Apophatos
@apophatos.bsky.social
Iamblichan, hermetic, neoplatonist, packrat, narrative projectionist, reflexive recursivist, mythonautic alchemist, budoka, dad.
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In ancient Mesopotamia, astronomers needed to know the moon’s position, even on a cloudy night.
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In ancient Mesopotamia, astronomers needed to know the moon’s position, even on a cloudy night.
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days.
📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner
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Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
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Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
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November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Finally, the most ambitious crossover in history y'all have been waiting for! 😉
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Finally, the most ambitious crossover in history y'all have been waiting for! 😉
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
Compelling review of the gripen's features.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6I3...
@steffanwatkins.bsky.social icymi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6I3...
@steffanwatkins.bsky.social icymi
Stridspiloten förevisar JAS Gripen: "Här sitter atombomben"
YouTube video by Axis Point
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November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Compelling review of the gripen's features.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6I3...
@steffanwatkins.bsky.social icymi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6I3...
@steffanwatkins.bsky.social icymi
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Conjunción Venus, Luna, Saturno y Régulo - From Ángel López-Sánchez - https://flic.kr/p/2kc47T
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Conjunción Venus, Luna, Saturno y Régulo - From Ángel López-Sánchez - https://flic.kr/p/2kc47T
The rejection of reality as a demonstration of loyalty to and solidarity with a gangster organisation.
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The rejection of reality as a demonstration of loyalty to and solidarity with a gangster organisation.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Hello @steffanwatkins.bsky.social
Have you seen any good analysis of F-35 vs Grippen vs good models of mixed fleets and CAF needs/missions?
I am happy to see so much energy in the discussion, but most of the analysis seems very piecemeal and not very systematic.
Have you seen any good analysis of F-35 vs Grippen vs good models of mixed fleets and CAF needs/missions?
I am happy to see so much energy in the discussion, but most of the analysis seems very piecemeal and not very systematic.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hello @steffanwatkins.bsky.social
Have you seen any good analysis of F-35 vs Grippen vs good models of mixed fleets and CAF needs/missions?
I am happy to see so much energy in the discussion, but most of the analysis seems very piecemeal and not very systematic.
Have you seen any good analysis of F-35 vs Grippen vs good models of mixed fleets and CAF needs/missions?
I am happy to see so much energy in the discussion, but most of the analysis seems very piecemeal and not very systematic.
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Hey, writers/ readers of fantasy. A venerable lady author I know has written a short story she says is Icelandic fantasy. She's looking for a suitable place to submit it. She was my teacher in grad school, has written several novels, many short stories, but the magazines she used to are not there. >
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hey, writers/ readers of fantasy. A venerable lady author I know has written a short story she says is Icelandic fantasy. She's looking for a suitable place to submit it. She was my teacher in grad school, has written several novels, many short stories, but the magazines she used to are not there. >
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I am pleased to announce that John Penniman, Emanuel Fiano, and I are launching a new book series for the study of religion in late antiquity with Fordham University Press. If you have a book-in-progress looking for a home, please reach out to discuss your project!
fordhampress.com/theoria
fordhampress.com/theoria
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am pleased to announce that John Penniman, Emanuel Fiano, and I are launching a new book series for the study of religion in late antiquity with Fordham University Press. If you have a book-in-progress looking for a home, please reach out to discuss your project!
fordhampress.com/theoria
fordhampress.com/theoria
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The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
Department Of Homeland Security Blames Immigrants For Grocery Prices And Healthcare Costs
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
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"My age will be, as my youth has been, my power and my glory."
If this were printed on a banner, I'd wave it in the street. A million times yes.
If this were printed on a banner, I'd wave it in the street. A million times yes.
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"My age will be, as my youth has been, my power and my glory."
If this were printed on a banner, I'd wave it in the street. A million times yes.
If this were printed on a banner, I'd wave it in the street. A million times yes.
