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Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7d ago

If this were a Greek myth or a bible story we would get a pandemic far worse than Covid this time around and be sinners in the hands of an angry God.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

The Fauci hearing perfectly illustrated how living through a once in a century pandemic somehow made Republicans far worse on public health. God forbid we face anything like covid again during Trump 2.0. There will be no Dr Fauci around to try to talk sense to Trump.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last wk.

BREAKING: The U.S. and Saudi Arabia launched joint airstrikes on Iran-backed militia targets in Iraq after more than 30 IRGC-directed drone attacks over the past 72 hours, per CENTCOM. The statement from CENTCOM comes just hours after Iranian strikes targeted a U.S. base in Jordan.

Alan Stedman@alanjstedman.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
Karl Galle@karlgalle.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy birthday, Johannes Stöffler! In addition to Thony's post below, he's also featured today on the Linda Hall Library site, along with links to a full scan of their recently acquired copy of his 1513 astrolabe book with its great foldout illustrations: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #HistSTM

Illustration from the astrolabe book in the Linda Hall Library post, showing an elaborate foldout diagram on astrolabe design.
Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Renaissance German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, instrument maker and professor at the University of Tübingen, Johannes Stöffler, was born 10 December 1452 #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/t...

Tom Sharpe@tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 9mo ago

2 November 1827: Oxford geologist William Buckland tells George Featherstonhaugh that 'Mary Anning is in the Act of extracting a large slab of Pentacrinites for you if she does not break her neck in the Operation'. She was working the Lias Pentacrinites Bed high on the unstable cliffs of Black Ven.

Top left: portrait of George Featherstonhaugh; centre: portrait of Mary Anning; top right: portrait of William Buckland; bottom: extract of a letter from Buckland to Featherstonhaugh.
Hannah Murphy@hsmurphy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

TOMORROW!! Renaissance Skin: the final celebration. This *sold out* , but we've been able to squeeze in a few more chairs. If you're interested in materials, bodies, meaning, or even just sausages, do come and celebrate @evelynwelch.bsky.social's return to @kingshistory.bsky.social. #EarlyModern 🗃️

CEMS KCL@cemskcl.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Tomorrow at 17:00! We're delighted to be launching Prof. @evelynwelch.bsky.social's new book Renaissance Skin. Waiting list now activated. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/renai...

Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci, whose mathematical abilities, acquired from Clavius, made it possible for him as the first European in the 17th century to penetrate Chinese society & build a bridgehead for the Jesuit mission, was born 6 October 1552 #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/a...

An Italo-Chinese Jesuit

The first history of science post that I wrote for The Renaissance Mathematicus was about the Jesuit mathematicus and educational reformer Christoph Clavius and his introduction of the mathematical…

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UAINE@mahtowin1.bsky.social · 10mo ago

National Congress of American Indians" "Wounded Knee Was Not a Battle. It Was the Deliberate Mass Killing of 350 Lakota." nativenewsonline.net/currents/nca...

NCAI: "Wounded Knee Was Not a Battle, It Was the Deliberate Mass Killing of 350 Lakota

On Friday, the National Congress of American Indians pushed back on the U.S. Department of Defense’s decision to retain the Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre ...

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