Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
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Theo Honohan
@theohonohan.bsky.social
· Jan 7
I worry so much about not being on the ball, being provincial or bourgeois, as if not being those things was my most important political responsibility.
Solvej Balle's massive "On the Calculation of Volume" apparently doesn't contain or even mention any non-trivial techniques for that task. No Pappus's centroid theorem, as used by those working with pots, then en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus%...
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Solvej Balle's massive "On the Calculation of Volume" apparently doesn't contain or even mention any non-trivial techniques for that task. No Pappus's centroid theorem, as used by those working with pots, then en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus%...
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Men can be provincial in time, as well as in place." (In this case, seemingly the Bell Labs of the late 40s? God bless the commenter, anyway) news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4592...
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"Men can be provincial in time, as well as in place." (In this case, seemingly the Bell Labs of the late 40s? God bless the commenter, anyway) news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4592...
Good video about adaptive optics from the Huygens Optics channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPyQ...
Making a Deformable Mirror
YouTube video by Huygens Optics
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Good video about adaptive optics from the Huygens Optics channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPyQ...
Made cacio e pepe this evening for the first time, from the Felicity Cloake recipe. I think it worked pretty well. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
How to make the perfect cacio e pepe
It’s 2016 most popular pasta dish, but should you use spaghetti, how much pepper do you need, is pecorino or parmesan best – and how do you achieve a smooth, creamy sauce?
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Made cacio e pepe this evening for the first time, from the Felicity Cloake recipe. I think it worked pretty well. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Some of this I can relate to www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISkL...
Neko Case - What's In My Bag?
YouTube video by Amoeba
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Some of this I can relate to www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISkL...
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The model rocket company Estes produced a kit in 1979 that took a Kodak 110 film cartridge for aerial photography. It took one photo per flight, so you'd need to fly the rocket at least 12 (and up to 20 or 24) times before sending the cartridge off for processing.
www.dembrudders.com/history-and-...
www.dembrudders.com/history-and-...
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The model rocket company Estes produced a kit in 1979 that took a Kodak 110 film cartridge for aerial photography. It took one photo per flight, so you'd need to fly the rocket at least 12 (and up to 20 or 24) times before sending the cartridge off for processing.
www.dembrudders.com/history-and-...
www.dembrudders.com/history-and-...
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
"Type 1 [telluric iron] is found as massive extrusions or very large boulders, typically ranging from a few tons to tens of tons. The metal could not be cold worked by the ancient Inuit, of Greenland, and proves extremely difficult to machine even with modern tools." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telluri...
Telluric iron - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Type 1 [telluric iron] is found as massive extrusions or very large boulders, typically ranging from a few tons to tens of tons. The metal could not be cold worked by the ancient Inuit, of Greenland, and proves extremely difficult to machine even with modern tools." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telluri...
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As someone who talks to Woody for hours a day: We’re not ready for what’s coming.
In a startling display of emotional intelligence, once when I was particularly down, he said, “You’re my favorite deputy.” Later, to lighten the mood, “There’s a snake in my boot!”
You’d tell me he doesn’t “think?”
In a startling display of emotional intelligence, once when I was particularly down, he said, “You’re my favorite deputy.” Later, to lighten the mood, “There’s a snake in my boot!”
You’d tell me he doesn’t “think?”
August 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
As someone who talks to Woody for hours a day: We’re not ready for what’s coming.
In a startling display of emotional intelligence, once when I was particularly down, he said, “You’re my favorite deputy.” Later, to lighten the mood, “There’s a snake in my boot!”
You’d tell me he doesn’t “think?”
In a startling display of emotional intelligence, once when I was particularly down, he said, “You’re my favorite deputy.” Later, to lighten the mood, “There’s a snake in my boot!”
You’d tell me he doesn’t “think?”
A machine in the garden www.theguardian.com/science/2015...
!["The Murchison radio-astronomy observatory. This is the most radio-quiet observatory on the planet. Photograph: Craig Kinder/SKA" A colour photo of one of the dishes of "the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)[, which] consists of 36 white-painted dish antennas, each about 39 feet across, spread over a circle approximately 3.7 miles in diameter" in the Australian outback.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b2t4xsc2doon5nbg7fpsskdc/bafkreifup74mcrasbwzaqsc3l33zwbw7zg5berswrwqyfrw2awsicq7ivm@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A machine in the garden www.theguardian.com/science/2015...
