💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ✍️🎭 #BenjaminFranklin kept creating fictional characters – Silence Dogood, Poor Richard Saunders, Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim – to publish opinions his real name couldn’t carry.

These alter egos let the Founding Father critique authority, satirize slavery apologists, and experiment with #ideas, all from behind a mask. Historian David Waldstreicher says it gave Franklin "the most freedom" he ever knew.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/among-all-great-things-benjamin-franklin-invented-discovered-alter-egos-gave-him-most-freedom-180988824/

#history #inventions #satire #pseudonyms #philadelphia #london #freespeech #abolition #almanac #printing #science #media

📖 2026

#livredujour #bookoftheday #almanach #almanac #Kodak #Easyshare #CX7430

> The Month of May 2026: Holidays, Fun Facts, Folklore via #OldFarmersAlmanac
https://www.almanac.com/content/month-may-holidays-fun-facts-folklore

#almanac #trivia #folklore

#Almanac comes from an Arabic word that means “calendar of the heavens.”

#language #etymology

A new issue of the Liminal is out. All about the crab & butterfly... and transformation.

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-pink-moon-cycle-march-2026

#foxandthistle #liminal #newsletter #almanac #art #transformation #creativewriting #zine #DigitalZine

Spring is almost upon us! We've been quiet, but still working (and for this social media poster, resting) behind the scenes!

During this time, you can directly sow your seeds outdoors for some crops. Some examples are carrots, okra, spinach, and watermelon.

The National #Gardening Association has more information: https://garden.org/apps/calendar/?q=charlotte%2C+nc#spring

Don't forget to utilize an #almanac for planning!
https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/NC

#foodNotLawns #foodNotLawnsCLT

Old Farmer's Almanac predicts weather in each state for March

https://misryoum.com/us/us/old-farmers-almanac-predicts-weather-in-each-state/

In its long-range forecast for March, historic publication The Old Farmer’s Almanac has predicted what weather conditions each region of the U.S. can expect during the upcoming month.NortheastThe month opens mild, with sun to the south and snow to the north, then turns wintry and...

#Old #Farmers #Almanac #predicts #weather #each #state #for #March #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

Here is the full issue of this month's almanac. It features: Necessary Limitations, Grief & Guardianship, Winter Pruning, a Poem on Uncertainty, Bronze Age Lentils, & a grim look back at 2025.

The Liminal drops with each new moon.

#Foxandthistle #theLiminal #art #artist #writing #writingcommunity #gardening #moon #motherearth #almanac #design #creativetoots #artstudio #workshop #upcycling

Вышел Веб-альманах 2025. Это комплексный отчёт о состоянии веба, основанный на реальных данных и экспертизе признанных специалистов. Он содержит 15 глав про контент, пользовательский опыт, публикацию и дистрибуцию и включает PDF-версию для офлайн чтения. #almanac #report

https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/