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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…
@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-15 03:16:16

The Oldest Stars in the Galaxy Just Weighed In on One of Cosmology's Biggest Arguments - Universe Today universetoday.com/articles/the

The Oldest Stars in the Galaxy Just Weighed In on One of Cosmology's Biggest Arguments
Astronomers have measured the ages of over a hundred and fifty thousand ancient stars scattered across our Galaxy, and found the oldest of them is just the age it should be if the standard picture of the universe is correct. That simple agreement quietly undermines one of the leading attempts to explain a stubborn mystery, and hints that the real answer to the Hubble tension may lie somewhere else entirely.

@puhuri@mastodon.social
2026-08-20 11:14:31

Ei tämä ollutkaan jonkun natsimiljardöörin yliopisto vaikka nimestä niin arvelin.
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Muskingum University - Wikipedia

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-08-12 00:10:39

The Socialist Threatening A 15-Year-Long Political Comeback (Kevin Robillard/HuffPost)
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@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-19 02:26:29

On The Hunt For Earth’s First Complex Life - Universe Today #biology

On The Hunt For Earth’s First Complex Life
Finding microfossils of Earth’s oldest complex life is a bit like chasing an astrobiological rainbow. The eukaryotic pot of gold at rainbow’s end always seems just a bit out of reach.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-09-12 01:35:46

Political unity permeates 25th anniversary of 9/11 (Politico)
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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-09-25 23:22:52

Differential Polarization Calibration - A Consistency Test for #CosmicBirefringence: iopscience.iop.org/article/10. -> Is the Universe Twisted? A New Check on a Possible Twist in the Universe’s Oldest Light: today.ucsd.edu/story/new-check

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-10-07 22:35:50

Trump's SCOTUS succession dilemma: His favorite justices are also the court's oldest (Josh Gerstein/Politico)
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memeorandum.com/261007/p119#a2

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-09-24 12:21:06

POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access (Megan Messerly/Politico)
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memeorandum.com/260924/p29#a26

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-09-24 13:50:49

POLITICO, CNN, MS NOW barred from White House after court ruling restoring access (Megan Messerly/Politico)
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memeorandum.com/260924/p39#a26