Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

#OTD in 585 BC.

A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher & scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce.

How exactly Thales predicted the eclipse remains uncertain; some scholars assert the eclipse was never predicted at all. Others have argued for different dates, but only the eclipse of May 585 BC matches the conditions of visibility necessary to explain the historical event.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_of_Thales

#astronomy

If you live in the UK or USA, you need to understand one thing about the coming election:

You need to vote *defensively*.

Neither of the main parties are appealing. But if you don't vote for the lesser evil you may end up helping a totalitarian horror get elected.

Hold your nose and goddamn vote, dammit. THEN go on protests. Because if you don't vote for the lesser evil, the victor will welcome your protests with bullets.

The prize for political purity this time round is a shallow grave.

Every time the Internet Archive goes down, a rash of tweets talk about how "they" got to it, and in doing so, demonstrate the need for a functioning Internet Archive

bruh moment

i liked this scene from ttyd

#comics

I love my neighborhood

#birds #crow #photography unknown photographer #love #inspirational

Here's a comparison of the ventral side of the 6-foot model (#StarTrekTNG's "Heart of Glory"⬇️) and the 4-foot model ("Final Mission"⬆️) of the USS Enterprise-D.

#lgbt #trans #queer

Who's hungry for spooketti? 👻

Abigail Thorn and Freddie McConnell were on Pod Save the UK's channel (recorded pre-election announcement) being interviewed by Nish Kumar and Coco Khan - discussing trans rights in the uk wrt the tories attempts to bring back Section 28 and the Cass Review.

Thorn makes a very strong point at the end regarding her desire to see not just the equality of self determination for trans people in healthcare but justice served on the level similar to the Infected Blood Inquiry to make people responsible have to answer for the deaths and failure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3ZFcuZVjQ