mythologyandhistory · @mythologyandhistory
786 followers · 202 posts · Server mas.toDid you know that in #ancient #Athens some men had to suffer as scapegoats for angry #gods ?
The Thargelia was an annual #festival for #Apollo & Artemis. While various rituals were performed, one involved choosing one (or two) very #ugly men, feeding them & either beating them & throwing them from a cliff, or casting them out of the city.
The 2 sacrifices were given necklaces of black figs & white figs - representing the #sacrifice from the men and women of Athens respectively.
#history #sacrifice #ugly #apollo #festival #gods #athens #ancient
David Sugar · @gnutelephony
395 followers · 328 posts · Server floss.socialThe entire stack for #Coventry, #Bordeaux, #Apollo, etc is found on #codeberg at
https://codeberg.org/gnutelephony and is buildable on #BSD. #FreeBSD support depends on the mqueuefs kernel plugin. I have internally made preliminary FreeBSD ports and NetBSD pkgsrc. #NetBSD requires at least 9.1, maybe now 10, because of a new requirement for gcc filesystem support.
#coventry #bordeaux #apollo #Codeberg #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD
jackhutton · @jackhutton
1167 followers · 8645 posts · Server mstdn.socialExcerpt From
These Are the Plunderers p. 310
Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner
#privateEquity #books #nonfiction #kkr #predatoryCapitalism #leonBlack #apollo #blackstone #forbes
#forbes #blackstone #apollo #leonblack #predatorycapitalism #kkr #nonfiction #Books #privateequity
jackhutton · @jackhutton
1167 followers · 8645 posts · Server mstdn.socialExcerpt From
These Are the Plunderers p. 287
Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner
#privateEquity #books #nonfiction #kkr #predatoryCapitalism #leonBlack #apollo #pensions #retirement
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#retirement #pensions #apollo #leonblack #predatorycapitalism #kkr #nonfiction #Books #privateequity
jackhutton · @jackhutton
1167 followers · 8640 posts · Server mstdn.socialThese pension deals had a telling name, however. They were called “pension risk transfers,” and therein was their problem. The companies selling their pension obligations were transferring to another entity the risks associated with making these payments for years to come. A good thing for the companies, of course, but beneficial to the pensioners? Not so fast.
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#privateEquity #leonBlack #theseAreThePlunderers #apollo #pensions
#pensions #apollo #thesearetheplunderers #leonblack #privateequity
David Sugar · @gnutelephony
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Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social · @Norobiik
484 followers · 7604 posts · Server noc.socialIf the event is confirmed to be a moonquake, it would be the first detected on the lunar surface since the 1970s — when #NASA's #Apollo missions first studied seismic activity on the moon and detected #moonquakes.
A #moonquake would suggest that the moon isn't just some big, dense space rock — there's actually more going on under its surface than meets the eye. #Chandrayaan3 #Vikram
#India's #moon lander detected movement near the lunar south pole.
https://www.businessinsider.com/indias-moon-lander-detects-signs-of-possible-moonquake-2023-9
#moon #India #vikram #chandrayaan3 #moonquake #moonquakes #apollo #nasa
Howard Smith MD, AM · @Drhowardsmith
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Apollo Electric Scooters Have Detaching Wheels:
Apollo Phantom V1, V2 and 60V Electric Scooters models have a suspension and wheel assembly module that detaches causing falls and injuries to the rider and bystanders. #apollo #scooter #wheels #injury #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9eTY0OKVQ/
#apollo #scooter #wheels #injury #recall
:blahaj: Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑 · @WhyNotZoidberg
278 followers · 6968 posts · Server topspicy.social#OverySarcasticProductions deserve even more followers. Really.
#overysarcasticproductions #mythology #greece #histodons #artemis #apollo
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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Gizmodo: The New Space Race: Gizmodo Explores Our Ongoing Quest to Conquer the Final Frontier https://gizmodo.com/the-new-space-race-gizmodo-explores-our-ongoing-quest-1850796057 #spaceexploration #georgedvorsky #isaacschultz #astronautics #spacepolicy #spaceflight #kevinhurler #spacerace #spacex #origin #apollo #rabie
#spaceexploration #georgedvorsky #isaacschultz #astronautics #spacepolicy #spaceflight #kevinhurler #spacerace #spacex #origin #apollo #rabie
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
12 followers · 19964 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meGizmodo: The New Space Race: Gizmodo Explores Our Ongoing Quest to Conquer the Final Frontier https://gizmodo.com/the-new-space-race-gizmodo-explores-our-ongoing-quest-1850796057?utm_source=regular #spaceexploration #georgedvorsky #isaacschultz #astronautics #spacepolicy #spaceflight #kevinhurler #spacerace #spacex #origin #apollo #rabie
#spaceexploration #georgedvorsky #isaacschultz #astronautics #spacepolicy #spaceflight #kevinhurler #spacerace #spacex #origin #apollo #rabie
David Sugar · @gnutelephony
391 followers · 277 posts · Server floss.socialIn #Apollo I also prefer high contrast text (black and white) and using as little decoration as possible. I don't use icons much because I could never draw them before, and can't really see them now anyway. This purity of view has become more part of partisipate, too, though Qt, like other modern gui toolkits, tries to impose shades in the ui. I will have to look at how to make Qt buttons that look and behave more like my web ones now.
David Sugar · @gnutelephony
391 followers · 276 posts · Server floss.socialOne idea I experimented with in #Apollo is button behavior on hoover. "Safe" buttons have a blue background, and darken a bit on hoover. Dangerous buttons (like "delete") have a darker orange background, and significantly brighten (flare) on hoover. This gives a strong visual clue not dependent on color perception alone.
David Sugar · @gnutelephony
391 followers · 275 posts · Server floss.social
David Sugar · @gnutelephony
391 followers · 274 posts · Server floss.social
David Sugar · @gnutelephony
391 followers · 274 posts · Server floss.socialFor the next #apollo testing release the basic front-end line management web ui is now complete, but the backend is not yet wired up. One will be able to get an idea of how easy it will be to manage and configure a #coventry phone server from it, though. This ui even is usable from links.
Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
12 followers · 19616 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meGizmodo: The New Space Race: Gizmodo Explores Our Ongoing Quest to Conquer the Final Frontier https://gizmodo.com/the-new-space-race-gizmodo-explores-our-ongoing-quest-1850796057?utm_source=regular #spaceexploration #georgedvorsky #isaacschultz #astronautics #spacepolicy #spaceflight #kevinhurler #spacerace #spacex #origin #apollo #rabie
#spaceexploration #georgedvorsky #isaacschultz #astronautics #spacepolicy #spaceflight #kevinhurler #spacerace #spacex #origin #apollo #rabie
The Spaceshipper 🚀 · @TheSpaceshipper
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nosat · @nosat
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