domingo, 16 de agosto de 2026
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Tempo de remo - o republicano Clube Naval e a monárquica Associação Naval
Como referimos aqui, fomos praticante federado e campeão nacional de Remo, como voga, e pelo Clube Naval de Lisboa. Artigo curioso de Alberto Tota, sobre a política e as rivalidades, ainda hoje presentes, com a Associação Naval de Lisboa. In Almanaque de O Dia para 1914 (arquivo Fernando Correia de Oliveira).
sábado, 15 de agosto de 2026
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Janela para o passado - Festas de Nossa Senhora, touradas e outras histórias do Barreiro
in Sketches of Portuguese Life, manners, costume, and character : illustrated by twenty coloured plates / by A. P. D. G.. - London., disponível aqui.
Diz A. P. D. G., oficial britânico:
"Aos vinte anos de idade, e no ano de 1798, o autor entrou na
administração pública portuguesa e aí seguiu até 1804: quando se sentiu incapaz
de resistir durante mais tempo à torrente de intrigas, a que todo estrangeiro
nesse serviço é submetido, desistiu temporariamente tanto do seu país adoptado
como da sua profissão.
Contudo, em 1809, foi-lhe oferecida uma situação vantajosa no departamento de abastecimento do exército britânico, então em Portugal, e ele regressou a esse reino, com vantagens possuídas por poucos da sua nacionalidade: — um bom conhecimento da língua e do povo."
"Estando e sabendo como por estar alongado da Vila de
Alhos Vedros de cuja jurisdição é, as pessoas que nele moram não podem ir
requerer sua justiça […], sem nisso levarem muito trabalho e fadiga e às vezes
a deixam antes perder;
"O que faria se fosse vila e tivesse seus oficiais e
justiças, naturalmente segundo costume das vilas de nosso Reino e senhorio; E
fosse fora da sujeição da dita vila de Alhos Vedros.
"Nós de nosso próprio moto certa ciência e poder
absoluto, fazemos o dito lugar do Barreiro Vila e queremos que daqui em diante
se chame Vila Nova do Barreiro".
--- D. Manuel I, natural de Alcochete-
Finalmente, de 31 de dezembro de 1966, ação no valor de 5 escudos, da Sociedade Cooperativa Operária Barreirense. O documento encontra-se no Ephemera, o maior arquivo privado português, que tem armazéns no Barreiro, a Cidade dos Arquivos.
Meditações - habitamos o tempo
Time is not something we observe. It is something we inhabit.
Martin Frei, cofundador dos relógios Urwerk
sexta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2026
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Meditações - o tempo existe?
Lido aqui:
Time is the one thing every human experience is built around. The possibility that it is not fundamental to reality comes not from philosophy but from the equations themselves.
When
physicists attempt to merge quantum mechanics with general relativity, the math
produces something strange. In the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, one of the primary
attempts to describe quantum gravity, time simply does not appear. The equation
works without it. The universe it describes is static. Nothing changes.
This led
physicist Carlo Rovelli to propose that time is not a fundamental feature of
the universe but an emergent one, arising from relationships between physical
systems rather than existing as an independent backdrop. Change is fundamental.
Time as a universal ticking clock is an approximation that breaks down at the
quantum level.
Julian
Barbour argued more radically that the universe is a vast collection of static
moments and that what we experience as the flow of time is the brain
constructing a narrative connecting snapshots. Nothing flows. The sensation of
time passing is an internal feature of consciousness, not an external feature
of reality.
The block
universe interpretation of general relativity goes further. Past, present, and
future all exist simultaneously as a four-dimensional structure. Time does not
flow. We exist at a particular location within it.
Every
fundamental law of physics works equally well forwards or backwards in time.
Only the second law of thermodynamics treats past and future differently. The
arrow of time may be statistical rather than fundamental.
If time
does not exist at the quantum scale or near singularities, the clocks we built
and the urgency we feel about every passing moment may be a local approximation
of something the universe does not actually require.
If time
turns out to be something your brain constructs rather than something real,
does that change how you plan to spend it?
Source:
Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time; Julian Barbour, The End of Time
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Meditações - As três dimensões do tempo
lido aqui:
A new
theory suggests time flows in *three* directions, shaping space itself — and it
could finally bridge relativity and quantum physics.
A bold new
theory from Dr. Gunther Kletetschka at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
proposes that time itself has three dimensions — not one. According to the
research, space isn’t the foundation of reality at all, but rather a byproduct
of multidimensional time — like a picture painted onto a temporal canvas. The
framework suggests a universe built from six total dimensions: three of space
and three of time.
Unlike many
speculative theories, this one makes testable predictions, including precise
calculations for the masses of fundamental particles such as electrons, muons,
and quarks — a mystery that has puzzled physicists for decades. If correct, it
could help unify Einstein’s relativity with quantum mechanics, bridging the gap
between the cosmic and quantum realms for the first time.
In this model, one time dimension represents our familiar forward flow, another allows for alternate versions of the same moment, and the third governs transitions between those realities — potentially enabling movement across timelines. Crucially, it still preserves cause and effect. Though speculative, this theory could mark a step toward the long-sought “Theory of Everything.”
Source: “Three-Dimensional Time: A Mathematical Framework for Fundamental Physics,” Reports in Advances of Physical Sciences, 2025.
domingo, 9 de agosto de 2026
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Meditações - a quarta dimensão
When you’re a child you learn there are three dimensions
Height,
width and depth
Like a
shoebox
Then later
you hear there’s a fourth dimension
Time
Hmm
Then some
say there can be five, six, seven…
I knock off
work
Have a beer
at the bar
I look down
at the glass and feel glad
The poems recited by the main character in the film Paterson were written by real-life American poet Ron Padgett. He wrote several original poems specifically for the movie and also allowed director Jim Jarmusch to use some of his previously published work.















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