Clement Tahershamsi @Clementulus@qoto.org

Using a pagan holiday called Sadeh, young people took to the streets of some cities in #Iran chanting, "Death to the dictator" and "Poverty, corruption and the high cost of living/We will go until the regime is overthrown." The cities of #Sanandaj, #Kerman and #Machhad (the clip) are places where protests took place tonight. Women, many in Kerman, were chanting #Women_Life_Freedom around the straw fires unique to this holiday.

Why is gravity so cheap?

Why Because it's mass-produced.

Last week I was a student for five days, five hours per day—with ChatGPT fully integrated into teaching. Here's what we learned, just in time for Spring Term (which starts tomorrow. Class was Malware Analysis, taught by @jags https://alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu/five-days-in-class-with-chatgpt/

Taliban has banned women from seeing male doctors AND banned women from seeking medical education to become doctors. This is a sure fire way to kill women. It’s beyond barbaric.

Moreover, Prophet Muhammad (sa) declared education incumbent upon women AND declared medical knowledge as the most worthwhile knowledge. Taliban extremists ignore that entirely—because they fear truth, justice, and empowered women.

Taliban are enemies of all humanity.

Here is my latest image from last night! The great Orion Nebula (m42)

It sits at a distance of about 1400 light years from Earth, and is a great stellar nursery. Stars are born here!!

Taken with my 200mm newt at f3.8. This is only 39 minutes total exposure time 🤯

#astronomy #astrophotography #astrodon #universe #space

"Iranian authorities have arrested a 28-year-old Baha’i musician, amid an intensified crackdown on members of the persecuted religious minority.

Armed forces raided Elmira Rahmani’s house in the central city of Isfahan on January 17 and took her to an unknown location. Her personal electronic devices and musical instruments were confiscated.

There was no information available about Rahmani’s whereabouts and the charges against her."

#IranRevolution
#IRGCTerrorists

https://iranwire.com/en/bahais-of-iran/112745-bahai-musician-arrested-in-iran-whereabouts-unknown/

With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it's only a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy's truck leaves him too.

The Inigo Montoya method of greeting people.
Step 1: Polite greeting.
Step 2: Your name.
Step 3: Relevant personal link.
Step 4: Manage Expectations.

Absolutely not day dreaming about the beauty of slime molds.

#Iran court imposes 10-year prison sentences on 2 leading members of persecuted Baha'i religious community

Mahvash Sabet, 69, and Fariba Kamalabadi, 60, sentenced on November 21 after 1-hour trial

Both women previously served 10-year prison terms

#IranProtests2022

UPDATES: #IranProtests2022 --- Regime Executes 2nd Demonstrator

https://eaworldview.com/2022/12/iran-protests-regime-executes-1st-demonstrator/

#MajidrezaRahnavard #MohsenShekari #MahsaAmini #Iran

Reversing #deforestation trends in the #Amazon by 2050 would reduce biodiversity impacts, improve carbon storage and soil and water resources, AND save billions of USD. We show this in our latest study published in Environmental Research Letters on economic and environmental costs of deforestation

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aca3b8

If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between a seal and a sea lion then HAVE I GOT THE CHART FOR YOU.

What I'm saying is that there's only one creative team that has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to produce adaptations of literary classics. And that's why The Muppets should have been allowed to make the Dune movie.

How did Iran get to the present point in time?

This 4-part podcast series with historians Eskandar Sadeghi and Golnar Nikpour provides an excellent overview of the political history of 20th century Iran:

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/iran-1941-1953-tudeh-mosaddegh-oil-and-the-cia-mi6-coup/

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/iran-1953-1979-from-the-shah-to-islamic-revolution/

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/iran-1979-1997-islamic-republic-war-and-thermidor/

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/iran-1997-2022-reform-reaction-and-crisis/

Post-Fiona, the conversation on PEI has shifted to how to protect the Island’s shoreline from turbocharged erosion. Some experts say the most effective tools are not sea walls — they’re plant-based. Here’s our piece for The National (shot and edited by Eric Woolliscroft) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NDBVyUmRgeg

HRBST

#PhotosGuckenMitHerrnVonOheim

The first black child ever allowed to attend a white school is only 68 years old now.
White parents pulled their children from school. White teachers refused to teach her.
Ruby Bridges now works as an activist & public speaker
This wasn’t a million years ago. /1