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Home or Local or Federated on which #timeline do you spend most of your #time?

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"We designed the Vibrating Ingestible BioElectronic Stimulator (VIBES) pill, an ingestible device that performs luminal vibratory stimulation to activate mechanoreceptors and stroke mucosal receptors, which induces serotonin release and yields a hormonal metabolic response commensurate with a fed state."

Shriya S. Srinivasan et al., A vibrating ingestible bioelectronic stimulator modulates gastric stretch receptors for illusory satiety. Sci. Adv. 9, eadj3003(2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj3003 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Engineering #Science #STEM #Medicine #Health #Obesity #Academia #Academic @science @engineering

@ChemicalEyeGuy #History may not repeat itself word for word; however, it certainly does rhyme through the ages.

"From insight into our human ancestry and breakthroughs on the moon to a flourishing of AI and terrifying new developments in the climate, it was a year of scientific drama" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/23/the-10-biggest-science-stories-of-2023-chosen-by-scientists #Science #Review #STEM #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Astrophysics #Maths #Math #Mathematics #Genetics #ClimateChange @science

@1dalm In it's current commericalised form I would have to agree with your #toot.

#Christmas #Xmas #Holidays

"The Invisible Empire was a product of an affective urge to recreate a mythical past based on religious and racial homogeneity, and Klansmen therefore sought to embody a self-proclaimed ideal for what they claimed signified true Americanism. This ideal included notions of patriotism, nativism, white supremacism, and Protestant theology."

Gustaf Forsell (2020) Blood, Cross and Flag: The Influence of Race on Ku Klux Klan Theology in the 1920s, Politics, Religion & Ideology, 21:3, 269-287, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2020.1809384 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Race #Theology #Religion #Politics #History #Histodon #Histodons #US #USA #America #C20th #20thCentury #Academia #Academic

"For some time the Parliamentary leaders were able to resist demands that Christmas should be abolished in England, but it happened that in 1644 Christmas Day fell upon a Wednesday, and the last Wednesday in each month was by law to be kept as a day of solemn fast and penance. The question was whether December 25th should be an exception to the general rule. In deference to the Scots, Parliament decided with evident unwillingness that it should not." https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/christmas-under-puritans #History #Histodon #Histodons #Christmas #Xmas #Christianity #Religion #Puritans #England #UK #GB #C17th #17thCentury

"Bradford’s comments reflected Puritans’ lingering anxiety about the ways that Christmas had been celebrated in England. For generations, the holiday had been an occasion for riotous, sometimes violent behavior. The moralist pamphleteer Phillip Stubbes believed that Christmastime celebrations gave celebrants license “to do what they lust, and to folow what vanitie they will.” He complained about rampant “fooleries” like playing dice and cards and wearing masks." https://theconversation.com/why-the-puritans-cracked-down-on-celebrating-christmas-151359 #History #Histodon #Histodons #Christmas #Xmas #Christianity #Religion #NewEngland #America

"This article argues that the liturgical tradition of celebrating Christmas on 25 December travelled from the Latin West to the Greek East at the behest of Theodosius I upon his arrival in Constantinople in AD 380. From there it made its way to Cappadocia, Pontus and Syrian Antioch by means of travelling clerics who belonged to a pro-Nicene network."

EDWARDS ROBERTGT. Travelling Festivals in Late Antiquity: How Christmas Came to the Greek East. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 2023:1-17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002204692300009X #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Christianity #Christmas #Religion #History #Histodon #Histodons #Antiquity #Academia #Academic @histodon @histodons @antiquidons

@bookstodon I am still #reading: https://qoto.org/@bibliolater/111518039305934989. I am a slow reader.

During this #holiday will you be #reading any #NonFiction #book or #books?

#AmReading #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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"The quest for the einstein tile—a shape never seen before in mathematics—turned up even more discoveries than mathematicians counted on" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-mathematicians-search-for-the-mysterious-einstein-tile/ #Maths #Math #Mathematics #STEM

If #reality is so intriguing, why would anyone want to #read #fiction #books?

#NonFiction #Book #AmReading #Reading #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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"These ancient DNA results reveal a relatively genetically homogeneous population in Peqi’in. We show that the movements of people within the region of the southern Levant were remarkably dynamic, with some populations, such as the one buried at Peqi’in, being formed in part by exogenous influences."

Harney, É., May, H., Shalem, D. et al. Ancient DNA from Chalcolithic Israel reveals the role of population mixture in cultural transformation. Nat Commun 9, 3336 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05649-9 #OpenAccess #OA #Science #STEM #Article #Biology #Anthropology #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Genetics #Ancient #DNA #MiddleEast #NearEast #Academia #Academic @science @biology @archaeodons @anthropology