ATProto Browser

ATProto Browser

Experimental browser for the Atmosphere

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It’s not quite Decca turning down The Beatles, but I am amused reading all the letters from eminent anglophone publishers turning down the chance to translate Foucault’s History of Madness in the early 1960s because they didn’t think it would sell.

Apr 23, 2025, 7:25 PM

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