The Circassian proverb that got a Turkish journalist arrested and charged:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedef_K...

Had heard this one, however: "Eşeğe altın semer vursan da eşek eşektir." It's unfair to donkeys, but it's there...

Had never heard of this one before...

And the prices seem just normal...

Why Referee 2, who is an expert with knowledge of decades of research that preceded the paper they're reviewing, is often grouchy...

Like Twitter, I only see things from (or about) it without actually being there...

I was doing a NYT crossword puzzle where T3 was a clue, so I got to wondering about the link between the novel and Shakespeare, which led me to all this info, which is obviously old but new to me...

Can't go on sites like Goodreads because of 1-star reviews of books saying only "Zionist author"...

I found out today about the controversy surrounding Gabrielle Zevin re: her lifting a game for her book without credit and charges of Zionism. So glad I had no clue about these when I was reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow...

Funny, because people who are not big Tay fans on my TL enjoying this album more than the Swifties...