Inventor, explorer of the mind: pyramid mysteries, robot development, garden plots, AI tinkering, musical delights, & geometrical wonders. Ancient Egypt: @Bennu
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✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
emissary • \EM-uh-sair-ee\ • noun
Emissary refers to a person who is sent on a mission to represent another person or organization.
// Emissaries from the government are trying to negotiate a settlement.
✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
puissant • \PWISS-unt\ • adjective
Puissant is a synonym of powerful used to describe something with strength or power.
// The creatures in her fantasy novel are wielders of puissant magic, able to strike down enemies.
I've created a tool to show the relationship between the sun and the moon's positions relative to each other at certain phases of the moon.
🌕☀️ Moon is opposite sun at noon
🌗☀️ Moon rises at noon
🌓☀️ Moon sets at noon
🌑☀️ Moon is with sun at noon
vinbrown.com/astroclock/
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🤘 In the ’80s, it seemed like every metal band had to have a song about ancient Egypt. Iron Maiden had “Powerslave.” Dio wrote “Egypt (The Chains Are On).” Mercyful Fate penned “Curse of the Pharaohs,” and Metallica had “Creeping Death.” daily.bandcamp.com/lists/egy…
I only just discovered that my favourite song on the album Lulu, by Lou Reed & Metallica was previously recorded by Lou Reed and his wife, Laurie Anderson.
🎧 'Junior Dad' by Lou Reed & Metallica: song.link/https://music.appl…
Did @Polyphia just do an "...and Justice For All" with their new album ??
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There is so much bass on "BE NOT AFRAID" the speakers are 'farting', but the bass guitar itself is almost inaudible, just like with Metallica's 1988 recording.
song.link/https://music.appl…
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. - Johann Sebastian Bach
🎧 I’m currently listening to 'Chalk Outlines' by Ren & CHINCHILLA. You can too: song.link/https://music.appl…
✍️ Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day:
jilt • \JILT\ • verb
To jilt someone is usually to abruptly end a romantic relationship with them.
// The novel begins with the hero, having just been jilted by his fiancée, setting off to hike the Appalachian Trail.
🎧 I’m currently listening to 'Duga and the Submarine' by Derek Gripper. You can too: song.link/https://music.appl…
Leap seconds will be replaced with a leap hour; timekeepers will now let the difference between UTC and UT1 add up until it reaches one hour.
Timekeepers Ditch Leap Second Over Concerns of Digital Chaos, Opening the Door to a Future Leap Hour discovermagazine.com/timekee…
Disability in Ancient Egypt
A brief digital guide to Disability Studies and the evidence from ancient Egypt
ees.ac.uk/resource/disabilit…
