Latest posts tagged with #TimeKeeping on Bluesky
Someone carved a number into the dirt outside one creature's shelter. The human said it was 4:10pm. The creature got irritated.
"Trying to make your system fit mine. It doesn't."
#textgames #indiedev #timekeeping
Building a Timegrapher from a mobile phone microphone ChronoLog, maker of a Timegrapher app, discusses hardware Timegraphers vs making one with a mobile phone microphone. A mechanical watch’s esc...
#clocks #& #watches #accuracy #app #mobile #phone #time #timekeeping
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illustration of clock face with hands at roughly quarter to twelve in center of concentric waves spreading outward, courtesy of G. Altman via Pixabay
Is #DaylightSavingTime sending waves through your routines?
Promoted as an #energyefficiency measure during #WWI & #WWII, the US used year-round #DST, or War Time, during WWII.
Today, the #health & #energy benefits of DST are controversial.
#timekeeping #histsci #time #astrophysics #spring 🍎🧪☀️
Grand Seiko: The History of Japan's Finest Watchmaker https://shop.uncrate.com/products/grand-seiko
#Watches #TimeKeeping #Horology #時計学
I'm going to talk about calendars again.
Web pages and popualr books often state that calendars can be solar or lunar, and lunisolar calendars combine both types. This is exactly backwards. Every polity with any sort of state-like organisation starts off with a lunisolar calendar, which may […]
A densely packed 16th‑century village carnival scene in a town square, shown from above. Dozens of small, brightly dressed figures crowd the muddy open space between brick houses and a large gray church on the right. People eat, drink, play games, dance, wrestle, and parade in costume. In the lower center, a man in colorful clothes rides two large beer barrels, while nearby others cook over a fire and sell food from stalls. At the bottom right, a figure dressed as a mock king in pale blue robes sits on a small wheeled platform surrounded by revelers. Scattered props—buckets, masks, musical instruments, benches, and carts—dot the square, and background streets and buildings are filled with more people watching or joining the festivities, creating a busy, chaotic festival atmosphere. painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Brueghel the Elder in 1559, courtesy Kunsthistorisches Museum (GG_1016)
To those who celebrate, whether you say #MardiGras or #ShroveTuesday, remember #Lent is coming.
#Food traditions, like #pancake suppers, consume eggs, sugar, and fat that were forbidden during Lent and might otherwise have been wasted.
#Calendar #Timekeeping #History 🍎
Ancient Chinese Art of Time and Scent.
The Xiāng Zhuàn incense seal is a satisfying way of blending fragrance and timekeeping.
China's calm way to track hours.
@xmuse_ #globamuseum #incense #Chineseart #timekeeping
An educational model of a recoil escapement made by Richard Ketchen of Carlisle, Massachusetts. We have this on display in the museum's Clock Shop.
#clock #MusumsUnlocked #model #TickTock #Timekeeping #ClockMaking
🤯 Time itself is getting an upgrade! ✨ Atomic clocks are poised to redefine the second, thanks to global research. A new era of precision is dawning! ⏳ #Timekeeping
Source: phys.org/news/2026-01-optical-ato...
3 men richly dressed in tunics, hose, shoes, cloaks, and peaked red hats offer gifts. The one farthest to the right has white hair and a beard. The one farthest to the left has black hair and a beard. The middle is beardless with brown hair. In the background, green palm trees stand out against a golden sky and the names Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar. At their feet, there is a carpet of green grass with some flowers and shrubs. At the very bottom is a geometric boarder. The image is a detail from detail from: "Mary and Child, surrounded by angels", a mosaic of a Ravennate Italian-byzantine workshop, completed within 526 AD by the so-called "Master of Sant'Apollinare" in Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy. Photograph by N. A. Thune (CC-BY-SA 2.5).
To those who celebrate, may you receive the gift of wisdom. Blessings at #Epiphany.
Sally Bosken told me all #astronomers had to have a #starofbethlehem speech ready. Thanks to her, I do.
#calendar #timekeeping #seasonoflight #12daysofchristmas #astrophysics #histsci
How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time be 4.8 microseconds off #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #Timekeeping #PowerOutage #PrecisionTiming
Two images of the Earth. The upper shows the reflected solar radiation on the winter solstice 2004 with the most light reflected in the southern polar region and the least in the northern polar region. The lower shows the reflected solar radiation on the summer solstice 2005 with the most light reflected in the northern polar region and the least in the southern polar region. In both images, the mid-latitudes show a complex gradient of swirling reflected solar radiance depending on latitude and surface conditions. Image credit: T. Wong & CERES Science Team, NASA Langley (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons
For those who celebrate, wishing you joy & light throughout the longest night. #wintersolstice blessings
Angle of rays, length of days are the reasons for the seasons
as shown in these #NASAScience solar reflectance maps
#SeasonofLight #calendar #timekeeping #astrophysics #winter #Sun #solstice 🍎☀️
The December solstice — beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere & summer in the southern — is now. Enjoy your winter & summer. ;) H/t Guy Ottewell, as always. #winter #summer #seasons #solstice #astronomy #timekeeping
still life photograph of a bronze head of a bearded man with curly hair wears a red cap surrounded by evergreens with red berries, two cards displaying a painting of a man wearing a toga, a pine cone, a lit red candle, an unlit oil lamp, a clay boar, and a clay chicken; Carole Raddato 2015 CC-BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr
For those who celebrate, Io, Saturnalia!
