Fuzuli (Füzuli) is the pen name of Muhammad bin Suleyman (1483–1556),
a 16th-century poet who composed works in his native Azerbaijani, as
well as Persian and Arabic. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets
of Turkic literature. He was widely admired from the 16th to the 19th
centuries, including in Central Asia and India. Born in modern Iraq,
Fuzuli saw his homeland change hands between the Aq Qoyunlu, Safavid,
and Ottoman states, and he composed poetry for officials in all three
empires. He wrote his first known poem to Alvand Mirza of the Aq
Qoyunlu, but most of his poetry was written under Ottoman rule. Fuzuli
died from the plague and was buried in Karbala. He is best known for his
Azerbaijani works, especially his ghazals (love poems) and his Leylī va
Macnūn, a lyric poem interpreting a Middle Eastern story of tragic
love. Fuzuli's writings have been described as distinguished by his
strong display of emotions, and as elevating Azerbaijani poetry and
language to new heights.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzuli_%28poet%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1927:
The Holland Tunnel (eastbound trip depicted) opened, connecting
Manhattan with Jersey City under the Hudson River.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Tunnel>
1982:
South Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo suffered fatal brain injuries
during a match with American Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, leading to
significant rule changes in the sport.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Duk-koo>
1992:
The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that,
although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, a
judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay in most
circumstances in which an accused is unrepresented.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_v_The_Queen>
2015:
Coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris perpetrated by the
Islamic State killed 130 people and injured 413 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bear in mind:
(transitive, idiomatic) To hold (something) in the memory; to remember;
also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to
note.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bear_in_mind>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let the gull'd fool the toil of war pursue, Where bleed the many
to enrich the few.
--William Shenstone
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Shenstone>
Tunic is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Isometricorp Games
and published by Finji. It is set in a ruined fantasy world, where the
player controls an anthropomorphic fox on a journey to free a fox spirit
trapped in a crystal. The player discovers the gameplay and setting by
exploring and finding in-game pages of a manual that offers clues,
drawings, and notes. The backstory is obscured in a constructed writing
system, and there are numerous hidden pathways. Designer Andrew
Shouldice developed Tunic, his first major game, over seven years. The
game was released for macOS, Windows, the Xbox One, and the Xbox
Series X/S in March 2022, followed by ports for the Nintendo Switch,
the PlayStation 4, and the PlayStation 5 in September. It received
positive reviews, especially for its aesthetics, design, and gameplay,
but drew some criticism for uneven difficulty and the potential for
players to feel stuck. Tunic won the Outstanding Achievement for an
Independent Game award at the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic_%28video_game%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the
Indonesian Armed Forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudirman>
1970:
The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the
coast of East Pakistan (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone>
1973:
The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-
running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_of_the_Summer_Wine>
2014:
The European Space Agency lander Philae (artist's impression
shown) touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first
spacecraft to land on a comet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
open world:
(video games, also attributive) A gameworld that the player may traverse
freely, rather than being restricted to certain predefined areas and
quests.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/open_world>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When you're finally up at the moon looking back on earth, all
those differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to
blend, and you're going to get a concept that maybe this really is one
world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent
people.
--Frank Borman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Borman>
Leonardo DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and
film producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an
Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. His films have grossed over
$7.2 billion worldwide, and he was among the world's highest-paid
actors for eight years. DiCaprio was voted one of the 50 greatest actors
of all time in a 2022 readers' poll by Empire. He began his career in
the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials and achieved
international stardom with the blockbuster film Titanic (1997). Among
his most successful films are Blood Diamond (2006), Inception (2010),
Django Unchained (2012), The Revenant (2015) and Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood (2019), as well as his many collaborations with director
Martin Scorsese, including The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006) and
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Beyond film, he regularly promotes
environmental causes. (This article is part of a featured topic:
Overview of Leonardo DiCaprio.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Overview_of_Leonard…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1880:
Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly was hanged in spite
of sympathizers holding rallies for his reprieve.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly>
1918:
Józef Piłsudski, appointed the commander-in-chief of Polish
forces by the Regency Council, was entrusted with the creation a
national government for the newly independent Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski>
1926:
The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System was
approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highway_System>
1934:
The Shrine of Remembrance, a memorial to all Australians who
have served in war, opened in Melbourne.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Remembrance>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
single out:
(transitive) To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight
them or treat them differently.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/single_out>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make
a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable.
Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your
soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio.
Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well
as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have
created something.
