Michael N

I use Yellow Cab in DC

That beard!

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.

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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No Kings demonstration in Washington, DC, at the Capitol today …

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.

Looks like a lot of justice going on there …

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.

Sounds just like the book, Martyr! …

Ugh!

That looks AI generated

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

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

“Retirement coach”?

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

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!

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Michael J. North takes a look at one of the most important books in the history of veterinary medicine — Markham’s Masterpiece — a seminal 17th-century work on the care of horses. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/markhams-masterpiece

That’s illegal in Tennessee?

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

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I have to admit- I had to look up the word “beeves” …

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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Happy Birthday! Barry and I just turned 60 ourselves!

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

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

Bleak House

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.

I love a St. Germain spritz! I will pray for him 😇