Martin Jambon 🌍🌎🌏 @mjambon@qoto.org

The Florentine Codex is now available for browsing online: https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/

The Florentine Codex is a 2400-page account of the Aztecs as encountered by the Spaniards in the 16th century. It is notable not only for the novelty and completeness of its material but also for including the perspective of the locals rather than only of the colonists.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentine_Codex

#history #mexico

What does the little "40" mean in the Yahoo weather app?

I used to think it was a 40% probability of "getting rained on" but seeing it next to a sunshine forecast is confusing.

#weather #numbers #sunshine #rain #random

Frank's toe knife set

#knives #tv #itsalwayssunny #philadelphia

Those who've made an effort to learn don't have a duty to teach those who haven't.

#expertise #teaching #laziness #curiosity #exploration

Here's a better headline: "Climate change could make your d*ck smaller"

#journalism #globalwarming #clickbait #beer #bullshit #alcohol #bbcnews #fear

Wiktionary nous donne "l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions" et la variante "le chemin de l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions". Ça marche pour moi. https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%E2%80%99enfer_est_pav%C3%A9_de_bonnes_intentions

Comment dit-on en français "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions" ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_road_to_hell_is_paved_with_good_intentions
#français #francais #proverbe #proverbes #french #proverb

If you're blind:

Does it help if we tag abstract art images in toots with an "alt" description? What kind of description do you appreciate?

(my take is: I label abstract paintings with just "abstract painting" so as to make them easy to ignore but I don't try to describe them because it would be futile in my opinion much like summarizing poetry)

#art #blind #lowvision

Today in special units for America: "Asteroid the Size of 100 Capybaras" which is in fact the size of 1 billion capybaras.

https://ts2.space/en/asteroid-the-size-of-100-capybaras-to-pass-earth-no-cause-for-alarm/
#astronomy #units #asteroids #capybaras #big #earth #america

Interesting spelling for "Ampèrian". In French, it's spelled "ampérien" with an acute accent, not "ampèrien" which would look and sound wrong even though it's derived from "Ampère".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/amp%C3%A9rien
#spelling #english #anglais #français #french #accents #physics

Here's something you don't get with digital images or ordinary prints: gold and silver effects.

#art #abstractart #artistsonmastodon #gold #silver #shiny

Did you know it takes 40 Olympic-size swimming pools of sap to make 1 Olympic-size swimming pool of maple syrup?

#makesyouthink #wow #syrup #sweet #swimming #trees #maple

I blame the Big Bang.

#politics #causality #causation #transitivity #physics #philosophy #liability #bullshit