Running from Dec 17 to ~23, #Saturnalia celebrated a #Roman Golden Age when #Saturnus ( #Saturn) ruled & taught his people #argriculture and civilized behavior by reversing the normal social order.
#SeasonofLight #calendars #timekeeping #Rome #history 🍎
Illumination from 1300s Spanish Bible, courtesy International Collection of Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts/ National Library of Israel
For those who celebrate, chag urim sameach. May your Hanukkah & home be full of light.
#Hanukkah begins 25 Kislev & lasts 8 days
Jewish #calendar varies number months/yr, days/month achieves both solar & lunar alignment
This year Kislev is 30 d so #Chanukah ends 2 Tevet
#Seasonoflight #timekeeping
February 30th has been an actual thing.
www.timeanddate.com/date/februar...
#calendars #timekeeping #error #JulianCalendar #GregorianCalendar #SovietUnion #USSR #RevolutionaryCalendar #TimeMath
#timekeeping is important. Being late is unprofessional and rude.
candelabra with circular base holding three purple candles and one pink candle with a thicker white pillar candle in the center. Two of the purple and the pink candles are lit. A wreath of pine branches lies among the candles. The background wooden screen topped with more pine branches is in the background.
For those who celebrate, may #Advent strengthen your heart with patience and joy.
Advent is time to prepare for #Christmas.
Early Christians may have associated Jesus' conception & death w/ #VernalEquinox, making #WinterSolstice His birthday.
#SeasonofLight #calendars #timekeeping #astrophysics
A hanging decorative bronze clock with four sides bearing clock faces, two of which are visible in the image, with black backgrounds and gold numbers and hands. The clock was built by Joseph Mayer, and originally hung in the entrance of the Frederick & Nelson store in downtown Seattle.
A suspended clock, one face illuminated by the sun, the other in shadow, at the Seattle Center Armory
#MinimalMonday #Seattle #Clocks #Time #Timekeeping #Minimalism #Lunch #Photography #PNW #Mayer
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What are the origins of the words day, month and calendar? When is ereyesterday and overmorrow? Why does a clock "tick"? Find out in our History of Timekeeping Podcast: tinyurl.com/yahhpzbm #history #timekeeping #clocks #english
✨Trapped atoms & laser light weave the most precise clocks ever! Measuring time with the rhythm of light itself.🤯 #Timekeeping 🕰️
Source: phys.org/news/2025-11-entanglemen...
A key limitation discussed was the impact of leap seconds. These unpredictable adjustments to UTC can complicate date calculations, posing a challenge for any high-performance calendar algorithm seeking absolute precision. #Timekeeping 6/6
A crucial point: the community questioned the necessity of extreme clock precision for most home NTP uses. It's important to weigh the effort and expense against actual practical requirements. Don't over-engineer! #Timekeeping 6/6
A hand wearing a silver ring holds a small brass sundial in front of a bookshelf. The books include titles on philosophy, Marcus Aurelius, Islamic thought, and other academic subjects. The astrolabe hangs by a black cord and is positioned against the spines of the books.
☀️ I LOVE my new pocket #sundial, and I can't wait for the clouds to clear so I can try it out!
#time #solar #timekeeping #mySCA
It's Time to Give the Moon Its Own Time #Science #Space #Astronomy #MoonTime #SpaceScience #Timekeeping
AI generated image of an analog mantel clock against a stary background
"Night after night goes by: and clocks still chime
And stars are changing pattrns in the dark"
from "Two O'clock" by Christopher Morley
Why then turn the hands backward or forward seasonally?
#astrophysics #timekeeping #seasons #daylightsavingtime
A close-up photograph of a lit white candle with a flickering flame, positioned in an ornate metal candlestick. The candle is surrounded by a warm autumnal scene, featuring a harvested arrangement that includes pumpkins, red apples, and fall leaves. Wisps of smoke rise delicately from the candle's flame, creating a tranquil atmosphere. The background is dark, allowing the colorful elements in the foreground to stand out, reinforcing the seasonal theme of warmth and coziness associated with autumn. An orange cloth is draped beneath the scene, further enhancing the autumnal aesthetic. photograph by ozaytseva 2020 via Pixabay
To those who celebrate #Samhain, may you have the #blessings of #harvest, #hearth, and #home this #season.
To those who celebrate #Halloween, may you have more treats than tricks.
#calendar #timekeeping #crossquarterday
