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[?]tkopp » 🌐
@tkopp@social.vivaldi.net

Ein Empath steigt aus.
thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldet
Die Welt lebt von Empathen. Die Welt braucht die Empathen. Und was geschieht, wenn ein Empath aus seinem Empathendasein ausgestiegen ist?

    [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
    @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

    Visible Light by C. J. Cherryh

    The credit for this collection plainly goes to Don Wollheim, who came up with the idea back in 1979. It took me a few more years, to be sure, to have written a body of short fiction; and for a few years after that what I had written was scattered here and there and some of it too currently in print. So I put the project off. And put it off. Then I thought of it several times and put it off again—until in 1984 Don inquired not once but a second time where that collection was. To answer the question, here it is, Don; and this one is dedicated to you.

    Alt...The credit for this collection plainly goes to Don Wollheim, who came up with the idea back in 1979. It took me a few more years, to be sure, to have written a body of short fiction; and for a few years after that what I had written was scattered here and there and some of it too currently in print. So I put the project off. And put it off. Then I thought of it several times and put it off again—until in 1984 Don inquired not once but a second time where that collection was. To answer the question, here it is, Don; and this one is dedicated to you.

      [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
      @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

      Flickering Enlightenment

      Attacked by the Left and Right, the Enlightenment can only be saved through use of its greatest legacy: permanent critique

      by Eliane Glaser

      aeon.co/essays/lets-save-the-e

      Books in Philosophy at PG:
      gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

      Frontispiece of *Elements of Newton's Philosophy*, Voltaire, 1738. The seated philosopher is translating Newton’s work. His manuscript appears to be illuminated by an almost divine light emanating from Newton himself; this light is reflected by the mirror held by a muse, who is in fact Émilie du Châtelet, the writer’s mistress, translator of Newton’s work, and collaborator of Voltaire. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A8cle_des_Lumi%C3%A8res#/media/Fichier:Voltaire_Philosophy_of_Newton_frontispiece.jpg

      Alt...Frontispiece of *Elements of Newton's Philosophy*, Voltaire, 1738. The seated philosopher is translating Newton’s work. His manuscript appears to be illuminated by an almost divine light emanating from Newton himself; this light is reflected by the mirror held by a muse, who is in fact Émilie du Châtelet, the writer’s mistress, translator of Newton’s work, and collaborator of Voltaire. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A8cle_des_Lumi%C3%A8res#/media/Fichier:Voltaire_Philosophy_of_Newton_frontispiece.jpg

        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
        @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

        What it is like to read Proust - an experiment

        by Henry Oliver

        commonreader.co.uk/p/what-it-i

        Books by Marcel Proust at PG:
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987

        MARCEL PROUST IN 1890. The doctor looks at literature Psychological studies of life and letters Author: Joseph Collins An oval-cropped black-and-white photograph of Proust with dark, close-cropped hair and a thin moustache, wearing a three-piece suit with a patterned cravat and a small boutonnière. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/75230/pg75230-images.html#Page_116

        Alt...MARCEL PROUST IN 1890. The doctor looks at literature Psychological studies of life and letters Author: Joseph Collins An oval-cropped black-and-white photograph of Proust with dark, close-cropped hair and a thin moustache, wearing a three-piece suit with a patterned cravat and a small boutonnière. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/75230/pg75230-images.html#Page_116

        The back page of *La Recherche*. A densely covered manuscript page captioned "La dernière page du Temps retrouvé" — the final page of Marcel Proust's Time Regained, the last volume of In Search of Lost Time. The page is covered in Proust's characteristic cramped, heavily revised handwriting, with interlinear additions, crossed-out passages, and marginal insertions spilling into every available space, making it nearly illegible. Possible transcription: Je venais de comprendre pourquoi le duc de Guermantes, dont j’avais admiré, en le regardant assis sur une chaise, combien il avait peu vieilli bien qu’il eût tellement plus d’années que moi au-dessous de lui, dès qu’il s’était levé et avait voulu se tenir debout, avait vacillé sur des jambes flageolantes comme celles de ces vieux archevêques sur lesquels il n’y a de solide que leur croix métallique et vers lesquels s’empressent les jeunes séminaristes, et ne s’était avancé qu’en tremblant comme une feuille sur le sommet peu praticable de quatre-vingt-trois années, comme si les hommes étaient juchés sur de vivantes échasses grandissant sans cesse, parfois plus hautes que des clochers, finissant par leur rendre la marche difficile et périlleuse, et d’où tout d’un coup ils tombent... https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56794150/f508.item# https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Proust#/media/Fichier:Derniere_proust.jpg

