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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**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
📚 **Reading Makes Your Grammar Grow**
🔗 https://www.westsiderag.com/2026/01/01/reading-makes-your-grammar-grow.
📚 **What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome?**
🔗 https://theconversation.com/what-were-books-like-in-ancient-greece-and-rome-267872.
#Books #Bookstodon #Classics #Writing #Ancient #Greece #Rome #History #Histodons
🇺🇸 **With The U.S. Debt A Staggering $38 Trillion Dollars, Who Exactly Do We Owe?**
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I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/
📚 🇺🇸 📻 **10 books to help you understand America as its 250th birthday approaches**
🔗 https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-5646641/best-books-us-history-america.
#NPR #Reading #List #Nonfiction #History #Histodons #Books #Bookstodon #USA #UnitedStates
#Image attribution: Foto por formulario PxHere, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libros_de_papel.jpg.
🇬🇷 🎓 **Greece cuts student population at universities by half after long study breaks are abolished**
"_Greek authorities have removed more than 300,000 inactive university students from public university records_"
🔗 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/greece-athens-education-ministry-greek-b2893557.html.
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This January, the map catalogue website celebrates its third anniversary. To mark the occasion, I have decided to translate it entirely into English.
So I encourage you all to enjoy and browse through it. It currently has more than 1,150 maps, with at least one more added every day.
Happy New Year, everyone!
📚 **For those who want to binge read the (Strong) Likelihood Principle in 2025**
#Maths #Mathematics #Statistics #Reading #List #Books #Bookstodon
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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.
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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