--Kurt Vonnegut
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut>
Hove War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin
Lutyens and located on Grand Avenue in Hove, part of the city of
Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. Hove was the site of
one of the earliest recruiting events at the beginning of the war and
later of several military hospitals. Over 600 men from the town were
killed during the war. A war memorial committee was established in 1919
and Lutyens was engaged as architect. He designed a Tuscan column on a
three-staged base, topped with a statue of Saint George, patron saint of
England. George, cast in the studio of Sir George Frampton, holds a
sword by the blade in one hand and a shield in the other. The same
statue, with variations, appears on several other monuments. The base
contains several dedicatory inscriptions but no names, which are instead
recorded on plaques in the town's library. The memorial was unveiled on
27 February 1921 by Lord Leconfield. It is a Grade II listed building.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hove_War_Memorial>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1913:
A severe blizzard reached its maximum intensity in the Great
Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of
cargo, and killing more than 250 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913>
1938:
Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed
and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and
Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000
men to concentration camps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht>
1967:
The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing
on music, politics and popular culture, was published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone>
1993:
Bosnian War: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the
Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city
of Mostar (rebuilt bridge pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Most>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
jot:
1. (transitive) Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly;
to make a brief note of (something).
2. The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.
3. (by extension, chiefly in the negative) A small, or the smallest,
amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
4. (obsolete) An instant, a moment.
5. A brief and hurriedly written note. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jot>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between
two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses
that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new
ideas … If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through
to you … On the other hand, if you are open to the point of
gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you
cannot distinguish the useful ideas from the worthless ones.
--Carl Sagan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan>
"Smoking on My Ex Pack" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA
(pictured) from her second studio album, SOS (2022). It is one of the
album's three rap tracks, built around hard-hitting drums and a sped-up
sample of a 1980s ballad. Before the album's release, SZA was viewed as
an R&B; artist who made melancholic music aimed at a female audience, or
"sad girl music". Disillusioned, she conceived "Smoking on My Ex Pack",
among other songs, to combat such narratives, which she believed was
stereotyping of her as a Black woman. With the track, she experimented
with more lyrically and sonically aggressive music, making a foray into
hip hop. "Smoking on My Ex Pack" speaks positively of her own sex appeal
and negatively of her ex-lovers, reveling in SZA's braggadocious,
taunting persona: one lover has his penis ridiculed. Critics were
positive about the new sound, and they deemed the lyrics candid and
scathing enough that she had the potential to become a fully fledged
rapper.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_on_My_Ex_Pack>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1957:
En route from San Francisco to Honolulu, Pan Am Flight 7
crashed into the Pacific Ocean due to unknown causes, killing all 44
people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_7>
1971:
English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album,
which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_IV>
1974:
British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day
after allegedly murdering his children's nanny Sandra Rivett.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bingham,_7th_Earl_of_Lucan>
2020:
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the
self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming
the town after 28 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shusha_%282020%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
felon:
1. (criminal law) A person who has committed a felony (“serious criminal
offence”); specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a
crime.
2. (obsolete) An evil or wicked person; also (by extension) a predatory
animal regarded as cruel or wicked.
3. (chiefly poetic) Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts,
etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked.
4. (by extension) Of a place: harsh, savage, wild; of a thing: deadly;
harmful.
5. (obsolete, rare) Obtained through a felony; stolen.
6. (pathology, veterinary medicine) A small infected sore; an abscess, a
boil; specifically, a whitlow (“infection near or under the cuticle of a
fingernail or toenail”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/felon>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When I saw that God doeth all that is done, I saw no sin: and
then I saw that all is well. But when God shewed me for sin, then said
He: All SHALL be well.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>
The 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1899.
The Republican incumbent, William Bradley, was term-limited. The
Democrats chose William Goebel. Republicans nominated William Taylor.
Taylor won by a vote of 193,714 to 191,331. The vote was challenged on
grounds of voter fraud, but the Board of Elections, though stocked with
pro-Goebel members, certified the result. Democratic legislators began
investigations, but before their committee could report, Goebel was shot
by an unknown assassin (event pictured) on January 30, 1900. Democrats
voided enough votes to swing the election to Goebel, Taylor was deposed,
and Goebel was sworn into office on January 31. He died on February 3.
The lieutenant governor of Kentucky, J. C. W. Beckham, became
governor, and battled Taylor in court. Beckham won on appeal, and Taylor
fled to Indiana, fearing arrest as an accomplice. The only persons
convicted in connection with the killing were later pardoned; the
assassin's identity remains a mystery.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_Kentucky_gubernatorial_election>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1723:
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann
Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Ewigkeit,_du_Donnerwort,_BWV_60>
1775:
Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of the Colony of Virginia,
signed a proclamation promising freedom for the slaves of Patriots if
they joined the British Armed Forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore%27s_Proclamation>
1916:
In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the
first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin>
1987:
Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and
replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for
the duties of the office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Tunisian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fortify:
1. (transitive)
2. To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to
something); to strengthen.
