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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-22 at 02:16

My favorite experimental filmmaker is the band OK Go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOEULOSVNK4

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-21 at 21:58

Houghton is in the process of digitizing a collection of 19th century photographic portraits of African Americans. More than 100 are online so far. https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/12085/digital_only

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-21 at 19:52

Frank? https://inlibris.com/item/bn63263/?catalogue=105786

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-21 at 19:07

The Messier Catalogue of astronomical objects implies the existence of a Tidier Catalogue. http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/messier-catalogue

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-21 at 17:54

Nominative determinism.

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-21 at 15:12

Houghton Library: Under Siege

cc @universalhub

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-20 at 22:34

On the episode of Mythbusters I’m watching they are attempting to bulletproof a car by armoring it in something called “phone books”.

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-20 at 01:59

A MetaFilter post that taps directly into the nostalgia centers of my brain: VH1’s Popup Videos on Internet Archive. https://www.metafilter.com/207257/Pop-Pop-pop-Pop-Pop-into-Pop-Up-Video

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-19 at 22:49

I just bought a new Ego battery-powered snowblower, and finding out that they also sell the battery equivalent of a generator you can plug anything into, plus a standalone solar panel you can charge it from, was a real “This better not awaken anything in me.” moment for my inner prepper.

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-19 at 15:38

A 1403 petition from an English woman to King Henry IV asking for his authorization to practice medicine. https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2025/01/permission-to-practise-medicine.html

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-19 at 03:12

@ingrid From the release notes for the game Manor Lords: “Cliffs should be less ambiguous now.” https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1363080/view/534338967351329253

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-19 at 02:51

On the one hand the TikTok ban is very clearly rooted in racism and xenophobia. On the other hand, I really hate vertical video…

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-17 at 20:37

Bookseller's catalog: "This is not a catalogue for the incipient, or even the advanced collector, private or institutional, whose interest in British Romantic verse is largely restricted to the traditional ‘major poets.’"

I think I'm being negged? "He's a pretty obscure poet, you probably haven't heard of him."

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-17 at 02:07

Curators' Tour of Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum https://youtu.be/prdfejAsrNI

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-16 at 19:14

Today I Learned: Exactly eight people have been awarded honorary U.S. citizenship, including three of them for their service to American Independence, and two who died decades before it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_citizen_of_the_United_States

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-16 at 17:21

That's quite a title. https://www.betweenthecovers.com/pages/books/592301/elaine-shepard/the-doom-pussy

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-16 at 16:39

I love lamp. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/31425/lot/29/enea-ferrari-1908-1980-lampe-de-table-toucan/

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-16 at 03:00

I found out today that the Medieval Academy of America, the Renaissance Society of America, and the Shakespeare Association of America are all having their annual conferences in Boston simultaneously in March. We are going to have knife fights in the locker room with all the professors that want to come do research.

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-15 at 20:23

On somebody’s to-do list today was “Explain bagels”.

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Written by John Overholt on 2025-01-15 at 16:33

The Ransom Center at UT Austin announces its acquisition of the Lorne Michaels Collection, documenting the 50-year history of Saturday Night Live. https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releases/2025/lorne-michaels-entrusts-harry-ransom-center-with-historic-snl-collection/

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