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@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-14 19:01:01

A few highlights from the Turkish-Persian section of a random carpet symbolism book I skimmed while stopped at a random library in New Jersey a couple days ago

Tree of life: one of the oldest and most universal symbols of mankind. It supports the sky, and provides a path from earth to heaven. In different cultures it is called by names such as haoma, asherak, yggdrasil, irminsu or asvattha. Thus, one often sees it in prayer rugs, as a reminder of the passage from this existence into a higher life.
Diamond or Lozenge: It has been conjectured that this omnipresent motif in Anatolian kilims is a male triangle attached to a female triangle, and thus signifies creation. There are doubtless many interpretations. A diamond surrounded by hooks is called in Turkish kirkbudatz, 'forty branches'. Among some semi-nomadic pastoral (terekme) tribes of Azerbaijan, a favourite symbol is a large diamond, signifying woman. Smaller diamonds within the large one signify a pregnant woman or her progeny. A …
Celestial creature: Recognizable because flames appear from flanks or shoulders.
Arabesque or Tendril: The basic unit of the arabesque, a favourite Islamic decorative theme, may be described as a split leaf seen in profile, called islimi in Persian. Derived from a Sassanian motif, it developed under the Abbasids in the ninth and tenth centuries, and matured under the Seljuks in the twelfth and thirteenth. It became central in Turkish and Persian carpet design only after the fifteenth century. In its fascinating fully developed form one sees interlaced lattice systems of sp…
@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-08-14 19:16:08

Bats decouple sonar gaze from steering to resolve sensory conflict biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2 "We induced auditory-visual conflict in free-flying echolocating Egyptian fruit bats", "animals could efficiently employ active sen…

Bats decouple sonar gaze from steering to resolve sensory conflict
When sensory modalities yield conflicting information, animals must rapidly reassess stimuli to select their actions. We induced auditory-visual conflict in free-flying echolocating Egyptian fruit bats by fitting animals with prisms that shifted the perceived visual location of a landing perch while echoes returned from its veridical location. Bats that course-corrected within a single goal-directed flight did so by decoupling sonar gaze from steering, to enable rapid reweighting of visual and …

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-07-14 14:20:57

Seattle-based Brinc Drones, which makes 911 response drones, raised $125M led by Motorola Solutions, bringing its total funding to more than $280M (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
geekwire.com/2026/motorola-lea

Motorola leads $125M round for Brinc, fueling 911 drone expansion amid U.S. import crackdown
Seattle-based 911 drone maker Brinc raised $125 million led by Motorola Solutions, at a valuation the company says has nearly doubled from a year ago. The funding will support expanded manufacturing and a new Seattle headquarters and factory later this year.

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-06-14 18:35:37

Texans WR Tank Dell is 'almost there' in return from 2024 injury: 'It's light at the end of the tunnel' nfl.com/news/texans-wr-tank-de

Texans WR Tank Dell is 'almost there' in return from 2024 injury: 'It's light at the end of the tunnel'
It's been a long road back from injury for Texans wide receiver Tank Dell, but he's almost to the end of it as he ramps up toward training camp following a missed 2025 campaign.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-07-15 00:48:13

A man was struck and killed by a truck in Florida while fleeing a federal immigration operation Tuesday, the Florida Highway Patrol confirmed,
the third death connected to immigration enforcement efforts in the past week.
In a statement, the Florida Immigrant Coalition emphasized that these are not “isolated incidents" and defended the idea that someone might run from ICE agents.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents encountered a vehicle in a gas station parking…

Man Killed by Truck While Running From ICE in Florida
It’s the third death in a week connected to an immigration operation, prompting outrage from lawmakers.

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-07-13 21:29:13

"CyberScoop spoke with several Secretaries of State who said that the number one threat facing elections in their state is not from a foreign country or AI but their own federal government."
cyberscoop.com/trump-administr

States are building their own election defense networks as federal support evaporates 
Following recent EAC firings and a DOJ warning regarding voter rolls, state election officials are taking new legal and operational precautions.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-05-15 09:15:53

A look at neighborhood newsletters in NY and elsewhere, which tend to be solo operations with small-scale followings, but point to a desire for local media (Kyle Chayka/New Yorker)
newyorker.com/culture/infinite

Your Friendly Neighborhood Newsletter
Local newsletters from the “Boerum Bulletin” in Brooklyn to “The Eastside Rag” in L.A. are providing a sense of community that’s missing from our algorithmic feeds, writes Kyle Chayka.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-06-13 16:52:48

OHBOY! CHECK OUT THIS JUDGE'S SMACKDOWN OF A HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT!
This is a beautiful, beautiful smackdown of a Department of Homeland Security agent’s request for 5 search warrants in the case in which Don Lemon and colleagues were arrested for going into a church
(you remember that, right? From back in January?)
Keep in mind that the pastor of that church was also an ICE agent.
Following the arrests, Special Agent Timothy Gerber asked the Court to issue fiv…

The Week in Law: Weekly Good News Roundup from the Front - 6/13/26
Here’s a recap of all of the good things that have happened over the past week or so in our battle to defend our country from the ravages of the current administration, and to turn this ship around!

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-05-15 01:10:29

Winners and losers from 2026 NFL schedule release nfl.com/news/winners-and-loser

Winners and losers from 2026 NFL schedule release
Eric Edholm breaks down winners and losers following the release of the 2026 NFL schedule. Should Tyler Shough be smiling? Is Ben Johnson in for a rough road?

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-08-14 20:48:32

Roughly a quarter of legislators on Capitol Hill have traded individual stocks this term,
with some buying and selling millions of dollars in shares.
Since the start of this term in January 2025, members and their families have collectively traded $160 million to $664 million in individual stocks,
according to a New York Times analysis of data collected from members’ required financial filings by 2iQ Research, an analytics firm.
Members are required to disclose their…

The 5 Congress Members Whose Families Trade the Most Stocks
Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term.