Nice Convos
@niceconvos.bsky.social
Now also on here. Still me. You might remember me from over there.
Scottish by Choice. YES & pro EU. Atheist. Love rural life, nature, animals, history, music, science & astronomy. Disabled. Intersectionality, human rights & equality. Ally. Say hi! 🙂
Scottish by Choice. YES & pro EU. Atheist. Love rural life, nature, animals, history, music, science & astronomy. Disabled. Intersectionality, human rights & equality. Ally. Say hi! 🙂
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Nice Convos
@niceconvos.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Yessers in Scotland:
We will never all agree on everything.
That is ok.
We do however have the same goal.
Let's make it happen.
Together. 💙
We will never all agree on everything.
That is ok.
We do however have the same goal.
Let's make it happen.
Together. 💙
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JWST images of all four gas giants in our Solar System.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM
JWST images of all four gas giants in our Solar System.
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I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
November 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
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It's not a difference of political opinions if the opposing side's opinion is that you aren't human or shouldn't exist. That's not how anything works.
November 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
It's not a difference of political opinions if the opposing side's opinion is that you aren't human or shouldn't exist. That's not how anything works.
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Happy Sunday afternoon everyone!
Thanks to everyone who has followed me on here. Day three for me and the third day fighting a migraine, so if I miss anyone give me a nudge! 👋🙂
Thanks to everyone who has followed me on here. Day three for me and the third day fighting a migraine, so if I miss anyone give me a nudge! 👋🙂
November 17, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Happy Sunday afternoon everyone!
Thanks to everyone who has followed me on here. Day three for me and the third day fighting a migraine, so if I miss anyone give me a nudge! 👋🙂
Thanks to everyone who has followed me on here. Day three for me and the third day fighting a migraine, so if I miss anyone give me a nudge! 👋🙂
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On Jan. 22, 2011, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) took this image of the Moon from a distance of 39 km. The remarkable thing about it is that the Apollo 11 lunar module is in this frame. Can you find it?
#planetaryScience #spaceExploration 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
#planetaryScience #spaceExploration 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
November 16, 2024 at 2:58 PM
On Jan. 22, 2011, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) took this image of the Moon from a distance of 39 km. The remarkable thing about it is that the Apollo 11 lunar module is in this frame. Can you find it?
#planetaryScience #spaceExploration 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
#planetaryScience #spaceExploration 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
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Look to community. Look to friends and family who stood with us and who suffer the grief of this loss with us. In their company find comfort. And when you are ready to stand up and fight, I will be with you, too.
We will prevail. For the light always defeats the darkness. /end
We will prevail. For the light always defeats the darkness. /end
November 16, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Look to community. Look to friends and family who stood with us and who suffer the grief of this loss with us. In their company find comfort. And when you are ready to stand up and fight, I will be with you, too.
We will prevail. For the light always defeats the darkness. /end
We will prevail. For the light always defeats the darkness. /end
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So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me.
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
November 16, 2024 at 12:49 AM
So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me.
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
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… very last breath. I ask you to join me in that fight. It is a noble one. It is a worthy one. And it is one we fight on behalf not just of ourselves, but of generations to come.
When you are my age, you will be able to look back upon this time and be proud of what you did, what you stood for. /4
When you are my age, you will be able to look back upon this time and be proud of what you did, what you stood for. /4
November 16, 2024 at 12:46 AM
… very last breath. I ask you to join me in that fight. It is a noble one. It is a worthy one. And it is one we fight on behalf not just of ourselves, but of generations to come.
When you are my age, you will be able to look back upon this time and be proud of what you did, what you stood for. /4
When you are my age, you will be able to look back upon this time and be proud of what you did, what you stood for. /4
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But we did not give up on this country. We rebuilt our lives, and we worked to ensure that something like this never happened again in America.
Now, I fear there are echoes from that dark chapter of our history. They are speaking once again of camps to hold people, this time for the crime of /2
Now, I fear there are echoes from that dark chapter of our history. They are speaking once again of camps to hold people, this time for the crime of /2
November 16, 2024 at 12:44 AM
But we did not give up on this country. We rebuilt our lives, and we worked to ensure that something like this never happened again in America.
