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burningvelvet · 11 months

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a twitter thread that actually killed me

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dndspellgifs · 8 months

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look, I know I've talked about this essay (?) before but like,

If you ever needed a good demonstration of the quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", have I got an exercise for you.

Somebody made a small article explaining the basics of atomic theory but it's written in Anglish. Anglish is basically a made-up version of English where they remove any elements (words, prefixes, etc) that were originally borrowed from romance languages like french and latin, as well as greek and other foreign loanwords, keeping only those of germanic origin.

What happens is an english which is for the most part intelligible, but since a lot everyday english, and especially the scientific vocabulary, has has heavy latin and greek influence, they have to make up new words from the existing germanic-english vocabulary. For me it kind of reads super viking-ey.

Anyway when you read this article on atomic theory, in Anglish called Uncleftish Beholding, you get this text which kind of reads like a fantasy novel. Like in my mind it feels like it recontextualizes advanced scientific concepts to explain it to a viking audience from ancient times.

Even though you're familiar with the scientific ideas, because it bypasses the normal language we use for these concepts, you get a chance to examine these ideas as if you were a visitor from another civilization - and guess what, it does feel like it's about magic. It has a mythical quality to it, like it feels like a book about magic written during viking times. For me this has the same vibe as reading deep magic lore from a Robert Jordan book.

#off topic #literature #language #linguistics #science #science history #science fiction #fantasy #physics #atomic theory #anglish #chemistry #robert jordan #the wheel of time #uncleftish beholding

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hovelicher-unsin · 5 days

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Reading History books

pro: i feel smart, learning about history is important and can be fun, learning about the context in which my old timey texts were written is even more fun

con: reading history books makes me soooo eepy

#history #reading #history literature #cr: the bright ages #it's really good but i have been at it for months because i can almost never read more than a chapter

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cansu-m · 2 months

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iambecomeafangirl · 2 months

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Books I’ve read in 2024

FEBRUARY | Yuval Noah Harari "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" ⚱️🗿🧭🏛

#2024 books #february #popular science books #popular science #popular science literature #lit moodboard #history literature #yuval noah harari #sapiens #anthropology #mine #books aesthetic #moodboard #sapiens a brief history of humankind #history moodboard #history books #dark academia #chaotic academia #idk

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prokopetz · 5 months

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Today I found out that that alleged 18th Century woodcut of a woman saying "come out you bitch, I'll maul you" that's been doing the rounds is apparently 100% legitimate, and the reason nobody could source it is because the screenshot gets the title wrong. It's evidently from The new art and mystery of gossiping (the popularly circulated screenshot misspells "mystery" as "mastery"), and the full text is available here:

#history #18th century #1700s #1760s #literature #memes #violence mention #swearing

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flowersforfrancis · 4 months

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cherrygazette · 1 month

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i love studying. i love writing. i love reading. i love learning languages. i love doing mathematics. i love wandering over some particular sum and trying to come up with formulas to solve it. i love physics. i love biology. i love chemistry. i love history. i love literature. i love learning.

not to achieve the perfect grades ever. but it just amazes me that there's so much to know and learn and write and read about in the universe. my curiosity wouldn't get enough of it.

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charlotlie · 9 months

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bitches be like “this is the best piece of literature i have ever read” and it’s either a book that took them six weeks to finish or a fanfic they read at 3 AM

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joytri · 2 months

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to live. to live forever.

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pagesofjasmine · 8 months

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“Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that’s why we’re so anxious to lose them, don’t you think?”

– The Secret History

#aesthetic #chaotic academia #classic academia #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #university #classic literature #books and libraries #books and coffee #books and literature #the secret history #donna tartt #darkestacademia #chaotic #literature #lit #books

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studywithjennifer · 10 months

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whitby abbey, where dracula arrived in england

#dracula #dracula daily #count dracula #mina harker #jonathan harker #my good friend jonathan harker #literature #books #reading #bookblr #dark academia #academia #academia aesthetic #history #whitby #whitby abbey #my posts #york trip 2023

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wordscanbeenough · 2 months

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Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

#nicole krauss #the history of love #quote #words #books #literature

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metamorphesque · 14 days

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Facing The Facts: Resources on the Armenian Genocide

Frequently Asked Questions About Armenian Genocide

Sample Archival Documents on the Armenian Genocide: U.S. Archives

Sample Archival Documents on the Armenian Genocide: British Archives

Map of the 1915 Armenian Genocide in the Turkish Empire

Talaat Pasha's Official Orders Regarding the Armenian Massacres, March 1915-January 1916

The Massacre of the Armenians (”Ambassador Morgenthau describes the forced evacuation of one group of Armenians from their homeland to the Syrian desert.”)

American Documents

British Documents

Russian Documents

French Documents

Austrian Documents

Public Lectures

Eye Witnesses

The Turkish Woman

That is all right, but who killed hundred of thousands Armenians?

Einar af Wirsen

The Story of Anna Hedwig Bull, an Estonian Missionary of the Armenian Genocide.

"That's How It Was"