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@gigglepop Dear Giggles, HI. I'm GatorFan sister. I am so sorry to have to relay this news to you, but she passes away last Tuesday, April 3rd. Her funeral is tomorrow, the 10th. I am just beginning to go through her phone . I am so sorry. If you would like her obituary link, let me know and I will be glad to send it to you.

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Happy π day! Here’s a color-coded representation of the first 10,000 digits.

Read it left-to-right, top-to-bottom. #PiDay

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In the 18th century, the English astronomer created a new appreciation for these celestial events.#countdowntotheeclipse2024 #moon #sun #science #features #eclipse #maps #history #astronomy #section-Articles
Eclipse Maps Entered a Golden Age Thanks to Edmond Halley

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A Full Plankton Moon

Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240311.html #APOD

Several images of a full moon setting are superposed. The moon images are nearly white near the top, but turn orange and then are covered by low clouds near the horizon. Unusually, the setting moon images line up almost vertically. In the foreground is a beach with waves illuminated by blue-glowing plankton.

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The Getty Makes Nearly 88,000 Art Images Free to Use However You Like

https://www.openculture.com/2024/03/the-getty-makes-nearly-88000-art-images-free-to-use-however-you-like.html

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Amazing Natural java moss agate From Indonesia.
Photo Copyright ©️ @javarockin
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

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Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240309.html #APOD

@gigglepop You're quite welcome!

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It's International Women’s Day – a celebration of the historical, cultural, and political achievements of #women around the world. 👩👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿

Here's a favorite #video from our archives: The historic March 1913 women’s suffrage march on Washington D.C.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/1913-womens-suffrage-march-on-washington-dc

#history #usa #culture #government #history #UnitedStates #vote

The historic 1913 women’s suffrage march on Washington D.C.

@gigglepop No, you're not over-sensitive. You needed help, and you shouldn't feel guilty about it

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Halley's Comet won't reappear until 2061, but Pons-Brooks is a similar big, long-period comet putting -- and it's putting on a show *right now*.

You'll need good binoculars, but oh is it pretty. Photo taken on Monday by Michael Jäger.

https://theskylive.com/12p-info
#astronomy #space #science #comet #photography

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks 2024 march 4 18.30 UT 30min RGB 11" RASA QHY600. Photo: Michael Jäger

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#Montana is a rockhounder's paradise, famous for its sapphire mines. Montana offers several notable locations for those interested in digging for gems and crystals. Here are some popular pay-to-dig locations where you can try your luck unearthing your gems: Read more here:

https://www.geologyin.com/2024/03/montana-rockhounding-spots-for-gem-mining.html?fbclid=IwAR2SY7WpkeKiXmqXP9NPYDjqnabPwFRc43iq_9MTlaEn-aaJQMGC_QCCSkU

By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

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In 1939, the Dongs, a Chinese American family, could not find a house to rent in Coronado, Calif., because of racially restrictive housing laws. Emma and Gus Thompson, a Black couple, allowed the family to rent and later buy their home. Now, the Dongs have sold that house, and are donating $5 million to Black college students. They are also working to have San Diego State University's Black Resource Center named after Emma and Gus, who was born into slavery in Kentucky. Here's more from NBC News.

https://flip.it/AOzvqc

#History #Culture #BlackHistory #AAPIHistory #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @histodons #California

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Stars are born in elaborate dances of gas and dust. Every dance is different -- creating different types of stars, different types of planets, unique environments.

These breathtaking new images capture the diversity of nature's art. They were taken using ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2405/ #science # nature #astronomy #space

This selection from a new survey shows 10 discs from the three regions of our galaxy. V351 Ori and V1012 Ori are located in the most distant of the three regions, the gas-rich cloud of Orion, some 1600 light-years from Earth. DG Tau, T Tau, HP Tau, MWC758 and GM Aur are located in the Taurus region, while HD 97048, WW Cha and SZ Cha can be found in Chamaeleon I, all of which are about 600 light-years from Earth.

The images shown here were captured using the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). SPHERE’s state-of-the-art extreme adaptive optics system corrects for the turbulent effects of Earth’s atmosphere, yielding crisp images of the discs around stars. The stars themselves have been covered with a coronagraph — a circular mask that blocks their intense glare, revealing the faint discs around them. The discs have been scaled to appear roughly the same size in this composition.

Credit: ESO/C. Ginski, A. Garufi, P.-G. Valegård et al.

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Light Pillars Over Inner Mongolia

Image Credit & Copyright: N. D. Liao

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240304.html #APOD

Numerous thin pillars of light connect a landscape filled with snow to a star filled sky. The Big Dipper can be seen through the colorful pillars.

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#WordOfTheDay: obloquy (n.)

mid-15c., obloquie, "evil speaking, slander, calumny, derogatory remarks," from Medieval Latin obloquium "speaking against, contradiction," from Latin obloqui "to speak against, contradict," from ob "against" (see ob-) + loqui "to speak," from PIE root *tolkw- "to speak." Related: Obloquious.

#Citation: Harper Douglas, “Etymology of obloquy,” Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed March 3, 2024, https://www.etymonline.com/word/obloquy.

#English #Medieval #Latin #Language #Languages #Word #Words #Etymology #Dictionary #Lexicon #C15th #15thcentury

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Potackee, also known as Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, became the 1st female chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida in 1967. During her tenure, she was appointed by President Nixon to the National Congress on Indian Opportunity. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Mae_Tiger_Jumper

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Your Moment of Zen.

Toshiba produced this typewriter for offices starting in 1940. It has 1,172 Japanese and Chinese characters (as well as the Latin alphabet) on its horizontal cylinder. ✍️🧵