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Timoer
@timoer.bsky.social
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Wannabee science historian, PhD in chemistry. Fan of Davy, Dirac and a few others. Avid reader
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ihara-saikaku.bsky.social
Good morning. Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture is clear weather. Today, “In occupied Germany, the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Trials) begins in Nuremberg to try Nazi war crimes (1945).” Have a good day! #What_day_is_it? ‪http://www.nnh.to/11/20.html‬
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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josephtorigian.bsky.social
Very cool to see this long interview with me about my book on Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, in Dutch newspaper @volkskrant.nl t.nl

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November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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matthewcobb.bsky.social
Len Deighton, the king of cool, apparently the first author to use a word processor (the thing that takes up the right side of the photo), working on his novel BOMBER with cutaway images of a Ju88 and (?) a Beaufort.
Len Deighton in white shirt and thin black tie, with maps of London and cutaways on the wall behind him.
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
timoer.bsky.social
This seemed appropriate reading for the Sunday morning. Very entertaining.
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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dandrezner.bsky.social
I liked DEATH BY LIGHTNING but also found it frustrating. I suspect that was partially by design. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/why-death-...
Why 'Death By Lightning' Was So Frustrating
The new Netflix limited series is a cruel reminder of what the United States has gain and lost since 1881 -- and what likely needs to happen to make things right.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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drannaclark.bsky.social
William Herschel, German-born British astronomer, born #OTD 1738; discovered planet Uranus in 1781, pioneered use of astronomical spectrophotometry, discovered infrared radiation; Fellow Royal Society, first President Royal Astronomical Society.
Portrait by Abbott 1785, NPG London
Herschel Museum
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
timoer.bsky.social
“Een verse spits” Werd tijd, we voetballen al 85 min met een spits die ver over de datum is. #polned
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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monicamedhist.bsky.social
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾

Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Black Knights
A new account of racial logics in premodern Islamic literature.   In Black Knights, Rachel Schine reveals how the Arabic-speaking world developed a different form of racial knowledge than their Europe...
press.uchicago.edu
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
timoer.bsky.social
Depay, Kluivert en Geertruida onmiddelijk wisselen
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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wardqnormal.bsky.social
Second hydrogen bond tie. I love this one, because it shows the hexagonal structure of ice, which helps me explain to my students why ice floats in water.
Close-up photo of a man with a blond/gray beard, wearing a blue pin-striped shirt, light blue sweater vest, and a yellow tie with red and blue water molecule models in a hexagonal bee-hive arrangement.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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mcnees.bsky.social
The result has since been refined by measuring the effect with distant space probes. In 2003, Bertotti, Iess, and Tortora used a signal sent to and from the Cassini probe to confirm the predictions of general relativity with an accuracy of 20 parts per million. (5/5)

