His dad was a toolmaker, you know.
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His dad was a toolmaker, you know.
1/2 Astronomers just spotted a rare planetary collision around the star Gaia20ehk. It is giving us a real-time look at the violent impacts that shape young solar systems. 🔭💥🪐🧪
#Exoplanets #Physics
Paper
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Interviewer: So of the 35,000 lies you've told the American public Mr. President, which is your favorite?
TFG: I don't lie.
Interviewer: Yeah. That's my favorite one, too.
A lot of Filipinos and Bangladeshis may die, but that is a price he is willing to pay.
TIL the protuberances on naval mines are called Hertz horns.
Lookman. He just like me.
Sunday 28th June seems like an auspicious date.
When I was reading Michael Moorcock, I was constantly noticing the odd names of minor characters and wondering if they were references to public figures at the time of writing. If so, the fantasy outlived the satire.
Latest attacks in Lebanon leave nearly 400 dead as two Israeli soldiers killed
Maybe the most impressive headline distortionism I've ever seen
Ahh, but Labour identified its embedded fanatics and drove them all out along with nasty, unelectable magic grandpa. Now the party is only sensible, rational people who know how to win elections.
His career as PM is in dire straits, amirite?
The people at CBECI were kind enough to send me a copy of their updated Bitcoin power consumption data
At the end of 2024, Bitcoin's total consumption for 2024 *did* end up matching that of Pakistan. 2024 saw the biggest jump in power consumption ever. Absolutely wild stuff ->
ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci
Yeah, but the real James Bond turned out to be David Shayler (now Delores Kane). No disrespect but I could just about see Gervais playing them.
That's where I started. Just do a little bit every day. No goals, no pushing yourself.
The happiness comes when you stop. Believe me, it's worth it.
Come to Europe, friends!
The European Research Council (ERC) has just confirmed increased ERC funding for top global researchers moving to Europe. Drop me an email if you want to know more.
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
To be fair, the Red Army recovered after Stalin's purges, though it did cost them years of horror and millions of extra deaths.
If this is true, it really is mind-bendingly stupid (in addition to being evil). So, entirely true to form for the Trump gang.
Don't these people know that impersonating an English Heritage official is a very, very serious crime?
I think probably the one misconception that bothers me about bike lanes is that people assume they are for those who bike...when really they are for those who are too scared to bike.
Dismay at a cancellation of the P-word - For the whole essay search in your Browser for Juan Cole's Informed Comment http://dlvr.it/TR9PbN
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja): This 86cm (34in) species of Ibis is native to South America, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and the southern gulf states in the US. They feed on crustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs & newts. Fantastic image taken by Prashant Gharpure in Florida, USA. #spoonbill
He's a lot fatter than Kim II was, and has been since he was young. On the other hand, he probably has access to better medical care.
Clean Up Britain? So that's Baroness Warsi, some rugby chap, and a bloke who used to do PR for the CIA.
Leg Mouse
Terror Rat
Long Wolf
Frogodile
Bloby Chompy Boy
Nice way to get a full-scale mutiny.
There is, of course, no overlap at all between the skills required of a politician and the skills required of a very senior lawyer.
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A sad story. Just getting ready for relegation.
