@InterzoneMag This one from @MarissaLingen is terrific: https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-splinters-of-our-bond/
Hey #bookstodon #litodons i think turtledove seems like the only big alt history author out there but coming from where i am im really not familiar with anyone else
Any good alt history recommendations? Classics or modern @bookstodon
With young kids, my wife and I want to establish some good family #Christmas traditions.
What are your favorite traditions for Christmas and #Advent?
(boosts appreciated, of course)
Stunning botanical illustrations by Anne Pratt, born on this day in 1806, who as a middle-aged Victorian woman became one of the greatest scientific illustrators of all time https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/29/anne-pratt-botanical-art/
1. Supermarket prices are up 13% in the last year and profits are at record highs
There isn't much competition to keep prices in check
Now, the nation's largest supermarket chain (@Kroger@twitter.com) wants to buy the 2nd-largest (@Albertsons@twitter.com)
What could go wrong?
@celineaubert4 I'm a noob painter and tend to get distracted by multiple creative pursuits, so it'll probably be a good while before I finish this one. 😅 Here's the last painting I completed though! Gouache on paper. :)
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Until I found out that I am #ActuallyAutistic, I thought my perfectionism was the reason, that I often couldn't enjoy most situations other people did. There always seemed to be something disturbing, even painful, I haven't been prepared for (e.g. wrong clothes) while other people just enjoyed the situation. Now that I understand certain aspects related to autism like sensory issues, I also have a different view of my personality. I am not lacking flexibility, contentment or a "positive attitude", the opposite is the case. For that reason self-education about autism is so important and like many others, I suspect there are a lot of people out there, who don't understand themselves and even have been diagnosed with PDs, but are just undiagnosed autistic people.
@actuallyautistic
Marie Curie's notebooks, which are radioactive and must be stored in a lead-lined box in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Curie’s corpse is also radioactive. Her coffin is lined in an inch of lead. Both will remain radioactive for 1,500+ years.
#HistSci #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #science #scientist #HistoryOfScience #HistMed #WomenInStem #TIL #TheMoreYouKnow #WeirdHistory
Gravity-Defying Stoat.
There aren't many of these mustelids on Mull, so I was surprised and amused to see one out in the open, bouncing down the road towards me one day.
It seemed pre-occupied with a piece of bark that had fallen from one of the forestry trucks, and was playing with it for a while, before leaping around manically, and then vanishing into the undergrowth.
#stoat #mustelid #Mull #WildlifePhotography #ScottishWildlife #fun
In 1925, Dr. Cecilia Payne completed her PhD thesis, described as “the most brilliant ever written in astronomy.” At a time when few #women entered academia, Payne discovered what the universe is made of. Her work began a revolution in astrophysics.
Dr. Payne-Gaposchkin became the 1st female professor & 1st female department chair at Harvard. Given most of us remember names like Darwin & Newton, we should also celebrate Payne. #science #space
Read more at https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201501/physicshistory.cfm
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