Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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'Gin' must contain alcohol, top European court says https://www.dw.com/en/gin-must-contain-alcohol-top-european-court-says/a-74732053?utm_source=fl...
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Introverts find community in silent book clubs https://t.co/x4iThnHgPW
**Hitler had genetic sexual disorder, new DNA analysis reveals**
**Think you know what an ancient Roman gladiator looked like? The reality will make you think again**
"_Ancient Roman gladiators are often imagined as chiselled, bronzed heroes of the arena, akin to today’s top athletes. But the truth was far more complex_"
🔗 https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/ancient-roman-gladiators-what-they-looked-like/.
🇫🇷 **Only 18% of Doctors in France Are Immigrants**
"_The OECD attributes this to the expansion of France’s numerus clausus (the cap on medical school admissions), which was significantly raised in the mid-2000s and fully abolished in 2020. This reform boosted the number of domestically trained physicians faster than the increase in foreign-born doctors._"
🔗 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/only-18-doctors-france-are-immigrants-2025a1000vbl.
📚 **The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025**
[According to Time]
🔗 https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/.
📚 **Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings**
🔗 https://cherwell.org/2025/11/12/why-were-obsessed-with-greek-myth-retellings/.
**How chromosomes separate accurately**
"_UNIGE scientists reveal how separase, a key enzyme in cell division, ensures the accurate separation of chromosomes._"
🔗 https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2025/comment-les-chromosomes-se-separent-sans-erreur.
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Sotheby's says a diamond brooch lost by Napoleon as his forces fled Waterloo sells for $4.4 million
https://apnews.com/article/diamond-napoleon-waterloo-louvre-brooch-f14e16e07041d43afe18ff8a5507a3a0?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
🎙️ 📖 **What Is European? On Overcoming Colonial and Romantic Modes of Thought**
"_The book promotes an inclusive vision of Europe that reflects its long history of multiethnic cities, offers a cultural home to a wider range of people across the continent, and extends attention and respect to other continents, thus laying a more respectful foundation for shaping the future together._"
🔗 https://newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-european.
#Audio #Podcast #Europe #Politics #Philosophy #Nonfiction #Books #Bookstodon
📚 🎥 **Nonfiction Books to look out for in November 2025**
**People are more susceptible to misinformation with realistic AI-synthesized images that provide strong evidence to headlines**
"_Our findings suggest that advances in photorealistic image generation will likely lead to greater susceptibility to misinformation, and that future interventions should consider shifting attention to images_"
Guo, S., Zhong, Y., & Hu, X. (2025). People are more susceptible to misinformation with realistic AI-synthesized images that provide strong evidence to headlines. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-189.
#Academia #Research #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Images #Misinformation
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🇫🇮 📸 **Finland in autumn — northern lights above fiery foliage**
🔗 https://yle.fi/a/74-20192981.
#Finland #Autumn #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Images #Photography
🇨🇳 🎥 **China steps up campaign to de-dollarise**
🇺🇸 **Has the US dollar weakened?**
"_The takeaway: Recent exchange rates with stable currencies (e.g., the euro, yen, and Swiss franc) suggest a general weakening in the US dollar, which is consistent with the current federal administration’s stated preferences. But this depreciation is not uniform across all nations._"
🔗 https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2025/11/has-the-us-dollar-weakened/
📚 **Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses**
"_So in honor of University Press Week, happening Nov. 10-14, here are 17 exemplary translated books (novels, poetry or short story collections, memoirs and non-fiction books), illustrating the ways that university presses collaborate with authors and translators to bring insights from around the world to English readers._"
🔗 https://lithub.com/reading-around-the-world-17-great-books-in-translation-from-university-presses/.
📖 **East of the sun and west of the moon by Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt**
"_Read or download for free_"
🔗 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77204.
#ProjectGutenberg #History #Histodons #Biography #Travel #Books #Bookstodon
📖 **Squanto: A Native Odyssey**
"_Prize-winning historian Andrew Lipman explores the mysteries that still surround Squanto: How did he escape bondage and return home? Why did he help the English after an Englishman enslaved him? Why did he threaten Plymouth’s fragile peace with its neighbors? Was it true that he converted to Christianity on his deathbed?_"
📚 **The 27 Best Books of 2025 (So Far)**
>>According to Esquire Singapore.<<
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Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
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