Rushi

The more you think about this table, the more you realise that the variation in time is almost as much of an issue as the time itself.
Early modern communication was hard.
(From Parker’s biography of Charles V).

15.01.2025 09:54 — 👍 56    🔁 10    💬 8    📌 2

CONTRAPOINTS IS HERE

18.11.2024 02:08 — 👍 245    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0

Know the difference: Diplococchus - very small, cases gonorrhea Diplodocus - very big, does not cause gonorrhea

PSA

17.06.2023 17:08 — 👍 190    🔁 57    💬 9    📌 6

Hall of fame description of the flo rids classic - low. Took me a good two minutes two realise this was about apple bottom jeans https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/how-to-hire-a-pop-star-for-your-private-party

30.05.2023 06:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“In 2008, at the onset of the Great Recession, Americans over the age of 55 owned 44.3 percent of homes. By 2019, that percentage had increased to 53.8 percent.”

https://constructioncoverage.com/research/baby-boomer-dominant-housing-markets-2020

25.05.2023 10:21 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

In lieu of more fun contributions to the skyline- here’s the coolest thing I rediscovered while digging through my notes. The frontispiece for the 1780 edition of the French encyclopedie featuring Diderot s tree of knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die?wprov=sfti1

22.05.2023 02:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Opening Twitter vs opening Bluesky

09.05.2023 04:30 — 👍 543    🔁 149    💬 10    📌 5

After three whole days of lurking- I’m finally ready to jump into this place for good. God I missed spaces like this on the internet- irreverent, kind, and occasionally lewd

08.05.2023 19:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0