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Valeriano di Rossi
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I represent a plague doctor working the 1630s plague in Venice, Italy within the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).

🖤 History | Culture | Health | Nature | Science | Innovation | Human Rights 🖤

SCAdian since 2022. Calontiri.
Any pronouns work.
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February 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

13/20: "The Martian" by Andy Weir

#BookSky
#bookchallenge
#20BookChallenge 💙📚
February 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes c. 1530
Lucas Cranach the Elder (Met Museum)
February 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Venetian prostitute, the wife of a Venetian Doge, a Venetian noblewoman, and a Venetian girl. Abraham de Bruyn, 1580, from Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus

(Met Museum)
February 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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15 Feb 1564: b. Galileo Galilei, in #Pisa, astronomer, scientist, courtier #otd #heliocentric
February 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

12/20: "Beast" by Donna Jo Napoli

#BookSky
#bookchallenge
#20BookChallenge 💙📚
February 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Adopt a healthy lifestyle to show your heart, your body and your mind some extra special love ♥️

❕Eat healthy food
❕Be active
❕Keep up with regular health screenings
❕Prioritize your mental health
❗️Ditch tobacco
❗️Reduce alcohol consumption
❗️Don’t doom-scroll

#ValentinesDay
February 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The Dance of the Rats, ca. 1690
Attributed to Ferdinand van Kessel (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main)
February 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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With measles cases surging in a few states, this valentine is a timely reminder! Stay healthy this and every #ValentinesDay by keeping up with vaccinations. They're safe, effective and can save the life of someone you love. aphagetready.org/resources/fa...
February 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.

Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.

Making this my pinned post.
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on

The Staggering Success of Vaccines

www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World
Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I find it strangely hopeful to discover a 744-page book published in Venice during the plague year of 1630 called "Today, or the world isn't worse or more calamitous than in the past"
February 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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The Carnival is a photographer's dream, offering a vibrant tapestry of colours, intricate masks, and rich traditions. This iconic festival transforms Venice into a living canvas, providing unparalleled opportunities to capture its essence through your lens.
#venice #carnival

www.msecchi.com/jour...
Final Countdown to Venice Carnival 2025
The Venice Carnival is a photographer's dream, offering a vibrant tapestry of colors, intricate masks, and rich traditions. From February 22 to March 4, 2025, this iconic festival transforms Venice into a living canvas, providing unparalleled opportunities to capture its essence through your lens.
www.msecchi.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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📚 An Ottoman Document Showing that Isa Efendi, a Book Enthusiast, Mortgaged His House in Exchange for Books he Purchased from a Woman Named Âlem Hâtun, 17th Century #BookStore #BookLover #Library
February 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

11/20: "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#BookSky
#bookchallenge
#20BookChallenge 💙📚
February 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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An unexpected map on reddit, and a lovely discussion about languages and dialects. Venetian is not recognized as an official language in Italy (the latest attempt to give it this status fell through in 2016), but IS recognized in parts of Brazil, coz immigration!
www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/co...
June 14, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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Ghetto - A Venetian word

The now almost extinct Venetian language was once widely spoken around Europe, and some Venetian words have survived.
Ghetto - A Venetian word - History Walks in Venice
The word 'ghetto' originates in the now almost extinct Venetian language was once widely spoken in Venice, and around Europe.
historywalksvenice.com
December 19, 2023 at 7:13 AM
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The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio from 1829 is the essential dictionary of the late Venetian language for anybody trying to read old Venetian texts.

#Venezia #Venice

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The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio - History Walks in Venice
The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano is the essential dictionary of the Venetian language for anybody trying to read old Venetian texts.
historywalksvenice.com
March 16, 2024 at 7:54 AM
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The Lace Museum on Burano #Venice. Quite a place.
November 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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More foggy mornings in Venice. I love how I can look at one of the photos I’ve taken and it instantly transports me back to that moment. Walking around #Venice in the early morning hours was one of the truly magical feelings I’ve had in life.
#fineart #photography #street #streetphotography #italy
February 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Flowers in Venice (May 2024).
#venice #italy #flowers #architecture
February 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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February 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Roman mosaic floor discovered under a vineyard in Negrar di Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy
February 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

10/20: "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

#ChineseCulture
#BookSky
#bookchallenge
#20BookChallenge 💙📚
February 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM