#Pole Stars

[merelygifted]

Thuban was Pole Star for the ancient Egyptians

Thuban isn’t a particularly bright star, but it holds a special place in the hearts of stargazers. That’s because Thuban – a relatively inconspicuous star in the constellation Draco the Dragon – was the Pole Star some 5,000 years ago, when the Egyptians were building the pyramids.

And there’s evidence that Thuban helped guide the ancient pyramid-builders. Some features inside the pyramids do align with the stars.

But while the pyramids appear to us as an enduring monument of ancient Egypt.  … the sky slowly changes. And, because Earth’s axis wobbles slowly over 26,000 years, the identity of our Pole Star changes. So Thuban is no longer our Pole Star.

But it’ll be the Pole Star again some 20,000 years from now. What will humanity be doing then?

Among the many mysteries surrounding Egypt’s pyramids are the so-called “air shafts” in the Great Pyramid of Giza. Originally, experts believed these narrow passageways were for ventilation while building the pyramids. In the 1960s, though, we realized the air shafts aligned with stars or areas of sky as the sky appeared for the pyramids’ builders 5,000 years ago.

One of the “air shafts” follows a crooked course through the Great Pyramid, so you couldn’t have sighted stars through it. To this day, the purpose of these passageways inside the Great Pyramid isn’t clear, although they might have been connected to rituals associated with the king’s ascension to the heavens. Whatever their purpose, the Great Pyramid of Giza reveals that its builders knew the starry skies intimately.

They surely knew Thuban was their Pole Star, the point around which the heavens appeared to turn.  ...

[the-evil-clergyman]

The Pole Star by Luis Ricardo Falero (1885)

[deb79ful]

Best $6,066.88 ever spent.

[greengoddesssmoothie]

In TOS, The Enterprise crew seems to favor activities over typical gym routines. There is also evidence that the crew enjoys putting on both scheduled and impromptu concerts. This behavior likely extends to some of the crew putting on workshops or classes for various martial arts, acrobatics, and dances. It is therefore reasonable to assume the entire bridge crew has taken pole dancing classes and knows how to absolutely werk it. In this essay, I will—

[waitineedaname]

I've come to some conclusions about where space westerns fall when it comes to "more space" and "more western"

[f1-birb]

happy 10th podium of the season Lando!

he's now tied for the most podiums this year alongside Max, and this is his 23rd in total

to think that up until the 9th of July 2023 he only had 6 podiums at 5 circuits and in just over a year he's gotten another 17 podiums (including 2 wins) at another 13 different tracks

[mostly-natm]

Very quick warmup with T’Pol and Porthos!

[jvlianbashir]

do you think siddig's shoulder pads were lonely once they decided to take away nana's to put kira in a catsuit mid-war?

[thsc-scattered-stars]

Soooo it's pride month, and you know what that means :) Stick Pride Headcanons! I honestly had a lot of fun with this- and it also means y'all get a look at my designs for some of the other character's, so double win!

[mistress-light]

Anyone remember the glow in the dark stars you'd slap on your bedroom ceiling back in the 90's? That stuff was the shit.

[updatingranboo]

ranboo is on charlie’s stream! IRL stream doing pole dancing lessons :D

[title: “Slimecicle and Ranboo learn how to pole dance (SUB TO HURL COINS AT US)”]

please remember to be respectful in chat!

[ebisul]

Hypothetically would anyone be interested in my long winded rant/essay about my issues with Mandalore as depicted in TCW?

Specifically with a focus on the visuals of certain locations and people and the implications of those visuals

[kojiarakiartworks]

December 2020 JAPAN AICHI NAGOYA

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[theforswornelite]

I'm sorry to say that based on Jenny Nicholson's Character Amelia Thorpe - who sides with the Empire / First Order - makes The Pole part of the resisitance, and is a rebel scum.

[welcometololaland]

NICE ASS(K) WEEK IS UPON US!!!! 🎉

Lola, first thank you for being the Nice Ass(k) originator!!! It is such a fun way to get to know people in the fandom!!!

Now, a very important question for you. You have to do a pole dance routine with three of the following people. Who do you choose and why? What would the routine be like? (Is there such a thing as a group pole routine? I don’t know!! There is now!!!)

