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Professional fine art photographer & art framer. All photos edited using Darktable on a Linux box & licensed Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. I do not use machine learning apps. Any composites will be clearly noted. Mostly following science, history, & photography toots. Formerly, I was a civil rights & energy policy troublemaker. Also, former netcast producer & host for the Plug In America Show, This Week in Energy, & an occasional show for Hacker Public Radio.

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worldhistory , to histodons
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I’ve been writing about historical artifacts and images for a long time, but this has to be one of the most bonkers items I’ve come across: a 16th-century depiction of an army of demons torturing a magician.

It’s just one of the many strange artifacts in the long visual history of magic, which I wrote about this week…
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https://worldhistory.substack.com/p/how-to-seem-to-cut-ones-nose-half?r=7ecn0

elaterite ,
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@worldhistory @histodons Whoa, looks like the artist was suffering from ergotism or worse!

ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon
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For this of us accused of buying too many - Umberto Eco was on our side:

'It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones'

h/t Subir Dey (LinkedIn)

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@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon Hm, I'm completely onboard with buying more books than I can possibly read, but as a mechanic / machinist I don't buy tools I don't use. And as a hobby cook, same goes for kitchen equipment, although, I do have some dishes and glasses I inherited that I don't use. But books are special. There's nothing like a book. And as I like to say, books serve two purposes: Books decorate your mind with knowledge when read and when sitting on a bookshelf they decorate your home.

MirrorAyako , to allstartrek
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1/8: Starting at 8PM Eastern, we live toot Star Trek episodes playing on the H&I network, using the hashtag . If you don’t get the H&I station, you can also stream. Join our group @allstartrek for updates!

It’s not the three tenors but a bunch of mourning Klingons.

TOS (8ET): Journey to Babel
TNG (9ET): Heart of Glory
DS9 (10ET): Tribunal
VOY (11ET): Extreme Risk
ENT (midnight): Storm Front, Part 2






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@sezduck @MirrorAyako @allstartrek Of all of the Star Trek characters, up through Enterprise, Miles O'Brien was the toughest. Poor guy lead a rough life.

MirrorAyako , to allstartrek
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12/24: Starting at 8PM Eastern, we live toot Star Trek episodes playing on the H&I network, using the hashtag . If you don’t get the H&I station, you can also stream. Join our group @allstartrek for updates!

There are worse things than spending time with Edith on Christmas Eve.

TOS (8ET): The City on the Edge of Forever
TNG (9ET): Justice
DS9 (10ET): Armageddon Game
VOY (11ET): Retrospect
ENT (midnight): Harbinger






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@MirrorAyako @allstartrek Ooo, there's a classic! One of the best TOS episodes.

elaterite ,
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@lxskllr @petertrek1 @MirrorAyako @allstartrek Most Wesley Crusher stories were pretty cringy.

SJLahey , to bookhistodons
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Pay attention! This is the important bit—right here.

@bookhistodons @medievodons

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@SJLahey @bookhistodons @medievodons I just love looking at all of the little doodles, characters, and creatures in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. And this one is great! Love the extended finger, but I'm left wondering who kissed the monk on the cheek? (And did they have lipstick in the 13th century or whenever that book was written--lol.)

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