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oh shit, it's 3/21/23, 32123, palindrome day

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In the album Ulysses Dies at Dawn by the Mechanisms, a certain rhythm is used as a leitmotif for Ulysses. This rhythm is adapted from the meter of the Iliad, and depending on how you look at is either the first half of the meter repeated twice, or the same meter with one metrical substitution in the middle.

It goes “long-short-short/ long-short-short/ long-long/ long-short-short/ long-short-short/ long-long” (while the Iliad, in Greek, is “long-short-short/ long-short-short/ long-long/ long-long/ long-short-short/ long-long”)

how have i never heard of this. i spent so much of my undergraduate degree studying the homeric epic cycle. this is fuckin awesome.

also my english degree wants me to tell you that those meters have silly little names! the iliad is in dactylic hexameter, which means it has six metrical feet per line with 3 syllables per foot, made up of either dactyls or spondees. the first four feet can be a mix of either, the fifth foot is usually a dactyl, and the last is always a spondee.

from what you wrote it looks like the album is in dactylic hexameter as well, but with less spondees. but it doesn’t really matter for the first four feet. so it really is the same meter !!! and that is super difficult and impressive !!!

i may or may not be emailing this album to a colleague or two. the nerds will go feral for this information.

#UDAD #dissertation stuff

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reblog to give a strawberry to the person you reblogged this from

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Hey hey stowaways!

I’m once again running a mechanisms fan and cosplay meetup at MCM London! Come along this May (Saturday 25th) at 2:00pm to hang out with fellow fans of the Mechanisms, take cosplay photos and enjoy the vibes! All levels and abilities welcome :D

This was us last May! I’m the Nastya on the far left with the little hat, and you’ll be able to find me in the exact same cosplay this year. Hope to see you there!

#the mechanisms #mcm comic con #cosplans #cosplay meetup #the mechansisms band #Jonny D’Ville #ivy alexandria #nastya rasputina #gunpowder tim #the toy soldier #Lyfrassir Edda #ashes o’reilly

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The introductory “Hate” monologue from I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, with AM voiced by the TikTok TTS

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Reblog to open a rail line from your blog to the person you reblogged this from

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The holy trinity of outsiders finding out stuff about TMA

#TMA heritage posts

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if someone asks you to read their writing and provide feedback, remember that your feedback should help them get as close as they can to their ideal version of the work. not yours. not capitalism's. theirs.

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2024 March 14

Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Lopez (El Cielo de Canarias)

Explanation: What phase of the Moon is 3.14 radians from the Sun? The Full Moon, of course. Even though the Moon might look full for several days, the Moon is truly at its full phase when it is Pi radians (aka 180 degrees) from the Sun in ecliptic longitude. That’s opposite the Sun in planet Earth’s sky. Rising as the Sun set on March 9, 2020, only an hour or so after the moment of its full phase, this orange tinted and slightly flattened Moon still looked full. It was photographed opposite the setting Sun from Teide National Park on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Also opposite the setting Sun, seen from near the Teide volcano peak about 3,500 meters above sea level, is the mountain’s rising triangular shadow extending into Earth’s dense atmosphere. Below the distant ridge line on the left are the white telescope domes of Teide Observatory. Again Pi radians from the Sun, on March 25 the Full Moon will dim slightly as it glides through Earth’s outer shadow in a penumbral lunar eclipse.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240314.html

#look to the sky

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2024 March 11

A Full Plankton Moon Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava

Explanation: What glows in the night? This night featured a combination of usual and unusual glows. Perhaps the most usual glow was from the Moon, a potentially familiar object. The full Moon’s nearly vertical descent results from the observer being near Earth’s equator. As the Moon sets, air and aerosols in Earth’s atmosphere preferentially scatter out blue light, making the Sun-reflecting satellite appear reddish when near the horizon. Perhaps the most unusual glow was from the bioluminescent plankton, likely less familiar objects. These microscopic creatures glow blue, it is thought, primarily to surprise and deter predators. In this case, the glow was caused primarily by plankton-containing waves crashing onto the beach. The image was taken on Soneva Fushi Island, Maldives just over one year ago.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240311.html

#look to the sky

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"Self insert characters are cringe"

Bro I'm trying to survive capitalism with maladaptive daydreaming. Leave me alone.

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I could live my whole life before the first light ✨

(Click for quality)

#my art #jjba #jjba part 6 #jjba fanart #dio brando #enrico pucci #diopucci #man I have not stopped thinking about them since I watched part six #jjba stone ocean

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Hey there Stowaways! Me again :D

I’m writing my dissertation about Ulysses Dies at Dawn and I’d really appreciate it if you could help me out.

responses are all anonymous, and it's not suuuper important so don't feel obligated to give any long-form complex answers, just hit some buttons for me if you've got five minutes to spare <3

Thanks a bunch!

#the mechanisms #survey #ulysses dies at Dawn

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The "B" is *not* for "buses"

Via mastodon(aka the fediverse)

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honestly this idea made me and @autumnwyvern laugh so hard we both almost wet our pants

#AMAZING

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What is your dominant hand?

Left

Right

Ambidextrous

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so... I made a very small Toy Soldier out of half of clothes pin with a little metal hat made out of the top of an energy can (it was a mess...). So please enjoy:

I'm also considering if I should make the whole gang... If so has anybody ideas who to do next?

#ITS SO CUTE !!!! #the mechanisms