I'm convinced that when #LexLuthor makes fun of Clark's shorthand notes in #AllstarSuperman, he actually knows exactly what he's looking at. Lex would already know and have perfected all forms of #shorthand. It would have been a "weekend project" at most for him. He would want to /know/ what the notes on reporters' pads were. He'd train to read it all upside down.

#Accounting, #SlideRules, #penmanship, #shorthand, #typing, #telegraphy, and #carpentry were taught to school children in Burma, well into the 1980s. I think it would be socially beneficial to teach these skills to young American kids, today.

Basic accounting and personal finance are useful skills for adults, and indispensable for college kids wielding credit cards.

The slide rule endows the student with a keener understanding of various functions and, more importantly, always to check one's results, mentally.

Being able to write in a beautiful, cursive script with a fountain pen may now be but a party trick, but it still is an important social skill.

Shorthand offers a massive advantage in note taking. Given that every child learns to type social media posts well before they first learn to speak, proper typing technique should be taught to children, for efficiency, for preventing repetitive stress injuries, etc.

Telegraphy is valuable in aviation: VOR and NDB navigation aids transmit their identifiers in Morse code. And Morse code is still a thing in the amateur radio scene.

Teaching kids basic carpentry, like making a rough table, is of limited utility, but they will never forget that experience of making something out of raw materials.

Above all, these old skills are cool, at least in some circles. And if nothing else, these activities will surely keep them off social media.

#TeelineShorthand is an adventure I have not been on for long, but I am enjoying it

Rainy day progress!

Do you recognise the warning conveyed by the phrase "Dear rich bastard"? #Shorthand

Starting to learn to write #Persian tonight...

Reminds me a lot of #shorthand, conceptually (not that I actually know that, either. )

#Development #Proposals
How do we evolve CSS logical shorthands? · There are options, but one major roadblock https://ilo.im/1630tm

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#CSS #Shorthand #LogicalProperties #Specification #CSSWG #W3C #WebDev #Frontend

@naeap was asking about shorthands

If you're interested in some high-level learning about shorthand I highly recommend the /r/FastWriting subreddit

It's mostly one guy posting little insights into various systems one or two sample pages every day and some thoughts on it.

cc @dpflug

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#shorthand

#Development #Pitfalls
Custom properties in shorthand properties · Why you need to be cautious with this approach https://ilo.im/162o2u

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#Declaration #Shorthand #CustomProperties #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Practicing version 1.6 of my tweaked version of #orthic #shorthand with a lap cat while waiting for our window to go pick up groceries.

I’m pretty happy with it. I don’t think it’s quite ready to be released because there are a couple letters that still bug me. But I think it’s definitely usable at this point.

Current status:
Practicing #Orthic #shorthand and #esperanto by transcribing Winnie-la-Pu

So, I’ve been teaching myself Gregg #Shorthand (explanations later) and there’s a ton of evidence that it works for normal people (decades of teaching in High School) but then there are things like this which make me wonder how the hell I’ll ever NOT fuck this up when writing fast.

New instance, new #introduction! (Also boosts will help federate the garden ^-^)

I'm a #Quaker #seminary student in #Pittsburgh. I love #DND and #TTRPG, and get up to #crochet, #hiking, and #naturephotography in my spare time.

Here's a motley list of things I like/post about!

The #BritishLibrary is *finally* getting their manuscripts back online and they have a Tironian lexicon! https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100063636051.0x000001 — it's basically an early form of #shorthand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes

Their current online catalogue is at https://www.bl.uk/research/digitised-manuscripts/