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@graydon @Ailbhe

"... trying to reconcile a prophecy that the messiah would be born in Bethlehem with another prophecy that he would be from Nazareth."

I have heard this too. But when I've tried to find out more there are so many People With Agendas in the mix I kind of give up trying to learn anything of consequence.

So, I focus more on what people remember about the story. Because I think we latch on to things that make sense, that keep such stories alive.

@neia

I'm confused about no one wanting to bring a pregnant woman inside if she's about to pop off.

@timtfj

I'm thinking the logistics of putting earbuds on cats is why this has not been done.

I went to church enough that I think this ought to be correct, however, I've been very wrong about these things in the past (with confidence) when working from memory.

My understanding was that everyone needed to go home because the Romans were doing a census so they could count all the people and collect taxes, so they were trying to get home in time but didn't quite make it.

Without looking it up can you remember *why* Mary and Joseph were traveling when she was so pregnant? Why didn't they have a place to stay?

If you can't remember or never knew give your best guess. (I'm curious about the stories that live in people's heads as much as the ones that were written down.)

@jmax

It would be very hard to make Velcro at that scale... but not impossible I think.

Ants could use human Velcro to make necklace clasps.

Honestly if I had to put on that many shoes I might not leave the house most days. Two is more than enough.

Victorian ants wore six-button black boots: that is *thirty-six* buttons to do up just to get ready to go out.

The modern ant loves her sensible trainers, but they are very squeaky.

@sidd_harth0_5h4h

I'm living in a surveillance state.

I’m being monitored. #picathecat

@graydon

For "ears back" angry yes I think that's established.

But could they use ears to say "look over there?"

Biology experimental design challenge:

Question: Do cats notice the orientation of the ears of other cats or animals? Can they use this as a cue to locate prey or items of interest? (eg a toy)

Cats can turn their ears to listen directionality. Their ears are very large. Could cats notice the orientation of the ears of other cats or creatures that can angle their ears and use this to locate an item of interest?

@blogdiva

Why does my little house cat look like she has the most weighty questions of the world resting on her shoulders?

What does she get up to on her own time???

@jhooper

"isn't it funny the woman journalist thinks she's doing real journalism ho ho ho how amusing. etc."

@potterybyosa

"... the Sumerians used the sexagesimal system ... It has been suggested that an earlier, pre-Sumerian decimal system used the number 10 as the base (Lewy, 1949). The Halafian use of the numbers 4, 8, 16 and 32 does not fit any of these systems, and may reflect an earlier and simpler level of mathematical thinking ..."

Sumerian sexagesimal has decimal embedded in it. Binary is kind of natural to geometry and repeatedly dividing regions.

myrmepropagandist (@futurebird@sauropods.win)

Attached: 3 images I remember doing all sorts of crafts with glue & paper learning fractions but never did we try dividing the paper to infinity— I think this should be something everyone tries. I’d do this with calculus students learning series! The idea of an infinite sum having finite value is just more— believable after you really do it. And I’m trying to get these 6th graders to like fractions. So they just can’t be BORING— #mathEducation #mathematics #series #geometricSeries #binaryNumbers #artsAndCrafts

Sauropods.win (sauropods.win)

@potterybyosa

This one is open access so we can see the pdf of the paper here.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10963-025-09200-9

Daily #PicaTheCat

@ersatzmaus

Things one never wants to have to shout as they lock the iron door shoving you in with the rest.

Stop saying "Jamaica is a limestone island*" @JamaicanGeologist will teach you about the nuance and deep history of this island. He's very passionate about these rocks!

(Just found a great new #geology channel to follow.)

*I was unaware that people were saying this, but I love someone who comes in with nuance like this.

#videos #Jamaica #youTube

@jonquass

IDK. I don't think she'd enjoy having her wife sent to a conversion camp. Which means she doesn't really think that is where this is going.

But that *is* where this is going.