Nicholas Nicola

Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a gigan...

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202.... #astronomy

‘These women are prisoners’: Iran protestors make voices heard at Women’s Asian Cup | Samantha Lewis In the vacuum of the players’ silence, it has been the Iranian diaspora in Australia who are speaking out against the regime As Iran’s national anthem began to trumpet around Gold Coast Stadium on Monday night, members of an Iranian fan group who had gathered near the halfway line began to unfurl red, white and green flags. They weren’t the flags of their home nation, though. At least, not the nation they want to remember. Continue reading...

‘These women are prisoners’: Iran protestors make voices heard at Women’s Asian Cup | Samantha Lewis

Explainer: As Zelensky backs Trump's war against Iran, how will it impact Ukraine? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was one of the first world leaders to back the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, which started on Feb. 28. For Ukraine, the choice was logical: Iran is a K...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was one of the first world leaders to back the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, which started on Feb. 28.

For Ukraine, the choice was logical: Iran is a Kremlin ally that has backed Russia's aggression against Ukraine and supplied drones to Moscow.

At a moment when regional expertise is not optional, it’s worth remembering that just last month The Washington Post let go of its entire Middle East bureau.

Democracy IS dying in darkness.

With slow progress on battlefield, Russia shifts to terror and sabotage in Ukraine Over the course of 48 hours last week, three explosions targeting Ukrainian police officers in different cities raised the prospect of a chilling new front in Russia’s campaign of terror against civil...

Over the course of 48 hours last week, three explosions targeting Ukrainian police officers in different cities raised the prospect of a chilling new front in Russia’s campaign of terror against civilians.

Sixteen Miles of String

1942 • Marcel Duchamp

Jean-Luc Godard
the Hamburg magazine

1961 • Franz Christian Gundlach

What Happened at a Medieval Tournament? | TheCollector Here is what went on both out front and behind the scenes at a medieval tournament.

www.thecollector.com/what-happene... #medieval #history

Unfortunately there does not seem to be the political will to revisit the anti-trust laws from the start thereabouts at the turn of the last century...

Indigenous communities oppose Papua forest rezoning for palm oil JAKARTA — Indigenous communities in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua accuse the government of underhanded zoning changes to expand the so-called food estate program there to include…

Indigenous communities in Indonesian Papua are challenging forestry decrees that reclassified more than 1 million acres as nonforest land for oil palm under the food estate program.

They say the move lacked consent and may sue if ignored, warning forests and livelihoods are at risk.

Baby hung on the wall because nurse has gone out dancing. Practical solution to childcare issues proposed by Daumier, born OTD 1808.

Theseus’ Greatest Victory Wasn’t the Slaying of the Minotaur But the Uniting of Athens - GreekReporter.com How did ancient Greek hero Theseus unite all of Attica under the rule of Athens, and what was it like before he did?

greekreporter.com/2026/02/22/a... #mythology #history #athens #ancientgreece #theseus

20 billion galaxies: new survey of the sky will reveal the universe in unprecedented detail The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes.

theconversation.com/20-billion-g... #astronomy

'It seemed to defy the laws of physics': The everlasting 'memory crystals' that could slash data centre emissions In the face of rising emissions from data centres, researchers are turning to micro-explosions in glass, and using DNA to solve big data's big problem.

bbc.com/future/artic... #data #technology #computers

Orpheus is quite hard to find in this scene,but all these animals have been tamed by his sweet music. Painted by Roelant Savery, whose day is today.

40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these Paleol...

40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing | ScienceDaily share.google/rFrEVp9ia6DI... #archeology #civilization #history #writing

A black and white photo of a a food truck vendor with his head and shoulders out of the window chatting with a customer.

Chatting out the window of a food truck.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#Photography #StreetPhotography #Art #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BnW #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #WindowsOnWednesday #FoodTruck #StreetFood #HumansOfBlueSky #Urban #UrbanGaze #Urbex #PhotoOfTheDay #Pentax #P459

“You come to think that there is nothing,
And that a man —a trifling speck of dust
In an ocean of universal darkness.
And does he know what is that ocean's purpose
And what is there, beyond that boundary,
Where ocean merges with the sky?
I saw and saw how men die
And nothing happens! “

voxeurop.eu/en/ukraine-n... #ukranianview #ukraine

Possums and the Evolution of Consciousness This nocturnal animal can teach us more than you might expect about the origins of consciousness.

Possums and the Evolution of Consciousness | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/scie...

Life and Death and Other Numbers On four years of war in Ukraine

"Exactly four years of war, as of today. The cemeteries in Ukraine are larger than they should be. Fresh graves change the landscapes, as seen from a car or a train; the short spans of life, seen inscribed in stone, alter the reaction of the heart."
snyder.substack.com/p/life-and-d...

The Ancient Greeks' Contribution to the Development of Modern Laws - GreekReporter.com There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

greekreporter.com/2026/02/24/a... #history

Quote of the day by novelist Nikolai Gogol: 'The human obsession with purpose is merely a distraction from the absurdity of existence' Nikolai Gogol, the 19th-century Ukrainian-born novelist, once wrote, “The human obsession with purpose is merely a distraction from the absurdity of existence.” His words suggest that constantly chasi...

m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa... #philosophy

A woman, suggestive of a medieval knight or Joan of Arc, is mounted on a white horse. She is dressed in elaborate purple and yellow attire and acts as a herald, blowing a bugle and carrying a dark blue banner that reads "VOTES for WOMEN".

Cover of the Official Program
Woman Suffrage Procession
Washington D.C. March 3, 1913

An extract from a hand-coloured engraving of a Roman mosaic showing a bull in profile moving to the right, flanked by trees.

For this #MosaicMonday, continuing the homage to the Withington Orpheus mosaic. Some of the animals are now excitingly on display
@coriniummuseum.bsky.social but this delightful bull remains in the BM's store. 1/2

Donald Trump’s broken families American photographer Carol Guzy, a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner, asserts that, in light of the brutal anti-immigration crusade being waged by the US government, the work of photojournalists ‘is mo...

American photographer Carol Guzy, a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner, asserts that, in light of the brutal anti-immigration crusade being waged by the US government, the work of photojournalists ‘is more important than ever’
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US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security

An ICE agent shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas almost an entire year ago and hid the shooting from the public.

It’s only now coming to light, 11 months later, due to Freedom of Information Act requests.

What else is the regime hiding from us?

man in a room playing guitar, he is leaning on table, the table has glasses and a jug on it.

August Strindberg, 1886.

'What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass'

A clay figurine with a roughly humanoid shape, displayed against a neutral wall. The figure has a rounded head with small, hollowed-out eyes and a faint, worn-down nose. The body is thick and cylindrical, with two protrusions on the sides that resemble arms. The lower half is fractured Cracks run throughout the surface, smal holes can be seen

Roman 'voodoo doll' from Eining: Hand-modeled clay figurines with puncture holes are commonly referred to as 'voodoo dolls'. Archaeological and epigraphic evidence indicates that these figurines were pierced with nails or needles by individuals attempting to influence or harm a person. 🧵1/2

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From cells to selves.
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