#myths — Public Fediverse posts

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About LANs

https://dreamstation.systems/personal/lanfalsehoods.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49581179

#HackerNews #Falsehoods #Programmers #Believe #About #LANs #LANs #Networking #Myths #TechEducation #ProgrammerLife

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-2-2026/

The Beginnings of Man -Part 1

https://tonyaholisticblog.com/2026/08/31/the-beginnings-of-man-part-1/

Anne Hathaway's passionate Human Rights Campaign speech remains worth listening to.

#HumanRights #Myths #Hathaway #Entitlement
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wRfvb_iW7f4

"...Greek #myth is always full of...random...#fanfiction..."

#Homeric scholar referring to the many different and disputed versions of #Odysseus' story, going back to #Homer himself, and how all of the #Greek #myths are stories built upon stories.

Meaning #ChristopherNolan's The Odyssey is as historically accurate as every other version of the story.

Get over yourselves bros, it's #fanfic all the way down.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubs7wvv-QwI&t=825s

#TheOdyssey #movie #movies #film #cinema #IMAX #IMAX1570mm

Our new #myths and retcons(tellations) episode on the #constellation #Microscopium is out now!

This episode features:
⚔️ contentious claims about inventions
🤩 the wonders of the telescope
📚 an aggressively long book subtitle
🔬 what would happen if Greek mythology included a microscope...

and more!

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Astronomy #StarLore #Storytelling #humor #FunFacts #Microscope #Science #GreekMythology #mythology #Lore

I feel like The Daily reads my blog (they don’t) but they are talking about the mythology of our country. This is some of what I have been writing about: what narratives do we tell ourselves privately and collectively? And what does that narrative drive us to do? #TheDaily #NYTimes #AlignWithLove #Myths #Narratives
https://overcast.fm/+ABLPtt9pFnA

me, deciding to name my proposed #mythological lion for the #LeoMinor constellation, CLAWDIA:

Find out how CLAWDIA earns her place among the stars in this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/leo-minor-myths-and-retconstellations/

#animals #Storytelling #Lore #Corny #Pun #DadJoke #LeoMinor #constellation #LeoMinor #myths #Mythology #legends #StarLore

Another favorite ancient deity of ours associated with lions is Isthar / Inanna, who we met on the pod all the way back in Season 1 in our Taurus episode.

Here she is seemingly walking a lion on a leash like the epic warrior/love/ date (the fruit) / wool / rain (etc) goddess she is!

For more, check out this week's #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/leo-minor-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna#/media/File:Seal_of_Inanna,_2350-2150_BCE.jpg

#mythology #AncientSumerian #Sumerian #Mesopotamian #archaeology #ruins #goddesses #Isthar #Inanna #Lions #lion #StarLore #legends #myths

Ancient Babylonians & Ancient Greeks looked at this part of the night sky and said eh.

But then Petrus Plancius came along and slapped a giraffe on it -- thus, #camelopardalis was born!

For more on the history & some made up #myths about this constellation, check out this week's podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Mythology #StarLore #constellations #Storytelling #giraffe #meme #silly

In this week's episode, we tried to create a #myth inspired by #GreekMythology for the #constellation #camelopardalis

While ours were (maybe) a little mid, the Oracle (#AI) paragraph had us like:

Listen to the full episode here & feel free to share your own #myth with us: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Storytelling #AISlop #GIF #StarLore #Mythology #Myths #legends #writing #humor

#MythologyMonday let's talk about King Lycaon...

King Lycaon had 50 sons. He killed one of his sons & fed him to Zeus (because... idk something about wanting to test Zeus's omniscience... or something?)

Zeus was so upset (which is sort of rich coming from this guy), he turned King Lycaon into a wolf.

#GreekMythology #GreekMyth #GrecoRoman #Mythology #Myths #legends #Zeus #Kings #StarLore

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_(king_of_Arcadia)#/media/File:Lycaon_Transformed_into_a_Wolf_LACMA_M.71.76.9.jpg

Many, especially Tech Bros™, like to imagine immortality for themselves.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/12/never-forever-not-ever/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

As for me, I'm not interested. I wrote about why not.

