person — often at anarchist “bookstores.” centerstreet.com/titles/andy-ng…

@lefineder @cremieuxrecueil And they were all still collecting the government dole and voting in the local council elections well into their 130s. 💰

@cremieuxrecueil Pliny the Elder cited a census taken in northern Italy in which an implausible/impossible number of supercentenarians were recorded. Probably a consequence of the Romans not having universal birth registration.

A lot of longevity advice comes from stories about the lifestyles of supercentenarians (110 y/o). That advice is polluted, since so many aren't as old as they claim to be. In fact, the number of supercentenarians dropped dramatically when birth certificates became a thing!

@nicksortor @NStewWX This is apparently the event – more reports coming in: fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_vi… I believe there are few reports from MA specifically because it was cloudy/rainy at the time. The posted reports are from farther N and W where the skies were clear and the object visible.

🚨 WOW! Another video of the “explosion” in the Boston area really captures how LOUD the boom was It’s looking like the cause was a “significant” meteor crashing through the atmosphere and burning up, as indicated by heat signatures via satellite, per @NStewWX This has not yet been confirmed.

@MrTCHarris Good job, dad. 👍

My son set me this.

Using the marks on ancient coinage, one can figure out the number of dies used to produce them and estimate the total volume of coins minted. I have plotted below the total amount of coinage produced in the ancient world from the emergence of coinage to the end of the Roman Republic. Several large surges of coin production can be seen on the graph: Post-330 BC Alexander the Great conquered Persia and used the massive hoards of silver and gold found in the royal treasuries to issue vast quantities of coinage to pay his troops. During the Second Punic War (218–201 BC) the Romans made emergency issues of vast quantities of silver denarii to fund the war effort. Another such surge occurred in the 80s BC during the Roman Social War and subsequent civil wars.

@vbspurs Princess Diana's mother had American ancestry going back to the colonial period, and so Britain's upcoming King William is in fact eligible to join the Sons of the American Revolution. 🇺🇸

It's very common outside of America, especially amongst descendants. Half the British aristocracy used to say that about themselves. Agatha Christie, whose dad was American, used to call herself that too.

Philosophy always was a tough gig: οὐ γὰρ ἠνείχοντο τοὺς φυσικοὺς καὶ μετεωρολέσχας τότε καλουμένους, ὡς εἰς αἰτίας ἀλόγους καὶ δυνάμεις ἀπρονοήτους καὶ κατηναγκασμένα πάθη διατρίβοντας τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλὰ καὶ Πρωταγόρας ἔφυγε, καὶ Ἀναξαγόραν εἱρχθέντα μόλις περιεποιήσατο Περικλῆς, καὶ Σωκράτης, οὐδὲν αὐτῷ τῶν γε τοιούτων προσῆκον, ὅμως ἀπώλετο διὰ φιλοσοφίαν. - People did not put up with natural philosophers and star-gazers, as they were called back then, because they explained away the divine as nonsensical causes, unreasoning forces and inevitable events. Protagoras was exiled, Pericles barely managed to save the imprisoned Anaxagoras, Socrates, who had no connection to any these affairs, still perished because of his philosophy. Plutarch, Nicias 23.3

@DataRepublican Everybody thought Comintern was dead, but it isn't and never has been. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist…

Wait until you hear about the German government pipeline to DSA. I’ve got so much stuff to drop, just need to get this asthma flare up under control.

@wylfcen And Wheelwright, a fairly common occupational surname.

Aside from “playwright” and “shipwright,” Old English had many compounds of “wright” that are now lost, because it was the ordinary word for worker or maker. These include “gemwright” (ġimwyrhta, a jeweler), “midwright” (midwyrhta, a co-worker), “needwright” (nēdwyrhta, a fixed laborer), “shieldwright” (sċieldwyrhta, someone who makes shields), “shoewright” (sċōhwyrhta, a cobbler), “stonewright” (stānwyrhta, a mason), “swordwright” (sweordwyrhta, someone who makes swords), “treewright” (trēowyrhta, a carpenter), and “wainwright” (wæġnwyrhta, a wagon-maker).

@NatureUnedited @SomeBitchIIKnow Little Cat needs a bunny.

Rabbits show dominance by demanding to be groomed, while cats show dominance by grooming the other. A perfect relationship

@MrAndyNgo @camhigby Still waiting for them to try my method: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_net

Newark, N.J. (May 29) — State police move back the far-left rioters at the ongoing attack on Delaney Hall. Video by @camhigby:

@BBHerodotus An ongoing series of famous people reading would be excellent. 📖

Take some time to read this weekend.

@SomeBitchIIKnow It's like they live inside a Woody Allen movie and think it's the whole wide world.

Looking forward to your article in a little over a month about how intimidating it is to have neighbors celebrating the 4th.

@lefineder Gravestone inscriptions are among my favorite things. This is outside your usual space-time range, but it's a very important collection: farber.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet

Tomb inscription of Hetep-her-akhet, Fifth Dynasty Egyptian official, c. 2494–2345 BC.

@herandrews cc: @SomeBitchIIKnow – for your ADL files.

“The ADL’s campaign forced Birchers to spend resources fending off charges of extremism or bigotry. The incessant public conversation about Birchers as a hate-filled group generated the impression that the organization must be tainted & ought to be shunned.” Gives the game away.

“Some of the items were strikingly personal. The files included a codicil to a Birch donor’s will, credit checks on individuals suspected of membership, Birch members’ home addresses, chapter meetings, license-plate numbers, and more.”