RobertJackson58585858

legalgenealogist, 9 months ago to genealogy

Does this will really reach beyond the grave to allow a husband to control a wife's property? Um... not exactly... #genealogy https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2023/07/31/power-beyond-the-grave/

taylorlorenz, 9 months ago to twitter

Rebranded Twitter aka “X” has the new tagline:

“Blaze your glory!”

(Twitter’s previous tagline was “it’s what’s happening”) #twitter #elonmusk #twittermigration #tech #technology #x #musk #technews #news

Screenshot of App Store where tagline is updated

MattBinder, 9 months ago to random

this Elon Musk post now shows up as the official tagline for the platform on the latest X / Twitter iOS update

“blaze your glory!”

not even sure what that means or if it even makes any sense

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MattBinder, 9 months ago to random

Elon Musk’s giant X logo on top of the building formerly known as Twitter HQ…

appears to be held up by sandbags

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llamasoft_ox, 9 months ago to random

I have hoofprints on my crotch.

Lesson learned: don't make a Digestive biscuit packet crinkle when standing next to a large ram who really, really likes Digestive biscuits. 🐏

sharongascoigne, 9 months ago to random

My husband has just sent me this photo he took a few weeks ago at #StCatherinesLighthouse on the #IsleofWight

I love this view, it's my favourite part of the Island, right at it's southernmost tip. I can pretty much guarantee it won't be one of his most popular images when we get it into the Gallery tomorrow but it's one that I'd choose - if I were one of our customers that is 😅

#LandscapePhotography #seascape #coast #lighthouse

LauraKT, 9 months ago to random

BREAKING: Elon Musk has confirmed the rigorous process for renaming Twitter went something like this:

How about A?

No.

B?

No.

C?

No.

D?

Definitely not...

Um, J?

No.

KKK?

Not sure we'll get away with that.

Goes through 13 more letters

X?

I like it!

MattBinder, 9 months ago to random

Twitter / X going through a real identity crisis

it doesn't know what to call itself

X
Join Twitter today.

stux, 9 months ago to random

Imagine buying a website for 44 billion with a captial B..

...a few months later 50% of that is just gone up in smoke

..there's no one with brains left at the company

and the person doing all this thinks it will be all fixed by replacing the decade old bird logo with something my cat could have made in MS paint

I think this "X" stands for "nuke here"

standupmaths, 9 months ago to random

It is 22/7 ≈ π approximation day! Reminder it is also the last day for MEGA Grant applications. It’s a simple process; if you have a ridiculous public maths project please do get it in the mix. https://talkingmathsinpublic.uk/mega-grant/

david, 9 months ago to genealogy

Anyone on here been involved in the making, or research, of a Who Do You Think You Are?

#WDYTYA #genealogy @genealogy

stux, 10 months ago to random

The complete saying was originally

“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”

christianp, 10 months ago to random

It's really annoying how the neatest way of arranging aperiodic monotiles with gaps between them seems to be to do it periodically

The spectre monotile, arranged in a grid with a bit of space between each tile.The packing looks tighter.

dgar, 10 months ago to random

The adjective for metal is metallic, but not so for iron which is ironic.

bryanhansel, 10 months ago to threads

One thing that I've noticed about #Threads is that its algorithm is feeding up the same type of photos that are popular on Instagram. They are the highly-styled images that produce a peak shift effect.

Those types of supernormal images tend to evoke a unnatural emotional response. Often it is a response that drives high engagement, but the effect can produce the opposite response as well.

For me, it drives a high cringe response.

helenczerski, 10 months ago to ocean

One of the biggest habits that humanity has to kick is that of seeing a human-free space and assuming it’s worthless/empty unless we fill it up with something. It’s happening with plans for the ocean, deforestation for “development”, talk of delivery drones filling the future sky, cube sats that will hide the stars. This “space” is the planetary engine, and it’s incredibly valuable NOW. doing all sorts of things that keep us alive & enrich our lives. We should protect it. #ocean #climate #Earth

ProfKinyon, 10 months ago to random

Picking a favorite among Twitter, Bluesky or Threads is basically the same as picking your favorite billionaire.

RobertJackson58585858, 10 months ago to mastodon

Am enjoying how my #Mastodon timeline has really come alive these past 36 hours. Especially the #FamilyHistory and #genealogy community.
Maths too. And old friends. And new friends.
With good humour and kindness.

stux, 10 months ago to mastodon

So many Threads screenshots on Masto today :flan_laugh:

Little tip!

On #Mastodon you can also post "just text" :party:

(it's not something super original)

christianp, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

What do you think is the furthest you've ever been from any living people?
Order of magnitude will do: 100m, 1km, 10km, 100km?

I think solo pilots or sailors will boss this, but I'm also interested in the answer for plebs like me who rarely travel solo.

mariyadelano, 10 months ago to random

OH MY GOD THE TITANIC SUBMARINE CEO WAS SO MUCH WORSE THAN I EXPECTED

Billionaire hubris is unbelievable

https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen

johncarlosbaez, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

In math there's an ordered hierarchy of concepts: stuff, structure and properties. This is because categories have 3 things: objects, morphisms between objects, and equations between morphisms. But we see it in the usual form of math definitions, like:

"A group is a set (that's the stuff) with some operations (that's the structure) obeying some equations (those are the properties)."

To build a group we start with an object in the category of sets - that's the stuff. Then we give it some operations, i.e. some morphisms - that's the structure. Then we impose some equations - those are the properties.

These ideas let us talk about how much a forgetful functor forgets. There are 3 main options. Some functors forget nothing at all. Some forget properties but not structure or stuff. Some forget properties and structure, but not stuff. And some forget properties, structure and stuff. We can get more fancy than this, but this is a good place to start.

Let me say all this more technically, since the point of this junk is that we can make it all precise and prove theorems with it.

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NicoleCRust, 10 months ago to science

Metaphors in science - know any?

I’m fascinated by the role that metaphors play in scientific discovery. Like Darwin’s “tree” of life. When we shift how we think about what we’re working on, sometimes it inspires us to see it in a whole new way that clicks.

Know any good accounts of metaphors in science - others or your own?

#science #metaphor