        Alt...The back page of *La Recherche*. A densely covered manuscript page captioned "La dernière page du Temps retrouvé" — the final page of Marcel Proust's Time Regained, the last volume of In Search of Lost Time. The page is covered in Proust's characteristic cramped, heavily revised handwriting, with interlinear additions, crossed-out passages, and marginal insertions spilling into every available space, making it nearly illegible. Possible transcription: Je venais de comprendre pourquoi le duc de Guermantes, dont j’avais admiré, en le regardant assis sur une chaise, combien il avait peu vieilli bien qu’il eût tellement plus d’années que moi au-dessous de lui, dès qu’il s’était levé et avait voulu se tenir debout, avait vacillé sur des jambes flageolantes comme celles de ces vieux archevêques sur lesquels il n’y a de solide que leur croix métallique et vers lesquels s’empressent les jeunes séminaristes, et ne s’était avancé qu’en tremblant comme une feuille sur le sommet peu praticable de quatre-vingt-trois années, comme si les hommes étaient juchés sur de vivantes échasses grandissant sans cesse, parfois plus hautes que des clochers, finissant par leur rendre la marche difficile et périlleuse, et d’où tout d’un coup ils tombent... https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56794150/f508.item# https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Proust#/media/Fichier:Derniere_proust.jpg

          [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
          @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

          Arremangando al sueño. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

          [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
          @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

          Ocasiones de la poesía. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

          [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
          @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

          Not A Hare. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

          [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
          @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

          No era una liebre. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

          [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
          @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

          Rolling Up The Sleeves Of Dream. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga
          His poems in his own voice. 5

          [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
          @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

          Ocassions Of Poetry. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

          AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT.

          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          --
          @histodons

          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): AUTEM DIPPERS. Anabaptists. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
            @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

            The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America, edited and with an introduction by Garrett Hongo

            To the memory of Spark Matsunaga, Poet and United States Senator Our souls which rise... Are dead to things untrue, unreal.

            Alt...To the memory of Spark Matsunaga, Poet and United States Senator Our souls which rise... Are dead to things untrue, unreal.

              [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
              @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

              Capítulo 10 de : el mayor aprendizaje no llega por la sabiduría, sino por el amor. Al perder a su hijo, Siddhartha comprende el dolor de aferrarse y descubre que...
              fictograma.com/d/3053-siddhart

                [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

                To Sam. I will battle one million Ender Dragons, a hundred million Creepersm twenty Cave Spiders, and a Zombie Pigman, for you.

                Alt...To Sam. I will battle one million Ender Dragons, a hundred million Creepersm twenty Cave Spiders, and a Zombie Pigman, for you.

                  [?]Waywords Studio » 🌐
                  @WaywordsStudio@mastodon.social

                  𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 -

                  We are left on the precipice of a severe, unavoidable aporia: when the Empire can absorb and commercialize our very language of protest, the only true ethical act of agency is to stop performing the script, reject the easy answer, and step directly out into the unimaginable dark.

                  waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/wa

                    [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                    @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                    Fear the Flames by Olivia Rose Darling

                    For those who carry the weight of the world with a smile and never stop chasing dreams that others deem unrealistic, too big, or impractical. Every word is for you. Your dreams afre alive, and so are dragons.

                    Alt...For those who carry the weight of the world with a smile and never stop chasing dreams that others deem unrealistic, too big, or impractical. Every word is for you. Your dreams afre alive, and so are dragons.

                      [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                      @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                      “Porque no pude salvarte, mamá…” ❄️💔
                      El pasado arde más que cualquier herida, y Shin está empezando a entenderlo.
                      Capítulo 12 de Los Viajes de Shin: sueños, culpa y un reflejo imposible en la nieve.
                      fictograma.com/d/3047-los-viaj

                        [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                        @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                        Él estaba ahí, solo.
                        Las dunas de plástico lo rodeaban.
                        La ciudad parecía de mentira.
                        Y nosotros también.

                        Igual nos vamos a morir todos de inacción.
                        fictograma.com/d/3048-los-send

                          [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                          @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                          Nowa le ofreció un fruto sin nombre, ácido como el desierto y dulce como la sed rota por un instante. Bajo tormentas, máquinas antiguas y flores que significaban más de lo que decían, el mago...
                          fictograma.com/d/3049-el-mago-

                            [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                            @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                            ¿A quién no le ha paralizado alguna vez ver la hoja limpia, virgen, tranquila, sin marca alguna?

