New evidence from Chinese rocks is changing the debate about what caused the ‘Great Unconformity’ — a 1 bn-year global gap in the geological record. Theories include abrasive worldwide glaciers (via ‘Snowball Earth’), or by erosion after the break-up of the supercontinent Rodinia. #geology
This would be a most of Canada
Ramadan Market is an auction of signed books and other offers from many participating authors (including me with three signed copies of RAKESFALL!) organized by Lit for Lebanon and others. Each book sold feeds a family in Lebanon this Ramadan! www.32auctions.com/ramadanmarket
Wow, this (digital) reissue label has many albums that are otherwise difficult to hear outside of 🇧🇷!
To start, Moacir Santos's Coisas (1965) is an essential jazz record & an essential Brazilian record. He was signed to Blue Note on the strength of this debut, releasing 3 albums there from 1973-75.
"When you walk into this space, the sound is so three-dimensional for you that it's like walking into a piece of music."
More details here about that installation and about Cardiff's art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZXB...
Book recs on the history of modern Iran:
From Bar Bahlul (ed. Duval), cols. 1760-1761, some cat-words in Syriac 🐈 🐈⬛
ܩܛܘ
/qaṭṭu/ cat, big cat
ܩܛܘܢܬܐ ܘܩܛܘܣܬܐ
/qaṭṭontå/ or /qaṭṭostå/ (small) cat, kitten
ܫܘܢܪܐ
/šunnårå/ cat
Were they going for a "Hunt for the Red October" lighting theme?
Happy #DeLaSoulDay! 3/3 🌼🌼🌼
Celebrate with us at the @npr.org Tiny Desk ☁️🏠⛅️ youtu.be/5AVYDHTOixU?... #TinyDesk #NPRTinyDeskConcert
Pupillo 🇧🇷
March 6 • Amor in Sound
Debut album from the former Nação Zumbi drummer (1995-2018), inspired by Naná Vasconcelos. Featuring Céu, Amaro Freitas, Rodrigo Amarante, Gaslamp Killer, & Adrian Younge.
small one has ringette practice, so getting my first look through these new Anansi titles by Lisa Low, Brandi Bird (coming to VERSeFest this month) and Graeme Bezanson, // @houseofanansi.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social
FRESH OFF THE PRESS
Soviet Parallels and Inspirations for Russian Atrocities in the Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014–25
By Oleksa Drachewych
www.ibidem.eu/en/Topics/So...
@ibidem11
orange (all shades) and red
I'm pretty excited about a new study of the African influence on Neanderthal X chromosomes. It's because a pattern of dispersal of early modern people based on matrilineal kin networks makes a lot of sense.
www.johnhawks.net/p/matrilinea...
You are absolutely wrong on this. Shame on you
After taking a break last month (and most of this month) I have finally published a new article about nushi, the spirits of ponds, lakes and rivers in #JapaneseFolklore. I've included several folktales, some yokai, and plenty of #JapaneseArt. I hope you enjoy it.
open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
Hautala, Roman. Masters of the Earth: A History of the Golden Horde, 1219–1502. London: Reaktion Books, 2026.
reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/masters...
#mongolsky
#tengri
#medievalsky
A copy of the book in a bookshop. Gold and blue and black
Seductress, leader, witch...
You know my name.
But you do not know me.
From the bestselling author of Faebound, Saara El-Arifi's magical retelling of the story of Cleopatra is out today in beautiful hardback!
#NewBooks
💙📚🪐
Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.
Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:
preview of a white tote bag with a design with multiple cats on it that reads "this bag is definitely not full of cats" with a blue color scheme
closeup of the tote bag print
THIS BAG IS DEFINITELY NOT FULL OF CATS!
my latest totebag design! a versatile bag that can hold, your books, portable videogames, supplies and... maybe cats??
Get it here! mcapriglione.art
Sometimes I like to reimagine conspiracy theories, but in a way that would piss off a lot of terrible people.
Like after the debacle at Stonehenge, the ancient aliens decided to never work with white people ever again. Just saw no potential there whatsoever.
Happy North American release day to Yuta Takahashi's The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen, translated by Cat Anderson.
This novel, out in the UK+ in the fall of last year, is part of the Chibineko Cafe series.
It's never a good thing for a Canadian when Canada is the daily Big Discourse
Where do I find these extra rights?
A Pictorial History of Africa: Insights from Ancient Figurative Art.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-pictoria...
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
I know my recent and forthcoming books are a bit pricey, but my first book is available open access: kismet.press/portfolio/th...
While the videos have been hidden on YouTube, I was told that the entire series is available (for now) on DailyMotion.
And, yes, it streams on some services but it depends on where you live. None in Canada that I'm aware of.
(h/t @paganforge.bsky.social)
www.dailymotion.com/user/ebrubir...
Later this year, Princeton University Press
(@princetonupress.bsky.social) will publish the six-volume Thomas Paine: Collected Works. A new, scholarly edition of Thomas Paine's works and correspondence. The most exciting event in Paine scholarship in the last century!
