This fall, Texas requires public schools to display the 10 commandments in classrooms.
I’ve made a PDF that largely conforms to the specifications required by Texas SB10, and you can download a printable (I recommend a color printer) version you can print out, frame or laminate, and donate.
Get the PDF: https://p…
It's the Day of #Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"Following his [Hermes'] example, they use the staff [caduceus] in athletic contests and other contests of this kind."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.7
🏛️ Scarab intaglio with Hermes,
Italic / Etrusc…
Netherlands Scientific Climate Council warns: under pressure from climate change, forests and soils are now taking up less CO2 from the atmosphere, accelerating climate change.
https://www.wkr.nl/adviezen/overige-publicaties/bossen-en-bodems
I picked the wrong weekend to replace windows.
https://m.ai6yr.org/@BakerRL75/115368351540130611
Amazon's CTO, Dr. Werner Vogels, recently shared this short post about how software development improves with age. His perspective revolves around the recurrence of certain patterns in technology where the experienced developer can say "New technology, same pattern.", and sift through the daily onslaught of new technologies in a calm fashion, weeding out what's just flash from more interesting developments.
"Development gets better with Age"
Last night my friend Moonie got married to my other friend Andrew. Moonie also invited all the members of the band they play in to the wedding, and then Moonie and the band performed a few songs. Moonie playing their own wedding was just fucking awesome.
This is what a genocide denialist looks like.
Genocide denial is the last stage of genocide.
Phil, you’re complicit in genocide. And history is taking notes.
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“Hamada Ice Cream shop, which has not been open for weeks, recently posted a highlight reel of the pastries, cakes and drinks the cafe once served.
‘Me and 2 million Gazans are waiting for this moment Oh God, make things easy and these days pass safely, O Lord,’ reads the video’s Arabic caption.”
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Saturday AM, a story in two acts...
(Incl. placing crumbs by approaching it like a #PoissonDisk / #BlueNoise problem... 😅)
#CakeDay
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
Please, glorious Hermes, be my guide today! 💙
"Finerod Hermes departed, fanning his light wings, and the flat of his extended shoes oared him as quick as the winds of heaven in their course."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 3.373
🏛️ Hermes fresco, House of the Ancient Hunt,