                            No sabes cómo empezar o, tal vez, sientes que lo que tienes...
                            fictograma.com/d/3050-la-vida-

                              [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                              @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                              "La montaña mágica: Capitulo Final": Siete años en la montaña bastaron para que Hans Castorp olvidara el mundo. Pero el trueno de la Historia lo despertó de golpe: la guerra...
                              fictograma.com/d/3051-la-monta

                                [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                📖✨ Capítulo final de El retrato de Dorian Gray: cuando intentas destruir las huellas de tus actos, a veces terminas enfrentándote a ti mismo...
                                fictograma.com/d/3052-el-retra

                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                  MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent.

                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  --
                                  @histodons

                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUM. An interjection directing silence. Mum for that; I shall be silent as to that. As mute as Mumchance, who was hanged for saying nothing; a friendly reproach to any one who seems low-spirited and silent. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    [?]Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦 » 🌐
                                    @pabloniusmonk@mastodon.social

                                    New biography wisely leans into Rangers legend Nolan Ryan's grip on Texas culture ⚾️ 🧢

                                    Biography leans into Rangers legend Nolan Ryan's grip on Texas culture

                                    Rangers fans on Friday can secure a signed copy of the new book lauding one of the Lone Star State's larger than life figures.

                                    @dallasnews

                                    dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/

                                    Cover of the new bio of Hall of Fame MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan "Nolan Ryan: The Singular Life of An American Original" by Tim Brown. It features a sky blue background with a photo of Nolan Ryan in the middle of his pitcher's wind-up on the mound, curled up like a rattlesnake, sporting his red, white, and blue Texas Rangers uniform and cap. There are two opportunities Friday for Rangers fans to secure a signed copy of sportswriter Tim Brown's new biography "Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original.” Grand Central Publishing

                                    Alt...Cover of the new bio of Hall of Fame MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan "Nolan Ryan: The Singular Life of An American Original" by Tim Brown. It features a sky blue background with a photo of Nolan Ryan in the middle of his pitcher's wind-up on the mound, curled up like a rattlesnake, sporting his red, white, and blue Texas Rangers uniform and cap. There are two opportunities Friday for Rangers fans to secure a signed copy of sportswriter Tim Brown's new biography "Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original.” Grand Central Publishing

                                      [?]Walt » 🌐
                                      @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                      Born this day: 05/29/1906 (d. 01/17/1964)
                                      T. H. White was an English SciFi & Fantasy author. He is best known for his Arthurian novels. In 2014, The Sword in the Stone was awarded a retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novel for 1939.

                                      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._Wh


                                      @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                                      astralcomputing.com

                                      "The Sword in the Stone," set across three lines in large, ornate gold blackletter (Gothic) script filling the upper third. Author: T. H. White, in the same gold blackletter directly beneath the title. No cover artist is printed on the image, and a credited cover designer could not be confirmed from available sources. The composition is a flat matte-black background, with every element drawn in fine gold line work and no shading or gradient. Below the lettering sit twelve heater-shaped heraldic shields, arranged in a grid of three rows by four columns, evenly spaced and uniform in size. Top row, left to right: a rearing unicorn; a saltire of crossed arrows; three lions passant stacked vertically in the manner of English royal arms; a coiled dragon. Middle row: a diagonal band crossed by a chain with a small winged form; a shield divided into bands with a cluster of small squares at center; a coiled serpent; a diagonal division bearing small stars and an elongated object. Bottom row: a recumbent figure lying across a vertical sword; an upright beast beneath an overhanging branch; a long-necked bird among foliage; a shield with two many-pointed stars above a masonry brick pattern. The fine detailing within several shields is partly indistinct against the dark ground. Lighting is even and flat, with no highlights, texture, or background gradient. The overall effect is a formal, medieval heraldic motif rendered entirely in gold on black.

                                      Alt..."The Sword in the Stone," set across three lines in large, ornate gold blackletter (Gothic) script filling the upper third. Author: T. H. White, in the same gold blackletter directly beneath the title. No cover artist is printed on the image, and a credited cover designer could not be confirmed from available sources. The composition is a flat matte-black background, with every element drawn in fine gold line work and no shading or gradient. Below the lettering sit twelve heater-shaped heraldic shields, arranged in a grid of three rows by four columns, evenly spaced and uniform in size. Top row, left to right: a rearing unicorn; a saltire of crossed arrows; three lions passant stacked vertically in the manner of English royal arms; a coiled dragon. Middle row: a diagonal band crossed by a chain with a small winged form; a shield divided into bands with a cluster of small squares at center; a coiled serpent; a diagonal division bearing small stars and an elongated object. Bottom row: a recumbent figure lying across a vertical sword; an upright beast beneath an overhanging branch; a long-necked bird among foliage; a shield with two many-pointed stars above a masonry brick pattern. The fine detailing within several shields is partly indistinct against the dark ground. Lighting is even and flat, with no highlights, texture, or background gradient. The overall effect is a formal, medieval heraldic motif rendered entirely in gold on black.

