Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@kripaz Gruzdova "Dzīres mēra laikā" JRT. Reti neveiksmīgs eksperiments, lai gan neviena cita slikta režisora izrāde nav redzēta. Un ļoti tuvu šim arī "Zilā lapsa" Dailē pavisam nesen.

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@bookclubpodhq All of these: Hamnet, Normal People, ACOTAR :), Hunger Games, My Brilliant Friend, Lord of the Flies (finally), For Whom the Bell Tolls (also finally), A Month in the Country. The rest have read before. But reread Northern Lights thanks to the show. Love my Tuesday mornings now.

[Jonathan Gunson. Writer @JonathanGunson]

Life in 2026.

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

For generations, some of the world's brightest mathematicians were trying to explain a shape that almost seemed to defy reality. Hyperbolic geometry—where space curves away from itself like ruffled lettuce or coral—was notoriously difficult to visualize. Professors folded paper, sliced models from cardboard, and carefully assembled delicate constructions that often tore apart before a semester was over. It was one of mathematics' most frustrating teaching problems.

The breakthrough didn't come from a laboratory. It came with a crochet hook.

In 1997, Latvian mathematician Daina Taimina was searching for a better way to teach her students when she noticed something unexpected. By adding stitches at regular intervals while crocheting, the fabric refused to stay flat. Instead, it rippled and curled into the very shape mathematicians had struggled for decades to demonstrate.

It looked almost too simple to be taken seriously.

Some colleagues initially assumed the colorful yarn models were little more than clever crafts. But the mathematics was exact. Every carefully placed increase produced an authentic hyperbolic surface—one that students could hold, bend, and examine from every angle without destroying it. Suddenly, an abstract concept that had baffled generations became something you could pass around a classroom.

The idea spread far beyond mathematics departments. Scientists used the models to explain everything from coral reefs and sea slugs to the folds of kale leaves and certain biological structures found in nature. Artists embraced the unexpected beauty of the forms, while educators around the world abandoned fragile paper models in favor of crocheted ones that lasted for years.

Perhaps the most remarkable part of the story is that one of the most elegant advances in teaching advanced mathematics didn't require a supercomputer or expensive technology. It required recognizing that an ancient textile craft could solve a modern mathematical problem—a reminder that breakthroughs sometimes appear where no one thinks to look, until someone is willing to see them differently.

#archaeohistories

[Apple Podcasts @ApplePodcasts]

These stories are called classics for a reason. 💁

Tune in to @Insta_Classics with @wmarybeard and Charlotte Higgins for a journey through the ancient myths and histories that continue to dominate the culture, from Cleopatra to The Odyssey.

https://t.co/7QDcuFriej

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@elinakursite Manā gadījumā pārklājas nevis ar vienu, bet veseliem diviem skolas beigu pasākumiem... Nedēļu vēlāk noteikti tur būtu.

[Delfi @DelfiLV]

Valsts policija Siguldā meklē bezvēsts prombūtnē esošo septiņus gadus veco Lūkasu Šohorovu.

Zēns pēdējo reizi redzēts šodien, 18. maijā, ap pulksten 14.00 Siguldā, Kr. Barona ielā, izejot no mācību iestādes. Zēns var pārvietoties ar vilcienu, norāda policijā.

Valsts policija aicina aplūkot zēna attēlu un atsaukties ikvienu, kura rīcībā ir informācija par viņa iespējamo atrašanās vietu, zvanot pa tālruņa numuru 112.

https://t.co/1WHYhGnKSE

[Bill Pourquoimec @BillPourquoimec]

John and Yoko waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system. (1969)

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@AgneseMargevica @dzeina Manuprāt, te ir laba recenzija no cilvēkiem, kas IR lasījuši. :)

[The Book Club @bookclubpodhq]

We've had lots of questions asking us if we've seen the Wuthering Heights film. Well, we have, see Tabby and @dcsandbrook 's reaction below 👇

[Dominic Sandbrook @dcsandbrook]

Thank you to everybody who's listened to the first episode of @bookclubpodhq. Tabitha and I have been thrilled by the lovely reaction, especially the great suggestions for future episodes.

We're back on Tuesday with Kazuo Ishiguro's haunting NEVER LET ME GO. See you then!

[The Book Club @bookclubpodhq]

EPISODE ONE is out now on WUTHERING HEIGHTS...

Join @dcsandbrook and @Tabitha1278867 as they discuss...

📚Why the book is...completely different to the film
🫶Is it really a love story?
🖌️Why are the Bronte sisters still so compelling to us

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@Gimenes_Studija Ja atzīmju ir daudz, tad nav tik traki, bet priekšmetos, kur izliek 2-3 atzīmes semestrī, katrs PD pārtop par eksāmenu. Mazajās klasēs pilnīgi lieks stress.

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@dzeina Smieklīgākais, ar ko es esmu saskārusies. Makkalovas "Pirmais vīrs Romā". 4. vāks saka, ka grāmata ir par "bagātu, bet zemas izcelsmes sievieti Mariju un nabadzībā grimušo aristokrātu Sullu". Nekādas Marijas tur, protams, nav. Ir Gajs Marijs.

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

So, this happened on the Thames ... 😂 Sound on!

[ziedot.lv @ziedot_lv]

Krievijas armijas un iedzīvotāju nežēlībai nav robežu. Raidīt savas nāves raķetes bērnu slimnīcai ir īpaša cietsirdība un prātam neaptverams noziegums. Palīdzēsim ar ziedojumu https://t.co/y0ZKPR9M3C

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@ieva_sture @varbut @RautaLinda Šis gan jocīgs ieteikums. Man nevienā reizē no trim nebija nekādu sajūtamu atsāpju. Būtu dīvaini profilaksei vnk dzert tabletes.

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@baltaisruncis @vardotaja Iespējams. Cerams.

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@vardotaja @baltaisruncis "Krieva ādu" es laikam par kulta romānu nesauktu. Lai gan man patīk :) Šķiet, pietrūkst lasītāju satraukuma un noslēpumainības, kas piederas kulta romāniem. Man liekas, ka no pēdējā laika latviešu literatūras tas varētu būt vienīgi "Kalendārs mani sauc".

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@baltaisruncis @vardotaja Tad mums jau būtu jāzina, kura 2003.-2004. gada grāmata ir klasika. Man būtu bail izteikt tādas prognozes.

[Inese Okonova 🇱🇻 🇺🇦 @okonova]

@baltaisruncis @vardotaja Man šķiet, lai spriestu par klasiku, jāpaiet laikam. Vismaz 50 gadiem. Ja ne vairāk. Jo kulta romāni, manuprāt, bieži vien ir vienas paaudzes fenomens. Tā pati "Kaija vārdā Džonatans Livingstons", piemēram.