TIL that an asteroid named "Hermes" was lost for 66 years because its trajectory was so chaotic that scientists couldn't link its 1937 and 2003 sightings using standard methods. NASA eventually solved the mystery in a novel way to determine the path Hermes had taken during its decades in the dark.

https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news140.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rr20ip/til_that_an_asteroid_named_hermes_was_lost_for_66/

If you've ever wondered what  means, it's the logo of the Fediverse!

There is no central authority to decide an official logo, but  is by far the most commonly used logo and most widely accepted.

The designer of the logo uploaded high quality versions of it to Wikimedia Commons:

➡️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_logo_proposal.svg (colour)

➡️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_logo_proposal_(mono_version).svg (monochrome)

Fediverse projects often use this as the basis for their own logos by tweaking it a bit.

#FediTips #Fediverse

The #MicroPrompt for #Today is: Huddle

Reply with:

+ A #story that contains the prompt word (derivations and tense changes ok), or
+ An excerpt from your current #WIP that contains the prompt word, or
+ A #poem!

The only rules: keep it to a single toot and be sure to check out the other replies!

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

How the mournful songs of icebergs reverberate around the world

Icebergs produce some of the loudest natural noises in the oceans. Can we learn anything about their birth, life and death by listening in?

By Richard Gray

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20241206-how-the-sounds-of-icebergs-reverberate-around-the-world

Caption figure below: Iceberg songs are generated by harmonic tremours that occur when icebergs rub against each other or scrape along the seafloor

#nature #glaciers #icebergs

The #MastoPrompt for Saturday 14 December 2024 is:

#bleak

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text so I can boost your post.
#Writing
#SmallPoem
#Poetry
#Fiction
#MicroFiction
#SmallStories

#Politically #Queer: In #conversation with #Dame #AngelaEagle #MP

She is here to get things done, and from the very first question that drive is in full effect. Angela, our longest-standing #out #lesbian #MP, and our only #out #lesbian #minister, is an absolute #forceofnature. In fact, for all her wry #humour and #warmth, Angela can be ever so slightly #terrifying.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Politics #Labour #Representation #Culture

https://diva-magazine.com/2024/08/19/politically-queer-in-conversation-with-dame-angela-eagle-mp/

some could remember
but many could not
the road or the rock
or which one had sprung forth first.
the land had always been a mist here
had always let anyone sit for a spell
within its poppies and let them forget
soldiers, fathers, friends, enemies
could sit here among each other
melting days into milk white dreams

some could remember
but many could not
the road or the rock
or which way lead the way out.

#MastoPrompt #poem #poetry #MistsWeForgot