                                        [?]Walt » 🌐
                                        @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                        Weird Tales vol VIII number 4 (October 1926) - featured story: The SUPREME WITCH by G. Appleby Terrill.



                                        @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                                        astralcomputing.com

                                        Art by C. Barker Petrie Jr.

                                        Weird Tales vol VIII number 4 (October 1926) - featured story: The SUPREME WITCH by G. Appleby Terrill. Cover art by C. Barker Petrie, Jr.. The tagline reads The Unique Magazine. Other contributors listed are Eli Colter, Edmond Hamilton, Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn, Victor Rousseau, Henry S. Whitehead, and others. The cover price is 25 cents. The illustration depicts an architectural setting with stone arches and a paved ground. On the left, a person with dark hair, a dark eye patch over the right eye, and a dark brown coat with gold trim stands near an open wooden door. This figure wears light-colored pants and dark shoes. To the right, a figure wearing a dark brown hood and a brown garment holds a person in a white dress. The person in white is positioned horizontally, with their head near the hooded figure's torso and their legs extending toward the left. A dark red pot with a lid sits in the lower right foreground. A hanging lantern with a metal frame is attached to the stone archway. In the background, through the arches, there are indistinct shapes of buildings and a pale sky. The color palette consists of browns, whites, dark reds, and greys. A dark shadow is cast on the ground beneath the figure in the brown coat. The stone walls are grey and beige. The wooden door is light brown. The ground is composed of grey and tan paving stones. The overall scene is set within a stone courtyard or passageway.

                                        Alt...Weird Tales vol VIII number 4 (October 1926) - featured story: The SUPREME WITCH by G. Appleby Terrill. Cover art by C. Barker Petrie, Jr.. The tagline reads The Unique Magazine. Other contributors listed are Eli Colter, Edmond Hamilton, Greye La Spina, Seabury Quinn, Victor Rousseau, Henry S. Whitehead, and others. The cover price is 25 cents. The illustration depicts an architectural setting with stone arches and a paved ground. On the left, a person with dark hair, a dark eye patch over the right eye, and a dark brown coat with gold trim stands near an open wooden door. This figure wears light-colored pants and dark shoes. To the right, a figure wearing a dark brown hood and a brown garment holds a person in a white dress. The person in white is positioned horizontally, with their head near the hooded figure's torso and their legs extending toward the left. A dark red pot with a lid sits in the lower right foreground. A hanging lantern with a metal frame is attached to the stone archway. In the background, through the arches, there are indistinct shapes of buildings and a pale sky. The color palette consists of browns, whites, dark reds, and greys. A dark shadow is cast on the ground beneath the figure in the brown coat. The stone walls are grey and beige. The wooden door is light brown. The ground is composed of grey and tan paving stones. The overall scene is set within a stone courtyard or passageway.

                                          [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                          @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                          American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse

                                          For firefighters and lovers everywhere, but especially the ones in Tasley.

                                          Alt...For firefighters and lovers everywhere, but especially the ones in Tasley.

                                            [?]Dead Poets Daily » 🌐
                                            @deadpoetsdaily@mastodon.social

                                            ‘My Typewriter’ by Edward Dyson

                                            deadpoetsdaily.com/p/edward-dy

                                              [?]Rhiwiel aka TheSingDesigns » 🌐
                                              @TheSingDesigns@mastodon.social

                                              📚️ „Madame Bovary“ by Gustave Flaubert a exploring the gap between illusion and reality, desire and fulfillment in eloquent, perfect style.

                                                [?]IƧΛΛC aka isaac » 🌐
                                                @isaactly_s@mas.to

                                                Mayo:
                                                - Intermezzo, Sally Rooney
                                                - Galgos, manual de acogimiento, Víctor Briones Antón (aka @SrMoshuelo ❤️)
                                                - The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
                                                - Inmaculada, Marta García Carbonell, Esther López Barceló y María Palau Galdón

                                                Portada del libro Intermezzo, de Sally Rooney

                                                Alt...Portada del libro Intermezzo, de Sally Rooney

                                                Portada del libro Galgos, manual de acogimiento, de Víctor Briones Antón

                                                Alt...Portada del libro Galgos, manual de acogimiento, de Víctor Briones Antón

                                                Portada del libro The Fire Next Time, de James Baldwin

                                                Alt...Portada del libro The Fire Next Time, de James Baldwin

                                                Portada del libro Inmaculada, de Marta García Carbonell, Esther López Barceló y María Palau Galdón

                                                Alt...Portada del libro Inmaculada, de Marta García Carbonell, Esther López Barceló y María Palau Galdón

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