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Out of spite. I will continue to care out of spite.
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Jughead cimng out as ace has to be one of the most seamless retcons in character history. He was never intended to be, but old panels lend to the current interpretation so flawlessly.
#asexuality #archiecomics
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Careful out there tonight for it's #Krampusnacht! Popular in German-speaking Alpine folklore, the figure of #Krampus is a devil-like horned creature who punishes badly-behaved children the night before St Nicholas' Day. More Krampus cards here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/g...
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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More than half a century before the Cubists supposedly “invented” collage, the sensational “blood collages” of Victorian businessman John Bingley Garland, ca. 1850–1860: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/garland-blood-collages
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis, 1865.

Buy as a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/aurora-borealis-church/

More images of Aurora Borealis in our post “Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World” https://buff.ly/38dxgft
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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From a triptych known as “Cats for the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō” by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ca. 1847) — a spoof of the popular Japanese prints subject depicting the Edo to Kyoto coastal road.
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Available as a print from our online shop — publicdomainreview.org/product/c... #caturday
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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do we know for sure if Lenore is dead or is that guy in The Raven just handling a breakup really badly -R
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Triptych by Kawanabe Kyōsai depicting a battle of frogs, 1864.

Kyōsai is considered both Japan’s first political caricaturist and one of the first authors of a manga magazine (Eshunbun Nipponchi).

Prints to buy here: https://publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints/artist/kawanabe-kyosai
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Try copyrighting the Fair Folk, I dare you.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Albert Alberg's Frost Flowers on the Window (1899) communicates a “new, truly great discovery”, that frost is able to make “ice photographs”, expressing the form of objects near it — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/frost-flowers

(Image: ca. 1905 photograph of frost by Wilson Bentley)
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
-adds to the To-Read mountain-
I have read quite a few of these books, a good selection to buy or give for xmas gifts!
Folklore lovers have had a bumper autumn so far with all these fantastic new book releases!

Retellings and history; ghosts, music, monsters, witches and folklorists ❤️

Happy #FolkloreFriday #Booksky!
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Tutivillus Is Watching You

For medieval scribes, mistakes couldn’t be easily shrugged off, as Tutivillus, the stickler demon, was always looking over their shoulders.

By: Amelia Soth

daily.jstor.org/tutivillus-i...

At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje...

#books #old_manuscripts
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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This creamy Pumpkin Soup recipe from 1651 is simple and definitely worth a spot on your Thanksgiving table. youtu.be/mGex4p9bwkU?...
A 375 Year Old French Recipe for Pumpkin Soup
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The winter illuminations in Osaka have giant light-up takoyaki 😂

There's a round-up of winter illuminations in my Japan News video - along with gorgeous autumn foliage light-ups: youtu.be/1tNJfOok_0s
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Yesterday was Bram Stoker’s 178th birthday! 🎂 Author of THE LADY OF THE SHROUD, THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, and, of course, the iconic DRACULA. 🧛
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here ⤵️
archive.org/details/drac...
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Sit with a cup of old gown (or breaky-leg) and unbetty the lexical rooters of Victorian street slang: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dictionary-of-modern-slang/
November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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It’s 737 Plinko.
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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🎃 #HappyHalloween! 🎃
“” The night was as black… As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: “When shall we three meet again?”
There was a pause.
Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: “Well, I can do next Tuesday.” — WS, #TerryPratchett
#Halloween #TerryPratchettQuote
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Unfortunate juxtaposition…
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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It's #NationalSandwichDay! Celebrate with a peruse through the 1909 classic The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, which includes such delights as Fudge Sandwich, Dyspeptic Sandwich, and Whipped Cream Sandwich: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #otd #OnThisDay
November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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In #FiveThings Julie discusses fanzines, databases, and the Murderbot Diaries. Read more on otw-news.org/2dxsvvx5
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Brewing Controversy: How Coffee Sparked Fierce Debate in the 16th-Century

"A bitter new drink swept through the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in the early 1500s...."

www.medievalists.net/2025/09/brew...

Books about coffee at PG:

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje...

#beverages #history
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Sun and moon in pageant, from a 1596 manuscript about the eight lavish pageants held for the christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, 1596.

One of 900+ prints available to buy from our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/sun-and-moon-in-pageant/

November 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Tonight!

It’s your last chance to book for this online talk with Dan Harms on British Grimoires, witch bottles, fairies and more

bit.ly/flaevents
Just a few days left to book a ticket for our online talk this Saturday. Daniel Harms will be discussing British Grimoires and their place in our folklore.

Tickets are just £5 and include access to a recording of the event, which starts live at 7:30pm

Book now at bit.ly/flaevents
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM