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hotbrownpress.com & hotbrownpress.etsy.com Literacy Propagandist - Book & Media History - Early American Lit - Native American and Indigenous Studies - Manuscript Studies - Letterpress Editor, Handwriting in Early America: A Media History (UMass 2023)

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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a door that says meeting in progress ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a door that says meeting in progress
11.03.2026 03:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More of an antiquarian society guy myself

11.03.2026 03:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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two men in suits are dancing in a hallway with the words hear us out above them ALT: two men in suits are dancing in a hallway with the words hear us out above them

How about little edible books suspended in the gelatin, and the resulting consumption of the beast will be a Jonah-meets-Daniel moment of bibliophagic anti-nirvana. The avant garde awaits!

11.03.2026 03:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please tell me you are making an aspic out of gelatin paper sizing

11.03.2026 03:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A finished cross stitched pigeon

A finished cross stitched pigeon

Finished pigeon!!!! I love her she is my daughter

10.03.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Perfection.

11.03.2026 02:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol!

11.03.2026 02:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we need c19 bolo ties

10.03.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like to drink outside, but obviously not a good move when professing. I bring this up because one time, as I was gesticulating wildly (indoors) with a cup of ice water in my hand, some of it flew out my cup. A student of mine said, "Dr. Mattes, you need a bigger crunk chalice." So true. So true.

10.03.2026 21:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

good point - I'm betting a lot of college students who like the idea at first are leaning on their HS experience

10.03.2026 21:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same, and i'm always a little damp from gesticulating wildly. I don't need to be *more* damp!

10.03.2026 21:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

elite studenting

10.03.2026 21:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

elite studenting

10.03.2026 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jack and Diane but most of the lyrics are "suckin' on a chili dog"
Jack and Diane but most of the lyrics are "suckin' on a chili dog" YouTube video by Tom McGovern

I watch this like once a week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QX5...

10.03.2026 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

go handwriting go!

10.03.2026 21:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Back on the horse!

10.03.2026 20:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Thanks for the reader's copy. Have you checked your oil recently?"

10.03.2026 18:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dm'd ya!

10.03.2026 16:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

but what they don't realize is that Hot Brown Press ain't nuthin' da fuck with lololol!

10.03.2026 15:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is lol...I was selling it on Etsy and got a cease and desist from the Wu's lawyers because they don't understand intellectual property law and fair use and just were dinguses about it.

10.03.2026 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 14:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I *only* had 102 notes LMFAO

09.03.2026 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol

09.03.2026 22:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's a sweet boy. I can't stay mad too long.

09.03.2026 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a yellow cartoon character is typing on a coleco computer ALT: a yellow cartoon character is typing on a coleco computer

Ralph invented AI student papers

09.03.2026 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oof. Yah.

09.03.2026 21:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can bounce a buffalo nickel off of dat

09.03.2026 15:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Wooden buffalo nickel in Johnson county Iowa, reads "Don't tread on me. Vote for common sense."

Wooden buffalo nickel in Johnson county Iowa, reads "Don't tread on me. Vote for common sense."

Hits differently today than it did 16 years ago

09.03.2026 15:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Using a Star Trek GIF, post where you're at right now. ๐Ÿ––๐Ÿป

09.03.2026 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I'm so fucking diverse over here

09.03.2026 06:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0