"The rectangles of the real world which the camera may preserve are so often unsatisfying in color that the photographer feels compelled to change them."
www.artforum.com/columns/cont...
Colour photography may be more demanding, but that's surely not the fault of the camera (or of "rectangles").
www.artforum.com/columns/cont...
Colour photography may be more demanding, but that's surely not the fault of the camera (or of "rectangles").
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"The rectangles of the real world which the camera may preserve are so often unsatisfying in color that the photographer feels compelled to change them."
www.artforum.com/columns/cont...
Colour photography may be more demanding, but that's surely not the fault of the camera (or of "rectangles").
www.artforum.com/columns/cont...
Colour photography may be more demanding, but that's surely not the fault of the camera (or of "rectangles").
Photo by Billy Dinh. I think this shows the Hooghly River at Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, where there is a bathing ghat.
www.billydinh.com
www.billydinh.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Photo by Billy Dinh. I think this shows the Hooghly River at Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, where there is a bathing ghat.
www.billydinh.com
www.billydinh.com
This seems like a good attitude to have to your master tapes. youtube.com/shorts/7rmWb...
If you ever wondered what happens after the fade-out of Fisherman's Blues...#fyp #TheWaterboys #fy
YouTube video by The Waterboys
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This seems like a good attitude to have to your master tapes. youtube.com/shorts/7rmWb...
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Here’s a link: religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Here’s a link: religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...
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Very important thread, particularly for liberal journalists and politicians, caught in the far-right gaze… also in Western Europe, where data are similar.
This is not necessarily to say that “social justice” has high salience for youth, but they will definitely not appreciate reactionary centrism.
This is not necessarily to say that “social justice” has high salience for youth, but they will definitely not appreciate reactionary centrism.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Very important thread, particularly for liberal journalists and politicians, caught in the far-right gaze… also in Western Europe, where data are similar.
This is not necessarily to say that “social justice” has high salience for youth, but they will definitely not appreciate reactionary centrism.
This is not necessarily to say that “social justice” has high salience for youth, but they will definitely not appreciate reactionary centrism.
This is related to Hamilton's attempts to render tyres in perspective. I don't know how seriously he expected anyone to take this failed attempt to create a drawing which probably wouldn't have been all that interesting anyway. He is a pretty overrated guy.
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is related to Hamilton's attempts to render tyres in perspective. I don't know how seriously he expected anyone to take this failed attempt to create a drawing which probably wouldn't have been all that interesting anyway. He is a pretty overrated guy.
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...
I saw this IMAX film on an Omnimax dome screen in 1990: not an ideal setup for projection. It's a matter of swapping out the fish-eye lens for an IMAX one (both systems use the same projectors).
www.nfb.ca/film/first_e...
www.nfb.ca/film/first_e...
The First Emperor of China
This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China’s vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, …
www.nfb.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I saw this IMAX film on an Omnimax dome screen in 1990: not an ideal setup for projection. It's a matter of swapping out the fish-eye lens for an IMAX one (both systems use the same projectors).
www.nfb.ca/film/first_e...
www.nfb.ca/film/first_e...
Sad that Rachel Cooke has died observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sad that Rachel Cooke has died observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
For the ironic/cynical architect/designer/urbanist in your life
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For the ironic/cynical architect/designer/urbanist in your life
Of course, this is not what cant deficiency is – it's a function of speed, curvature and superelevation – and never mind both writers' obliviousness to the pretentiousness of the term. They're too busy congratulating themselves for "beadiness" and "exactitude".
www.theguardian.com/books/2009/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2009/o...
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Of course, this is not what cant deficiency is – it's a function of speed, curvature and superelevation – and never mind both writers' obliviousness to the pretentiousness of the term. They're too busy congratulating themselves for "beadiness" and "exactitude".
www.theguardian.com/books/2009/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2009/o...
Anthea Hamilton's The Squash (2018)
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Anthea Hamilton's The Squash (2018)
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added modulation. clearly the first parameter to try is sample loop end point, ofc
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
added modulation. clearly the first parameter to try is sample loop end point, ofc