Scientific FrontlineDec 5, 2025
Based on extrapolations from other #planetary systems, #Uranus’ electron #radiation belt was off the charts. Since then, scientists have wondered how the #Uranian system could support such an intense trapped #electron radiation belt, at a #planet unlike anything else in the #solar system.
#PlanetaryScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/ps12052501.html
SwRI may have solved a mystery surrounding Uranus’ radiation belts

Science has come a long way since the Voyager 2 flyby

Antinous the Gay GodAug 28, 2025
🪷 #200YearsAgo: #Uranians of the world, unite! #KarlHeinrichUlrichs born 28 August 1825, died 14 July 1895. Coined the German word #Urning ( #Uranian) for Gay Men. #LGBTrights. #Ulrichs proclaimed himself high priest of #Antinous. Full tribute: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/karl-heinrich-ulrichs-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷
Show threadMx VerdaAug 4, 2025

Female gaze mails male gays, baits male gaze; female gays' gaze gates no way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrDML1ZaNaM
Idk, there's something in there. OH!

Hey! Hays hates, hazes gays; Hays gates gays' gaze. Gays train blame game (fame), gain grace. Hays laid hate-bait, days say "Nay, ain't great," and rein place shame.
Came they late, the lay debate brays same: Gay gaze may stay!

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatstheword/comments/c9hgtb/is_there_a_word_for_a_malemale_version_of_sapphic/

Omfgggg Ouran High School Host Club but Uranian -> Ouranian.
https://www.lgbtqandall.com/lgbtq-terms-to-avoid-and-what-to-use-instead/

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBTQIA2S #LGBTI #LGBTIQ #queer #gay #lesbian #sapphic #achillean #uranian #ouranian #broic #neptunic #alexic #alexandric #eres #eresian #WordSalad #HashtagGames #rhyming #assonance #alliteration #nonsense #wtf #fun #funny #creative #literary #WordPlay

the borrowed bodies of BL/yaoi

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grammaticusJul 24, 2025

“In Summer” by Lord Alfred Douglas

Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas was an English writer, born in Powick, Worcestershire, in 1870. Today often mentioned in connection with his stormy love affair with Oscar Wilde, his biography reads like an exciting novel, filled with unexpected twists and turns – from a religious conversion to controversial political activities, and everything in between. His poetry itself, however, has been long neglected.

Lord Alfred Douglas

In this post we’ll have a look at his poem titled “In Summer”, considered one of his works with obvious Wildean influences. It’s a relatively short and very sensual poem celebrating the joy and excitement of a summer romance. There’s a strong physical aspect of love and passion, mirroring the fleeting nature of summer – but there’s also an intimation of something more enduring.

If you’re an English language learner, don’t miss the simple vocabulary exercise found below the poem (answer key available).

There were the black pine trees,
And the sullen hills
Frowning; there were trills
Of birds, and the sweet hot sun,
And little rills
Of water, everyone
Singing and prattling; there were bees

Honey-laden, tuneful, a song
Far-off, and a timid air
That sighed and kissed my hair,
My hair that the hot sun loves.
The day was very fair,
There was wooing of doves,
And the shadows were not yet long.

And I lay on the soft green grass,
And the smell of the earth was sweet,
And I dipped my feet
In the little stream;
And was cool as a flower is cool in the heat,
And the day lay still in a dream,
And the hours forgot to pass.

And you came, my love, so stealthily
That I saw you not
Till I felt that your arms were hot
Round my neck, and my lips were wet
With your lips, I had forgot
How sweet you were. And lo! the sun has set,
And the pale moon came up silently.

VOCABULARY EXERCISE

Find the words in the poem with the following meaning: 

  • musical, melodious
  • short and high-pitched, repeated notes
  • quietly and carefully 
  • gloomy, depressed, bad-tempered
  • a small stream
  • fine, beautiful
  • talking in a silly way
  • easily frightened, shy and nervous

To check your answers, click here.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Unofficial Website of Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas

The poet that time forgot

Was Bosie Douglas the worst boyfriend ever?

NOTES

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#EnglishLiterature #EnglishVocabulary #learningEnglish #literature #LordAlfredDouglas #love #OscarWilde #poem #poetry #readingComprehension #readingSkills #romance #summer #Uranian
Antinous the Gay GodJul 14, 2025
🪷 #Uranians of the world, unite! #KarlHeinrichUlrichs born 28 August 1825, died 14 July 1895. Coined the German word #Urning (#Uranian) for Gay Men. #LGBTrights. #Ulrichs proclaimed himself high priest of #Antinous. Full tribute: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/karl-heinrich-ulrichs-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷
Antinous the Gay GodApr 11, 2025
🪷 #Venus #Urania embraces #Antinous as her son, giving him the power of love and beauty, making him the new HomoEros from whom #Homotheosis flows. We Antinoans praise Venus, who gave us the blessing of being LGBTQ, of being #Uranian. Full text here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/04/as-hadrian-visited-memphis-spirit-of.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>AS HADRIAN VISITED MEMPHIS <br>THE SPIRIT OF ANTINOUS <br>WAS WITH VENUS URANIA</B></center></font>

AS   Hadrian visited the city of Memphis in spring of 131 AD, the spirit of Antinous had journeyed to the heavens, having crossed the darkne...

Antinous the Gay GodOct 6, 2024

🪷 By Antonius Subia:

#Antinous #Uranian
Guiding us away
Confusion Uncertainty
The Dark Star is coming
Do you feel it
Its all around you
I am the black fire
Burning in the night
My heart is a flower now 🪷

TJAug 9, 2024
Uranian (2019); So, I'm out of new shots (for technical issues, as usual), so I'm back to my archival posts here. This one was a test shot actually that was taken in 2019, but processed in 2021 or 2022. From there, I was inspired to make 2 other images, entitled Neptunian and Plutonian.

#Uranus #Uranian #eye #alien #strange #closeup #look #gaze
Antinous the Gay GodJul 14, 2024
🪷 #Uranians of the world, unite! #KarlHeinrichUlrichs born 28 Aug 1825, died 14 July 1895. Coined the German word #Urning (#Uranian) for Gay Men. #LGBTrights. #Ulrichs proclaimed himself high priest of #Antinous. Full tribute: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/07/karl-heinrich-ulrichs-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>KARL HEINRICH ULRICHS <br>SAINT OF ANTINOUS</B></center></font>

ON JULY 14  the  Religion of Antinous  honors  Saint Karl Heinrich Ulrichs , the world's first gay activist, who lobbied governments 100 yea...

Show threadRodolfoFeb 20, 2024

@nat

According to the fine folks at “History Is #Gay”, #GenderQueer Proto #Trans surrealist photographer —and all-around thorn in the side of invading Nazis— Claude Calhun referred to themselves a #Uranian, so yeah, go play and find the gender-planet that best suits you.

#Podcast Episode: https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/listen/2018/4/6/episode-9-nazi-punks-fuck-off-part-2-claude-cahun

Text Transcript: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a335f7e692ebe0d3d350e0d/t/650f7a056f4cc84a8474f094/1695513093701/HIG+Transcript+-+EP+9+-+Nazi+Punks+Fuck+Off+Pt+2+-+Claude+Cahun.pdf

#ClaudeCalhun #HistoryIsGay #LGBT

9. Nazi Punks Fuck Off, Pt 2: Claude Cahun — History is Gay

As you know, we're not a fan of nazis. In part two of our (what will very likely be ongoing) series on badass, queer anti-fascists we discuss the genderqueer, surrealist artist and nazi resistance fighter Claude Cahun! Teen love to stepsisters to lifelong partners in art and resistance? Lovers liter

History is Gay