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First NYPL director John Shaw Billings mentioned. Around these parts we know him best as the creator of a system of call numbers in which asterisks are now inconveniently significant characters

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October 5: Apologies for the bad news, but today is one of the 3 unluckiest days of the year in the Roman calendar. Definitely let people know that the underworld opens up to the living today (mundus patet) and so you just can’t leave your house, especially to sail (also on August 24 & November 8).

🏺 The third and last day of the Thesmophoria (Θεσμοφόρια), an important fertility festival the rituals for which were performed entirely by women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesmophoria

Today (2025-Oct-04) is Puanopsiṓn 13, τρίτῃ ἐπὶ δέκα Πυανοψιῶνος, day 101 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

🏺 The second day (of three) of the Thesmophoria (Θεσμοφόρια), an important fertility festival the rituals for which were performed entirely by women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesmophoria

Today (2025-Oct-03) is Puanopsiṓn 12, δωδεκάτῃ Πυανοψιῶνος, day 100 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

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🏺 The first day (of three) of the Thesmophoria (Θεσμοφόρια), an important fertility festival the rituals for which were performed entirely by women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesmophoria

Today (2025-Oct-02) is Puanopsiṓn 11, ἑνδεκάτῃ Πυανοψιῶνος, day 99 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

Amazing. This amounts to a little over $4/person in New York, over $16/person in Utah, and a whopping $37/person in Idaho. (Also, more people ride NYC subways every day than live in either of those two states)

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

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🏺 The Stenia (Στήνια), a festival devoted to Demeter and Persephone, occurred on this day. It was a carnivalesque festival celebrated by women at night.

Today (2025-Sep-30) is Puanopsiṓn 9, ἐνάτῃ ἱσταμένου Πυανοψιῶνος, day 97 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

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Still can't quite believe that this is a real thing but @alexwinter.com and Keanu were great

🏺 This was the day of the Pyanopsia (Πυανόψια) or “Festival of the Boiled Beans” when an offering of bean stew was made to Apollo. I know that sounds like a joke, but it’s real https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyanopsia

Today (2025-Sep-28) is Puanopsiṓn 7, ἑβδόμῃ ἱσταμένου Πυανοψιῶνος, day 95 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

🏺 The Proerosia (Προηροσία) was probably celebrated on this day The Oskhoporia (Ὠσχοφόρια) was celebrated on this day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oschophoria

Today (2025-Sep-27) is Puanopsiṓn 6, ἕκτῃ ἱσταμένου Πυανοψιῶνος, day 94 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

whether these spoutings are, after all, really water, or nothing but vapor—this is surely a noteworthy thing

Whatever you're doing, STOP RIGHT THIS SECOND and watch a sperm whale gulp down a squid, I promise you will not regret it

Festivals in Puanopsiṓn: -1: Khalkeia (Xαλkεῖα) 6: Proerosia (Προηροσία) 6: Oskhoporia (Ὠσχοφόρια) 7: Pyanopsia (Πυανόψια) 8: Theseia (Θησεῖα) 9: Stenia (Στήνια) 11–13: Thesmophoria (Θεσμοφόρια)

It's Puanopsiṓn again, time for ancient Greek Souptember #ClassicsBluesky

Shared infrastructure is always good

Greater than the population of 23 *states*! More Americans rode the NYC Subway on Monday than there are people in Oklahoma

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🏺 On this day, the final part of the celebration of the Eleusinian Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια) was a meeting of the Athenian council in the Eleusinion in Athens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Today (2025-Sep-16) is Boēdromiṓn 24, ἑβδόμῃ φθίνοντος Βοηδρομιῶνος, day 83 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

🏺 There was a special meeting of the Athenian council at Eleusis on this day as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια), and initiates returned to Athens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Today (2025-Sep-15) is Boēdromiṓn 23, ὀγδόῃ φθίνοντος Βοηδρομιῶνος, day 82 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

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Winning a Heisman, Webby, Abel, Emmy, and Tony is called a HWÆT. No one has ever won a HWÆT

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🏺 Today was still part of the celebration of the Eleusinian Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια). Everyone who knew what the rites were on this day took that knowledge to their grave. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Today (2025-Sep-14) is Boēdromiṓn 22, ἐνάτῃ φθίνοντος Βοηδρομιῶνος, day 81 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

🏺 Today was the second full day of celebrations of the Eleusinian Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια) that took place in Eleusis. No one ever leaked the secret of these mystery rites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Today (2025-Sep-13) is Boēdromiṓn 21, δεκάτῃ ὑστέρᾳ Βοηδρομιῶνος, day 80 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

🏺 Today was the first full day of celebrations of the Eleusinian Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια) that took place in Eleusis. What went on has been kept secret for thousands of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Today (2025-Sep-12) is Boēdromiṓn 20, δεκάτῃ προτέρᾳ Βοηδρομιῶνος, day 79 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

🏺 On this day there was a procession from the Eleusinion in Athens to Eleusis for the Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια). It began late in the day and did not arrive in Eleusis (about ten miles from Athens) until nighttime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Today (2025-Sep-11) is Boēdromiṓn 19, ἐνάτῃ ἐπὶ δέκα Βοηδρομιῶνος, day 78 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

🏺 The Eleusinian Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια) were still going on this day, but we are not sure what happened (they are secret rites, after all). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Today (2025-Sep-10) is Boēdromiṓn 18, ὀγδόῃ ἐπὶ δέκα Βοηδρομιῶνος, day 77 of 384 in the year 2025/2026.

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🏺 The Epidauria (Ἐπιδαύρια) was celebrated on this day, a festival for Asklepios, the god of healing, and sort of a separate festival within the Eleusinian Mysteries (τὰ Μυστήρια). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries