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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 20h

I just (belatedly) learned that the world chess championship this year will be held at the Fondation Martin Bodmer!

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Zev Handel @zevhandel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today (October 9) is Hangul Day 한글날 in South Korea. One of only a very few official holidays that celebrate a writing system! To mark the day, I'm reposting a thread that originally appeared in April, 2024 over on the other site. I've made minimal edits, so apologies for any outdated references!

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“Doesn’t do well after dark” at least seems better than "doesn't do well after sunrise"!

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The world would certainly be a better place if we all followed that advice.

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On the other hand, can you think of words, phrases or concepts which should be used more often?

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks for your reply! I'll go back to your book when I'm in Taiwan. I need to refresh my memory.

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So was this after the spoof death announcement she made of the helix structure? What is the timeline? (I don't have your book handy here, sorry.)

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A stink bug flew into the flat I am renting for a few weeks. When I opened the window before trying to usher it out, a cat ran in. Now wondering what animal will be next.

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Endless Bookshelf @endlessbookshelf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

how blue is blue ? H.B. de Saussure. Cyanomètre, ca 1788, with his notes / Bibliothèque de Genève

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“the biggest lecture theatre in the world, the biggest autobahn in the world etc. etc. – the biggest lie in the world, the biggest disgrace in the world.” Victor Klemperer on the speeches of Goebbels and Hitler.

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Gallica BnF @gallicabnf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Découvrez le nouveau parcours thématique "Les écrits missionnaires et l’anthropologie en Asie" qui donne accès à un vaste ensemble de publications missionnaires chrétiennes éditées du XVIe au XXe siècle : c.bnf.fr/YEz ➕ d'infos dans ce billet de blog : gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/fr/h...

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just made a very pretty packet of Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic paleography handouts for my @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social LIS students. Anyone want some? Here you go! Feel free to use (but please credit me if you do)...

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Congratulations! One subject about which I would very much like to read an informed study (in your book or elsewhere) is antisemitism and related conspiracy theories in contemporary China. (Also Japan from what I understand, probably different, and I do not have first-hand experience.) See below.

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How is the website of Air China awful? Let me not count the ways because there are too many and I have already wasted too much time.

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Jason W. Dean @jasonwdean.com · 15/09/2026

A belated Spencer Library #newacq thread here: a Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, created in circa 1430 (Pryce MS D1). A wonderful addition to our MSS holdings, and a good companion to the Vosper Hours. Let's start with the Crucifixion and the opening line of text: 📜 #libsky #rarebooks #booksky

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I didn't know, that's great, thanks!

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I looked it up and there seem to be free guided tours. Not sure what one can see exactly, but it's probably worth it anyway!

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thanks! I went to CERN (before the Higgs boson was found, so not recently) and it is certainly worth a visit. (But I didn't even know it could be visited other than with private tours!)

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sure, thanks! I shall arrive early on Sunday and may have a few hours before the opening (that is if I don't sleep all day). I'll tell you if I get any recommendation!

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Did you get any recommendation? Or does everyone on Bluesky believe that there isn't anything to see in Geneva but books? (Anyway, I suppose we won't have much time to see anything else.)

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I had not noticed that @joeldavidhamkins.bsky.social was on Bluesky and should have mentioned his handle.

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

— Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social "Crick, a Mind in Motion" (3 copies) (I received the message yesterday). That's all for now.

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It seems I forgot to keep on posting about books bought by Taipei Public Libraries at my suggestion. So here are the more recent ones: — Joel David Hamkins, "Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics" (3 copies). — Rebecca Romney @rebeccaromney.com "Jane Austen's bookshelf" (5 copies)

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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s 2026 and getting Covid still sucks. If you think you may be sick (with Covid or something else), please please just stay home.

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Gallica BnF @gallicabnf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌳 Amateur ou non de botanique, partez à la découverte de ce manuscrit du XIVe siècle richement enluminé des espèces végétales dont il présente les vertus thérapeutiques. Cet ouvrage en latin s'inscrit dans la tradition des herbiers médiévaux. 🌿 => c.bnf.fr/YDs

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I thought it was the choice of dishes one has just been told were available to order.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hitler to Moses: But you can tell me in confidence Herr Moses. Is it not true that you set the bush on fire yourself? Victor Klemperer, reporting that jokes like this got people arrested and jailed for months.

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Inspired by recent website shenanigans from USG - and prompted by one of my talented graduate students - I present to you a new subdomain of our website... Play along: arcade.andersen-lab.com

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I just published a brief account of Jim Watson’s life, aimed at students. It leans heavily on the insights of @nccomfort.bsky.social, whose biography of Watson will be out next year. Free link here: rdcu.be/M91CnnE3N4wa

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I suppose you know the old popular belief and its appearance in Shakespeare's "Henry IV": "We have the receipt of fern-seed, we walk invisible"!

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Zurbarán too, at the Louvre! But you already had it at the National Gallery earlier this year.

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Still a wee bit upset about having been told ten days ago that Hitler should have killed all Jews.

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Enjoy learning Uzbek! Have you used the Central Asian languages textbooks published by Georgetown University Press? Would be interested to know what you think of them. press.georgetown.edu/Books/catego...

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Gallica BnF @gallicabnf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Aujourd’hui, Gallica se penche sur l’extraordinaire bestiaire de l’un des plus célèbres récits de voyage du Moyen Âge, "Le Devisement du monde" ou "Livre des Merveilles", de Marco Polo : licornes, dragons, léopards, éléphants ou hommes-loups sont au rendez-vous ! => c.bnf.fr/ASg

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Les chances d'un second tour Hollande-Balladur en 2027 sont désormais réduites à zéro.

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Crick’s diary Nov 1954 1 - Tea at home (Rosalind rang) 3 - Rosalind (early) stayed to supper 4 - Pauling (Nobel Prize) Party. Up late 7 - Rearranged books in new bookcase 20 - Visited Michael. Climbed tree. Back same day 23 - Sydney arrived 24 - With Sydney 25 - Talked with Sydney 28 - Sydney left

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026

HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites theonion.com/hhs-replaces-childhood…

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Shout-out to Melville House, who published a translation of Maurice Dekobra's "la Madone des sleepings", and I am sure many other good books! (For some reason I currently cannot access their website.)

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Fantastic! How did you hear about it? It currently has few readers in France!

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

(But I must say I forgot exactly which train travels are involved.)

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Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Maurice Dekobra's "la Madone des sleepings"! At least in French it's a lot of fun. (And I called it "un des meilleurs romans de la littérature française du vingtième siècle" in a catalogue last year.)

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Look what just arrived! The Taiwanese complex Chinese edition of The Rise and Reign of the Mammals. And check out that gorgeous cover! Art by Cheng-Han Sun. Every cover mammal is a fossil found in Taiwan!

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