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drsonnet · 27 days

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Hind Rajab was a 5 year old girl in Gaza who was killed while she hid alone in a car, along with the paramedics who tried to rescue her. Yesterday students at Columbia seized the administration building and renamed it in her honor.

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Remembering #HindRajab & children in #Gaza: This is what the mother of the child, Hind Rajab . https://tmblr.co/ZTeZMyfB_GHeeu00

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@sunnydice: (and please don't forget Layan Hamadeh , her 15 yr old cousin who was trapped with her or Yusuf Zino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun who bravely volunteered to try to save hind and were murdered by the IOF )

DrSonnet — هذا ما قالته والدة الطفلة هند رجب عندما سمعت بخبر... (tumblr.com)

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tweitzelposts · 2 months

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Old Brick and the Origins of the Historic Preservation Movement of Iowa City

Old Brick, formerly First Presbyterian Church. Photo by Tim Weitzel Just north of the central business district of Iowa City stands a red church building known as Old Brick. It was built in the middle of the nineteenth century at the corner of Clinton and Market Streets and now sits adjacent to the present University of Iowa Campus. Old Brick was constructed in an eclectic Romanesque revival…

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#Architecture #Iowa City History #University History #University of Iowa

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deep-space-netwerk · 8 months

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So Venus is my favorite planet in the solar system - everything about it is just so weird.

It has this extraordinarily dense atmosphere that by all accounts shouldn't exist - Venus is close enough to the sun (and therefore hot enough) that the atmosphere should have literally evaporated away, just like Mercury's. We think Earth manages to keep its atmosphere by virtue of our magnetic field, but Venus doesn't even have that going for it. While Venus is probably volcanically active, it definitely doesn't have an internal magnetic dynamo, so whatever form of volcanism it has going on is very different from ours. And, it spins backwards! For some reason!!

But, for as many mysteries as Venus has, the United States really hasn't spent much time investigating it. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, sent no less than 16 probes to Venus between 1961 and 1984 as part of the Venera program - most of them looked like this!

The Soviet Union had a very different approach to space than the United States. NASA missions are typically extremely risk averse, and the spacecraft we launch are generally very expensive one-offs that have only one chance to succeed or fail.

It's lead to some really amazing science, but to put it into perspective, the Mars Opportunity rover only had to survive on Mars for 90 days for the mission to be declared a complete success. That thing lasted 15 years. I love the Opportunity rover as much as any self-respecting NASA engineer, but how much extra time and money did we spend that we didn't technically "need" to for it to last 60x longer than required?

Anyway, all to say, the Soviet Union took a more incremental approach, where failures were far less devastating. The Venera 9 through 14 probes were designed to land on the surface of Venus, and survive long enough to take a picture with two cameras - not an easy task, but a fairly straightforward goal compared to NASA standards. They had…mixed results.

Venera 9 managed to take a picture with one camera, but the other one's lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 10 also managed to take a picture with one camera, but again the other lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 11 took no pictures - neither lens cap deployed this time.

Venera 12 also took no pictures - because again, neither lens cap deployed.

Lotta problems with lens caps.

For Venera 13 and 14, in addition to the cameras they sent a device to sample the Venusian "soil". Upon landing, the arm was supposed to swing down and analyze the surface it touched - it was a simple mechanism that couldn't be re-deployed or adjusted after the first go.

This time, both lens caps FINALLY ejected perfectly, and we were treated to these marvelous, eerie pictures of the Venus landscape:

However, when the Venera 14 soil sampler arm deployed, instead of sampling the Venus surface, it managed to swing down and land perfectly on….an ejected lens cap.

#space #space history #venus #NASA #Venera #spost #I will talk all day about venus #ask me about venus floating sky cities #unpopular opinion venus > mars #this is probably my favorite space history story #the surface of venus is made of lens caps #don't try to tell me the universe doesn't have a sense of humor #well #I guess its more that people have a sense of humor and we happen to live in the universe

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philsmeatylegss · 27 days

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As someone who is studying history with a big interest in 1940-1980, it is insane to see the crack down on the college protests. History does nothing but repeat itself. It happened with protests against segregation, against the Vietnam War, against the Iraq war… and how we view it looking back is always the same. People always ask why studying history is important. This is exactly why.

