Alba T. Ross

@kevinrdickinson.bsky.social “Umberto Eco, a writer famous for his enormous personal library of more than 32,000 books”… Just a reminder that YOU have a library of 78,000+ books. Gutenberg.org awaits…

Of note to a very select number of people here: you can have Project Gutenberg as a source for books on GoodReads. (This linking function was broken for a few years and was fixed earlier this year on the Project Gutenberg side. Not sure if anyone noticed it.)

@trufelman.bsky.social Just thought this might interest your listeners that want to get into Mandeville: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57260 Loved the discussion, btw. Great episode.

Wow! The argument about putting the Bible into public classrooms is so old, it’s out of copyright protection: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78962

Quick reminder for all book lovers! Project Gutenberg is a treasure trove of over 60,000 free ebooks - classics, poetry, philosophy, and more, all just a click away! 📚✨ #BookSky #Readers #Publishing www.gutenberg.org

We just published one of her articles at PG. Free download here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78513

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

@moltz.bsky.social I thought Vitici was renaming ClawdBot after you. Such a missed opportunity to extend the Moltz brand.

@cabel.panic.com just curious… were you in the front row of the audience at a performance at the Alberta Abbey recently?

@urbancic.bsky.social Just going to leave this right here… www.youtube.com/live/7gqgIOL...

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51783

Franklin, North Carolina Scottish Tartans Museum www.atlasobscura.com/places/scott... "Old and Rare Scottish Tartans: With Historical Introduction and Descriptive Notices" at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70853 #history #fashion

I think this is funny. Can someone read it and let me know for sure? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-s...

Still waiting for the gritty reboot of _Kids Incorporated_.

@goldste.in do you have a minute to talk about Greg N? I’m working on a project about him and I’m looking for a list of the OtH episodes he appeared on.

If you are sitting at lunch and tell someone you just met that you don’t have anger issues… your statement may not communicate what you think it communicates.

Happy International Literacy Day to those who celebrate it! The day's aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities, and societies. Celebrations take place in several countries. www.unesco.org/en/days/lite... via @rossolson.com #literacy_day

An organism’s bilateral symmetry is a parity check on its DNA.

The list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence a To Do list? “For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses” “For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world” “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures”

@gutenberg.org the 15xx series of Shakespeare’s plays have new covers that look quite snappy! www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... … if I do say so myself.

@947fm.bsky.social what is going on the with KNRK-2 stream? It was happening occasionally in the last few months but there is a glitch in every 3rd or 2nd song. The song cuts out, a mid-song clip of another song (correct genre still) plays for 3 to 8 seconds, then the previous song plays again.

Here’s a project that someone out there will think is fun - do a census of unicode characters used in Project Gutenberg texts. In addition to helping PG code development, it might be interesting from a ddigital humanities/data science angle. github.com/gutenbergtoo... @gutenberg.org

Looking at the stars gives me a sense of important insignificance and insignificant importance.

Performative Stupidity. Fascinating.

How is it 2025 and still no one seems to have released a mashup titled “Beds Are Burning Down the House” that I can find?

If I had a grant I could create a series of web-based units to teach a lesson on simple machines that would make your head spin and lift and split and drag and twist. (I miss my days at OMSI.)

The hashtag for Vancouver, Washington is supposed to be #vanwa right? Or is it the full #vancouverwa instead? I suppose the old #notbcnotdc could be used too.

makeityourself.org

Can #pdxboom be used for fighter jets? Asking for a friend’s airspace.

@gruber.foo the TikTok squeeze seems fundamentally identical to what Twitter did to third party clients. The rhymes of history are quite loud these days.

My cover band’s name is now going to be Cage the Portugal Impalas.

Fans of Portland history will enjoy the exploration of the Ross Island Park that Never Was - released today by Steve the Historian on the tube: youtu.be/grLE07YLWGg?... #pdx #history

Ibn Khaldun's definition of government: "An institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself."

The Iceland National Team crest goes SO HARD: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ic...

Thorns games are fun