Snowflakes Swirl According to Surprisingly Simple Math
Every snowflake is different, but new technology reveals they all swirl the sameEllyn Lapointe (Scientific American)
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The Embassy of Ukraine in South Korea and diplomats from several European countries criticized Russia's state-owned Bolshoi Ballet's planned performance in Seoul. They argue that Russia uses cultural events as a form of cultural weaponization.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/03/120_370064.html
Ukraine slams Bolshoi Ballet tour in Korea
Planned performances in Seoul by Russia's state-owned Bolshoi Ballet are drawing criticism from the Embassy of Ukraine and diplomats from several European countries, who argue that Russia's use of cultural events as a tool to justify war and genocideโฆLee Hyo-jin (The Korea Times)
From James Baldwin. He has his ๐ฏth birthday this year. As always he was right on target. TRUTH TELLER.๐ค๐๐ฟ
(From the book and film I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO) #jamesbaldwin
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https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/8-600-year-old-bread-found-in-turkiyes-ancient-proto-city-catalhoyuk/3156001
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Baltimore touts equality, so why did it lavish tens of millions in tax breaks on a single development: Harbor East?
Baltimore's glitzy Harbor East is built on a foundation of tax breaks subsidized by the local taxpayers of a city struggling with poverty, crime, and a devastating lack of affordable housing.Taya Graham (The Real News Network)
The joy of finding an amazing bookshop, spending hours browsing the shelves, discovering new books, carefully deciding which ones to takeโand having the magic destroyed by someone yelling at you: โWho are you, and what are you doing in my house?โ
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American mathematical physicist and physical chemist Richard C. Tolman was born #OTD in 1881.
In a 1916 experiment with Thomas Dale Stewart, Tolman demonstrated that electricity consists of electrons flowing through a metallic conductor. A by-product of this experiment was a measured value of the mass of the electron. In 1938, he published a new detailed work that covered the application of statistical mechanics to classical and quantum systems. via @wikipedia
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About Einsteinยดs work:
"[The author] is also glad to have this opportunity to add his testimony o the growing conviction that the conceptual space and time of science are not God-given and unalterable, but are rather in the nature of human constructs devised for use in the description and correlation of scientific phenomena, and that these spatial and temporal concepts should be altered whenever the discovery of new facts makes such a change pragmatic."
~Richard C. Tolman
The MAGA mantra.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/04/the-explanation/
The Explanation
If youโve ever wondered how smart people can get suckered into religion or conspiracy theories, hereโs the answer. I am bearded and not balding, which hampers my ability to identify witโฆPharyngula
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I found this cat personality test through one of the cat email lists I am on. It offers a lot of great insight into your cats, I think!
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Content warning: What do you call it when you see the same ghost twice?
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Republican lawmakers have made it more difficult to vote, but Dems can still win.
29M Americans live under new voter ID laws put in place since 2020. The stricter requirements were years in the making. NCโs law, passed in 2018, was blocked 3 yrs later by the state SC, which ruled the law was โmotivated at least in part by an unconstitutional intent to target African American voters" -reversed that decision last yr after the election of two GOP justices-.
#VotingRights
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/voter-identification-states-law-map-rcna137555
Map: If youโre voting on Super Tuesday, youโll need an ID in these states
Eight states have enacted voter ID laws since the 2020 election, lifting the total up to 36. See if your state has new ID requirements.Catherine Allen (NBC News)
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Want To Give Your Dog the Best Walk of Its Life? This Pet Psychologist Knows How
https://www.inverse.com/science/pet-psychologist-dog-walking-tips?ref=refind
An animal behaviorist details best practices for walking your dog.
