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P 150 bequeathed another band name for the 2026 list: Herring Busses, from the Dutch, “haringbuisen.”
Not picturing them sitting in rows peeking out the deck and smiling with their mouths open, drenched in the spray of speed boats traveling in convoys.
— Jan 10, 2026 06:55AM
Not picturing them sitting in rows peeking out the deck and smiling with their mouths open, drenched in the spray of speed boats traveling in convoys.
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Jen
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Also I ordered a new notebook and inserts. God damnit, I just realized what has happened. Lochby, Atlas Stationers, Jet Pens, this dude is an enabler.
— Jan 10, 2026 06:58AM
Jen
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So interesting! I forgot about the Chaucer-Boccaccio link. I am compelled to note here I went back to the TOC as this is Ch 7 now and we’re back in what is now S Europe again. Okay. I realize, this is not “The” history of thinking on paper, this is a very limited history of the thinking on paper by people in a handful of western countries populated by white people. Fine, but be for real.
— Jan 01, 2026 08:55PM
Jen
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Michael of Rhodes: not only was he teaching himself algebra, modern notation hadn’t been invented yet - no symbols for =, x, +, - nevermind exponents which he was also doing in words. I’m shook. When I read the original description of his manuscript I thought this dude was neurodivergent; now I’m convinced. I am also struck with sonder: every life highly textured when you look closely.
— Dec 31, 2025 03:07AM
