The more you think about this table, the more you realise that the variation in time is almost as much of an issue as the time itself.
Early modern communication was hard.
(From Parker’s biography of Charles V).

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PSA

Hall of fame description of the flo rids classic - low. Took me a good two minutes two realise this was about apple bottom jeans https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/05/how-to-hire-a-pop-star-for-your-private-party

“In 2008, at the onset of the Great Recession, Americans over the age of 55 owned 44.3 percent of homes. By 2019, that percentage had increased to 53.8 percent.”

https://constructioncoverage.com/research/baby-boomer-dominant-housing-markets-2020

In lieu of more fun contributions to the skyline- here’s the coolest thing I rediscovered while digging through my notes. The frontispiece for the 1780 edition of the French encyclopedie featuring Diderot s tree of knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die?wprov=sfti1

Opening Twitter vs opening Bluesky

After three whole days of lurking- I’m finally ready to jump into this place for good. God I missed spaces like this on the internet- irreverent, kind, and occasionally lewd