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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 10h

Nebra Sky Disc, c. 1800–1600 BC, Early Bronze Age One of the earliest known representations of the sky.

Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 17h

On October 7, 1959, Luna 3 took the first photographs of the Moon’s far side. Although low-resolution, they revealed a very different landscape from the visible side. Why the Moon’s two hemispheres evolved so differently remains an active scientific question. science.nasa.gov/resource/fir...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Suzanne Valadon Young Girl in Front of a Window, 1930

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Dom-Ino structure, introduced by Le Corbusier. Like a skeleton, its concrete columns and slabs bear the building’s load, releasing walls and façades from that function. Le Corbusier turned that structural freedom into architectural possibility. www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/work-arch...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On October 5, 1713, the co-creator of the Encyclopédie was born. Inspired by Chambers’ Cyclopaedia, Denis Diderot organized the knowledge of his time alphabetically in a work that shaped the Enlightenment. For generations, encyclopedias were, and remain, indispensable and familiar companions.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

His Master’s Voice Francis Barraud, 1899

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Moving together like one living system.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On October 4, 1633, Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini was born. He linked disease to toxins, dust, posture and repetitive movements at work. Ramazzini is considered the father of occupational medicine. www.britannica.com/biography/Be...?

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This one will linger. June Barton singing “Gotta Be This or That” (1945).

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

On October 3, we remember William Morris. Artist, designer, writer and manufacturer, Morris became one of the most influential figures of the Arts and Crafts movement.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Charlie Chaplin with Mahatma Gandhi, London, 1931.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A master of timing, pantomime and physical comedy. Charlie Chaplin.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To all the suspended moments over coffee: Happy International Coffee Day. Ivana Kobilca, Kofetarica, 1888.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On September 30, 1846, dentist William T. G. Morton administered ether to Eben Frost before extracting his tooth. The successful, painless procedure set in motion the events that helped bring ether anesthesia into modern surgical practice. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Caravaggio, the defining master of tenebrism, was born on September 29, 1571.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alexander Fleming receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On September 28, 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. It disrupts cell-wall formation in susceptible bacteria. They deform and some undergo lysis. An alliance between Animalia and Fungi shifted the balance of power against Bacteria. For a while. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On September 27, 1822, Jean-François Champollion presented his breakthrough in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. www.bibliotheque-institutdefrance.fr/node/3139

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

H. G. Wells and Ivan Pavlov (with his granddaughter Milochka), 1934.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On Sep 26, 1849, Ivan Pavlov was born. Pavlov won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on digestion. The conditioned reflexes that changed the world emerged from what Pavlov called a “dangerous source of error” in his experiments on canine digestion. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, 1925.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1908. “A complete mastery of stop-motion.” “An extraordinary sense of realism.” “Technically perfect.” — Enrique Colmena, Criticalia criticalia.com/pelicula/el-...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“It is better to be silent on a hundred things that ought to be said than say one thing better left unsaid.” Born Sept 24, 1501, Gerolamo Cardano rarely followed his advice. He was “one of the most powerful intellects and bizarre spirits of the Italian Renaissance.” www.treccani.it/enciclopedia...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him.” — Hal Borland

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On September 22, 1888, National Geographic was published: a magazine for a scholarly audience, with no photographs. Photos were seen as a cheap appeal to the masses. Alexander Graham Bell disagreed, calling for “pictures, and plenty of them” in its pages. www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/ar...?

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On September 21, 1866, H. G. Wells was born. Wells saw dark futures in "The Time Machine" and "War of the Worlds". As a thinker, he believed in human progress. His ideas shaped a generation, influencing those who shared his vision and those who challenged it. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sound, made visible. Chladni figures

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On September 20, 1938, Wallace Carothers was granted a patent for the production of linear polyamides. Nylon, the first fully synthetic fiber. time.com/archive/6759...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On September 19, 1911, William Golding was born, author of Lord of the Flies. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, famously remarking: “Well, at the age of 72, and having been writing since I was 7, I don't think one needs encouragement to carry on.” youtu.be/vYnfSV27vLY?...

