Umberto Eco owned around 50,000 books between his two libraries. He once said about buying books:
— Barbarian Herodotus (@BBHerodotus) July 22, 2026
"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like… pic.twitter.com/23sxjgFRXn
Following a standard workplace safety check, I have just received an email from a university administrator in which my custom of keeping books on the shelves in my office is described as "the unnecessary storing of combustible materials". pic.twitter.com/0f7z2OLsSS
— Christopher Fear (@ChristopherF198) July 22, 2026
A majority of judges are women in all EU countries except Ireland pic.twitter.com/bqN46nxPyd
— Stefan Schubert (@StefanFSchubert) July 17, 2026
Captain Edward Fogarty Fegen might be the purest example of self-sacrifice in the whole war at sea during WW2.
— Hidden History (@HiddenHistoryYT) July 21, 2026
On 5 November 1940, Fegen was escorting Convoy HX84, thirty-seven merchant ships crawling across the Atlantic from Halifax to Britain, loaded with the food, fuel, and… pic.twitter.com/DWqU2SyKB7
An extreme commitment to the truth makes relationships acutely dysfunctional but systems chronically functional (think Elon Musk).
— William Meijer (@williameijer) October 27, 2025
An extreme commitment to kindness makes relationships acutely functional but systems chronically dysfunctional (think Sweden, UK) pic.twitter.com/FShs8icvJW
Antler shedding 🦌🪸🍂pic.twitter.com/wSL7CvGhX5
— Cosmic Gaia (@CosmicGaiaX) July 22, 2026
Sunny Hostin: "No one is above the law"
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 19, 2026
Sunny Hostin now: "How dare you arrest my son? My name is Sunny Hostin!" pic.twitter.com/MOS41bOOvs
The Flow of American Religion from childhood to adulthood.
— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) July 16, 2026
70% of Protestants stay.
3% become Catholic
4% become another faith group.
23% become none.
56% of Catholics stay.
13% become Protestants.
4% become another faith group.
26% become nones. pic.twitter.com/hFcmC75E9X
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