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letters to nature .............................................................. A test of general relativity using radio links with the Cassini spacecraft B. Bertotti1, L. Iess2 & P. Tortora3 1Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Universita ` di Pavia, Via U. Bassi 6, I-27100, Pavia, Italy 2Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale ed Astronautica, Universita ` di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana 16, I-00184, Roma, Italy 3II Facolta ` di Ingegneria, Universita ` di Bologna, Via Fontanelle 40, I-47100, Forlı ` , Italy ............................................................................................................................................................................. According to general relativity, photons are deflected and delayed by the curvature of space-time produced by any mass1–3. The bending and delay are proportional to g 1 1, where the par- ameter g is unity in general relativity but zero in the newtonian model of gravity. The quantity g2 1 measures the degree to which gravity is not a purely geometric effect and is affected by other fields; such fields may have strongly influenced the early Universe, but would have now weakened so as to produce tiny— but still detectable—effects. Several experiments have confirmed to an accuracy of,0.1% the predictions for the deflection4,5 and delay6 of photons produced by the Sun. Here we report a measurement of the frequency shift of radio photons to and from the Cassini spacecraft as they passed near the Sun. Our result, g 5 1 1 (2.1 6 2.3) 3 1025, agrees with the predictions of standard general relativity with a sensitivity that approaches the level at which, theoretically, deviations are expected in some cosmological models.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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stephenaj.bsky.social
Strictly local #Oxford interest, but can't help blurting out #Bodleian news. After at least 40 years of using the central library, and restricted to reading onsite, I've just collected a couple of books which I am about to walk out the door with. A loan, but feels like I'll be apprehended for theft!
Front cover of hardback book on 15th-century Viennese astronomer/astrologer Johannes von Gmunden (ed. Simek/Klein, 2012).
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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hesterloeff.bsky.social
Als je nog andere dingen voor de feestdagen wil bestellen zoals #Noordzee kabinetjes (€23,50) of #basterkabinetjes (€59,95/€69,95) of #Schelptekeningen (€59,95 geloof ik) dan kun je dat ook al aangeven in DM want ik weet niet of ik overal genoeg voorraad van kan maken
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
timoer.bsky.social
It is Saturday morning 8.20, had breakfast, went into the shower and now it is raining outside. What to do? Read a book I guess
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
timoer.bsky.social
Next book!
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
Image: three figures in protective suits watch from behind a screen as a child approaches a door-like mechanical structure in which stands a man. Between them is an amorphous glowing shape. Caption: Scientists at the institute of halloween studies have succeeded in creating "The treak": a quantum state that is simultaneously trick and treat. It is stable for a millionth of a second before decaying into a half-hearted prank and a mediocre candy bar.
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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writinghelena.bsky.social
Just submitted a review of Wolfram Kinzig's amazing book A History of Early Christian Creeds.
It was such a joy reading it and discussing it back in the summer at the book launch.
Go read it or perhaps, given the length, browse it - you will never think about the Nicene creed in the same way again.
cover of Wolfram Kinzig, A History of Early Christian Creeds, De Gruyter 2024
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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onslies.bsky.social
Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. The pair is outside, seemingly mid-season because calvin is wearing a light jacket but no gloves or scarf. He's on one of his monologues: "In the future, everything will be effortless. Computers will take care of every task. We'll just point to what we want done and click. We'll never need to leave the climate-controlled comfort of our homes. No nuisance, no wasted time, no annoying human interaction." " no life," Hobbes observes as they walk off. "Life is too inconvenient," Calvin confirms.
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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traumainformedcontent.com
The sheer size of the ballot papers in the Netherlands caused problems yesterday. One man got his hand stuck in a ballot box when he tried to push the folded sheet down. It took half an hour to free him. A woman lost her wedding ring, which was retrieved at the count.
Dutch ballot paper.
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
timoer.bsky.social
TIL that my aunt, who passed away at 83 yrs earlier this week, was born in Liegnitz, now Legnica in Silesia, Poland. A historic place, well known for the battle of Liegnitz in 1241. I will need to go and visit it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
timoer.bsky.social
Buiten schijnt de zon tenminste.
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
timoer.bsky.social
Post something random or you’ll have an AWFUL November
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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annalunapost.bsky.social
My author copies arrived and I’m over the moon — look at these beauties!

@upittpress.bsky.social did such a marvelous job on design & production. The book officially comes out 14 October, but you can already pre-order your copy through the publisher’s website or local bookseller!
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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alomshaha.bsky.social
“I just want a moment to say how amazing and wonderful this book was and how much fun it was to read“ - delightful, comprehensive review of “About Time” by a NINE year-old!!!
Review: 'About Time: A Children's Guide To The History And Science Of Time'
As reviewed by a 9-year-old.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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annalunapost.bsky.social
Mijn boek Galileo's Fame is uit!

En dat vieren we met een programma bij Spui25 rond de Wetenschapper als Publiek Figuur.

Op 26 november, met Robbert Dijkgraaf, Jeroen van Dongen, Margriet van der Heijden en Gemma Venhuizen.

Aanmelden kan hier:

spui25.nl/programma/de...
De wetenschapper als publiek figuur
​​Hoe komt wetenschappelijke roem tot stand? Wie verkrijgt roem, en waarom? En wat betekent het – voor wetenschappers zelf, en voor de samenleving – als wetenschappers publieke bekendheid vergaren? He...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM