Drawing of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, 1870
Blood On the Page: On Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Devoney Looser Explores 19th-Century Attitudes About Menstruation and Women’s Health
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"The Letters of Jane Austen" at PG:
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Conflict in the Persian Gulf—home to roughly a third of the world’s oil supply—is sending shock waves through global energy markets and pushing crude prices to their highest levels in years.
https://bit.ly/4unCOhE
But I will delve one yard below their mines,
And blow them at the moon.
Hamlet III.iiii 231-2 Hamlet
"But I will delve one yard below their mines
And blow them at the moon. O, ’tis most sweet
When in one line two crafts directly meet.
This man shall set me packing."
...with eggs
![The Indian Tribes on Vancouver Island and on the Coast of British Columbia Based on his own research, Dr. Franz Boas
Boas, Dr. Franz - Boas, Dr. Franz (1887). Zur Ethnologie Britisch-Kolumbiens [Monograph]. Dr.A.PETERMANN'S MITTEILUNGEN AUS JUSTUS PERTHES' GEOGR.ANSTALT 1887, 33, 129–133, 161
The main map uses colour-coded shading to delineate tribal territories — yellow for Kwakiutl tribes, pink for Salish tribes, and green for West Vancouver tribes — with dotted lines marking sub-group boundaries. Three inset maps (Karton A, B, and C) provide detail of northern and eastern areas. Tribal names are densely labelled across the coastal and inland regions. A legend (Erklärung) and scale bar appear at lower centre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw#/media/File:DIE_INDIANERST%C3%84MME_von_VANCOUVER_I%E1%B4%B0%CC%A3_und_an_der_K%C3%9CSTE_von_BRITISCH-COLUMBIA.jpg](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:53dildgigsgky47b45hm4lbz/bafkreieamvt7xri6nkjug53lxgcxcqqlpsko5y7ealmmr6qrj2vqs6cw2a)
The Indian Tribes on Vancouver Island and on the Coast of British Columbia Based on his own research, Dr. Franz Boas Boas, Dr. Franz - Boas, Dr. Franz (1887). Zur Ethnologie Britisch-Kolumbiens [Monograph]. Dr.A.PETERMANN'S MITTEILUNGEN AUS JUSTUS PERTHES' GEOGR.ANSTALT 1887, 33, 129–133, 161 The main map uses colour-coded shading to delineate tribal territories — yellow for Kwakiutl tribes, pink for Salish tribes, and green for West Vancouver tribes — with dotted lines marking sub-group boundaries. Three inset maps (Karton A, B, and C) provide detail of northern and eastern areas. Tribal names are densely labelled across the coastal and inland regions. A legend (Erklärung) and scale bar appear at lower centre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%CA%BCwakw#/media/File:DIE_INDIANERST%C3%84MME_von_VANCOUVER_I%E1%B4%B0%CC%A3_und_an_der_K%C3%9CSTE_von_BRITISCH-COLUMBIA.jpg
Does culture make emotion?
Franz Boas helps us solve the puzzle of where our emotional lives originate: in our selves or in the cultures around us
by Noga Arikha
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Franz Boas at PG:
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Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(sponsus) of a man placing a ring on a woman's finger. By James le Palmer / anonymous illustrator British Library Royal MS 6 E VI, fol. 104 A historiated initial S from a medieval illuminated manuscript, painted in blue, pink, ochre, and olive green. Within the curved body of the letter, two figures face each other: on the left a young man in a blue tunic, on the right a woman in a white veil and rust-coloured garment. Between them, the man places or holds a small ring, their hands meeting at the centre. Both faces are simply rendered with calm expressions. The initial is framed by a blue and pink border with a dark speckled ground filling the background behind the figures. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Omne_Bonum_Royal6EVI104_Anulus.jpg
The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language
by Rosamund Oates
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Sign language at PG:
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#books #literature #history
Our nation is a dictatorship.
Our electorate is fine with that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPb...
French poster for Casablanca has an illustration of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, their faces pressed together, the name of the film in red, and cast names and the director's name.
Been a while since a 📽 so tonight's was one of the best: Casablanca (1942, dir. Michael Curtiz) - the thrilling, romantic, funny, beautifully shot ensemble tale of cynic-with-a-lover's-heart Rick finding his passion for life again, with a cast at the top of their game.
"Welcome back to the fight."
Pope Leo XIV announces resignation of US bishop accused of embezzling $270K from California parish
The MacBook Neo is Apple’s cheapest laptop, with a starting price of $599 and enough power to handle everyday tasks and last all day on a charge. It’s designed to entice students and first-time laptop buyers into Apple’s world. It will.
