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So as there are no boots on the ground this is all Iran striking beyond its borders.

10.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every second of free time you have ever had in your life was subsidized by the existence of the combine harvester.

09.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1615 πŸ” 246 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 15
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Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from β€˜unsafe’ US

πŸ§ͺ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ #IgNobel awards come to Switzerland as US unsafe for scientists
#HoppSchwiiz
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

10.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5
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Bluesky - You won’t believe what the UKs defence attachΓ© to the UAE is??

Sandy Sandilands! They send him to the land of sand!

10.03.2026 07:44 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 12
Specific details about PLOS Biology's mandatory code-sharing policy

Specific details about PLOS Biology's mandatory code-sharing policy

In support of #OpenScience, we routinely ask authors to openly share their #research #code before publication.

We are now formalizing this practice with a mandatory #code-sharing policy and clarifying what we mean by code sharing.

May be nice to cut-out the box for reference

plos.io/47dPeOW
πŸ§ͺ

27.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 7
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Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan Lawyers including top barristers and retired judges urge the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.

Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan.

Govt wants to restrict the right to jury trials to reduce backlog of court cases.

Backlog caused by Tory austerity and cuts.

Need investment, not cuts in human rights.

Lost rights are hard to recover.

10.03.2026 07:58 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 4
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Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

Germany’s culture commissioner, Wolfram Weimer, is acting like he's head of the Thought Police.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10.03.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That war that's almost over...

09.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

An oil refinery costs about the same to build per MW of energy output as a solar farm (about $0.5 million). But with the refinery you then have to keep paying day in, day out to pour oil into it.

Why rebuild refineries instead of building new solar instead? It makes no economic sense.

09.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have never drunk (eaten?) a "salted caramel mocha latte", and nor do I ever intend to do so as long as I shall, by the grace of evolution and biochemistry, live.

You may thank me both now and effusively for single-handedly preserving society.

09.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At some times in Australia renewable electricity is literally, legally, financially, too cheap to meter.

If I were running a company, I would relocate to anywhere in the World that offered me free energy.

09.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank God for that. This is the CORRECT RESPONSE.

09.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is nearly impossible to be analytically unbiased about the possibility of this. But trying, to the best of my ability, to completely ignore my revulsion at dropping bombs on people, I really do think that this is the most likely outcome, by far.

09.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The statistics are interesting. About 20% of people raised in religious households abandon religion. About 30% of people raised in atheist households adopt a religion. And around 25% of adults have no religion.

09.03.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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One and a half million people are killed by animals every year. Almost one million by other animals, and more than half a million from direct conflict among ourselves.

Almost all of these deaths from other animals are caused by just two types: mosquitoes and snakes.

09.03.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 20
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Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.

www.ft.com/content/ac77...

06.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 1435 πŸ” 620 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 67

Not least how it seems to take about fourteen hours for an admittedly a bit blown up U-Bahn train to go about six kilometers across Berlin.

08.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
07.01.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 12

More insects and mice as the weather warms?

08.03.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Low-carbon energy does not have the same energy security risks as fossil fuels Fossil fuel inequities are a risk to energy security. Mineral inequities are a risk to the energy transition.

still true, still important.

08.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Plus: check out the side effects...

08.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Two countries -> two separate war aims.

08.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Christ! Read a book, already.

08.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why is there never anything down there that looks cuddly?

08.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i am mad as a waterlogged rooster I actually don’t know how mad that is but it sounds like a lot

05.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

This was astounding back in January. And props to conductor Delyana Lazarova too.

Sadly no longer on iPlayer. How about putting it back for IWD, @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social ?

08.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i like how doorknobs wait until you’re really irritated before they catch your belt loop

05.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Asked my Amazon echo to play John Cage and the bloody thing just ignored me for nearly five minutes.

08.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Fantastic Voyage.

08.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The failing centre that this so eloquently describes is just like the previous failing centre of Ted Heath and Harold Wilson in the late 1970s. Then Margaret Thatcher was the external force that replaced it. But it could just as easily have been Tony Benn.

@labourlewis.bsky.social

08.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0