📝 Plot: In this light-hearted French drama, the eccentric Aunt Zita becomes the center of family chaos and comedic misunderstandings. Through humorous conflicts, heartfelt moments, and quirky characters, the film explores family bonds, loyalty, and the unpredictable consequences of love and mischief in everyday life.
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📝 Plot: A hilarious and quirky comedy unfolds around everyday absurdities, eccentric characters, and chaotic adventures. Through misunderstandings, witty banter, and outrageous situations, the film delivers lighthearted humor, satirical glimpses of society, and memorable comedic performances that have made it a beloved classic.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 18 “Conclusion” (1854)
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Shortly before nine o'clock this morning, I passed a man on the street in north central Austin who was wearing nothing but a baseball hat.
He did not appear out of his wits, nor did he seem sexually aroused or aggressive.
His failure to cover his genitals meant that he was breaking the law. I wondered whether his undress was the result of a practical joke or the sequel to seasonal festivities that had got out of hand, or if he was just eccentric.
In any case, he hardly seemed like a dangerous criminal, and I found myself hoping that he arrived at his destination neither having been arrested nor having upset anyone who saw him.
A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not protect freedom in order to indulge error. We protect freedom in order to discover truth. We do not maintain freedom in order to permit eccentricity to flourish; we maintain freedom in order that society may profit from criticism, even eccentric criticism. We do not encourage dissent for sentimental reasons; we encourage dissent because we cannot live without it.Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1954), “The Necessity of Freedom,” Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent
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We do not protect freedom in order to indulge error. We protect freedom in order to discover truth. We do not maintain freedom in order to permit eccentricity to flourish; we maintain freedom in order that society may profit from criticism, even eccentric criticism. We do not encourage dissent for…
A quotation from Judith Martin
We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, Miss Manners believes, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2010-05-07)
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#eccentricity : deviation from the customary line of conduct
- French: excentricité
- German: die Exzentrizität
- Italian: eccentricità
- Portuguese: excentricidade
- Spanish: excentricidad
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Weekly Update from the Open Journal of Astrophysics – 08/11/2025
It’s Saturday again, so it’s time for the usual update of the week’s new papers at the Open Journal of Astrophysics. Since the last update we have published another five papers, which brings the number in Volume 8 (2025) up to 168, and the total so far published by OJAp up to 403.
The first paper this week is “Maximizing Ariel’s Survey Leverage for Population-Level Studies of Exoplanets” by Nicolas B. Cowan and Ben Coull-Neveu (McGill University, Canada). This article was published in the folder Earth and Planetary Astrophysics on Tuesday 4th November 2025; it discusses various different schemes to select the mission reference sample for a notional three year transit spectroscopy survey with the European Space Agency’s Ariel mission
The overlay is here:
You can find the officially accepted version on arXiv here.
The Fediverse announcement is here:
Open Journal of Astrophysics
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Maximizing Ariel’s Survey Leverage for Population-Level Studies of Exoplanets" by Nicolas B. Cowan and Ben Coull-Neveu (McGill University, Canada)
https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.146656
November 4, 2025, 5:08 pm 1 boosts 3 favorites
The second paper of the week is “A substellar flyby that shaped the orbits of the giant planets” by Garett Brown (U. Toronto at Scarborough, Canada), Renu Malhotra (U. Arizona, USA) and Hanno Rein (U. Toronto at Scarborough, Canada). This article was published on Wednesday 5th November 2025, also in the folder Earth and Planetary Astrophysics. It argues that an ancient close encounter with a substellar object offers a plausible explanation for the origin of the moderate eccentricities and inclinations of the giant planets.
The overlay is here:
You can find the official version of this one on arXiv here. The federated announcement on Mastodon is here:
Open Journal of Astrophysics
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "A substellar flyby that shaped the orbits of the giant planets" by Garett Brown (U. Toronto at Scarborough, Canada), Renu Malhotra (U. Arizona, USA) and Hanno Rein (U. Toronto at Scarborough, Canada)
https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.146688
November 5, 2025, 8:34 am 3 boosts 3 favoritesNext one up is “The Potential Impact of Primordial Black Holes on Exoplanet Systems” by Garett Brown (U. Toronto at Scarborough), Linda He (Harvard U., USA), and James Unwin (U. Illinois Chicago, USA). This one was also published on Wednesday 5th November 2025, but in the folder Astrophysics of Galaxies. This one is an exploration of the possibility that primordial black holes (PBHs) in our Galaxy, might impact the orbits of exoplanets. The overlay is here:
You can find the official accepted version on arXiv here. The fediverse announcement is here:
Open Journal of Astrophysics
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Potential Impact of Primordial Black Holes on Exoplanet Systems" by Garett Brown (U. Toronto at Scarborough), Linda He (Harvard U., USA), James Unwin (U. Illinois Chicago, USA)
https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.146689
November 5, 2025, 8:49 am 3 boosts 1 favoritesThe fourth paper to report is “The Unhurried Universe: A Continued Search for Long Term Variability in ASAS-SN” by Sydney Petz, C. S. Kochanek & K. Z. Stanek (Ohio State U., USA), Benjamin J. Shappee (U. Hawaii, USA), Subo Dong (Peking University, China), J. L. Prieto (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile) and Todd A. Thompson (Ohio State U., USA). This one was also published on Wednesday November 5th 2025, but in the folder Solar and Stellar Astrophysics. It describes the discovery and investigation of slowly-varying sources in the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-AN) leading to the identification of 200 new variable stars. The overlay is here:
You can find the official published version on arXiv here. The Fediverse announcement follows:
Open Journal of Astrophysics
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "The Unhurried Universe: A Continued Search for Long Term Variability in ASAS-SN" by Sydney Petz, C. S. Kochanek & K. Z. Stanek (Ohio State U., USA), Benjamin J. Shappee (U. Hawaii, USA), Subo Dong (Peking University, China), J. L. Prieto (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile) and Todd A. Thompson (Ohio State U., USA)
https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.146690
November 5, 2025, 9:08 am 1 boosts 0 favoritesThe fifth and final paper for this week is “Measuring the splashback feature: Dependence on halo properties and history” by Qiaorong S. Yu (Oxford U., UK) and 9 others based in the UK and USA. This was published on Friday 7th November 2025 in the folder Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics. It discusses how the properties of “splashback” features in halo profiles relate to the halo’s assembly history (e.g. mass accretion rate and most recent merger time). The overlay is here:
The officially accepted version can be found on arXiv here. The Fediverse announcement is here:
Open Journal of Astrophysics
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "Measuring the splashback feature: Dependence on halo properties and history" by Qiaorong S. Yu (Oxford U., UK) and 9 others based in the UK and USA.
https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.146824
November 7, 2025, 9:12 am 0 boosts 0 favoritesThat’s all the papers for this week. I’ll do another report next Saturday.
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