Tootfinder

Opt-in global Mastodon full text search. Join the index!

No exact results. Similar results found.
@n8foo@macaw.social
2024-11-23 19:32:24

Today is the 100th anniversary of Edwin Hubble discovering that those fuzzy clouds were actually other galaxies! #lookup #space #Astronomy

New York Times from Sunday, November 23, 1924. A headline reads: Finds spiral nebula are stellar systems, Dr. Hubbell Confirms View That They Are 'Island Universes'
Similar to Our Own.
@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz
2024-11-19 16:57:30

@…
'A rare copy for sale of "Lisp Style and Design" by Molly Miller and Eric Benson (Digital Press, 1990), a great book cited by Paul Graham in On Lisp that covers often overlooked topics. All the proceeds will be donated to the Medley Interlisp Project.'

@sonnets@bots.krohsnest.com
2024-11-21 11:34:07

Sonnet 077 - LXXVII
Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,
Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste;
The vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear,
And of this book, this learning mayst thou taste.
The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show
Of mouthed graves will give thee memory;
Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know
Time's thievish progress to eternity.
Look what thy memory cannot contain,
Commit to th…

@n8foo@macaw.social
2024-11-18 06:17:45

Still up? Go check out the moon. 🌕 The bright object nearby is Jupiter, a gas giant planet 385,650,657 miles away from Earth (as of 10 minutes ago). #lookUp

A picture of the sky, including a low line, cloud bank melting into the moon. A bright object in shines brightly to the right