bean sidhe
@number1banshee.bsky.social
3D art/printing, mixed media, amateur photography
watching humans prepare for off-world working & living within our lifetime - we can 💯do this with our compassion and empathy intact 🌑🌏🛰️
Collector of strange facts.
watching humans prepare for off-world working & living within our lifetime - we can 💯do this with our compassion and empathy intact 🌑🌏🛰️
Collector of strange facts.
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bean sidhe
@number1banshee.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Deserves to be shared on Bluesky too. The funniest video of all time.
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"Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn ... then it shows how by these operations problems may be solved."
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)
~Isaac Newton born #OTD in 1643.
Newton at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)
~Isaac Newton born #OTD in 1643.
Newton at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
January 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
"Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn ... then it shows how by these operations problems may be solved."
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)
~Isaac Newton born #OTD in 1643.
Newton at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)
~Isaac Newton born #OTD in 1643.
Newton at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books
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Personal Note, January 1 2026: I have a new job: Executive Director of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Here's what I wrote for PG's January Newsletter.
go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...
#publicdomain
go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...
#publicdomain
New Job: Project Gutenberg
Personal Note, January 1 2026: I have a new job: Executive Director of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation . Here's what I wro...
go-to-hellman.blogspot.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Personal Note, January 1 2026: I have a new job: Executive Director of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Here's what I wrote for PG's January Newsletter.
go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...
#publicdomain
go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...
#publicdomain
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In the public domain soon, in libraries now
The Penn Libraries, where I work, has first editions of many of the works featured in my #PublicDomainDayCountdown .
By John Mark Ockerbloom
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/26/i...
#books #literature #publicDomainDayCountdown
The Penn Libraries, where I work, has first editions of many of the works featured in my #PublicDomainDayCountdown .
By John Mark Ockerbloom
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/26/i...
#books #literature #publicDomainDayCountdown
December 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
In the public domain soon, in libraries now
The Penn Libraries, where I work, has first editions of many of the works featured in my #PublicDomainDayCountdown .
By John Mark Ockerbloom
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/26/i...
#books #literature #publicDomainDayCountdown
The Penn Libraries, where I work, has first editions of many of the works featured in my #PublicDomainDayCountdown .
By John Mark Ockerbloom
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/26/i...
#books #literature #publicDomainDayCountdown
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why even release the files if you're gonna do this
December 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
why even release the files if you're gonna do this
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#FossilFriday Stack of opalised vertebrae from an Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur. Another remarkable fossil on display in the South Australia Museum, Adelaide.
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
#FossilFriday Stack of opalised vertebrae from an Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur. Another remarkable fossil on display in the South Australia Museum, Adelaide.
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Shirokuro, a Japanese restaurant in NYC's East Village, where the interior mimics a hand-drawn black-and-white sketchbook.
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Shirokuro, a Japanese restaurant in NYC's East Village, where the interior mimics a hand-drawn black-and-white sketchbook.
we're starlifting already? didnt realize we made it beyond type 0 civilization.
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
we're starlifting already? didnt realize we made it beyond type 0 civilization.
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The AAS is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that the NSF intends to “restructure” the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) by narrowing the scope of its scientific investigations and stripping it of key assets used in those investigations. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
AAS Responds to Reported Dismantling of NCAR | American Astronomical Society
The AAS is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that the National Science Foundation (NSF) intends to “restructure” the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) by narrowing the scop...
aas.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The AAS is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that the NSF intends to “restructure” the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) by narrowing the scope of its scientific investigations and stripping it of key assets used in those investigations. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
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Republicans are saying there was no probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago. That is not true. I explain and provide all the facts in this piece (If you find information like this useful, you can sign up for my newsletter for free): joycevance.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Republicans are saying there was no probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago. That is not true. I explain and provide all the facts in this piece (If you find information like this useful, you can sign up for my newsletter for free): joycevance.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions," Smith told lawmakers.
www.kawc.org/npr-news/202...
#jacksmith
#jan6
#justice
www.kawc.org/npr-news/202...
#jacksmith
#jan6
#justice
Jack Smith defends his prosecutions of Trump in closed-door session in Congress
The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 202...
www.kawc.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions," Smith told lawmakers.
www.kawc.org/npr-news/202...
#jacksmith
#jan6
#justice
www.kawc.org/npr-news/202...
#jacksmith
#jan6
#justice
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a developing supercell thunderstorm on July 2nd of 2024 in southeast Iowa somewhere
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
a developing supercell thunderstorm on July 2nd of 2024 in southeast Iowa somewhere
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This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
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Good morning! Science time!
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer
Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale.
radio.wpsu.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good morning! Science time!
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
"[...]researchers say using AI, in combination with the fundamental physics of how the Earth's crust moves and responds to stress, could transform the ability to monitor, understand and even forecast volcanic activity.
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini 'earthquake swarm.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scientists reveal what triggered Santorini 'earthquake swarm'
Thousands of earthquakes were caused by magma
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"[...]researchers say using AI, in combination with the fundamental physics of how the Earth's crust moves and responds to stress, could transform the ability to monitor, understand and even forecast volcanic activity.
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
This could help keep people in seismically active parts of the world safe."
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Art Deco NiMo Building in New York c.1932
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Art Deco NiMo Building in New York c.1932
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Here are the effects of the X5.1 flare on our ionosphere. This plot shows which areas may have radio signal disruptions. The sunlit side of Earth saw a radio blackout during the flare, and the polar regions are now experiencing some disruptions due to the radiation storm.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Here are the effects of the X5.1 flare on our ionosphere. This plot shows which areas may have radio signal disruptions. The sunlit side of Earth saw a radio blackout during the flare, and the polar regions are now experiencing some disruptions due to the radiation storm.
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The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
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For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
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Literally watching this scene *right now*
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Literally watching this scene *right now*
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One more thought: I won't say existing scholarship is in vain, but short of proposing transformational reform, it works within a legal architecture that surely is no longer sustainable and must be reconsidered, if not discarded. New work must be bedrock foundational, not cosmetic window dressing.
Not to diminish law review articles & law school committee work, but right now law professors should be working collectively on an intellectual & service project of immense, existential importance: building consensus around a revolutionary constitutional framework-of a Reconstruction 2.0 magnitude.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One more thought: I won't say existing scholarship is in vain, but short of proposing transformational reform, it works within a legal architecture that surely is no longer sustainable and must be reconsidered, if not discarded. New work must be bedrock foundational, not cosmetic window dressing.
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Spiralweb using Python
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Spiralweb using Python
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The War on Christmas is real, and we will not stop our fight until Christmas withdraws its forces back beyond the Thanksgiving line.
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The War on Christmas is real, and we will not stop our fight until Christmas withdraws its forces back beyond the Thanksgiving line.
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Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social