On this day in 2022, a fat faced tabby was caught in a trap. Scared, hungry, and sick with pneumonia, he spent some time in the ICU. The rest is history, but I like to consider today, his shelter intake date, Fishtopher's "birthday."

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Fun thing! I'm looking at a copy of a book of summaries of Aristotle’s natural philosophy (Naturalis totius philosophiae paraphrases (1538)), and the book has a semi-circle mirror set into the backboard. Has any one seen this elsewhere? What's going on? A device to connect up with the Aristotle?

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Book launch today! My new book, "Why You Should Read More Fiction" (Johns Hopkins), is part of a wave of digital humanities work that explains why reading fiction is so important for our minds, especially right now. I hope you'll pick up a copy and spread the word. #digitalhumanities #fiction

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Today is the day! DATA BY DESIGN is out in the world! With immense gratitude to the entire project team, to @gita2.bsky.social, and to @mitpress.bsky.social, for turning this vision into reality. We're so excited to be able to celebrate with all of you!

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I just emailed this guy from this agency to thank him for giving me permission to snoop in Nabokov’s Russian letters. Realized only after hitting send that the guy was Andrew Wylie of @lbmcgrath.bsky.social Middlemen fame!

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