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@malik@Mastodon.Social
2026-06-14 23:07:40

High Flames Festival #darkk 1

@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…
@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-07-14 17:00:54

"A rare sea turtle was found 'lifeless' on a beach. Now, it's flying 1500 miles to be released back into the ocean"
#Turtles #Animals

Rare sea turtle flies 1500 miles to be released back into the ocean after being found 'lifeless' on a beach
The patient is named Crush, after the beloved “Finding Nemo” character.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-04-16 02:49:16

One nice thing about the space between Olin and Sage Chapel was that it was so packed with flowers it looked good almost everywhere
#photo #photography #flowers

Smiling woman with headscarf with pink blossoms filling the space behind
@phpmacher@sueden.social
2026-06-15 17:46:42

Es hat nicht zufällig ein Followy am Freitag in der Nähe von #Walsrode / Bad #Fallingbostel eine freies Stückchen Wiese für mein #Zelt und mich übrig, oder?

@funkvolk@mastodon.social
2026-05-15 10:00:27

Ein Film von Indira Geisel über das BSW und die SPD, über Mut und Übermut und Scheitern. Beim DOKfest und bald auch im ZDF.
#DOKFest #Dokumentarfilm #SPD

POLITIK IST PERSÖNLICH (Politics are Personal)
“Socialism is work”: A political change of allegiance splits a family.

@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.

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2026-06-15 14:30:42

Ich, der bis vor einer Woche neben einem Influencer-Hotspot wohnte, als ich lese, dass die USA wollen, dass Influencer ein Arbeitsvisum beantragen
#influencerinthewild #Rheinfall

That's disgusting, where? Meme Text: Influencer brauchen für die USA ein Arbeitsvisum? Das ist ja abscheulich! Wie können wir das für den Schengen-Raum einführen?
@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-04-16 03:01:02

One of my favorite cherry trees on campus next to the A.D. White House garden with a student and family -- taken with the Laowa 9mm
#photo #photography #flowers

A student with a red shirt and black shorts flanked by a man on the left with a black shirt and denim shorts and a woman on the right with denim jeans -- they look small compared to a spreading cherry tree on a broad looking lawn
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-15 15:35:50

A profile of AI video generation startup Runway, which is training models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3B, and added $40M in ARR in Q2 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/runw

Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now it wants to beat Google at AI. | TechCrunch
AI video generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability.