David Paul Nixon10h ago
#BOTD Robert W. Chambers, author of The King in Yellow. A prolific author of over 80 books, he wrote many weird stories in his early career, but later focused on romance & historical novels, to the frustration of fans like Lovecraft. Other supernatural works include The Maker of Moons #books #bookstodon #ghosts #weirdfiction
SASSAwards1d ago
The stars were in alignment on this day in history. A huge amount of talent #BOTD Send some birthday love to: Ian McKellen (87) Leslie Uggams (83) Frank Oz (82) Mike Myers (63) Octavia Spencer (56) Cillian Murphy (50) Ethan Supple (50) Brandon Perea (31) #bestperformances #moviesky #actorsky
Yahooey1d ago

“The stock market can remain irrational a lot longer than you can remain solvent.” — Gary Shilling, SEMI Information Services Seminar (January 1983)
#BOTD #GaryShilling #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Rationality #StockMarket

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/quote-of-the-day-5502/

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“The stock market can remain irrational a lot longer than you can remain solvent.” — Gary Shilling, SEMI Information Services Seminar (January 1983)

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zbMATH Open6d ago
Machgielis Euwe https://zbmath.org/authors/euwe.machgielis, who became famous as the fifth Chess World Champion, was #botd 125 years ago.
His "Mengentheoretische Betrachtungen über das Schachspiel" was reviewed in https://zbmath.org/55.0057.02.
Arno Kuipers6d ago

'Ik ben een God in 't diepst van mijn gedachten
Maar in de bibliotheek een volontair'
Die hunk'rend op een baantje zit te wachten
En boeken uitleent, met een zeker air.'

ANNIE M.G. SCHMIDT (1911-1985) #botd #20mei.

Uit het #gedicht 'Ik ben een god in 't diepst van mijn gedachten...', verschenen in Christelijk Letterkundig Tijdschrift "Opwaartsche wegen" in 1939. Een Willem-Kloos-persiflage over haar tijd in de #bibliotheek

in #dnbl: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_opw001193801_01/_opw001193801_01_0086.php @kbnationalebibliotheek

Yahooey6d ago

“In the long run the best proof of a good character is good actions.” — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
#BOTD #JohnStuartMill #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Charcter

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/quote-of-the-day-5499/

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“In the long run the best proof of a good character is good actions.” — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism

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Games for Music wiki / G4MMay 19

Happy birthday to Ay-O! :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay-O

The rainbow explorer of #fluxus.

#botd

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SASSAwardsMay 19
#BOTD #HBD Danielle Macdonald is one of those actors I can't take my eyes off whenever she is on the screen.Send her some love for her 35th birthday Current SASSAwards OOG - Patti Cakes Drama - Skin CF - I Am Woman Comedy & Overall - Dumplin' #bestperformances #moviesky #actorsky www.sassawards.com
YahooeyMay 19

“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” — Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
#BOTD #MalcolmX #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Oppression

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/quote-of-the-day-5498/

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“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” — Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X…

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zbMATH OpenMay 18
Roger Joseph Boscovich https://zbmath.org/authors/boscovich.ruggiero-giuseppe, famous for his work on astronomy, was #botd 315 years ago. Andrea Del Centina/Alessandra Fiocca's `Boscovich’s geometrical principle of continuity, and the ``mysteries of the infinity"' was reviewed in https://zbmath.org/1395.01017.