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  1. The Hill: Detailing D-Day, 30-cent haircuts and military life: USO unveils digital collection of letters from WWII soldier. “There are more than 300 letters in the collection launched Wednesday by the USO. The notes were written by U.S. Army private Louis ‘Speedy’ Weber to his wife, Frances, while he was serving on the frontlines in Europe between 1942 and 1945.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/detailing-d-day-30-cent-haircuts-and-military-life-uso-unveils-digital-collection-of-letters-from-wwii-soldier-the-hill/
  2. The Hill: Detailing D-Day, 30-cent haircuts and military life: USO unveils digital collection of letters from WWII soldier. “There are more than 300 letters in the collection launched Wednesday by the USO. The notes were written by U.S. Army private Louis ‘Speedy’ Weber to his wife, Frances, while he was serving on the frontlines in Europe between 1942 and 1945.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/detailing-d-day-30-cent-haircuts-and-military-life-uso-unveils-digital-collection-of-letters-from-wwii-soldier-the-hill/
  3. The Hill: Detailing D-Day, 30-cent haircuts and military life: USO unveils digital collection of letters from WWII soldier. “There are more than 300 letters in the collection launched Wednesday by the USO. The notes were written by U.S. Army private Louis ‘Speedy’ Weber to his wife, Frances, while he was serving on the frontlines in Europe between 1942 and 1945.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/detailing-d-day-30-cent-haircuts-and-military-life-uso-unveils-digital-collection-of-letters-from-wwii-soldier-the-hill/
  4. The Hill: Detailing D-Day, 30-cent haircuts and military life: USO unveils digital collection of letters from WWII soldier. “There are more than 300 letters in the collection launched Wednesday by the USO. The notes were written by U.S. Army private Louis ‘Speedy’ Weber to his wife, Frances, while he was serving on the frontlines in Europe between 1942 and 1945.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/detailing-d-day-30-cent-haircuts-and-military-life-uso-unveils-digital-collection-of-letters-from-wwii-soldier-the-hill/
  5. The Hill: Detailing D-Day, 30-cent haircuts and military life: USO unveils digital collection of letters from WWII soldier. “There are more than 300 letters in the collection launched Wednesday by the USO. The notes were written by U.S. Army private Louis ‘Speedy’ Weber to his wife, Frances, while he was serving on the frontlines in Europe between 1942 and 1945.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/detailing-d-day-30-cent-haircuts-and-military-life-uso-unveils-digital-collection-of-letters-from-wwii-soldier-the-hill/
  6. Okay, this letter G/g has been the least fruitful exploration, methinks. But still fun.

    What does your favorite G look like?

    #letters #sketchbook #typedesign #artist #alphabet

  7. “I was struck by just how fun, playful and jesting Barrie was. And while I knew they developed a friendship, I didn’t realise just how much the friendship with Stevenson meant to Barrie”

    —A Friendship in Letters: Michael Shaw brings together correspondence between two of Scotland’s most famous writers – J.M. Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson

    6/10

    booksfromscotland.com/2020/11/

    #Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #RobertLouisStevenson #19thcentury #Victorian #letters #correspondence

  8. Oxford University Press to publish EPL (Europhysics Letters).

    Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced a major new agreement with the EPL Association to publish their prestigious peer-reviewed journal EPL from 1st January 2027.

    The journal will join OUP’s portfolio of more than 500 titles, three-quarters of which are published on behalf of learned and professional societies.

    👉 epletters.net/4dcgi
    #physics #physik #publication #journal #letters

  9. The first Saturday of May is designated J Day by marijuana users who organise marches worldwide on this day. 10 things you might not know about the letter J.

    topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/

    #J #Letters #JDay

  10. Design for eight initial keys (ca. 1893–96) by Aubrey Beardsley, from John Lane’s Keynote series.

    Source: National Digital Library of PolandUniversity of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/a34d

    #keys #letters #grotesque #decadent-movement #decadence #drawing #art #publicdomain

  11. Design for eight initial keys (ca. 1893–96) by Aubrey Beardsley, from John Lane’s Keynote series.

    Source: National Digital Library of PolandUniversity of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/a34d

    #keys #letters #grotesque #decadent-movement #decadence #drawing #art #publicdomain

  12. Design for eight initial keys (ca. 1893–96) by Aubrey Beardsley, from John Lane’s Keynote series.

    Source: National Digital Library of PolandUniversity of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/a34d

    #keys #letters #grotesque #decadent-movement #decadence #drawing #art #publicdomain

  13. Design for eight initial keys (ca. 1893–96) by Aubrey Beardsley, from John Lane’s Keynote series.

    Source: National Digital Library of PolandUniversity of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/a34d

    #keys #letters #grotesque #decadent-movement #decadence #drawing #art #publicdomain

  14. Design for eight initial keys (ca. 1893–96) by Aubrey Beardsley, from John Lane’s Keynote series.

    Source: National Digital Library of PolandUniversity of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    Available to buy as a print.

    pdimagearchive.org/images/a34d

    #keys #letters #grotesque #decadent-movement #decadence #drawing #art #publicdomain

  15. State of Hawaii: DAGS Receives Rare, Important War History Artifacts. “The 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Educations Center, also known as Club 100, on Friday donated a packet of correspondence to the DAGS division Hawaiʻi State Archives…. There are 111 of these so-called Turner Letters written between 1944 and 1945. They spell out in great detail the conditions of the war, the impact […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/11/state-of-hawaii-dags-receives-rare-important-war-history-artifacts/
  16. It was reputedly Socrates who complained that the youth of his day were rude, uneducated and had no respect for their elders, although he was probably not the first to do so. The so-called youth of his times wanted change, more for themselves but without the responsibility, less stress and p

    Glancing Back at a Vanishing World.
    urban.camera/2026/04/glancing-

    #Art #Civilisation #Community #Education #Healthcare #Humanities #Letters #Literature #SocialServices #Society

  17. @mtechman I would *not* be able to walk past that w/o flipping the "I" and the "O" right side up, I just wouldn't, sorrynotsorry LOL
    #Scrabble #letters #triple #word #score

  18. Mixed feelings about this one. It's very slight, though maybe that's just as well, since I'm not especially enjoying the author's company. But it's undeniably (if superficially) interesting on a subculture I know little about

    #reading #forgery #letters #literature #LeeIsrael #bookstodon

  19. CalMatters: These public documents are hidden from view. Two California lawmakers want to change that. “Two California lawmakers are trying to open up legislative documents that are technically public records, but difficult for even the most seasoned Capitol insiders to access. The documents are letters registered lobbyists and advocacy groups send the Legislature to support or oppose bills. […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/09/cal-matters-these-public-documents-are-hidden-from-view-two-california-lawmakers-want-to-change-that/
  20. CalMatters: These public documents are hidden from view. Two California lawmakers want to change that. “Two California lawmakers are trying to open up legislative documents that are technically public records, but difficult for even the most seasoned Capitol insiders to access. The documents are letters registered lobbyists and advocacy groups send the Legislature to support or oppose bills. […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/09/cal-matters-these-public-documents-are-hidden-from-view-two-california-lawmakers-want-to-change-that/