TK Strand

June Claremont-Diaz

Owen Strand

Henry Fox

Mateo Chavez

Ellen Claremont

Dani Rojas

Nancy Gillian

Pez Okonjo

Sam Obisanya

Zara Bankston

Bonus points if you give them each costumes for the routine!!!

hello lemon! i'm so sorry this took so long to answer but i come to you humbly with a response that is like... * checks watch * 4 months late sweeeeet ok ok no one look at me.

for context, yes, you can absolutely do a group (including doubles) routine. i actually have the best idea for this but i CAN'T use it because i'm so obsessed with this particular theme idea if someone ever put it on stage before i got the chance to i'd be absolutely shattered so!!!! it must remain a secret.

therefore, i choose my backup option. i had considered some classic ideas here - charlie's angels etc. - but then my partner leaned over and said 'has anyone done a Wiggles themed routine?' and no. they haven't. so that's what we are doing. Big Red Car, Hot Potato, Fruit Salad, Wake Up Jeff (except it's going to be Wake Up Pez), the works. It's gonna be a 4 min medley of Wiggles songs. Obviously, costumes will be coloured bodysuits. People think that pole dancers wear no clothes just to look hot, but actually you need skin grip to do half the tricks, so the standard Wiggles costumes will need to be adapted.

NOW. as to the people.

Obviously, Pez. I don't actually think Pez would be the best pole dancer, but he is very enthusiastic and fun and would bring great energy. I'd probably allocate him to the task of rolling around on the floor and just slaying the stage generally. Also, he has a name that will work with the Wake Up Jeff song. So, he is the Purple Wiggle.

I think Zahra would actually have a concerning level of flexibility and obviously the raw competitive energy. We need her. She's gonna be that bitch that does a back handspring on the stage or something. Plus, she's bossy as hell. So she can be the Yellow Wiggle aka. The Main Wiggle.

Lastly, I would pick June. Idk why. She's giving dancer energy. She's giving team player. She's giving hotness. She would be that person who would actually do the doubles tricks with you and you know she wouldn't let you go. She's probably not the most excited about being on stage, but neither am I, so we can hold each other and cry. Everyone knows the Blue Wiggle is the hot wiggle, so she would be that one.

I would be the Red Wiggle which like... doesn't suit my brand but whatever. Sacrifices have to be made for this routine.

Honourable mentions - I considered Dani Rojas but he is just way too chaotic and uncoordinated, plus, he can't wear dress shoes, imagine him in 8 inch pleasers. absolutely not. I also considered Nancy because she's hot. But she also seems kinda uncoordinated. sometimes having very long limbs can be a limiting factor. Henry was probably my fourth choice, but he missed out because he seems even more hesitant of the stage than I am.

Absolute no go - Owen and Ellen, because no one needs a limelight hog when you're trying to do a group routine. TK unfortunately does not have the rhythm we need. Mateo - I just couldn't imagine it. If the theme was Avengers, maybe I could have included him. I really WANTED Sam to be in this, but he also just didn't fit the vision and I also think he'd just be way too embarrassed to do something this stupid. You actually can't have too much self respect if you want to do a Wiggles routine.

I HOPE THIS WAS INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY FUN ASK. IF YOU HAVE OPINIONS, PLEASE SHARE!!!!

[slipshod-sawyer]

Star and Stripe (Cathleen Bate) is a huge inspiration for me now and i actually have no idea why. It’s like. The whole way she just completely demolished things and then took out a whole big problem within Shigaraki and then just. Blipped out of the universe. She didn’t give two shits about her own life and I love that. She cared more about people she had never met, more about the world and the other heroes around her, than she did herself. She died and let her quirk get destroyed on her own terms even with the choice already made for her and I can’t get over how much that makes me feel like im going to implode.

It makes me feel that certain type of reader helplessness when you’re watching or reading something happen and you KNOW it has to happen and you can’t do a single thing about it but you wish you could cause they could have done so much more and they had so much more time and it’s just not fair.

How do you get over a death that in no shape or way truly affected you but still has changed you inside for the rest of your upcoming life? I’m completely floored.