azteclady on Nostr: Synchronicity! I wrote this long, link-heavy post last night, which touches on "lost" ...
Synchronicity! I wrote this long, link-heavy post last night, which touches on "lost" and "forgotten" commonplaces technologies/languages/places, and how quickly that happens.
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/intension-intent-as-intention-and-language-choices/
And then, I'm made aware of this piece on USA Today, about how the U.S. National Archives are looking for people who "can read and write in cursive script" to help them transcribe and tag documents from the Civil War to the mid-20th century, because it's "a lost art":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/12/national-archives-needs-citizen-archivists-cursive/77493951007/
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/intension-intent-as-intention-and-language-choices/
And then, I'm made aware of this piece on USA Today, about how the U.S. National Archives are looking for people who "can read and write in cursive script" to help them transcribe and tag documents from the Civil War to the mid-20th century, because it's "a lost art":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/12/national-archives-needs-citizen-archivists-cursive/77493951007/