Fancy a word of academic German today? “Schreibschulden” - the texts you promised to send to someone but missed the deadlines, and apparently your growing overload of to do reviews, chapters and articles become part and argument of every academic conversation you have. #academicchatter 

 This painting by Peter Cramer is rich in detail, dear #histodons - peppercakes, street selling activities in an early modern European urban setting, broadsheets glued to a wall, etc. 

But what on earth is the highlighted child transporting on its shoulders? A wooden box full of what? Your help is appreciated! @736e58a2

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 "Published in the year when I needed the money" (in German: "Gedruckt in diesem Jahr / da ich des Geld bedürftig war.")

This is a welcome and unusual honest comment on a early modern pamphlet from around 1700 Germany. @736e58a2 @b2e37e2e #histodons #publishing

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 Well, aging in social media worlds surely isn't fun. #fediverse #Twitter #socialmedia

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