Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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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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🎞️ **Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’: Why do we root for a confederate soldier?**
🔗 https://theboar.org/2026/01/buster-keatons-the-general-why-do-we-root-for-a-confederate-soldier/
#History #Histodons #Confederacy #Film #Movie #Cinema #BusterKeaton
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🖥️ 🎙️ **Will the AI bubble burst?**
"_They talk about the history of companies such as Nvidia and OpenAI, the reasons ‘artificial intelligence’ is a misnomer, the harms that large language models can cause and why you shouldn’t rely on them for advice in the kitchen._"
🔗 https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/will-the-ai-bubble-burst.
#Audio #Podcast #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech
📖 🖋️ **Philosophy of Writing**
"_In this pathbreaking work, David Arndt argues that our views of writing have been distorted by common concepts of truth, goodness, and beauty, and that we have to critically rethink these concepts in order to better understand in what senses writing can be beautiful, good, and true.
🔗 https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/philosophy-of-writing-9781350473898/
📚 **How to get yourself out of a reading rut**
🔗 https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/how-to-get-yourself-out-of-a-reading-rut.
#Reading #Books #Bookstodon #Advice #Tips
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"Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language--It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It's Now Free Online" https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/dictionary-of-the-oldest-written-language-free-online.html
📚 🎥 **Gutenberg & the European Invention of Printing**
"_This talk examines what Gutenberg actually invented and why it could create such a big change. It looks at the books Gutenberg produced and uses them to tell the story of the technical and economic problems that had to be solved._"
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From Rutgers University Press:
Don't Forget! American Historical Association Annual Meeting
Save 30% on All Titles Whether you are attending or not, you can make use of our special conference discount code (RAHA26)
More info: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/
**How medieval monks tried to stay warm in the winter**
🔗 https://theconversation.com/how-medieval-monks-tried-to-stay-warm-in-the-winter-270829.
#History #Histodons #Medieval #Medievodons #Winter
#Image attribution: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodcutters_Working_at_a_Deer_Park_(from_the_Hunting_Parks_Tapestries)_MET_DP358126.jpg.
**El Niño was linked to famines in Europe in the early modern period**
"_A study of 160 European famines between 1500 and 1800 shows that El Niño weather events led to the onset of some famines and extended the duration of others_"
#ElNiño #EarlyModern #History #Histodons #Climate #Environment #Famine #Europe
📖 **An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke**
"_Read or download for free_"
🔗 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10615.
#ProjectGutenberg #JohnLocke #Philosophy #Read #Nonfiction #Books #Bookstodon
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HarperCollins is using AI for book translations
Harlequin romance books are now using AI for translations from English to French, and all in-house translators were fired.
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/harpercollins-is-using-ai-for-book-translations
**Expert Comment: Why cherish the analogue in a digital age?**
"_We are analogue creatures. Virtual water will not quench your thirst, digital food will not satisfy your appetite, and AI companions are no companions at all. What matters most for your wellbeing is and will always be analogue._"
🔗 https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01-05-expert-comment-why-cherish-analogue-digital-age.
#Digital #Analogue #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech
Not a bot just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
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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