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[Maqamat @AlMaqamat_]

Al-Jazari's 13th-century robotic swordsman candle clock. The idea behind this design may have been inspired by an Arabic aphorism: "Time is like a sword, if you don't cut it, it cuts you". A reminder to seize the moment before it slips away.

[Mohammed @IKON1436]

"This dam belongs to the servant of Allah Mu'awiyah, the Commander of the Believers. O Allah, forgive the servant of Allah Mu'awiyah, make him steadfast, grant him victory, and allow the believers to benefit through him."

- Near Ta'if, Saudi Arabia dating to 58 AH (678 CE).

[Maqamat @AlMaqamat_]

Arguably, square tower minarets of North Africa has more to do with Ibadism and the history of early Islam in north African than anything else

[Ihtesham Ali @ihtesham2005]

An anonymous developer built a library so big it made Elsevier's legal team cry.

It's called Anna's Archive.

This got 99 million books and papers. Every shadow library on earth mirrored and searchable in one place. Domain takedowns bounce off it. It just moves to a new URL and keeps going.

Here's the story behind it.

In November 2022, US law enforcement seized Z-Library's domains and arrested its operators. The largest ebook library on the internet was gone overnight.

A pseudonymous developer going only by "Anna" had already seen it coming.

She had spent months as part of an anonymous group called the Pirate Library Mirror, quietly making full copies of every major shadow library before they disappeared. When Z-Library fell, she had the entire thing backed up.

Days later, Anna's Archive went live.

Here's what makes it unkillable.

It does not host a single file. It indexes metadata and links to third-party mirrors. Legally, there is nothing to seize. Technically, there is no central server to shut down.

The entire codebase is open source. The entire dataset is distributed via torrents and IPFS, a decentralized file system where data lives across thousands of nodes simultaneously. If every domain gets blocked tomorrow, anyone can spin up a new mirror in minutes from the same data.

Italy blocked it. Germany blocked it. Publishers sued it. The US Trade Representative put it on their notorious markets list.

It added new domains and kept going.

What you get for free:

→ 99M+ books and academic papers
→ Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, Internet Archive all mirrored in one search
→ No account required
→ No subscription
→ Download via IPFS, torrent, or direct link
→ Works across multiple mirror domains when one goes down

Elsevier charges universities $2 billion a year for journal access. A single anonymous developer with a pseudonym and a backup drive just made that business model look embarrassing.

100% Opensource.

https://t.co/HCUQBVrpUu

[Pigeons & Planes @PigsAndPlans]

'Plantasia' was created in 1976 by Mort Garson for the Melrose houseplant store Mother Earth, the experimental synth album was literally made for plants to listen to, marketed as "warm earth music for plants… and the people who love them." The album was only available with purchase of a houseplant from Mother Earth, or randomly enough, of a Simmons mattress from Sears.

[Antonio Lupetti @antoniolupetti]

"Algebrica" is a free and open mathematical knowledge base. All entries are progressively being released in Markdown format on GitHub for anyone who wants to study mathematics freely and openly.

Alongside the texts, the individual SVG illustrations are also made freely available. They are minimal, mathematically accurate, and designed to be easily reusable in notes, lecture material, or educational resources. Since they are vector-based and code-driven, they can also be modified or improved simply by editing the source.

Another step toward making the knowledge base more open, transparent, and genuinely useful over time.

[Abdullah Ansar @ShaykhIshraq]

Around 100 years ago, Urdu books started with this philosophically dense language.

Nowadays, it would be hard to even find scholars who can extensively explain the beginning of a fictional work.

The passage is about divine simplicity and the first intellect.

[retrodev⌨ @NewAgeRetroNerd]

Remember what Microsoft took from you

[mayatérialiste 🏳️‍⚧️ @mayaterialiste]

je suis fascinée par Windows 3.1, à quel point le relief 3D des boutons de l'interface allait aussi loin ?? j'ai envie d'appuyer sur tous les boutons !

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Reasons to use an em dash:

1) reclaim it from the machines
2) you don't know what a semicolon is for
3) it has incredible vibes

[الزخارف النجدية @3v_qk]

باب نجدي تفاصيله تحكي حكاية فن عريق؛ من التماثل الهندسي إلى تناغم الألوان بين الأزرق والأحمر والأصفر، بروحٍ مستمدة من عمق نجد.
عمل يعكس هوية… ويُخلّد جمال الماضي بأسلوب معاصر

قريبا الجزء الثاني من (كتاب الزخارف الشعبية في البيوت النجدية)

