The Owlet of Minerva
(Noctua Minervae)
Blogs at dusk on science, religion, and politics
The comment policy applies.
Posts (newest first)
Ophanim
The OPHANIM sensor board from CERN’s Aegis project is an absolute delight
Comments via Mastodon
I’m trying out a simple way to collect comments on a static blog via Mastodon and moderate them in Org-mode, with this post as a test case.
Enlightening reflections in Marrakech
I went to Marrakech for a workshop on the rights of the child and all I got you was an owl. Also, a cat picture.
New publication: Retranslating the Qurʾān
We wrote a thing about Slovene translations of the the Qurʾān, and you can download the whole book it’s in
Stop genocide in Rafah
With Israeli forces poised to attack a million Gazans’ last refuge, real international pressure is needed to stop genocide. Where are the sanctions?
The turbe by the “Vampirica” in Podgorica
Once there lived a vampiress by the ghost of a graveyard. But that’s another story. This one is a photo story about how the placement of a Muslim memorial nicely illustrates Hayden’s model of “antagonistic tolerance.”
A blog named Owlet
A first, self-referential post