# Newsletter Ideas - [ ] search all the `#nonfic/addendum/article` stuff related to Ancient Priests and write another longform thing - [ ] Update [[2021-01-11 Currency (DRAFT)]] and send it out to the list. - [ ] Update [[2021-02-01 Quicksilver (DRAFT)]] and send it out to the list - various bodily fluids, like serous fluids. Starting point: [Serous fluid - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serous_fluid) - Bodies, referencing page 91 of [[The Amazons by Adrienne Mayor]] - The rabbit hole of [[Phosphorus]] from might be nice fodder for a research deep dive on reactive chemicals. - [[tree ideas]] - cedar - levant - the outstanding q about cedar - insect repellant - biblical - Moulting (the rooing of some kinds of sheep, as opposed to shearing, because they stop growing wool) of various animals, including turtles (see: [[nichtdonts#References|gillomp research]].) - ancient legal codes (ref. [[Nahrian Temples]]) - hammurabi not the first, just the most comprehensive old one. - norse woman stuff - eucalyptus - opium - drug dosing matters ([[Scott Alexander]]) - opium war - dorothy in the opium fields - latex - poppy gum - similarity between poppy latex and hemp fiber insofar as they’re both useful things attached to drugs - calendar history different calendars - tea - sasafrass - what is “true” tea - medicinal - in different cultures - alcohol - distillation invention - hops stuff {new take old info} - fermented milk {new take old info} - naturally fermented palm wine {new take old info} - grains - anything useful from [[Tamed by Alice Roberts]] - amaranth thread by [[Sarah Taber]] - need to verify the stuff from [[Against the Grain by James C. Scott]] - dogs can eat grains history stuff - weeds / [[many domesticated species began as weeds]] - [[The Lotus Effect]] - cleaning? - disability - classic world, ref: [[Deborah Sneed]] ```query #nonfic/overviewTopic ```