Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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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📖 **The Blood in Winter: England on the Brink of Civil War, 1642**
"_A brilliant account of how the seeds of battle were sown._"
#History #Histodons #Nonfiction #Review #Books #Bookstodon
#Image attribution: William Faithorne, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Charles_I_Met_DP886208.jpg.
🇮🇹 **A Thousand and One Nights in Italy**
"_In mid-19th century Italy, two eccentric aristocrats set forth on parallel projects: constructing ostentatious castles in a Moorish Revival style._"
🔗 https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/a-thousand-and-one-nights-in-italy/.
#Essay #History #Histodons #Architecture #Orientalism #Art #Culture #Italy
#Image attribution: Vincenzo Paganori, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_by_Vincenzo_Paganori_of_Castello_di_Sammezzano_02.jpg.
**Some Arctic warming ‘irreversible’ even if we cut atmospheric CO2**
"_Efforts to lower the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may come too late to prevent long-term changes to the Arctic_"
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Arctic
#Image attribution: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Reindeer_Graze_in_the_Arctic_(27428057380).jpg.
🖥️ **Report Reveals the Devastating Cost of AI Intimacy**
_“I was training my own replacement, teaching machines how to manipulate lonely people the same way I was being forced to,” he writes._
🔗 https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/report-reveals-the-devastating-cost-of-ai-intimacy/.
🖥️ **Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes**
"_Large language models such as ChatGPT come with filters to keep certain info from getting out. A new mathematical argument shows that systems like this can never be completely safe._"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #ComputerScience #LLMS #MachineLearning
🔬 **Ultra-processed foods are ‘pushing aside’ all other food groups to dominate global diets**
"_Professor Carlos Monteiro, of the University of São Paulo, highlighted the dangers UPFs represent to global health, and recommends that they be regulated in a similar way to tobacco with warning labels and advertising restrictions._"
🏴 📖 **Making Babies in Early Modern England**
"_Early modern English people were obsessed with making babies. In this fascinating new history, Leah Astbury traces this preoccupation through manuscript letters, diaries, recipe books and almanacs, revealing its centrality to family life._"
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009602846.
#OpenAccess #OA #History #Histodons #EarlyModern #England #Health #Medicine #Gender #Academia #Books #Bookstodon
⌛ 🏴 **Timekeeping in Early Modern England**
"_In early modern England the time and date was often an informal matter, which had the potential to pose problems._"
🔗 https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/timekeeping-early-modern-england.
📚 🎥 **What to read and watch over winter break 2025**
"_Add these picks from UChicago award winners to your list_"
🔗 https://news.uchicago.edu/story/what-read-and-watch-over-winter-break-2025.
🏴 **Assessing the impact of Roman occupation on England through the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis**
"_A rise in negative health markers affecting Roman individuals is identified, particularly within urban centres, suggesting life under Roman occupation was less conducive to long-term health."_
Pitt, R. (2025) ‘Assessing the impact of Roman occupation on England through the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis’, Antiquity, pp. 1–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10263.
#OpenAccess #OA #Archaeology #IronAge #Romans #Health #England #Research #Academia
📚 **6 books that inspired IMD professors in 2025**
"_From the systemic roots of corporate scandals to the unseen human cost of AI, plus timely insights from a 50-year-old classic, IMD professors reveal the six books that shaped their thinking in 2025._"
🔗 https://www.imd.org/ibyimd/book-review/6-books-that-inspired-imd-professors-in-2025/.
#Image attribution: Ch. Maderthoner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Books_03.JPG.
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🖥️ **In 2026, AI will outwrite humans**
_“It’s a story about volume, value, and what journalism becomes when “content” grows functionally infinite.”_
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2026-ai-will-outwrite-humans/.
🗄️ **How to Start a Zettelkasten When You Are Stuck in Theory**
"_This guide is deliberately concise. It is written for people who struggle to get started and get stuck endlessly consuming Zettelkasten theory_"
🔗 https://zettelkasten.de/posts/how-to-start-zettelkasten-when-stuck-in-theory/.
#Studying #Learning #Zettelkasten #Notes #Guide #Tips #Advice
#Image attribution: Thought Catalog thoughtcatalog, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taking_notes_with_a_pencil_(Unsplash).jpg.
🇺🇸 **Religion Holds Steady in America**
"_Recent polling shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults_"
Smith, Gregory. 2025. “Religion Holds Steady in America.” Pew Research Center. doi: https://www.doi.org/10.58094/dkgp-6k90.
#Religion #Data #DataViz #Polls #Polling #USA #UnitedStates
#Image attribution: "Geralt", Pixabay User, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Cross%22_(3).jpg.
🇺🇸 **What’s really happening in US manufacturing?**
"_The graph tells a compelling story: We’re producing more per worker in manufacturing, but with far fewer workers relative to the overall workforce._"
🔗 https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2025/12/manufacturing-employment-and-productivity/.
#Manufacturing #Jobs #Employment #Productivity #Economy #Economics
🇺🇸 📖 **The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding**
"_The author’s new book focuses on two “tragic contradictions”: the Founding Fathers’ failure to adopt measures to eliminate slavery in the new nation or to grant security for America’s native tribes."
📚 **Best Of The Year 2025**
🔗 https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/12/08/best-of-the-year-2025/.
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 **UK agrees higher drug prices to secure zero-tariff deal with US**
"_NHS could pay up to 25% more for innovative drugs, but exports will be tariff free for three years_"
🇨🇳 **China is the top import partner for most countries in the world**
#Data #DataViz #Trade #Globalization #Economy #Economics #China
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.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
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