@sbintali.bsky.social
educator. artist of the visual and the written sort. studier of affect, speculative fiction, and popular culture, particularly comics. (views my own)
art, writing, other miscellany can be found at www.safiyyabintali.com
art, writing, other miscellany can be found at www.safiyyabintali.com
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the scent of a flower we have not found...
June 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
the scent of a flower we have not found...
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All you have is the time you have been given.
Go make something beautiful out of it.
Go make something beautiful out of it.
June 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
All you have is the time you have been given.
Go make something beautiful out of it.
Go make something beautiful out of it.
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"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us... A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us."
- Franz Kafka
- Franz Kafka
June 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us... A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us."
- Franz Kafka
- Franz Kafka
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“I have..devoted myself mainly to those things that I personally like... I have tried to awake liking, to communicate delight in those things that I find enjoyable."
- Tolkien
(Valedictory Address to Oxford)
- Tolkien
(Valedictory Address to Oxford)
June 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“I have..devoted myself mainly to those things that I personally like... I have tried to awake liking, to communicate delight in those things that I find enjoyable."
- Tolkien
(Valedictory Address to Oxford)
- Tolkien
(Valedictory Address to Oxford)
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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
June 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland
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Today might be another normal day - but a normal day can be an adventure if you approach it with childlike wonder!
May 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today might be another normal day - but a normal day can be an adventure if you approach it with childlike wonder!
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Vintage Magazine - Vacationland
Disneyland
Walt Disney (Fall1958)
Disneyland
Walt Disney (Fall1958)
May 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Vintage Magazine - Vacationland
Disneyland
Walt Disney (Fall1958)
Disneyland
Walt Disney (Fall1958)
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Comic - Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #01 Cover
Art by Juan Ferreyra
DC Comics (2025)
Art by Juan Ferreyra
DC Comics (2025)
May 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Comic - Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #01 Cover
Art by Juan Ferreyra
DC Comics (2025)
Art by Juan Ferreyra
DC Comics (2025)
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Comic - Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #01 Cover
Art by Tula Lotay
DC Comics (2025)
Art by Tula Lotay
DC Comics (2025)
May 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Comic - Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #01 Cover
Art by Tula Lotay
DC Comics (2025)
Art by Tula Lotay
DC Comics (2025)
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An extract from Adrien Sevaux's 'The smell of the moon', a winning poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2024.
Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-smell-of-the-moon/
Find out more at bit.ly/foyleyoungpoets
Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-smell-of-the-moon/
Find out more at bit.ly/foyleyoungpoets
May 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
An extract from Adrien Sevaux's 'The smell of the moon', a winning poem in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2024.
Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-smell-of-the-moon/
Find out more at bit.ly/foyleyoungpoets
Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-smell-of-the-moon/
Find out more at bit.ly/foyleyoungpoets
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NASA released three new sonifications—sound translations of space data—highlighting black holes and their evolution. Featuring WR124, SS 433, and Centaurus A, the sounds reveal stellar collapse, cosmic jets, and binary systems.
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
May 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
NASA released three new sonifications—sound translations of space data—highlighting black holes and their evolution. Featuring WR124, SS 433, and Centaurus A, the sounds reveal stellar collapse, cosmic jets, and binary systems.
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, IXPE
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“Let me keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still
and learning to be astonished.
My work is loving the world.”
- Mary Oliver
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still
and learning to be astonished.
My work is loving the world.”
- Mary Oliver
May 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Let me keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still
and learning to be astonished.
My work is loving the world.”
- Mary Oliver
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still
and learning to be astonished.
My work is loving the world.”
- Mary Oliver
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We're celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week with a member giveaway! Win NCTE merch like a Yeti mug, Word Nerd sweatshirt, and more.
Enter by May 8.
Winners announced May 9!
mc.ncte.org/taw2025?_gl=...
#ThankATeacher #NCTE #Giveaway #NCTE25
Enter by May 8.
Winners announced May 9!
mc.ncte.org/taw2025?_gl=...
#ThankATeacher #NCTE #Giveaway #NCTE25
May 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We're celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week with a member giveaway! Win NCTE merch like a Yeti mug, Word Nerd sweatshirt, and more.
Enter by May 8.
Winners announced May 9!
mc.ncte.org/taw2025?_gl=...
#ThankATeacher #NCTE #Giveaway #NCTE25
Enter by May 8.
Winners announced May 9!
mc.ncte.org/taw2025?_gl=...
#ThankATeacher #NCTE #Giveaway #NCTE25
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“A Wary Friendship”
Available as both an original drawing and as a giclée fine art print in my Etsy shop!
Find it here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/7728...
Available as both an original drawing and as a giclée fine art print in my Etsy shop!
Find it here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/7728...
May 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“A Wary Friendship”
Available as both an original drawing and as a giclée fine art print in my Etsy shop!
Find it here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/7728...
Available as both an original drawing and as a giclée fine art print in my Etsy shop!
Find it here:
theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/7728...
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Footage from the ISS orbiting over auroras. Shared by NASA Astronaut Don Pettit.
April 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Footage from the ISS orbiting over auroras. Shared by NASA Astronaut Don Pettit.
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Tolkien’s illustration of the Moria Gate.
April 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tolkien’s illustration of the Moria Gate.
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NCTE members are invited to join English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) next Wednesday for an enriching event in celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month. Special opportunities include a book giveaway and resource packet. Learn more and register here: ncte.org/from-egypt-t...
April 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NCTE members are invited to join English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) next Wednesday for an enriching event in celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month. Special opportunities include a book giveaway and resource packet. Learn more and register here: ncte.org/from-egypt-t...
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Piercing the skies! ⚡
The VLT lasers create artificial stars by exciting sodium atoms in the atmosphere, at about 90 km altitude.
This allows the telescope to learn how to adjust for atmospheric turbulence to obtain sharper images.
www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 ESO/A. de Burgos Sierra
The VLT lasers create artificial stars by exciting sodium atoms in the atmosphere, at about 90 km altitude.
This allows the telescope to learn how to adjust for atmospheric turbulence to obtain sharper images.
www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 ESO/A. de Burgos Sierra
April 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Piercing the skies! ⚡
The VLT lasers create artificial stars by exciting sodium atoms in the atmosphere, at about 90 km altitude.
This allows the telescope to learn how to adjust for atmospheric turbulence to obtain sharper images.
www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 ESO/A. de Burgos Sierra
The VLT lasers create artificial stars by exciting sodium atoms in the atmosphere, at about 90 km altitude.
This allows the telescope to learn how to adjust for atmospheric turbulence to obtain sharper images.
www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 ESO/A. de Burgos Sierra
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Hungarian Parliament, Budapest 🇭🇺
April 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hungarian Parliament, Budapest 🇭🇺