#Cosmology

Ali Karjoo-Ravary علی کارجو راوری

akarjooravary

I'm excited about this, even if somehow, tens of thousands of years in the future, Hollywood thinks jihad is taboo. Herbert defined jihad as a crusade and saw them as

Daniel Pietersen

pietersender

For @FolkloreThurs and their day of #villains in #myth and #folklore , here’s a thread on everyone’s favourite Norse trickster.Ratatoskr the squirrel!#FolkloreThursday #squirrel #norse #myth #LokiWho Ratatoskr, or drill-tooth, lives

illþýðufylking 🏴

illthydufylking

Can you tell the difference between these three runes? Can you tell which is genuinely ancient, which was carved in stone and wood by Vikings, and which is a product

🇧🇧 Ethereal Bisexual Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

summary via friend: "Researchers found that when a transcript showing strong grades was given a black female name, counselors were 20% less likely to recommend them for AP calculus compared

Broken Native

iambrokennative

Afrika’s Gifts To HumanityOne key component of Pan Africanism is the debunking of racist stereotypes like “Afrika never contributed anything to humanity”. This drives racism in our world todayWithout much

astrobites

astrobites

The first plenary of the second day of #AAS237 is titled " A New Era for Galactic Dynamics in the Milky Way" and is being given by Adrian Price-Whelan from

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[QUICK THREAD: BURIDAN'S ASS]1/28An old French proverb goes, on ne fait pas boire un âne qui n'a pas soif. Translated to English, one does not make a donkey drink if

foone

Foone

you know what's the problem with all these current-virus conspiracy theories?they don't go far enough, and they're not inventive. they're just old tricks. "oh the virus was created in china

Marcel S. Pawlowski

8minutesold

I'm super excited for our new paper today (by @VoltarCH, @lellifede, @KatjaFah, @satellitegalaxy et al.): https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.08138 The title already states our main finding: "The coherent motion of Cen A dwarf

James Harland

DJMHarland

Alright, just one thing. More a general comment on how these burials are still sometimes discussed than on the movie, per se. The sort of burial these mounds were part

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

In the *very* distant Universe, astronomers have found a black hole that is so huge, so bright, and so gluttonous that my brain wants to leap out my skull and

William Clare Roberts

MarxinHell

As much as I enjoy dunking on Michael Walzer — and if I can’t dunk on Walzer, I don’t want to be part of your revolution — it might be

A. S. Katoch

as_katoch

Reading about 𒀯𒋦𒈧𒄩 or Mul Suḫur-Māš-Ku (The Goat-Fish) constellation in Gavin White's "Babylonian Star Lore". It's helping me deepen what I think I know about Deneb Algedi's symbolism as a

David Roberts

drvolts

There is a sociological tale to be told about a certain kind of person who had some intensely negative personal interactions with snooty liberals in college, or in their youth,

Dr. Holly Walters (a.k.a Left Field Notes)

Manigarm

The news has my blood pressure up this morning, but there's nothing like a good #FolkloreThursday Shaligram thread for a moment's respite!Here today, then, is the Madhusudana Shaligram! Madhusudana is

Tim Howles

AimeTim

1/ @BrunoLatourAIME's engagement with Carl Schmitt in recent years is v. important. He has engaged in reading groups & seminars with @msnorthcott & others. In this recent article, dedicated to

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