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Good morning, Bluesky--would you like to play a game? Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician & puzzle master, is LHL's #ScientistOfTheDay. (The images below are from a newly acquired 1st ed. of his 1938 book, Mathematical Snapshots.) www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #histSTM #mathematics #puzzles🗃️

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OMG, the Duke brothers are trying to corner the frozen concentrated orange juice market!

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LC gave one day's notice to change the subject heading to "Gulf of America" but its own country code for Zimbabwe still references the white supremacist-run Rhodesia, which gained internationally-recognized independence as Zimbabwe in... 1980

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RIT app on Steam brings 19th-century printing to life 📜 www.rit.edu/news/rit-app...

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In February 2024, KU Leuven and the Flemish Community purchased a special 2nd edition of Vesalius' “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” with personal notes by the humanist for a 3rd edition that never appeared. A video made upon its arrival is now available. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5B...

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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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COBOL is confusing the Dogebros Admiral Hopper will save us

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I think the retablo of Jerome in my office would agree? (In my office because he’s the patron saint of librarians…)

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The video of my talk @illinoisrbml.bsky.social about Flamsteed's 1712 "Historia Coelestis" is now up! Thanks to @lynnemthomas.com for the invite and @hillemmalouise.bsky.social for the collab on our man, JF. Enjoy, and share! #HistSci 📜 📚 #histSTM #astronomy #histastro 🗃️🔭 youtu.be/E0ofUoEv4cc?...

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My latest New Acquisition highlight: lichen, moss, and female scientific researchers! Click through for the glass tubes of lichen specimens preserved in the book structure (!!), stay for the tangible history of women in science. #HistSci 📜 📚 www.lindahall.org/about/news/l...

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Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady in a commercial trying to solve the problem of hate.

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lately hence my general lack of posting

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I'm honored to be a part of this symposium. I hope you'll join us for the conversation!

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support archives and archivists sufficiently in times of normal operation so we can do our jobs in times of crisis. read about ongoing efforts before your library of alexandria comparisons. respect the expertise of people who have been doing the work. fund permanent archival and preservation labor.

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An atypical personal post here: vacation.

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Whenever Candlemas is described as the Feast of the Presentation, I imagine Simeon doing an awkward PowerPoint for Temple HR

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"How far is too far when it comes to acknowledging inequality and advocating against it?" Today's #histSTM & #WomenInSTEM lunchtime read: @propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social on the revision of Vera Rubin's biography in repsonse to recent campaigns against #DEI. #astronomy #histastro 🗃️📜🔭

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Kepler AND Glass? Smashing that repost button twice.

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My Friday morning soundtrack: An excerpt from #Kepler, the 2009 opera by Philip Glass, born #OnThisDay in 1937. Read more about how Glass interpreted the astronomer's search for cosmic harmony in LHL's #ScientistOfTheDay post: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #histSTM #ClassicalMusic 🗃️📜

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New Report From DPLA: "Checking Out TikTok: Positioning a Library to Aid Social Media Research Outside of Academia" www.infodocket.com/2025/01/30/n... #libraries #socialmedia @dpla.bsky.social

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This talk is tonight! Free! Hear about 17th century pettiness in all its glory!

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Wow! If you're going to be anywhere near Chantilly this summer, here's a very exciting opportunity to see part of the amazing Très Riches Heures in person. This manuscript hasn't seen daylight in forty years!

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You could throw out Elon Musk, for starters. The @royalsociety.org should be no place for Nazis.

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George McCready Price, the Canadian author whose 1923 book (The New #Geology) was cited in the #ScopesTrial & later became a touchstone for young-Earth creationists, is the Linda Hall Library's #ScientistOfTheDay. (Or possibly "Scientist" of the Day?) www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #histSTM 🗃️📜

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ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all

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