Nims’ Commonplace Book

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Aristotle’s Politics 🌚

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

Tired of hearing about Great Books programs. I want to start a Terrible Books program. What should I include on the syllabus?

[Lloyd Strickland @Dr_L_Strickland]

In 1686, Leibniz tried to examine Christianity as if he was "from a new world", free of party allegiance. The result is one of the strangest and most revealing works in the new Religion and Theology volume of his Philosophical Papers 1677-1686.
More: https://t.co/EUQQdlR90u

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@oh_tuntun Raleigh-Durham used to have one as well. It sucked when it closed.

[Jin Xu 徐津 @xujnx]

Cover of my forthcoming book
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠:
𝑆𝑜𝑔𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎

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Oh this looks interesting!

[Brendan Case @Brendan_W_Case]

I got my author copies of *Doubting Thomas*! https://t.co/oCiqC2K3HX. And I heard from a friend that his copy arrived too, so I suppose it’s now officially released!

[Lauren Deutsch @LaurenCDeutsch]

#Ootd is this 1948-59 Horrockses Fashion evening dress. Horrockses was a British cotton manufacturing firm before they went into ready-to-wear in 1946. They were known for their bright and vibrant prints, like this cotton based iris pattern. #Fashionhistory

[Jeffrey Kotyk @JeffreyKotyk]

I'm trying to finish up my big book on astrology and cosmology in East Asia. Over 500 pages now. The more primary sources I read closely, the more interesting questions arise. The table of contents looks something like this.

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@kateStrasdin @V_and_A I didn’t cut them out but I do still have all my American Girl paper dolls!

[Anime Updates @animeupdates]

Naoki Urasawa (MONSTER) New Manga 'The Final Manga Classroom' Chapter 1 is out now!

Urasawa is also the creator of 20th Century Boys, PLUTO, Billy Bat, Asadora!, Beta!!, Yawara!!, Master Keaton, and more

[Catherine Project @CatherineProj]

Want to move beyond reading in translation? Start learning or improving your reading skills in:

- Classical Chinese
- Classical Arabic
- Ancient Greek
- Latin

Take a look at our fall semester intro, intermediate, and advanced language tutorials: https://t.co/oBWZ0aeYcA

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@NZaidka a hegel-free year is truly a blessing lol

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Yo I need this and I don’t even golf

[NicDaisy @plummie9]

French

Sweet Hooded Golfing Cape, 1898-1900

Double-sided wool, wool Scottish tartan,.
Button engraved wth a golf club, golf ball & laurel wreath. It has a Medici collar and a little pocket for a golf ball. Possibly 🙃

@PalaisGalliera
#FashionHistory

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☹️☹️☹️

[CrimeFictionLover @CriFiLover]

Read our tribute to the Japanese crime author Keigo Higashino, who sadly passed away at the end of July. A rare talent. 🇯🇵
https://t.co/J2OBYtWnio
by @EzzBrit

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@NZaidka 👀

[Josh Hochschild @JoshHochschild]

This is a new book, 2025, Cambridge University Press

Poor quality print.
Poor quality binding.

They charge $120 for this.

No, this isn’t economic necessity. Publishers are just taking advantage of unwitting consumers.

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@LeahLibresco @IvanaDGreco also have stitches from a similar Incident… Swiss Army Knives should require permits 😅

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The Peacock Skirt by ExLibrist, completed section #crossstitch

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Trying to see if I can fit anything in! Excited to see the Chinese course even tho it doesn’t work with my schedule this fall, maybe in the future.

[Catherine Project @CatherineProj]

We're excited to offer over 150 courses this fall, now with a brand new enrollment experience built by the amazing @taylorlapeyre!

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[devon @junimodev]

I worked as an education intern at an aquarium when I was in college, and a woman in her 30s came up to me and asked if the fish would stay underwater because it was hot that day or if they’d come out. it’s been years and I still think about it once a month