Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/ #publicdomain
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How the timber rattlesnake became a symbol of American independence
https://www.popsci.com/environment/timber-rattlesnake-american-symbol/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into World Animal news @world-animal-news-PopularScience
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The Mystery of How a Samurai Ended up in 17th Century Venice
📚 **MIT Press: new books for January 2026**
🔗 https://mitpress.mit.edu/new-books-for-january-2026-bounce-american-bridge-robophilosophy-and-more/.
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In December 2025, Arctic sea-ice extent reached a record low - a substantial decline from the previous record low in 2024.
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Map of World Shipping Traffic Density
https://moverdb.com/shipping-traffic-density/
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As always, my last post of the year reminder...
Reducing emissions will reduce future climate warming and impacts. The time is now. Visualization made by https://globalcarbonbudget.org/.
Thanks for being here in 2025! I appreciate all the support 🙂
📚 🇺🇸 **Most Americans didn't read many books in 2025**
"_Besides the 40% of Americans who didn't read any books in 2025, another 27% read one to four books. And 13% read five to nine books. That leaves 19% of Americans who read 10 or more books, including 9% who read 10 to 19 books, 6% who read 20 to 49 books, and 4% who say they read 50 or more books._"
🔗 https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/53804-most-americans-didnt-read-many-books-in-2025.
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BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG, BONG
Anyone singing Auld Lang Syne? #NewYear #NewYear2026
🇮🇪 🇬🇧 **How Celtic languages spread across Britain and Ireland: why we need to reconsider the early story**
🔗 https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.ves9k7erh.
#History #Histodons #Ireland #Éire #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Romans #Celtic #Languages #Linguistics
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HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY! And Happy New Year!
Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett: This novel introduced the world to the famous detective Sam Spade.
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: A masterpiece of American literature.
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie: This was the first novel to feature the beloved character Miss Marple.
🇺🇸 💲 **The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance**
"_In 2026, the real threat to the dollar may not come from a single rival currency. Instead, it will come from alternative payment and settlement systems built to bypass dollar-based channels—especially in emerging markets that never fully enjoyed the security of dollar liquidity or reliable access to dollar networks._"
🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/the-dollar-is-facing-an-end-to-its-dominance/.
**‘Weights of gold in bullion’: how the ancients invested in precious metals**
📖 **Why We Keep Reading All Quiet on the Western Front**
"_A new translation vividly renders the sadly evergreen influence of the Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I novel._"
🔗 https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/all-quiet-western-front-new-translation/.
#Reading #Culture #Fiction #WWI #Novel #Books #Bookstodon #Literature
🇨🇳 🎥 **How the Han dynasty changed Chinese pronunciation**
📚 **Why Are The Classics So Hard To Read?**
🔗 https://www.amugofinsights.org/why-are-the-classics-so-hard-to-read/.
#Reading #Books #Bookstodon #Advice #Tips
#Image attribution: freestocks.org from Olsztyn, Poland, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_pile_of_books_(29767858348).jpg.
**The Death of Charles the Bad**
🔗 https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-charles-bad.
🇧🇬 **Mystery of the Varna Gold: What Caused These Ancient Societies to Disappear?**
"_Treasure found in prehistoric graves in Bulgaria is the first evidence of social hierarchy, but no one knows what caused the civilization’s decline_"
#History #Histodons #Chalcolithic #Gold #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Bulgaria #Europe
🇸🇪 **Charles XII's unknown field book found at Gothenburg University Library**
"_Several chapters in the 268-page field book were written prior to the Battle of Poltava in the spring of 1709. The book also contains detailed illustrations in the form of drawings, figures and troop formations._"
#History #Histodons #Book #Sweden #Scandinavia
#Image attribution: Gardelle, Robert (Swiss painter and engraver, 1682-1766) (artist) (designer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_XII,_PA01337.jpg.
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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