Notices by John Overholt (overholt@glammr.us)

Breaking 725-year-old manuscript news: scholars have identified a Harvard Law School Library Magna Carta manuscript as one originally issued by Edward I in 1300, not a later copy as had been since the library purchased it decades ago for $27. https://hls.harvard.edu/today/harvard-law-schools-copy-of-magna-carta-revealed-as-original/

I don't buy bindings, but holy moly. https://shapero.com/en-us/products/holy-bible-oxford-1701-sedgeley-binding-111880

"Two officials at the Justice Department selected by Donald Trump to take on positions at the Library of Congress were turned away from the premises on Monday in what was described to the media as a 'stand-off' by employees." https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/library-congress-doge-trump-takeover-b2749631.html

Weird coincidence, the production company is my Myers-Briggs type. #Monsterdon

You have to believe that Wayne has the breath control of a pearl diver for him to still be “kidding around”. #Monsterdon

This movie sure is rich in 80s guys. #Monsterdon

The slugs crawl in
The slugs crawl out
The slugs play pinochle
On your snout
#Monsterdon

“Yes, ma’am, I’m Mike Brady…
Yes, I’m aware that name was already taken.”
#Monsterdon

If the goat killer kills people why is he called the goat killer? #Monsterdon

[dramatic closeup of lettuce] #Monsterdon

“What does it eat?”
“Crab Rangoon, things of that nature.”
#Monsterdon

Bookcase door! #Monsterdon

I have been distracted for the last half an hour trying to remember the anti-drug circa 1970 film where somebody turns into a turkey or something and a character looks just like Bobby. #Monsterdon

@Nickiquote I *love* socks, and I am baffled that so many people find them to be oppression of their feet. Maybe your kid needs to try my supplier in Paris. https://meschaussettesrouges.com/en

"OK, now time to clean him." https://californiastatelibrary.tumblr.com/post/783098902795730944/got-vitamin-sea-in-1960-the-commercial

Artist Kevin Miyazaki describes his "A Guide to Modern Camp Homes : 10 New Models & Plans for Persons of Japanese Ancestry" as "a fictional publication containing only facts." https://uwmspeccoll.tumblr.com/post/783002691782803456/asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage

Wow, rude.

"Interesting" is doing a lot of work here. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30582/lot/403/an-interesting-early-20th-century-austrian-cold-painted-bronze-metamorphic-erotic-model-formed-as-a-rat-with-provenance-to-raymond-jones-first-male-nude-model-of-lucian-freud-and-purportedly-gifted-by-the-artist/

Stanford has acquired the prototype of a revolutionary Chinese typewriter long believed lost and known only from its patent documents. https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/05/mingkwai-chinese-typewriter-prototype-stanford-libraries via @metafilter

Oh, wait, I thought this movie was going to be about baseball, I don’t care for this at all. #Monsterdon