3. To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing
evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.
4. To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients,
especially minerals or vitamins.
5. (figurative)
6. To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their
determination, or something); to encourage.
7. To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
8. (archaic) To make (something) structurally strong; to strengthen.
9. (military)
10. To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or
them) in a defensive position.
11. To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing
fortifications or other military works.
12. (obsolete) To provide (a city, a fortress, an army, etc.) with
equipment or soldiers.
13. (winemaking) To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol
content.
14. (intransitive)
15. (military) To install fortifications or other military works; also
(sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.
16. (obsolete) To become strong; to strengthen.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fortify>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"I conclude that all is well," says Oedipus, and that remark is
sacred. It echoes in the wild and limited universe of man. It teaches
that all is not, has not been, exhausted. It drives out of this world a
god who had come into it with dissatisfaction and a preference for
futile suffering. It makes of fate a human matter, which must be settled
among men.
--Albert Camus
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus>
The Rodrigues night heron is an extinct species of heron that was
endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It was first mentioned in
two accounts, from around 1692 and around 1725, which were correlated
with subfossil remains found and described in the latter part of the
19th century. The Rodrigues night heron was robust, its bill was large,
stout, and straight, and its legs were short and strong. It is estimated
to have been 60 cm (24 in) long, and its appearance in life is
uncertain. Little is known about its behaviour, but the contemporary
accounts indicate that it ate lizards, was adapted to running, and was
able to fly but rarely did so. Examinations of the known remains have
confirmed its terrestrial adaptations; one researcher thought the
species flightless but this idea has not been accepted by others. The
species could not be found by 1763, and it is thought to have been
driven to extinction by human-related factors such as the introduction
of cats.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues_night_heron>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate
force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West
Virginia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Droop_Mountain>
1917:
First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium,
after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of
Passchendaele.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele>
1963:
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was appointed by the junta of General
Dương Văn Minh to head the South Vietnamese government, five days
after Minh deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ng%E1%BB%8Dc_Th%C6%A1>
2012:
Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be
elected to the United States Senate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cronyism:
1. (originally US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for
their qualifications; especially (politics), in their appointment to
political positions.
2. (archaic) The condition of being friends; friendship; also, the
ability or inclination to make friends.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cronyism>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As we speak, the world feels more unstable and more dangerous
than it has in a very long time. Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine
continues to challenge the international order. This summer delivered
record breaking temperatures across the planet, with an uptick in
drought and flooding and wildfires. Right here in America, but also
around the world, we’ve seen a continued assault on democratic norms,
escalating political polarization, a lot of it fueled by a steady stream
of misinformation, and bile on social media. And of course, over the
last few weeks, we have watched a deadly struggle unfold in the Middle
East, triggered by the horrific murder of more than 1,400 mostly
civilian Israelis, many of them children, at the hands of Hamas, as well
as the abduction of over 200 hostages; and then an Israeli response that
has so far resulted in the displacement of well over a million people,
the death of at least 9,000 Palestinian civilians, thousands of them
also children, the cutoff of water, food, electricity to a captive
population that risks creating an even greater humanitarian crisis. And
all of this is taking place against the backdrop of decades of failure
to achieve a durable peace for both Israelis and Palestinians, one that
is based on genuine security for Israel, a recognition of its right to
exist, and a peace that is based on an end of the occupation and the
creation of a viable state and self-determination for the Palestinian
people. I will admit it is impossible to be dispassionate in the face
of this carnage. It is hard to feel hopeful. The images of families
mourning, of bodies being pulled from rubble force a moral reckoning on
all of us. … And yet, as heartbreaking as the news is right now —
and it is heartbreaking — as daunting as all the challenges that we
face may be, I stand here convinced that it is within our power, or more
specifically within your power to make this world better.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
Logic is the study of correct reasoning. Formal logic aims to determine
the correctness of arguments based on their structure alone and often
uses a formal language to analyze them. Informal logic examines
arguments expressed in natural language and also takes their content and
context into account. Logic distinguishes between deductive, inductive,
and abductive arguments. Deductive arguments have the strongest form of
support: if their premises are true then their conclusion must also be
true, such as in the argument "today is Sunday; if today is Sunday then
I do not have to work today; therefore I do not have to work today".
Inductive arguments are generalizations, like inferring that all ravens
are black based on many individual observations. Abductive arguments are
inferences to the best explanation, for instance, when a doctor
concludes that a patient has a certain disease that explains the
symptoms they suffer. Arguments that fall short of the standards of
reasoning embody fallacies.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1943:
World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on
Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Vatican>
1995:
Aline Chrétien thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to
assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by
locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence
in Ottawa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Sussex_Drive>
2003:
American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts
of first-degree murder.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway>
2013:
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars
Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
praise to the skies:
(transitive, idiomatic) To praise or laud (someone or something)
excessively.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praise_to_the_skies>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Science tells us how to heal and how to kill; it reduces the
death rate in retail and then kills us wholesale in war; but only wisdom
— desire coordinated in the light of all experience — can tell us
when to heal and when to kill. To observe processes and to construct
means is science; to criticize and coordinate ends is philosophy: and
because in these days our means and instruments have multiplied beyond
our interpretation and synthesis of ideals and ends, our life is full of
sound and fury, signifying nothing. For a fact is nothing except in
relation to desire; it is not complete except in relation to a purpose
and a whole. Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and
valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us
knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
--Will Durant
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Will_Durant>
Dark Archives is a book by the medical librarian and death-positive
advocate Megan Rosenbloom. It focuses on anthropodermic bibliopegy, the
binding of books in human skin (reported example pictured). In Dark
Archives, Rosenbloom discusses such books and their historical, ethical,
and cultural implications. She analyses how the practice's rise and fall
reflects changing attitudes towards consent, ownership, and disposal of
human bodies, and how its history intertwines with the history of
medical ethics as a field. Rosenbloom examines notable books bound in
human skin and their origins, and interviews librarians, archivists,
collectors, and experts on the topic. Though Rosenbloom supports the
preservation and maintenance of anthropodermic books, Dark Archives also
covers arguments to the contrary. The book was published by Farrar,
Straus and Giroux in 2020; critics praised it for its thorough research,
clear writing, and enthusiasm for rare books and their history.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Archives>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1921:
The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with an eternal
flame at the Altare della Patria in Rome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_Monument>
1952:
Robert A. Lovett, United States Secretary of Defense, issued a
memorandum establishing the National Security Agency, with
responsibility for all communications intelligence for the government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency>
1995:
Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal
Amir, a right-wing extremist, at a peace rally at Kings of Israel Square
in Tel Aviv.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Yitzhak_Rabin>
2010:
In the first aviation incident involving an Airbus A380,
Qantas Flight 32 suffered an uncontained engine failure and made an
emergency landing at
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
uke-e:
(art) A kind of ukiyo-e (“Japanese painting or woodblock print showing a
scene of everyday life”) depicting an auspicious subject, which was
popular in Japan during the late 1800s.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uke-e>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those who would make us feel — must feel themselves.
--Charles Churchill
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Churchill>
Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973 – c. 1014 or 1025) was a Japanese
novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian
period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in
Japanese between about 1000 and 1012. She became a lady-in-waiting to
Empress Shōshi at the Imperial court around 1005, and continued to
write during her service, adding scenes from court life to her work,
reflected in The Diary of Lady Murasaki. After several years, she left
court and retired with Shōshi to the Lake Biwa region. Within a decade
of its completion, Genji was distributed throughout the provinces;
within a century it was recognized as a classic of Japanese literature
and became the subject of scholarly criticism. The Tale of Genji was
translated into English in the early 20th century; scholars continue to
recognize the importance of her work, which reflects Heian court society
at its peak.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1898:
The Fashoda Incident ended with French forces withdrawing after
several months of military stalemate with the British in Fashoda (now in
South Sudan).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashoda_Incident>
1942:
World War II: U.S. Marines and U.S. Army forces began an
attempt to encircle and destroy a regiment of Imperial Japanese Army
troops on Guadalcanal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koli_Point_action>
1948:
The Chicago Daily Tribune published the erroneous headline
"Dewey Defeats Truman" in its early morning edition shortly after
incumbent U.S. president Harry S. Truman officially upset the heavily
favored governor of New York Thomas Dewey in the presidential election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman>
1957:
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying the space dog
Laika as the first living creature to enter orbit around Earth.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
aid and abet:
1. (transitive)
2. To assist (someone) in an illegal act as an accessory or accomplice.
3. To assist someone in (an illegal act) as an accessory or accomplice.
4. (intransitive) To be an accessory or accomplice to someone in an
illegal act.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid_and_abet>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Now and then I miss you Oh, now and then I want you to be
there for me Always to return to me I know it's true It's all because
of you And if you go away I know you'll never stay.
--John Lennon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Lennon>