#الزخارف_النجدية
#يوم_التاسيس

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

35 WEBSITES THAT ARE ACTUALLY USEFUL

1. archive. org — access old content
2. wolframalpha. com — solve anything
3. removebg. com — remove image background
4. tinypng. com — compress images free
5. smallpdf. com — edit PDFs free
6. ilovepdf. com — merge & split PDFs
7. deepl. com — best translator online
8. grammarly. com — fix your writing
9. hemingwayapp. com — simplify writing
10. chatgpt. com — ask any question
11. perplexity. ai — smart search engine
12. notion. so — organize your whole life
13. trello. com — manage any project
14. canva. com — design for free
15. unsplash. com — free photos
16. pexels. com — free videos & photos
17. flaticon. com — free icons
18. coolors. co — pick color palettes
19. fonts. google. com — free fonts
20. namecheap. com — buy cheap domains
21. github. com — free code hosting
22. replit. com — code from browser
23. regex101. com — test any code
24. explainshell. com — understand commands
25. fast. com — check internet speed
26. haveibeenpwned. com — check if hacked
27. virustotal. com — scan files for virus
28. downdetector. com — check if site is down
29. 10minutemail. com — temp email address
30. justpaste. it — share text instantly
31. screely. com — make screenshots beautiful
32. carbon. now. sh — share code beautifully
33. squoosh. app — compress any image
34. similarsites. com — find similar websites
35. shortcuts. design — design shortcuts list

[Khyati Trehan @KhyatiTrehan]

Machine Telephone ☎️
Enter a concept. 'Dial a machine' to pass information across different modalities and see how context shifts or evolves as it's interpreted sequentially.

[Maqamat @AlMaqamat_]

Al haqiqa is a unique Arabic word that means both truth and reality. It comes from the root H-Q-Q, which, like many Arabic roots, begins with a sensory meaning. H-Q-Q originally meant something firmly established like a tent peg or a ship anchor. It later took the meaning of truth, from which al haqiqa is a derived form that means the essence of reality. Al Haqq is also one of the 99 names of God in Islam.

[N @onlywithn]

wasn’t friendship a miracle on its own? finding someone who softens the loneliness of the entire world just by existing

[This is world @_10world]

Palestinian man and his daughter amongst wild mustard flowers (Gaza,2014)
©️ Mohammed Abed

[YT @tolafolaa]

the guy who invented the endless scroll ui might have done a crazier number on humanity than oppenheimer yk

[زاهر عثمان @ZahirOthman]

خريطة مهمَّة لمدينة #جدة عام 1937 من إعداد هيئة أركان البحرية البريطانية، وعليها تفصيل بالمواقع والمعالم الأبرز في المدينة، وأدناه ترجمة إلكترونية لها.

أُشير من ضمن المواقع إلى "قرية النكاتو"، وهو حي نكتو، الذي كان يؤوي الأفارقة، وهنا بعض معلومات عن ذلك الحي وصورة له:

https://t.co/VrN5ii2gmu

https://t.co/WwL5oKBzQm

المعالم والمواقع

Landing Ground → مهبط طائرات
Lagoon (½ fathom) → البحيرة (نصف قامة عمق)
Police H.Q. → مقر الشرطة
Turkish Legation → المفوضية التركية
Egyptian Consulate → القنصلية المصرية
British Legation Chancery → ديوان المفوضية البريطانية
Dutch Legation → المفوضية الهولندية
British Indian Agency → الوكالة البريطانية الهندية
British Staff Residence → سكن الموظفين البريطانيين
Italian Consulate → القنصلية الإيطالية
French Consulate → القنصلية الفرنسية
German Consulate → القنصلية الألمانية
Soviet Legation → المفوضية السوفيتية
Persian Legation → المفوضية الفارسية
Treasury → الخزينة
Governorate → المحافظة / مقر الحاكم
Foreign Office → وزارة الخارجية
Barracks → الثكنات
Eve’s Tomb → قبر حواء
Green Palace → القصر الأخضر
School → مدرسة
Mosque → مسجد
Prison → سجن
Old Dutch Bank Agency → وكالة البنك الهولندي القديم
New Dutch Bank → البنك الهولندي الجديد
Post and Telegraph → البريد والبرق
Tel. Ex. → مقسم الهاتف
Customs Office → مكتب الجمارك
Customs and Quarantine Quays → أرصفة الجمارك والحجر الصحي
Jetty → رصيف بحري
Customs Guard → حرس الجمارك
Petrol Store → مخزن الوقود
Workshops → ورش
N. Condenser → المكثف الشمالي
S. Condenser → المكثف الجنوبي
Bab Jadid → باب جديد
Mecca Gate → باب مكة
Bab Sharif → باب شريف
Nakatu Village → قرية النكاتو

Prepared by Naval Staff I.D. → أُعد بواسطة هيئة أركان البحرية (قسم الاستخبارات)

Produced under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell, C.B.E., Hydrographer → أُنتج تحت إشراف الأدميرال البحري ج. أ. إدجل، خبير المساحة البحرية

39° 10′ 42″ E of Greenwich → 39° 10′ 42″ شرق غرينتش

21° 29′ 36″ N → 21° 29′ 36″ شمالاً