Read our review from @superantonio64.bsky.social:
Woman teaching geometry. Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements, c. 1310. A richly illuminated manuscript initial, painted in blue, pink, red, and burnished gold. Within the decorated letter a seated woman in a red tunic and purple skirt holds a pair of compasses over a circular board or diagram displaying geometric figures — squares, triangles, and a trefoil. A group of male students crowds in from the left, their pale faces attentive, one leaning forward with his hand raised to his cheek. The gold background is tooled with a diagonal crosshatch pattern. The border of the initial is pink with white vine scrollwork against deep blue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry#/media/File:Woman_teaching_geometry.jpg
These Intricately Decorated Ostrich Eggshells Suggest Our Ancestors May Have Understood Basic Geometry 60,000 Years Ago
by Sarah Kuta
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
Original article here:
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Geometry at PG:
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One page of Archimedes Palimpsest, On Floating Bodies A photograph of two worn parchment pages showing a palimpsest — older text and diagrams visible beneath and alongside later overwriting. The pages are divided into columns of small Greek minuscule script, heavily faded and stained, with foxing and discolouration across the surface. On the right side of each page, geometric diagrams are visible — lines, angles, and labelled points — consistent with mathematical proofs. The parchment is damaged and warped, with the underlying and overlying texts creating a ghostly layered effect in brownish-grey tones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_Palimpsest#/media/File:ArPalimTyp2.jpg
Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France
via @InistCNRS@social.numerique.gouv.fr
edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan
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Archimedes at PG:
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#books #archeology #mathematics
"Maud Stevens Wagner, tattoo artist, circa 1907. Photograph shows a half-length portrait of a woman with tatooes or body paint covering her arms and chest." - Wikimedia Commons
The Colorful Story Of Maud Wagner, America’s First Female Tattoo Artist
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Books about tattoos at PG:
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#womenhistorymonth #art #history
New: @loubnaelamine.bsky.social on Lebanon
‘The Israeli evacuation orders signal a desire to make this whole world disappear: to displace a fifth of the country’s population, to unravel a dense urban fabric and to erase a history of struggle and dislocation.’
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
Polls show most Americans oppose the Iran war, fear rising gas prices, and doubt the conflict is making the U.S. safer.
Dave Allen died on 10th March 2005, aged just 68. Comedian, satirist, actor, one of the funniest men of all time. His TV shows were incredibly funny. Saw him live once. Loved by millions; We all miss the great man. R.I.P. Dave Allen. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 #DaveAllen
You should ask Serbia about the terms from Austria-Hungary...
‘Hours before the bombing started, Oman’s foreign minister, who had hosted a round of negotiations on 26 February, said Iran had agreed to essentially all the US terms. It didn’t matter.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social in the next issue on the Iran war, online early:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Othello I.iii 262-264 Othello
It is Hegseth's steel codpiece with flint looking for some down to play in...
Neglecting an attempt of ease and gain
To wake and wage a danger profitless.
Othello I.iii 34-5 First Senator
Sure, there is a reason ... state finance party!
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William Shakespeare by John Taylor, edited An oil portrait of Shakespeare shown from the chest up against a deep red-brown background. He has a high, balding forehead with hair at the sides, a short beard and moustache, and dark eyes with a calm, direct gaze. He wears a black doublet with a plain white falling collar tied with a lace string, and a small gold hoop earring in his left ear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#/media/File:William_Shakespeare_by_John_Taylor,_edited.jpg
Author to revive Shakespeare club after 300 years
An author is relaunching a ladies club that once revived William Shakespeare's reputation 300 years ago.
by Alice Cunningham
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Shakespeare at PG:
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The special offers make the Toyota bZ, C-HR, and bZ Woodland some of the most attractive electric cars on the market.
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Critical Prof: Comparing Essays on the Same Game Experience
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![Comic. [Person with shoulder-length hair talking to a second person. She is gesturing at a dinosaur skeleton with a machine mounted on its back.] PERSON 1: Although Bazookasaurus’s distinctive structure was long assumed to be a weapon, vascularization studies show that it was very fragile and could only have been used for display.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidp3zjc4e2d44eanl64r6gctwkqlzkg2lvwl4gik7eyn4kownucxy)
Comic. [Person with shoulder-length hair talking to a second person. She is gesturing at a dinosaur skeleton with a machine mounted on its back.] PERSON 1: Although Bazookasaurus’s distinctive structure was long assumed to be a weapon, vascularization studies show that it was very fragile and could only have been used for display.
Bazookasaurus
xkcd.com/3216/
Americans will pay $1.5 BILLION MORE at the gas pump just this week because of Donald Trump's war with Iran.
California will continue using the tools we've spent years developing to help fight price spikes and lessen the blow from Trump's recklessness.
Turning Idle California Farmland Into A Clean Energy Powerhouse
‘The gift of Andy and Fergie, which comes at too high a price, has been to bring the antiseptic of daylight to the culture of royal privilege.’
Andrew O’Hagan on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, online early from the next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