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Golding's Introduction to Lord of the Flies

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On September 18, 1783, the world’s greatest mathematical mind stopped calculating. Leonhard Euler left behind an extraordinary legacy, including what is often called the most beautiful equation ever written. “Nothing takes place in the world whose meaning is not that of some maximum or minimum.”

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On September 17, 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reported that the hidden world he had found in water was also in us. In his observations, he found that there were “more animals [...] in one's mouth than there are men in a whole Kingdom.” He became the father of microbiology. lensonleeuwenhoek.net

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On September 16, 1987, nations signed the Montreal Protocol to phase out ozone-depleting substances. By the late 20th century, evidence of human impact on nature was mounting. The Antarctic ozone hole became one of the great environmental alarms of the era. news.mit.edu/2026/scienti...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On September 15, 1890, the best-selling fiction writer of all time was born. Agatha Christie created Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and wrote 66 detective novels. In 1971, she was made a Dame. “There is nothing more wonderful to have in one's life than time.” www.agathachristie.com/about-christie

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On September 12, 1940, during the first year of World War II, four teenagers exploring a hillside in southwestern France discovered a cave. Lascaux. archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/lascaux/en/d...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

September 11, New York Absence and presence, side by side.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On September 10, 1897, London taxi driver George Smith became the first person known to be convicted of drunk driving. Alcohol was a major concern across the industrialized world, with growing awareness of its effects on health, work and family life. www.britishnewspaperarchive.com/blog/london-...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On September 9, 1668, Molière’s L’Avare premiered in Paris. Its reception was far from enthusiastic. According to the Comédie-Française, its use of prose and unconventional resolution unsettled audiences. Today, it is Molière’s 2nd most performed play. www.comedie-francaise.fr/actualites/d...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

September 8 is International Literacy Day, proclaimed by UNESCO in 1966. Literacy is more than reading and writing. The OECD’s latest PIAAC survey measures our ability to access, understand and evaluate written information. The results are worth a closer look. www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On September 7, 1936, the last known Tasmanian tiger, the largest marsupial carnivore of modern times, died in captivity. It was officially declared extinct 50 years later, in 1986. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For thousands of years, the vine has shaped life across the Mediterranean. Harvest season is underway: grapes are picked, pressed and fermented into wine. And sometimes distilled into brandy. A millennia-old tradition that still survives on the most domestic scale.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

On September 5, 1661, Louis XIV ordered d'Artagnan to arrest Nicolas Fouquet, one of the most powerful men in France. This is the only known portrait believed to depict the musketeer. www.economie.gouv.fr/saef/documen...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

On September 4, 1888, George Eastman patented the Kodak camera. Loaded with film for 100 pictures, it made photography widely accessible. Everyday moments could now be captured and kept. For the first time, we could look back and see ourselves there. americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

September 3 is Skyscraper Day, marking the birthday of Louis Sullivan, born in 1856 and considered one of the fathers of the modern skyscraper. His enduring principle: “Form follows function.” From Sullivan’s early 41-metre skyscrapers to today’s 828-metre Burj Khalifa.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A glimpse of London before the Great Fire of September 2, 1666.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On September 1, 1902, Georges Méliès’ Le Voyage dans la Lune was released in France. Inspired by Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, it was one of the earliest science fiction films. It also gave cinema one of its most iconic images. www.la-belle-equipe.fr/2016/12/20/g...

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On August 31, we remember Princess Diana. We remember the handshake that challenged the stigma surrounding AIDS, her closeness to people affected by leprosy, and her walk through a minefield in Angola. And today, we remember her with gratitude.

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Sandra Alves @inlovenazare.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On August 30, 1797, Mary Shelley was born. At just 18, confined indoors by incessant rain near Lake Geneva, she accepted a challenge to write a ghost story. She created Frankenstein. www.frankenbook.org/pub/ai6okwlz...

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