Mastodawn

An in-depth historical atlas that examines the history of Europe from circa 117 CE to 1000 CE. #History #Atlas #Cartoraphy #DarkAges #MediterraneanSea #MiddleAges #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-553-en/

joe•iuculano

Feb 18

You've heard of the The #DarkAges, the #Medieval period, the #Renaissance...

Well, in #history, this timeline we are currently living will be called "The Age of Stupidity"

#AgeOfStupidity

Chris Hessert Feb 13

Fondly remembering sending and receiving near daily letters (snail mail) with my lover in the 1980s. Being forced to think and write your thoughts was well worth the "inconvenience". 💌 🙂

#1980s #DarkAges #SnailMail #Intelligence #Thought

Nicola Iarocci Jan 27

https://nicolaiarocci.com/theres-no-such-a-thing-as-the-dark-ages/

#links #medieval #darkages

There's no such a thing as the 'Dark Ages'

The actual phrase ‘Dark Ages’ itself derives from the Latin saeculum obscurum, which Caesar Baronius – a cardinal and Church historian – came up with around 1602. He applied the term exclusively to the tenth and eleventh centuries. However, and very significantly in his use of the term, Baronius was not decrying a state of scientific malaise, or a particularly turbulent political period – he’s talking about a lack of sources surviving from that time. Indeed, Baronius sees the cut off point for the dark ages to be the Gregorian reforms of 1046, following which we see a massive increase in surviving documentation.

Nicola Iarocci

Soh Kam Yung Jan 26

Interesting.

"There, in the frozen electromagnetic stillness [on the far side of the moon, LuSEE] will scan the spectrum between 0.1 and 50 MHz, gathering data for a low-frequency map of the sky—maybe including the first tantalizing signature of the dark ages."

https://spectrum.ieee.org/lunar-radio-telescope

#Telescopes #Moon #Cosmology #DarkAges

Lunar Radio Telescope to Unlock Cosmic Mysteries

A radio telescope on the moon's far side could change our understanding of the universe. Learn how LuSEE-Night plans to listen to the cosmos like never before.

IEEE Spectrum

Kevin Russell Jan 18

MIT hails Sodium batteries as breakthrough technology that'll define our future.

Salt batteries, abundant, built from materials found in every land, low heat, low pollution, ne plus ultra recyclable, long long lasting. Cars are being made with salt batteries, but first top use is replacing oil, coal baseline electricity supply.

Hurry, let's deal with our billionaire problem, move on building human civilisation.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1129991/sodium-ion-batteries-2026-breakthrough-technology/

#nihillionaires #billionaires #coup #darkAges #climate

Sodium-ion batteries: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

A cheaper, safer, and more abundant alternative to lithium is finally making its way into cars—and the grid.

MIT Technology Review

Oakbound Studio Jan 12

If you were at #grogmeet you may have caught a glimpse of Shivershield! The new dark age fantasy skirmish game. Over Christmas I was filling the gaps in our range, and here are the first greens ready for moulding- the tuatha. #shivershield #darkages #fantasywargame #wargames #fantaygames #indiegame

Thomas Jan 1

RE: https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/115820329241069048

I guess it's good for someone - this will result in a lower federal tax; every penny counts when you're a billionaire.
#usa #darkages

Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽Dec 29

How conservatives and fascists cancel independent critical thinking to create deplorable sheeple that vote for felons, pedophiles, rapists, criminals, and corrupt and captured governments.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/humboldt-education-system-bildung-1.7172093

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-post-secondary-education-cuts-budget-ucp-kenney-1.5363842

#Education #DarkAges #Sheeple #AbPoli #Fascism #Baaaaa