#rae’s rambles #palestine #free palestine #protests #palestine protest #free gaza #rafah #history #columbia university

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fulldlscl0sure · 4 months

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rose quartz

#steven universe #steven universe fanart #black history month #rose quartz su #rose quartz #clip studio paint

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nerdygaymormon · 11 months

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#ibram x. kendi #the public universal friend #genderqueer #queer history

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gothgleek · 6 months

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Michelle Dee, Miss Phillipines 2023, wore a dress as a tribute to the last and oldest living Kalinga (Indigenous Filipinos) tattoo artist, Apo Whang Od and her work

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pagesofjasmine · 9 months

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“Our own selves make us most unhappy, and that’s why we’re so anxious to lose them, don’t you think?”

– The Secret History

#aesthetic #chaotic academia #classic academia #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #university #classic literature #books and libraries #books and coffee #books and literature #the secret history #donna tartt #darkestacademia #chaotic #literature #lit #books

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yespumpkindoodlesthings · 9 months

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#pumpkin spice season begins tomorrow in the US #psl #happily being a basic bitch starts now #erik jensen is a professor at salem state university #which delights me to no end #his specialty is ancient history

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shakespearesdaughters · 7 months

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#the secret history #dark academia #romantic academia #classic academia #chaotic academia #light academia #university #studyblr #girlblogging #light academia aesthetic #writeblr #dark academia aesthetic #moodboard #academiablr #academia aesthetic #academia #books and coffee #autumn

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comrade-onion · 1 month

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Some more advice to the students ❤️🇵🇸

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teapot-studies · 1 year

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Random writing tips that my history professor just told during class that are actually helpful

Download all your sources or print them so you can turn off your wifi

Give your phone to someone

Just. WRITE. Writing is analysing, you’ll get more ideas as you write. It doesn’t need to be perfect, for now you can just blurt out words and ideas randomly. You can fix it later.

Create a skeleton/structure before writing.

Stop before you get exhausted. It’s best to stop writing when you still have some energy and inspiration left, this will also motivate you to get started again next time.

Make a to do list

Work in bite sizes. Even if it’s not much, as long as you put some ideas on paper or do some editing.

Simple language =/= boring language, simple language = clear language.

Own your words. If they are not your words, state this clearly in the text, not just in the footnotes.

STOP BEFORE YOU GET EXHAUSTED. Listing it again because it’s easily one of the best tips a teacher has ever given me.

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tweitzelposts · 9 months

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I O W A.

Why does the inscription on the Old Capitol read I O W A . ?

An Unconventional Convention: Using a full stop at the end of a building inscription. The name IOWA. appears above the east and west entrances to the Old Capitol. Photo by Tim Weitzel. Old Capitol was built to be the seat of government of the Territory of Iowa and was the first capitol of the State of Iowa. It is now a museum that is part of the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums. The simple…

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#Architecture #Books #Iowa City #Iowa City History #iowa history #johnson county history #Letterpress #Printing #University History #University of Iowa

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ao3commentoftheday · 2 years

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Write the bonkers, unhinged, weird idea that you think no actual person will like. Because guess what? You're an actual person, and you liking it still counts.

#last week I wrote a medical history podcast fic #in an alternate universe where a/b/o was a thing #and I had the hosts discuss heat suppressants #why?#because I could #and it turns out a friend of mine #out of nowhere #told me that was their exact shit #you might not be alone in your weird #but even if you are #weird is fun #have fun with it

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allthecanadianpolitics · 2 months

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The University of Alberta is offering a new free online course to highlight the history and accomplishments of Black Canadians.

Called Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures,the course will explore topics like systemic racism and unconscious racial bias in Canadian institutions.

The course became available Friday.

Course director Andy Knight, a political scientist at the U of A and provost fellow in Black excellence and leadership, spoke with Radio Active host Jessica Ng about the four-module course. [...]

Continue Reading for interview.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid

#cdnpoli #Alberta #Calgary #University of Alberta #Black history #canadian history

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hotwngz · 8 months

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Took a trip to New Mexico to watch the ring of fire eclipse. So here's that as seen thru my phone camera, which actually captured it fairly well- u can even see some sun spots in the first 2 pics ✨️

#happy to go out of my way 2 appreciate the wonders of this universe.#on this episode that was driving 5 hours to watch the sun do something cool for 5 min #actually was well worth it i enjoyed the art and history of santa fe #would honestly have stayed there longer if i could #og #solar eclipse #annular solar eclipse #ring of fire eclipse #space #solar eclipse 2023

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