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alice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇Was surprised today when I read "pinked him in the quick". I presumed it should be "pinned". This lead me to do some search and find some interesting information about the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#word</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/quick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quick</a>. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/alive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alive</a> was the original meaning of "quick." The flesh under the nail is called quick because the nail, the hard part, is dead, but the flesh is "alive." Some other words still in use today which carry the original meaning of quick include <a href="https://beige.party/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a>, literally "living lime", <a href="https://beige.party/tags/quicksand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicksand</a> "living sand." "quicksilver", comes from the fact that mercury flows, as though it were alive. "The quick and the dead" did not refer to gunslingers in the Old American West, but instead refers to "the living and the dead."<a href="https://beige.party/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meaning</a>

Dani RutasRutas Enemigas #522- Qucklime_ N.O.T.A. / old fashion runners - Friko: Crashing through -Quicklime: F.U.A.D. / Night embrance - Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard: In my egg - Quicklime: 1979 / I'm done / Summer's over<a href="https://archive.org/details/programa-522-de-rutas-enemigas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/programa-522-de-rutas-enemigas</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radioshow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radioshow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radiopodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radiopodcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radiolibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radiolibre</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RutasEnemigas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RutasEnemigas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indierock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indierock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rockalternativo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rockalternativo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#postpunk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/powerpop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#powerpop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grunge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grunge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Toledo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toledo</a>

Matt Willemsen<a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-ancient-roman-concrete-was-able-to-last-thousands-of-years" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-ancient-roman-concrete-was-able-to-last-thousands-of-years</a> <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-ancient-roman-concrete-was-able-to-last-thousands-of-years" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-ancient-roman-concrete-was-able-to-last-thousands-of-years</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#concrete</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pozzolanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pozzolanic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SlakedLime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlakedLime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HotMixing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HotMixing</a>

IT NewsDry Ice from Seashells, the Hard (But Cheap) Way - [Hyperspace Pirate] wants to make his own dry ice, but he wants it to be really, r... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/12/06/dry-ice-from-seashells-the-hard-but-cheap-way/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2023/12/06/dry-ice-from-seashells-the-hard-but-cheap-way/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/calciumcabonate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calciumcabonate</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chemistryhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chemistryhacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/carbondioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carbondioxide</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/condensation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#condensation</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cryocooler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryocooler</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cryogenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryogenics</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/slakedlime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slakedlime</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dryice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dryice</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/co2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#co2</a>

Jürgen HubertOkay, here's a new one: In one folk tale from Styria in Austria, a bunch of villagers try to kill a dragon by throwing quicklime into the lake it inhabits.Ultimately it doesn't work, but they do get points for ingenuity.<a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Austria</a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/folktale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#folktale</a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dragon</a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a> <a href="https://archive.org/details/mythenundsagenau00krai/page/168/mode/2up?view=theater" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/mythenundsagenau00krai/page/168/mode/2up?view=theater</a>

ScienceActuallyBefore electricity, theaters used quicklime (heated calcium oxide) to light their stages - hence the term 'in the limelight'.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciecefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciecefacts</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/calciumoxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calciumoxide</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/InTheLimelight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InTheLimelight</a>

Bill JanssenFascinating piece on ancient Roman concrete -- wait, no, don't leave! -- in Ars Technica.Apparently the <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Roman</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AncientEngineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncientEngineers</a> mixed their <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#concrete</a> with <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a> at high temperatures. This formed veins of calcium carbonate in the concrete. The veins were stress lines, so that if the concrete cracked, it did so along the veins. But the veins could sort of melt and reform, if they got wet. So after a few rains, the cracks in the concrete would heal!<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/ancient-roman-concrete-could-self-heal-thanks-to-hot-mixing-with-quicklime/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/ancient-roman-concrete-could-self-heal-thanks-to-hot-mixing-with-quicklime/</a>

AmberWavesoFlame<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Roman</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#construction</a> is famous for enduring for centuries, from architectural marvels to common roads. TIL that some of their <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/aquaducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aquaducts</a> are still in use today! And they used a mysterious <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#concrete</a> formula that makes our modern efforts look like dried Play-Doh. But now scientists have demonstrated the secret the Romans perfected for <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/selfhealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfhealing</a> concrete: <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#engineering</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/materialscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#materialscience</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/lime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lime</a> <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106</a>

HansvRIn <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#movies</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/quicklime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quicklime</a> is by far the most popular stuff to dissolve the body of someone you just killed. Spoiler alert: that stuff doesn't work very well, let alone fast.A bunch of chemists discussed this on a forum (purely academic of course, just like <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TomRiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TomRiddle</a> when he asked <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Slughorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Slughorn</a> about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Horcruxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Horcruxes</a>).We came up with a few great solutions which we, for obvious reasons, can't share with you. Just don't p*ss off <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/chemists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chemists</a> in any way and you're safe.<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chemistry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hollywood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HarryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HarryPotter</a>

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