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18th century school workbook doodle via The Museum of English Rural Life

I think what I like best is that it reminds me of my own school maths book, except my handwriting was rubbish and the doodles were of my scruffy Jack Russell rather than sporty rabbit chasing dogs.

Richard Beale was my great great great grandfather ... It's been very weird to see my ancestor's doodles going viral: Mefi's own intensitymultiply on encountering the MERL's popular twitter thread about an 18th century teen's mathematics workbook

"NeuroTribes" by Steve Silberman

Oh, hey, the author of new book "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity" is Steve Silberman, also known as Mefi's own digaman, and he showed up to say hi and answer some questions in the thread about the book.