#philosophy #longevity #health #mentalhealth #forever #finitude #affluence #blog #podcast #myths #universe #physics #metaphysics #vampires #connexion #immortality #metaphors #lakoff #death #writing #perception #life #Tithonus

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE SPIN!!!

For more, check out our #myths and retconstellations episode on the #constellation #Sagitta here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#GreekMythology #greekmyth #Hercules #Heracles #Disney #Meme #humor #StarLore #Sagitta #centaurus #Chiron #myth #lore #silly

My ret-constellation for the #constellation #sagitta was to align it with a modern archer (rather than random assorted Hercules stories or an Apollo killing cyclops story) -- some options I considered:

Kate Bishop Hawkeye
Merida from Brave
Robin Hood

... but ultimately, who would be better than Legolas?!

Listen here for more on our #reconstellations of #myths for the #constellation Sagitta: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#GreekMythology #LoTR #LordOfTheRings #Legolas #Tolkien #GreekMyth #lore #StarLore #myths #legends #lore #archers #archery #bow #arrow #Hawkeye #Brave #heroes

📷 :https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Legolas

In this week's #podcast on the #constellation Sagitta -- we learned there are at least 3 distinct groups of Cyclopes in #GreekMythology

Here's a primer:

Homeric --> includes the one who was famously killed by "No One"

Hesiodic --> the ones killed by Apollo, who created the lightening bolt (no, i don't know how they square this with Hephaestus)

Wall Builders --> the ones who, uh, built walls...

Listen to this week's episode to see which group is associated with this constellation's lore: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#GreekMythology #Cyclops #StarLore #GreekMyth #Homer #Mythology #Myths #legends #lore #monsters

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopes#/media/File:Head_of_a_Cyclops_Colosseum.jpg

Io & Io (in cow "disguise"...)

for more on the #moon : https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-the-moons-of-jupiter/

for more on the #myth (yes, really this Cepheus one--explanation provided in the episode): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00583 & https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/358945

#astronomy #Astrophotography #Io #Moons #MoonsOfJupiter #Jupiter #space #science #StarLore #GreekMythology #mythology #myths #legends #lore #museum #art #ovid #drawing #RomanMythology

Europa & Europa

for more on the #moon : https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-the-moons-of-jupiter/

for more on the #myth (aka that time #Zeus became a bull and... uh abducted the princess Europa...): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/taurus-the-bull/

📷 :https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA01503 & https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188530

#NASA #Astrophotography #moon #Europa #Jupiter #MoonsOfJupiter #Science #StarLore #mythology #GreekMythology #myths #Museum #Art #MetMuseum #Sculpture

The #creation accounts can’t be #harmonized

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1s3esxR5mM

#genesis #creationism #contradictions #myths #mythology #bible #judaism #christian #atheist #atheism

Why Real #Biblical #Angels Are Creepy, Beastly, and Hardly #Angelic

https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/why-real-biblical-angels-are-creepy-beastly-and-hardly-angelic.html
https://youtu.be/40KcrrfbJ6o

#mythical #myths #religion #mythic #cults

2/2 Which book?

The Green Man's Foe is the second in Juliet #McKenna's Green Man series. Real world setting, with the hero (son of a dryad and a human) interacting with the odd dryad, naiad, goose maiden and some evil creatures to save the day. Magical realism, based in British Isle #myths. A good read, but slow, as it gives the hero's full schedule from breakfast until bedtime. In places it feels too similar to the first #book, so not sure if I'll continue the series.

#reading

The #MayoClinic #Debunks #myths about #transgender people's identities.

If you're transgender, #myths about #genderidentity can get in the way of feeling #understood and #safe.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GenderIdentity #Transitioning #ComingOut #Representation #Culture

https://www.mayoclinic.org/connected-care/debunking-6-myths-about-transgender-identity/cpt-20472201?cauid=122853&geo=national&invsrc=patloy&mc_id=us&placementsite=enterprise