Aris Dacanalis
arisd.bsky.social
Aris Dacanalis
@arisd.bsky.social
Antikythera Mechanism researcher. PhD student at UCL. Teacher of Physics and Astronomy.
When the memorandum (a behemoth of a bill) was being passed in an emergency midnight session in parliament, he was the only MP that was absent (not ill). He had gone to his holiday home on the island of Aegina when the rest of parliament was voting the most humiliating bill in modern Greek history.
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sheriff Gordon - the Joker has escaped from Arkham!
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
But in theory what you emit depends on what you absorb - so is it a case of it emits everything anyway but only some wavelengths survive at certain altitudes because the others get scattered?
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Greeks still buy “mataki”=“little eye” pendants as wearables or,
, larger sized ones for the entire house. They ward off the “evil eye”. There is also a little prayer you can recite for someone else to banish it and a “litmus test” of sorts involving olive oil to determine if one is under its effect
October 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
We got the call
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Love these. I single out Sommerfeld as a modern grandad of Nobel laureates of the past century
October 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Any last minute free spaces? Eventbrite says sales ended atm
September 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM