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Benjamin Park @benjaminepark.bsky.social

One of the joys of writing a book about Theodore Parker is he left a humongous written record. One of the pitfalls is that said record is hard to read. Here's a page from a very consequential journal entry, which includes both his horrible handwriting as well as notes in multiple languages.

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jun 26, 2025, 8:44 pm • 18 0

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Mike Trapani @trap1305.bsky.social

Brutal haha

jun 26, 2025, 8:59 pm • 1 0 • view
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del Plain @delplain.bsky.social

I wonder how Notebook LM would do converting the handwriting to print? I have a coworker who takes notes of meetings with paper and pen and then concerts the notes to print using Notebook LM.

jun 26, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mormon Atheist @mormonatheist.bsky.social

"Eat up Martha?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6qx...

jun 26, 2025, 9:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andrew Houck @ahouckinfrance.bsky.social

Is that Modern or Ancient Greek? Probably the latter. Hope you paid attention in school! (Sorry, seriously. At least it’s not in lowercase cursive.)

jun 26, 2025, 9:10 pm • 1 0 • view
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R. Mark Melville @rmarkmel.bsky.social

Sometimes people tell me how much they love cursive, and I'm like, "Ugh, no, it's so much harder to read." There are so many vague bumps that could be any combination of letters. For example, this says "Bro Perris."

A handwritten document with
jun 26, 2025, 11:51 pm • 2 0 • view