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Yesterday was the mighty Alan Moore's birthday. 🎂
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
Fossil Angels: Reinventing the Arte of Magick as the Magic of Art
Regard the world of magic. A scattering of occult orders which, when not attempting to disprove each other’s provenance, are either cryogenically suspended in their ritual rut, their game of Aiwaz Say...
www.dailygrail.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yesterday was the mighty Alan Moore's birthday. 🎂
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
Why not celebrate by reading this absolute banger of an essay by the great man?
www.dailygrail.com/2020/04/foss...
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Make a way for me, I know you, I know your name, I know the name of the god guarding you. (BDQ)
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Make a way for me, I know you, I know your name, I know the name of the god guarding you. (BDQ)
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Also: Check out our 2017 interview with Alan Moore about science, imagination, language, and 'spirits of place'.
www.dailygrail.com/2017/04/alan...
www.dailygrail.com/2017/04/alan...
Alan Moore on Science, Imagination, Language and Spirits of Place
Follow The Daily Grail on Facebook and on Twitter. Daily Grail Publishing recently released a new anthology, Spirits of Place, featuring a stellar line-up of writers including Alan Moore, Gazelle Ambe...
www.dailygrail.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Also: Check out our 2017 interview with Alan Moore about science, imagination, language, and 'spirits of place'.
www.dailygrail.com/2017/04/alan...
www.dailygrail.com/2017/04/alan...
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notably, Fox News is not broadcasting the Khanna/Massie/Greene Epstein news conference live. CNN and MS are.
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
notably, Fox News is not broadcasting the Khanna/Massie/Greene Epstein news conference live. CNN and MS are.
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Investigating Jamal al-Din’s influence on Noble Drew Ali and Black American New Religious Movements
INTRODUCTION ON BLACK AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE FROM NEW WORLD TO NEW THOUGHT In a recent article about the concept of “Divine Messengers” in Islam and Theosophy, one of the key points I wanted…
INTRODUCTION ON BLACK AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE FROM NEW WORLD TO NEW THOUGHT In a recent article about the concept of “Divine Messengers” in Islam and Theosophy, one of the key points I wanted…
Investigating Jamal al-Din’s influence on Noble Drew Ali and Black American New Religious Movements
INTRODUCTION ON BLACK AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE FROM NEW WORLD TO NEW THOUGHT In a recent article about the concept of “Divine Messengers” in Islam and Theosophy, one of the key points I wanted to guide you into considering there are many influences that underlie modern understandings of religion, esotericism and theological study in the West, and in particularly the American experience.
theamericanminvra.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Investigating Jamal al-Din’s influence on Noble Drew Ali and Black American New Religious Movements
INTRODUCTION ON BLACK AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE FROM NEW WORLD TO NEW THOUGHT In a recent article about the concept of “Divine Messengers” in Islam and Theosophy, one of the key points I wanted…
INTRODUCTION ON BLACK AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE FROM NEW WORLD TO NEW THOUGHT In a recent article about the concept of “Divine Messengers” in Islam and Theosophy, one of the key points I wanted…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
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Hail, my ka, my lifetime, see I am come before you, I am risen, powerful, ensouled, mighty. I have brought you natron and incense so that I may purify you with them, so that I may purify your fluids with them. (BDQ)
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hail, my ka, my lifetime, see I am come before you, I am risen, powerful, ensouled, mighty. I have brought you natron and incense so that I may purify you with them, so that I may purify your fluids with them. (BDQ)
Between mad clocks and mangled flesh, AI consistently portrays what I imagine to be a demonic dream involving humans.
AI models fail the Clock Test
Hahaha! Er. Someone has used AI to make analogue clocks with the live time.
Analogue clocks are really hard.
AI: spectacularly confident. Can be both subtly and spectacularly wrong. This is a lovely illustration of that.
clocks.brianmoore.com
Analogue clocks are really hard.
AI: spectacularly confident. Can be both subtly and spectacularly wrong. This is a lovely illustration of that.
clocks.brianmoore.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Between mad clocks and mangled flesh, AI consistently portrays what I imagine to be a demonic dream involving humans.
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I have created the gods from my sweat, and the people from the tears of my eye. (Coffin Texts) (ALL)
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I have created the gods from my sweat, and the people from the tears of my eye. (Coffin Texts) (ALL)