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Belief in the resurrection of Jesus is a cornerstone of the Christian faith, but did you know that the idea has deep roots in the Jewish tradition that informed the earliest Christians? This video details how the first Christians reinterpreted and reimagined Jewish beliefs youtu.be/qlqhfwvycyA

JUST OUT: Issue 173 of Philosophy Now explores Islamic Philosophy: Sufi love & selfhood, law & reform, and what medieval metaphysics might say about AI. Also: hypocrisy, memes, comedy & more. philosophynow.org

We tend to think of math as all about logic and rigor. But what “rigor” actually means has been shaken up quite a few times over the past few centuries.

Caesar, Augustus, Trajan… there’s no shortage of famous (and infamous) Romans. But every Easter we remember that one of the most well-known Romans ever was just a provincial governor who oversaw what he thought was an inconsequential trial of an itinerant preacher youtu.be/7zGY3CY3lzE

27 years later and I’m immediately taken back to opening night remembering everyone losing their minds at this fight! The speed and choreography on display was unlike anything in Star Wars up that point. Obi-Wan’s anticipatory bounce is absolutely 🤌🏻🤌🏻

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This weekend we lost one of the most influential philosophers of the modern era: Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026). Habermas spent his life defending the idea that democracy depends on rational public dialogue: philosophynow.org/issues/26/Ju...

JUST OUT: Issue 172 of Philosophy Now looks at the Roman Philosophy, from Machiavelli’s take on the Roman Republic to Cicero’s ideal of virtus, Quintilian’s surprisingly modern educational insights, and Stoic reflections that still speak to how we live today. philosophynow.org

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?

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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling

I've been waiting for the paperback (I don't get on with hardbacks, not that you asked) of Between Two Rivers by the splendid @moudhy.bsky.social for what seems like an age - just found out it's released tomorrow. Instant order.

What an honour to speak at an event for the Earth Rover Program last week alongside some incredible people, almost none of whom seem to be on BlueSky except for @georgemonbiot.bsky.social I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way

This is so vile

On Bad Bunny showing power lines in his Superbowl halftime performance: "Customers in Puerto Rico experienced on average 27 hours of power grid interruptions per year between 2021 and 2024" while U.S. mainland customers only experience two. Energy justice is needed. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

THE COMMENTARY ON THE POWER OUTTAGES THE WAY HE BLESSED ALL OF LATIN AMERICA, INCLUDING HAITI I … I am in my Caribbean feelings

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

The oldest known image of an owl: More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...

They made them cut the "siege heil to the president gas man" line.

Would Bluesky enjoy this god awful clip of Kid Rock from SNL S26E16 that has been scrubbed from the internet? Because I just found a host of VHS back ups and have that clip right here 😇 As far as I know I have the only YouTube upload - SNL scrubbed the clip long before YouTube

These ultra-fine structures shown at 30X magnification are the reason why geckos can adhere to most surfaces, using Van der Waals force. The power of hairy lizard toes! (🔬: Power & Syred, SciencePhotoLibrary)

As the special education community are now saying about Dr. Asperger (whose name is no longer used in diagnosing), you can acknowledge the work without honoring the person.

Oh fuck yeah

Epstein is like pervert forest gump.

What carveouts feel safe(r) or worth the risk are going to be a call the group needs to make for itself. Are the risks of talking to media (possible identification, possible accidental release of sensitive info, increased attention) worth it?

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Last week's solar storm wreaked havoc on my telescope's GPS, but it allowed me to experience the surreality of the northern lights in Death Valley.

Stood in solidarity in Cincinnati tonight with hundreds of federal and healthcare workers to honor Alex Pretti and the other victims of ICE and CBP and heard inspirational speeches from union nurses, EMS, Cincy Food Not Bombs, and Ayman Soliman, the hospital chaplain wrongfully detained by DHS

I spray painted (with cloth paint onto a black robe) my own custom Wide Awakes cloak a couple years ago! White boi in the south who got pissed when his ex boss was preaching the virtue of Robert E Lee

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Good read from @anabelrose.bsky.social about how six central Kentucky counties partnered up to draft a shared climate action plan. Most Kentuckians understand climate change poses a risk to their homes, families, and futures - this is one way communities empowered themselves to act.

This is the kind of decentralization I can get behind 💀💀💀 Broke: Block Chain Decentralization Bespoke: Book sharing Decentralization 🖤

Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

My dad use to do this for a living i always respect lineman and power line grid workers

Minnesota is the best of us.

Wichtigste Software des Jahres: cybernews.com/security/dev...

Holy fucking shit this is awesome use this now cybernews.com/security/dev...

Found the clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSZS...

they say, "you want a war? you've got a war," but who are you fighitng for?

My grandson asked why we took so long to get into WWII. Was it because of Pearl Harbor that we got in? "No" I answered, we took our time getting into the war because we were selling war to all sides. We waited as long as we could before disappointing some of our our customers.

I was interviewed about my work by Science News Explores @snexplores.bsky.social, a publication "for curious minds age 9 and up!" You can read the interview here: www.snexplores.org/article/cosm...

"PLEASE USE OUR CHATBOTS THEY ARE THE FUTURE" [Turns on Dry Ice machine and laser show] "THE FUTURE!" [Cues Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre] "THE FUUUUUUTUUUUURE!"