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โA woman clutching an infant is found in the rubble of Ukraine building after Russian drone strikeโ
https://apnews.com/article/8b487e61199be901156e3845d1a79398
Death toll rises from Russian strike on Ukrainian port city of Odesa
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Western allies to boost his countryโs air defenses after a Russian drone strike destroyed an apartment block in the southern port city of Odesa and killed at least 11 people.SUSIE BLANN (AP News)
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/a-u-s-supreme-court-decision-could-come-monday-in-a-case-about-barring-trump-from-the-2024-ballot-1.6792889?cid=sm:trueanthem:%7B%7Bcampaignname%7D%7D:twitterpost%E2%80%8B&taid=65e4c65e231d15000170e535&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
A U.S. Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from the 2024 ballot
A U.S. Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former U.S. president Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot over his efforts to undo his defeat in the 2020 election.CTVNews
Fans gather to say goodbye to Flaco the owl in New York City memorial
https://apnews.com/article/17e7f1aedc181d905880a73b37f8a5ae
Fans gather to say goodbye to Flaco the owl in New York City memorial
Mournful fans of Flaco the Eurasion eagle-owl are gathering in New York City to say goodbye to the beloved celebrity creature who became an inspiration and joy to many as he flew around Manhattan after he was let out of his zoo enclosure.AP News
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#GretaLee got a Golden Glove nomination for Best Actress in a Film (Drama) but lost to Lily Gladstone for her performance in " Killers of the Flower Moon."
Greta didn't get an Oscar nomination because the Oscars has only 1 category for Best Actress, while the Golden Globes has 2 for Drama & Musical in Film , as well as fewer nomination slots.
So, the odds of a Oscar nom were against her.
FWIW, I think Gladstone will beat out Emma Stone for the Oscar too
After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both. @palestine @israel
After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both
It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl.WAFAA SHURAFA (AP News)
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Steven Petrow Lost His Sister. He Worked Through His Grief by Telling Stories About Herโand Found Joy in the Process
When my sister died last June, I found myself sinking in grief. At 61, Julie was the much-loved โbabyโ of our family, and her death from ovarian cancer felt unfathomable. My despair manifested itself as a pervasive numbness.Steven Petrow (Sunday Paper PLUS)
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Gazans crowdfund thousands for uncertain escape @palestine
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68455257
Gazans crowdfund thousands for uncertain escape
People hoping to leave Gaza in a widening humanitarian crisis must dodge scammers and pay huge sums.By Brandon Drenon (BBC News)
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How a Century of Black Westerns Shaped Movie History
How a Century of Black Westerns Shaped Movie History
Mario Van Peebles' "Outlaw Posse" is the latest attempt to correct the erasure of people of color from the classic cinema genre
How a Century of Black Westerns Shaped Movie History
Mario Van Peebles' "Outlaw Posse" is the latest attempt to correct the erasure of people of color from the classic cinema genreChris Klimek (Smithsonian Magazine)
Women's History Month: The Forgotten Black Women Of The Pin-Up Industry
Women's History Month: The Forgotten Black Women Of The Pin-Up Industry
Pin-up models originally became famous in the early 1920s and gained more recognition during World War II when photos and cartoons of pin-up girls were displayed in the lockers of U.S. Army soldiers and even on fighter jets. Popular pin-up girls included Betty Grable and Bettie Page, who was referred to as the โQueen of Pinups.โ Page was known for her jet black hair, blue eyes and porcelain White skin, the ultimate standard of sexuality according to Western beauty ideals at the time.
I was scrolling through posts on #Mastodon and clicked on an interesting sounding link someone posted. It took me to a website with a wrong address in the URL A big notice immediately popped up with an Apple logo saying "Your iPhone has been hacked!" Hackers now have access to your phone. Do not close this security window or they will post all your personal info.
So I hit the flame icon in the DuckDuckGo browser which immediately closes the web page you're on, all open tabs, deletes browsing history and cookies and turned the phone off.
I'm sightly worried about powering it back on. Should I be worried?? It feels like a scam notice on a website and didn't click on anything once I landed on the website. But???
I can't imagine Apple making sn official dialog box with that wording.
Apple security is OK: unless you are a human rights lawyer etc., it's unlikely that you'd be hacked without at least having to install something.
@NewNordicNormal I found this article. The thing I encountered had the timer bit mentioned in the article. So maybe nothing happened because didn't follow the instructions and flamed it all.
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-your-iphone-has-been-hacked/
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The Opening Statement โ Winter 2024
The Opening Statement is a free quarterly newsletter that features articles, poetry, political writing and opinion pieces, as well as other relevant pieces by non-incarcerated authors.Michigan Abolition And Prisoner Solidarity (Anarchist Federation)
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That's a hard stop for writer's block, right there.
I'd offer suggestions for getting past it, but... I got nothing.
#climatesilence #nytimes #wildfires #txwx
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in reply to Critical Cupcake • • •โI got reported for reading child pornography on a trainโ
โWhat were you reading?โ
โChild pornographyโ
โOn a train?"
โYesโ
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