Depictions of Celestial Objects Spanning Nearly a Millennium (2014)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/flowers-of-the-sky/

#HackerNews #Depictions #of #Celestial #Objects #Spanning #Nearly #a #Millennium #(2014) #celestialart #astronomy #history #publicdomain #skywatching

Depictions of the Milky Way found in ancient Egyptian imagery

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-depictions-milky-ancient-egyptian-imagery.html

#HackerNews #Depictions #of #the #Milky #Way #found #in #ancient #Egyptian #imagery #ancientEgypt #astronomy #MilkyWay #history #archaeology

#WorldAIDSDay: How 20 #Movies Depicted the #HIV/#AIDS #Epidemic #Onscreen.

This World AIDS Day, take a look back at the #history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through these #onscreen #depictions.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://themessenger.com/entertainment/world-aids-day-20-movies-depicted-hiv-aids-epidemic-onscreen

27 Years Ago, A #Groundbreaking #Friends #Episode Was #Banned From #Airing.

Titled “#TheOnewiththeLesbianWedding,” the #Season2 #episode centers on the #marriage between Ross’ ex-wife Carol (#JaneSibbett) and her bride-to-be Susan (#JessicaHecht), and was one of the first #mainstream #depictions of a #samesexmarriage to be #broadcast on #US #television.

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture

https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/friends-episode-banned-airing-the-one-with-the-lesbian-wedding

Too much effort looking for "#sexual #depictions" to be #offended by? "#AI" rides to the rescue (or not, depending on your knowledge of "AI" reliability):

"It is simply not feasible to #read every #book and filter for these new [#library] requirements," said Bridgette Exman, assistant superintendent of the school district. So she asks ChatGPT: “Does [book] contain a description or depiction of a sex act?” If the answer is yes, the book will be #banned.

#BookChallenge

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/

#Fascist #Iowa #SchoolDistrict #Bans 19 #Books Including ‘#TheHandmaidsTale’ and ‘#FridayNightLights’
#MasonCity #SchoolDistrict used #AI #software to #scan #texts to determine if they contained #depictions of #sexacts.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Iowa #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://themessenger.com/entertainment/iowa-school-district-bans-19-books-handmaids-tale-friday-night-lights

For years, for as long as I can remember, even, profile #depictions
of #bicycles, to my ND brain, _HAVE_TO_ be traveling right to left, front wheel to the left, as it were. The old Bicycle Tasmania logo was a happy cyclist, scooting on and travelling to the left, my design. The newsletter masthead, a winged wheel, wheel to the left, wing to the right. My teeth get set on edge when I see a depiction of a bicycle, front to the right, even photographs.

I just figured out why.

I've started a trike design, and as I pictured the initial CAD positioning, I realised that I had an image in my mind's eye of a recumbent tadpole trike travelling, you guessed it, to the left. In that instant, I also realised why that is "the way all bicycles and tricycles must face" - I'm Australian. I mount and "scoot-on" from the left, because we ride and drive on the left here.

It's how I approach my bike, park my bike, the side I mount on, the only side I see, unless working on the transmission. I even hang my right-hand panniers by reaching over the bike from the left, because I can see the hooks better, but hanging the left one is easier, anyway, because it goes on first and the bike then leans on me.

Also, hence my avatar.

#thatisall

#Queer #representation in #videogames has never been better – let’s not stop now.

As Pride month ends, the #editor of #Gayming #magazine assesses the #stateofplay for #LGBTQ+ #depictions in #videogames.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Gaming #Gamers #Gaymers #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/29/queer-video-games-pride-month-lgbtq