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Michael N

@belgrade18.bsky.social

Rare book librarian in DC

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I use Yellow Cab in DC

04.12.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That beard!

29.11.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very good, I’m glad I can help. There is a great deal of 17th- and 18th-century horse veterinary texts with diagrams fir bloodletting and sites of disease that I think have been overlooked and forgotten over the past 100 years.

15.11.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith

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12.11.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings demonstration in Washington, DC, at the Capitol today …

18.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s like when we went to ride the subway in Copenhagen and there were 99 possible fares that we had to choose from- I counted them.

18.10.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like a lot of justice going on there …

04.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Try taking responsibility for your loss rather than blaming everyone else. Biden gave her the biggest spotlight ever. I was a big supporter, but unfortunately, the masses didn’t like her.

19.09.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds just like the book, Martyr! …

01.09.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh!

23.08.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That looks AI generated

23.08.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ohio,Louisiana,Tennessee,SouthCarolina, WestVirginia & Mississippi sent their national guards to DC.

Cities in these states with higher crime rates than DC:
Cleveland,OH
Cincinnati OH
Beckely WV
Lafayette LA
New Orleans LA
Nashville TN
Memphis TN (#1 in crime)
Screveport,LA
Charleston SC
Jackson MS

23.08.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

11.08.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œRetirement coach”?

09.08.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh- I kept getting these intrusive ads for Fox News popping up while I was reading this. The Guardian lets FN advertise like that?!

09.08.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Markham’s Masterpiece U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE - Michael J. North, Head of Rare Books and Early Manuscripts in NLM's History of Medicine Division, takes a look at one of the most important books in the history...

Gosh, I’m being cited by the Public Domain Review!

publicdomainreview.org/essay/markha...

04.08.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michael J. North takes a look at one of the most important books in the history of veterinary medicine β€” Markham’s Masterpiece β€” a seminal 17th-century work on the care of horses. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/markhams-masterpiece

04.08.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

That’s illegal in Tennessee?

02.08.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why do I have the feeling she’s going to turn up dead in the next few months?

28.07.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😡

21.07.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have to admit- I had to look up the word β€œbeeves” …

16.07.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rightwing campaigners claim there is covert deal to return Parthenon marbles Liz Truss reportedly among those who signed letter organised by hard-right group calling for end to talks

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11.07.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

whoever

11.07.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday! Barry and I just turned 60 ourselves!

25.06.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stopover in Lisbon on the way to Valencia. The airport isn’t the mist modern, but it does have the Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine, which features this lovely ferris wheel giving joy cans of sardines and those who love them.
#Lisbon #sardines

21.06.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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French furniture expert and restorer guilty of fake 18th-century chair scam Bill Pallot and Bruno Desnoues claimed chairs had adorned rooms of Marie Antoinette, in multimillion-euro con A French furniture expert and a renowned restorer have been found guilty of conning the art world with a multimillion-euro scam in which they faked 18th-century chairs they claimed had adorned the rooms of historic figures including Marie Antoinette. In one of the biggest forgery scandals to hit the French art world for decades, the two men duped not just wealthy collectors including a Qatari prince but also the Palace of Versailles. Continue reading...

French furniture expert and restorer guilty of fake 18th-century chair scam

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Bleak House

05.06.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We love where we work, and every so often we like to show off our most cherished spots to you, our followers. Today, take a look at Rare Book and Special Collections Division Chief Stephanie Stillo's favorite part of the Library of Congress.

19.05.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

I love a St. Germain spritz! I will pray for him πŸ˜‡

28.05.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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