Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman & Iranian to earn the Fields Medal in mathematics for her brilliant work in hyperbolic geometry.

Her achievements influenced quantum field theory, engineering & material science & may have applications related to how the universe began.

Mirzakhani was an immigrant & became a Stanford professor. She passed away at just 40 in 2017. In her words:

“The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.”

https://theconversation.com/maryam-mirzakhani-was-a-role-model-for-more-than-just-her-mathematics-81143 #women #history

@dramypsyd Time to repost this classic headline, from BBC no less:

In just a few short hours it will be completely legal to write, distribute, and profit from story about Dracula, Winnie the Pooh, and Sherlock teaming up to fight crime together. What a time to be alive!

Gotta love this. New Year's eve fireworks in Scarborough, England were canceled last night so as not to disturb an Arctic walrus named Thor. He's resting, you see.

Oh, and happy new year.

#Walrus #NewYear #NewYearsEve

If you’re going to set off fireworks all evening and not just at midnight, then I should legally be allowed to let my dogs shit in *your* house because you’ve made them terrified of going outside.

So, the whole thing with c.im and some other stuff that's been popping up in my timeline had me down. Went to twitter found people discussing it, filled in some missing bits.

While I was there I saw 7 transphobic memes. Looked at each one carefully-- none of them meet the conditions that would make reporting them worthwhile. (outrageous)

So, that's the difference ugliness is everywhere but at least here we can do something about it.

RT @chromato_mania
I may not be able to do some of what my neurotypical friends and family can... but I can create my art :) I started my aerial embroidery journey 3.5 years ago and love it more every day! Do you create art? What kind? #autism #ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent

Aliens contact Earth

And the message that we all agree to send back

On behalf of humanity is

"Please don't tell anyone that we live like this"

I was thinking that #GlassOnion is oddly timely what with film production cycles and all that. But if you were to say, in 2020, what are the odds that at least one tech billionaire (not necessarily Elon) will be doing something stupid when we release this movie two years from now? And, uh, yeah, the odds are good that the goods will be odd.

My favourite experience in nature from 2022… a nearby hillside turned purple.

Common foxgloves produce vast quantities of seeds - these waited in the earth for years, from a time before the hill was planted with conifers. In 2021 foresters cleared the dense trees, giving them their chance. The plants grew all year, rested over winter, then bloomed this June in their second summer.

Nature is full of surprises.

#nature #environment #plants #wildflowers #LandscapePhotography #Somerset #Quantocks

Let this sink in for a minute...

Of all the mammals on Earth, 96% are livestock and humans.

Only 4% are wild mammals.

Of all birds in the world, 70% are chickens and other poultry, just 30% are wild.

#BiodiversityLoss #Nature

Presenting the Champlain Ice Scarf: #climate #knitting. The white rows are years when Lake Champlain (#vermont) froze over. The blue rows are years when it did not. Data are from 1800 through 2021. Guess which end is 1820.

this one goes out to everyone whose accomplishments this year aren't visible. the ones who prioritised rest over the rat race, who rebuilt themselves, ground up, cell by cell.

those who caressed their scars & found the space to heal. the ones who found reasons to smile in a world that makes you scream. those who danced again, sang again, found a moment of grace. if you felt joy in being able to pause, in being able to breathe—

you lived this year, too. and how beautiful it is that you did. 💚

Proposal to delay go-live on #2023 until we have most of the bugs ironed out this time.

Obviously, media and public health outlets have been saying "COVID is over" despite the overwhelming evidence it is not.
I'd expect that the new narrative will be "COVID was totally over but China brought it back due to their irresponsible decision not to get infected sooner."🙄

We have stood our children on foundations of sand. Monocultures of forests, fields and sealed earth urban living.

What is the prevailing light. Our collective realisation that ecological complexity is now vital, for a future generation to thrive…

#nature #photography #climateaction

Alt text: A young adult stands upon a fallen non native tree, within a monoculture commercial forest, they stand square to the viewer, head turned to one side, side profile, looking towards the light.

Tip: don't tell people 'you've handled enough skulls to know what they look like' if they don't know you're an archaeologist. They might get concerned 😁

@BylinesScotland it’s only controversial because people like you in the press keep calling it that. Can you not, just once, accurately report something without the clickbait crap!