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(small grumble about how the #cricket should be on free-to-air TV)

Just seen in a hotel lift. Possibly the best description of a bar that I’ve seen in a long time. #noise #bar #hotel

I hear someone in Germany is making a film about the people who used to go around door to door selling scouring powder.

Vim vendors.

#sorrynotsorry

How Eratosthenes measured the earth: part 4 of 4.

The angle of the sun is the last hurdle Eratosthenes had to overcome with his data collection methods.

Here we review the popularly believed story -- measuring shadows of sticks -- before looking at a more likely and methodologically simpler alternative.

Concludes with a bibliography.

(Reading time: 15 minutes)
#ancientscience #eratosthenes #geography #ancientgreece
kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/202

How about if we all start asking "Please join Mastodon (& not other evil billionaire alternatives) Thanks! " on Twitter? (If UR still there)

Think we shoould get moore players in the team with doouble oos. Woood! Rooot! Broook!

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