#newleafjournal — Public Fediverse posts

The story of Owney, who was (probably) the world's most well-traveled mail dog.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-contemporaneous-account-of-owney-the-mail-dog/

#history #ushistory #uspostal #owney #newleafjournal

Otho, the second of Rome's four Emperors in 69 AD, took his own life on April 16, 69, rather than continue in a civil war to retain the throne. The extant ancient historian accounts grappled with the contrast Otho's seemingly noble end (under Roman standards) and their low opinions of him in life. I had a bit to say about the histories last year (a bit over 18k words).

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/

#rome #romanhistory #romanemire
#history #otho #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

The story of how my attempt to purchase health insurance in New York hit a brief snag because one part of the Exchange website did not play nicely with hBlock, my hosts blocking solution. I resolved the issue, and that hBlock handles the NYS government is a big plus in my book. There is an open invitation for feedback from people who know way more about this than I do.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/hblock-and-my-attempt-to-purchase-health-insurance-in-new-york/

#adblock #hblock #hosts #manjaro #linux #insurance #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Inspired by a recent duck rescue story, I searched for duck/duckling rescue stories for an Around the Web post. Little did I know that there were so many ducklings in need of rescue that I could fill a nearly 3,000-word post with rescues that occurred in the last 3-4 weeks.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/duck-and-duckling-rescue-stories-from-around-the-web/

#birds #ducks #duckling #animalrescue #ducklingrescue #stormdrain #city #birdrescue #aroundtheweb #TheNewLeafJournal #newleafjournal

Ancient Roman historians had difficulty grappling with the enigmatic life of Otho, who ruled Rome as Emperor for 3 months in 69 AD. Once known for being Nero's associate, Otho opted to take his own life as Emperor after losing a significant, but perhaps not decisive battle, instead of continuing a civil war. I examine four ancient historians in more than 18,000 words.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/

#romanhistory #otho #romanemperor #history #tacitus #suetonius #plutarch #rome #newleafjournal

Spring is springing. To celebrate - an anecdote about seeing a black squirrel and blue jay in the same scene in Brooklyn two decades ago - a bit unusual. Accompanied by a haiku - written on my Ti-89 (because why not, when we're being nostalgic?)

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ti-89-haiku-boerum-blue-jay-and-black-squirrel/

#brooklyn #nyc #spring #bluejay #blacksquirrel #squirrel #ti89 #graphingcalculator #haiku #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal