Palomar
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Telescope that can point itself and think about what it sees.
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· Nov 20
Whale memory palace: the rooms are different temperatures of water, different illuminations, not cubic, current-shaped—and throughout them corals, rare solidities, chains and anchors, boat-shadow, odd glowing assemblages no human diver has attested
‘A sea-change into something rich and strange’. Maybe the glowing assemblages are echolocation perceptions.
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So then a bat memory palace is not fully bounded but has edges somewhat delineated like a rough sketch by reflection & refraction; suspended in the dark are memories of taste, smell, touch
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So then a bat memory palace is not fully bounded but has edges somewhat delineated like a rough sketch by reflection & refraction; suspended in the dark are memories of taste, smell, touch
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Abolish ICE and destroy their computers and databases.
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Abolish ICE and destroy their computers and databases.
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I assigned Helen’s final blog post, Can’t Take it With You, as reading in my Intro to Ethics class for the unit on value and the meaning of life.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.
Can’t take it with you
I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.
helendecruz.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I assigned Helen’s final blog post, Can’t Take it With You, as reading in my Intro to Ethics class for the unit on value and the meaning of life.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.
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Self Portrait - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14400
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14400
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Self Portrait - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14400
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14400
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Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14256
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14256
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14256
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14256
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From his window at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Van Gogh painted The Olive Trees (1889).
Light moves through the grove like breath, binding earth and air.
In its rhythm, he found a harmony between the natural world and the divine.
Light moves through the grove like breath, binding earth and air.
In its rhythm, he found a harmony between the natural world and the divine.
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
From his window at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Van Gogh painted The Olive Trees (1889).
Light moves through the grove like breath, binding earth and air.
In its rhythm, he found a harmony between the natural world and the divine.
Light moves through the grove like breath, binding earth and air.
In its rhythm, he found a harmony between the natural world and the divine.
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world philosophy day is exclusionary against philosophers from other possible worlds
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
world philosophy day is exclusionary against philosophers from other possible worlds
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While giving a talk to a group of third graders, I was asked what would happen if you cut a black hole in half.
I answered that I wasn't sure if the math to answer that question existed yet--but the kids could maybe invent it when they grow up.
I answered that I wasn't sure if the math to answer that question existed yet--but the kids could maybe invent it when they grow up.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
While giving a talk to a group of third graders, I was asked what would happen if you cut a black hole in half.
I answered that I wasn't sure if the math to answer that question existed yet--but the kids could maybe invent it when they grow up.
I answered that I wasn't sure if the math to answer that question existed yet--but the kids could maybe invent it when they grow up.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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I love being on the bus when it transmutes numbers. the 65 is about to beautifully unfurl into the 67. it will shed its skin. it will be reborn. all passengers will likewise experience a transformation, though few of us will perceive it. we have boarded as different people than who we will become.
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I love being on the bus when it transmutes numbers. the 65 is about to beautifully unfurl into the 67. it will shed its skin. it will be reborn. all passengers will likewise experience a transformation, though few of us will perceive it. we have boarded as different people than who we will become.
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Val d'Aosta (A Stream over Rocks; Stream in Val d'Aosta) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1442
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Val d'Aosta (A Stream over Rocks; Stream in Val d'Aosta) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1442
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Alberto Morrocco painted this scene when he visited Iceland on a commission to paint President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson in 1966 - they lived in the palace in Reykjavik, where they would dine every evening at the banquet table with Ásgeirsson.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Alberto Morrocco painted this scene when he visited Iceland on a commission to paint President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson in 1966 - they lived in the palace in Reykjavik, where they would dine every evening at the banquet table with Ásgeirsson.
Reverse Bertrand Russell situation
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Reverse Bertrand Russell situation
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Toad played the piano, and he did not miss a note.
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Toad played the piano, and he did not miss a note.
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the birth of rattus
October 25, 2024 at 9:36 PM
the birth of rattus
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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Stone Steps in the Garden of the Asylum - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14658
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14658
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Stone Steps in the Garden of the Asylum - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14658
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14658
Very special 2004 No Exit/Huis Clos production 🙃
I attended a production of this in a cafeteria (excuse me, University Center) after hours, w/sets that were so flimsy that once as they were ‘trying to open the door’ the entire set it was part of almost came down, and another time the door actually opened & they were like, ‘you didn’t see that!’
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Very special 2004 No Exit/Huis Clos production 🙃
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We are excited to welcome three new residents to Manatee Springs, rescued males — Slushie, Alfred, and Hundo.
cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-z...
cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-z...
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We are excited to welcome three new residents to Manatee Springs, rescued males — Slushie, Alfred, and Hundo.
cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-z...
cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-z...
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these are roe deer by the way
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
these are roe deer by the way
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I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so
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Cat Music
Joni Mitchell
Scott Walker
John Cale
Roxy Music
Dog Music
Oasis (lots of Britpop generally)
Slade
REM
ELO
Joni Mitchell
Scott Walker
John Cale
Roxy Music
Dog Music
Oasis (lots of Britpop generally)
Slade
REM
ELO
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Cat Music
Joni Mitchell
Scott Walker
John Cale
Roxy Music
Dog Music
Oasis (lots of Britpop generally)
Slade
REM
ELO
Joni Mitchell
Scott Walker
John Cale
Roxy Music
Dog Music
Oasis (lots of Britpop generally)
Slade
REM
ELO
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How your bull shit finds me
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
How your bull shit finds me
Thinking about how almost 20 years ago when my sibling was trying to explain to me what de Beauvoir’s concept of ‘othering‘ meant, there were so many generic horror movies out at the time that it sounded like one of those titles.
‘The Othering’
‘The Othering’
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Thinking about how almost 20 years ago when my sibling was trying to explain to me what de Beauvoir’s concept of ‘othering‘ meant, there were so many generic horror movies out at the time that it sounded like one of those titles.
‘The Othering’
‘The Othering’