Now, I fear there are echoes from that dark chapter of our history. They are speaking once again of camps to hold people, this time for the crime of /2
Now, I fear there are echoes from that dark chapter of our history. They are speaking once again of camps to hold people, this time for the crime of /2
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…being undocumented. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn from them. I know it feels bleak out there. I know it feels hopeless. But I am living proof that out of that darkness can rise great hope and optimism.
I will fight for the principles of this country until my /3
I will fight for the principles of this country until my /3
November 16, 2024 at 12:45 AM
…being undocumented. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn from them. I know it feels bleak out there. I know it feels hopeless. But I am living proof that out of that darkness can rise great hope and optimism.
I will fight for the principles of this country until my /3
I will fight for the principles of this country until my /3
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I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
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Love this. ‘Queue’ is from the French word with the same spelling (but pronounced as ‘kuh’) meaning an animal’s long tail.
In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.
In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.
the “ueue” in “queue” is really just there as an example
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Love this. ‘Queue’ is from the French word with the same spelling (but pronounced as ‘kuh’) meaning an animal’s long tail.
In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.
In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.
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Hello, bright new world. I'm Patt from OorPatts.com The Glasgow artist, with a range of cards, prints, mugs, tote bags etc...
Tell yer pals and if you could... could you tell my pals😁
Tell yer pals and if you could... could you tell my pals😁
November 15, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Hello, bright new world. I'm Patt from OorPatts.com The Glasgow artist, with a range of cards, prints, mugs, tote bags etc...
Tell yer pals and if you could... could you tell my pals😁
Tell yer pals and if you could... could you tell my pals😁
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Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
November 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
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Brace yourselves...
November 17, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Brace yourselves...
Thread with really useful block lists 📌
Starting a thread of blocklists to share (feel free to reply with your favorites)
November 17, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Thread with really useful block lists 📌
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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Also, BookSky needs a Tartan Noir section!
November 16, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Also, BookSky needs a Tartan Noir section!
On BookSky that whole "show us 20 books" thing is making the rounds. I mean, how to choose only 20 though? Where to even start and then it's already over before it began. 😂
November 16, 2024 at 7:13 PM
On BookSky that whole "show us 20 books" thing is making the rounds. I mean, how to choose only 20 though? Where to even start and then it's already over before it began. 😂
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If you've got clear skies, go outside and wave at our neighbour who is looking particularly stunning tonight. And if you have them, root out the binoculars to get a closer look at the grey maria: ~3.5 billion years ago these were seas of molten lava 🤓 #supermoon 🔭🧪
November 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM
If you've got clear skies, go outside and wave at our neighbour who is looking particularly stunning tonight. And if you have them, root out the binoculars to get a closer look at the grey maria: ~3.5 billion years ago these were seas of molten lava 🤓 #supermoon 🔭🧪
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The "Arecibo Message" was beamed towards globular cluster M13, in the constellation Hercules, #OTD in 1974. The broadcast took place during the dedication of an upgrade to the radio telescope.
It was the first message sent with the intention of alerting extraterrestrials to life on Earth. 🧪 🔭 👽
It was the first message sent with the intention of alerting extraterrestrials to life on Earth. 🧪 🔭 👽
November 16, 2024 at 5:46 PM
The "Arecibo Message" was beamed towards globular cluster M13, in the constellation Hercules, #OTD in 1974. The broadcast took place during the dedication of an upgrade to the radio telescope.
It was the first message sent with the intention of alerting extraterrestrials to life on Earth. 🧪 🔭 👽
It was the first message sent with the intention of alerting extraterrestrials to life on Earth. 🧪 🔭 👽
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#Uranus reaches 2024 opposition tomorrow. For more than 30 years, #Hubble has watched the shifting Uranian seasons, from southern summer solstice (seen by Voyager 2 in 1986), through equinox in 2007, and (hopefully) on to northern summer solstice in 2030. #planetaryscience 📸 NASA/ESA/STScI/Fletcher
November 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
#Uranus reaches 2024 opposition tomorrow. For more than 30 years, #Hubble has watched the shifting Uranian seasons, from southern summer solstice (seen by Voyager 2 in 1986), through equinox in 2007, and (hopefully) on to northern summer solstice in 2030. #planetaryscience 📸 NASA/ESA/STScI/Fletcher