By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/10/2026illustrations from a German alchemical text by Fidelis Werner. (1794) www.tumblr.com/starrywisdomsect/829551678501027840/illustrations-from-a-german-alchemical-text-by 140
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/10/2026www.tumblr.com/thevaultofth... 140
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/10/2026Susan Stewart on the “speaking ruins” of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the 18th-century engraver-architect — born #onthisday in 1720 — who wed the exacting details of first-hand observation with the farthest reaches of artistic imagination: www.tumblr.com/publicdomain... 150
