Henk van der Eijk

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Art Historian, Garden History researcher, Gardener | Sometimes writes a few words on https://www.historicalgardensblog.com
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LocationRotterdam, Netherlands

Noch ein Foto von gestern. Rakotzbrücke mit der OM-1 fotografiert.

#Fotomontag #nature #landscape #photography #olympus

The coming global trade shock makes the case for a (sustainable) re-industrialization of Europe stronger than ever. Why more politicians aren’t seizing this moment is baffling to me.
I’ve had this #allotment plot for five years now and I’m heading into my sixth growing season. As a sign of my commitment I’ve decided to take it to the next level and plant an asparagus bed. Started preparing it today. Also sowed some peas.

CIRCUMBENDIBUS. A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

"Not very far from here is a place where there are almost two dozen tall beech trees, and there's not one that doesn't have the name of Marcela carved and written on its smooth bark, and at the top of some there's a crown carved into the tree, as if the lover were saying even more clearly that Marcela wears and deserves the crown more than any other human beauty."

-- Don Quixote, Part I, Chapter XII

I wonder: what is our earliest literary reference to carving names of an inamorata into a tree?

À 1 vote près, le Parlement européen bloque la surveillance de masse des GAFAM

https://www.clubic.com/actualite-606403-a-1-vote-pres-le-parlement-europeen-bloque-la-surveillance-de-masse-des-gafam.html

Le Parlement européen a refusé ce 26 mars de prolonger la loi qui permettait à Meta, Google et Microsoft de scanner vos messages privés. Un seul vote a tout décidé. Le dispositif s'arrête le 3 avril, mais une loi permanente est toujours en négociation.

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Alerte vie privée : Meta, Google et Microsoft vont devoir arrêter de scanner vos messages dès le 3 avril

Le Parlement européen a refusé ce 26 mars de prolonger la loi qui permettait à Meta, Google et Microsoft de scanner vos messages privés. Un seul vote a tout décidé. Le dispositif s'arrête le 3 avril, mais une loi permanente est toujours en négociation.

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