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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 14d

Many English placenames contain 'mere', a word that's not often used anymore. It means "body of standing water".

'Mere' is closely related to German 'Meer', whose meaning is now "sea" but used include "lake". Conversely, Dutch 'meer' now only means "lake".

Read more in the graphic and the thread:

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Luna @howlingbluewolf.bsky.social · 16d

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, leader of Brazil, gave a brave, empassioned anti-autoritarian speech at the United Nations. Worth a listen. His speech sounded very pointed at the Trump regime - from pedophilia to Alaska meeting. "We are experiencing a time of global polarisation".

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 16d

Frontispiece to a 1687 edition of Cyrano de Bergerac’s Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon. Featured in our essay on Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World, which many consider to be one of the founding texts of the science fiction genre — publicdomainreview.org/essay/m...

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Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira @sabastronomia.bsky.social · 17d

Lançamos hoje o número 27 da Revista Brasileira de Astronomia. Nesta edição, trazemos artigos sobre formação de galáxias, Nuvens de Magalhães, ondas gravitacionais e sobre o antigo Observatório de São Paulo. A revista pode ser consultada gratuitamente em sab-astro.org.br/wp-content/u...

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Marcelo Soares, o Analista de Dados de Bagé @msoares.bsky.social · 18d

Vi alguém criticar o fato de que tem que ir os grandes velhinhos de 1968 pro palco.

Por outro lado: imagina precisar aos 80 anos dizer de novo o que se disse aos 25.

Imagina ter uma fatia da população querendo uma ditadura como a de 1968.

E os populares de hoje querendo tchu, tcha e golpe.

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Eixo Político @eixopolitico.com.br · 18d

🇧🇷 Na manifestação contra a PEC da Blindagem e o PL da Anistia, Chico Buarque e Gilberto Gil cantam “Cálice”, música feita na ditadura como um paralelo a “cale-se” para driblar a censura.

A canção se tornou um símbolo da resistência contra a repressão e marcou gerações.

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · 18d

Contra a PEC da Bandidagem
Sem anistia para golpista

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 21d

A nearby, burned-out star is eating a fragment of a Pluto-like object. Only Hubble could identify that this is taking place with its unique ultraviolet vision: https://bit.ly/4mZk6sx 🔭 🧪

An illustration showing a glowing white object in the upper left corner. This object is encircled by hundreds of thin, concentric, pale-yellow rings on an angle from bottom left to top right. The rings are palest closest to the central, glowing white object. A curving trail of gray, rock-like fragments marches across the right side, through the thin rings and joins the rings at far right. The eight largest fragments of varying sizes appear in the foreground. These objects have white, comet-like tails streaking away from the glowing white object in the rings’ center. The curving trail of fragments bends toward the glowing white object. At the bottom left corner is the label Artist’s Concept.

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · 22d

O comitê de publicação científica da SAB já fez isso no ano passado. Eles contactaram o CA da Física/Astronomia e alertaram para a necessidade de usar outros indicadores nas avaliações. Foi feito um relato sobre essa ação na assembleia geral da última RASAB.

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · 22d

Sim. É uma das que recomendamos. Além disso há um acordo de publicação aberta nas revistas da AAS em negociação com a Capes.

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · 24d

My attempt at making Scottish porridge for the first time.

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · 24d

GOLPE. do latim vulgar colapus < do latim clássico colăphus < grego antigo κόλαφος (kólaphos), que significava "soco" ou "bofetada".

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Freya Ward @freyaward.bsky.social · 24d

You are not helping to balance out the predominately right-wing population on twitter by remaining there. The system has been retooled from the ground up to suppress opinions contrary to Musk, while you funnel more money to his pockets.

LEAVE TWITTER

Jack McGovan @jackmcgovan.bsky.social · 24d

No matter what #Musk says or does, many on the left continue to post on and pay for X, a clear example of how progressive movements are beholden to the narrative that we don't have to change anything at all about our lives to achieve our political goals.

I wrote about why that's bad in July ⬇️

X reveals a weakness in left-wing rhetoric

Good principles mean nothing when you materially support a fascist propaganda machine.

www.sower.world

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 25d

False friends are often wrongly called false cognates. These are very different things.

For example, 'to molest' is a false friend of Spanish 'molestar' (to annoy) but they are true cognates, both coming from Latin 'molestāre' (to bother).

Four graphics, all about false friends and false cognates:

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Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie @mpi-astro.bsky.social · 24d

1/ 🔭 Astronomers have discovered 'The Cliff,' a distant object that may hold the key to understanding the mysterious 'little red dots' observed by the James Webb Space Telescope #JWST. These could be supermassive black holes, not galaxies! #Astronomy #JWST

“Black Hole Stars” could solve JWST riddle of overly massive early galaxies

A newly discovered distant object that astronomers have dubbed “The Cliff” could solve a riddle posed by some of the first observations of the distant universe with the James Webb Space Telescope, rel...

www.mpia.de

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · 28d

Regras geométricas para a construção de letras

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · Sep 7

It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · Sep 8

Meu novo vinho de morango. Fermentação iniciada no dia 24 de agosto. Engarrafado hoje.

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Luís Nassif @luisnassif.bsky.social · Sep 7

Público acompanha desfile cívico-militar aos gritos de “sem anistia”

A organização do evento distribuiu bonés com a frase Brasil Soberano, e a decoração das tribunas também trazia a mesma mensagem

jornalggn.com.br/cidadania/pu...

Público acompanha desfile cívico-militar aos gritos de “sem anistia”

A organização do evento distribuiu bonés com a frase Brasil Soberano, e a decoração das tribunas também trazia a mesma mensagem

jornalggn.com.br

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Luís Nassif @luisnassif.bsky.social · Sep 7

Leia o discurso na íntegra do presidente Lula no 7 de Setembro

Além de exaltar a soberania nacional, presidente criticou os traidores da pátria, que em vez de servir ao povo brasileiro, trabalham movidos por interesses pessoais

jornalggn.com.br/politica/lei...

Leia o discurso na íntegra do presidente Lula no 7 de Setembro

Além de exaltar a soberania nacional, presidente criticou os traidores da pátria, que em vez de servir ao povo brasileiro, trabalham movidos por interesses pessoais

jornalggn.com.br

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · Sep 2

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Aug 29

Harsh words on peacock legs from the author of Bird Gods (1903). Overall though the book is a song of praise. Each chapter considers a bird — dove, woodpecker, cuckoo, peacock, owl, swan — and the gods it has given rise to. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/bird-gods-1898

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · Aug 26

Dog Days! Fantastic illustrations of the Canis Major constellation appear in these two @bodleian.ox.ac.uk medieval astronomical texts to celebrate #InternationalDogDay! 🐶⭐️

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Helio Jaques @heliojaques.bsky.social · Aug 21

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Aug 18

George Mayerle's "international eye chart" (negative) ca. 1907.

Invented by an immigrant living in 20th-century San Fran, the chart was intended to allow anyone to do an eye test regardless of nationality.

Buy a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-prints/artist/george-mayerle

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