Thomas

male. ~47 years old. sometimes grumpy, always hungry (correlation likely).
i'm a linux/bsd sysadmin and cynical misanthrope extraordinaire,
also i like brains.

[Thomas @RandomInsomnia]

“The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible.” – Thomas Bangalter

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Glimpse the past.

"The Torment of Saint Anthony" is a fascinating painting, often attributed to Michelangelo. If it is by Michelangelo, it is his earliest surviving work, having been produced in c. 1487–88 when he was a mere 12-13 years old.

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Catriona, a mathematics teacher, drew this.

In order to help us reach higher realms of harmony and bliss, she asks us: "Two circles, two squares. What’s the shaded area?"

By Catriona Agg, @Cshearer41, Used with permission.

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Mathematics.

Order of Operations, in a nutshell.

By Ketrina Thompson, https://t.co/xZPw6o4gZD, Used with permission.

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

“Reality in Layers.” The Stratified Cosmos.

I created this diagram, stimulated by https://t.co/tN8v8WAmSV

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

After 9 years… and 3 BILLION miles… this is what we found 😳

For decades, Pluto was just a blurry dot in the sky.
But everything changed when NASA’s spacecraft finally arrived…

🚀 After an incredible journey across the Solar System,
we got our first close-up look at Pluto’s frozen world ❄️

🏔️ Massive ice mountains
🌌 Vast frozen plains
🌫️ A thin, mysterious atmosphere

This isn’t just a rock…
it’s a complex, active world at the edge of our Solar System.

✨ And the craziest part?
This data was sent back from billions of miles away…
taking hours just to reach Earth.

From a tiny dot… to a breathtaking world.

That’s the power of space exploration 🚀
#Pluto #NASA #SpaceExploration #NewHorizons #SolarSystem #Astronomy #Universe #Science #SpaceFacts #DeepSpace

[Universal-Sci @universal_sci]

Nicknamed "The Ghost Head Nebula," NGC 2080 is a star-forming region in a nearby galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The nebula's two bright "eyes" are blobs of hydrogen and oxygen that glow with the energy from new-born stars

(Credit: NASA/ESA & Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri)

[Universal-Sci @universal_sci]

The stunning and colourful star cluster NGC 3532

(Credit: ESO, G. Beccan)

[Universal-Sci @universal_sci]

A mysterious “superbubble” has hollowed out part of the N44 nebula

The cavity stretches about 250 light-years, and scientists still aren’t sure what caused it

(Credit: NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll and D. Gouliermis et al.; Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

[All day Astronomy @forallcurious]

One of the rarest event on Earth that we still can't explain, recorded over France.

For over a century, pilots swore they saw red light leap above storms. Scientists called it imagination — until 1989, when a camera caught one by accident.

They bloom 50 miles up, last a few milliseconds, and have been firing above thunderstorms for all of human history.

We just never looked high enough.

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

I can't fit all the privacy tools I use into a single video, so here are a few I rely on daily.

What are your favorite privacy tools, and what should be included in my next video?

[DutchKafir 🇳🇱 @DutchKafir]

Mijns inziens is dit een van de beste use cases voor AI-videocontent op dit moment. Een AI-influencer reist terug in de tijd naar 1536 om te vloggen over haar ervaringen in Tudor-Londen.

[Beauty of Nature 🥀 @NaturalEye78321]

Is this peace or loneliness?

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Reminder: Germany has more castles than the United States has McDonald's.

This is one is my favorite. Owned by the same family for 33 generations.

[Jeferson Nasa @Jefersonnasa_]

La loca reacción de un perro al arte callejero en 3D 😱🐶

[Beauty of Nature 🥀 @NaturalEye78321]

📍 Nymphaeum of Egeria, Italy 🇮🇹

[Mathelirium @mathelirium]

A Black Hole Can Be Dragged Through Spacetime

A Black Hole does not have to sit still.

Einstein’s equations allow a stranger possibility... a Black Hole that accelerates.

This is the C-metric, an exact solution of General Relativity describing an accelerating Black Hole.

The Black Hole accelerates because the geometry of Spacetime says it must.

The C-metric is one of those exact solutions that reminds us how wild General Relativity really is. Gravity is not just attraction, and Spacetime is not just a stage.

Sometimes the stage itself contains the force.

#Astrophysics #GeneralRelativity #Einstein #CMetric #BlackHole #CosmicStrings #Spacetime #Cosmology #Mathematics #Physics

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

This guy is hilarious 😂

[Space 8K @uhd2020]

The Pleiades Star Cluster with more than 1K stars bound by gravity

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

The 4 km-long stretch of river in the city of Yanagawa, Japan is ideal for a relaxing time on a donko boat.

And sometimes the boatmen can show off their skills in a somewhat theatrical way.