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alarcos.bsky.social
Prof. UCL Econ. Computational Economist & ex-Theoretical Physicist, Alpine Glacier hiker, born: 30 Messidor CLXXIV.
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Looking at the European Union primarily from an economic lense is the original sin of many people in UK. Even those "pro-EU" with good intentions. Overall, the true ambition of the Union, an "ever closer union", is to turn fully into a new form of state beyond current members, and is lost on them.

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Aurora Forecast Update for 2025-06-01T07:04:01Z Additional Details Here.

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🧵 This is a solar prominence! Using the Goode Solar Telescope (GST) at Big Bear Solar Observatory and the new coronal adaptive optics system Cona, a team of scientists has observed the solar corona in unprecedented details. ➡️ nso.edu/press-releas... 🔭 🧪 #science #stellarastro ⚛️

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A good interview, also with some great comments on the (neccesary) role of universities in our current time and the damage if they do not play that role. At my uni, senior -management would do better taking this in, rather than knee-jerking about AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pcx...

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I loved it. Lost Fairy Tales Around 40 Ukrainian children aged 5 to 17 collaborated on this project to create a collection of ‘ancient art’ inspired by European baroque museums. The goal was to fill the gap of similar museum nearby by creating an imaginary exhibition.

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In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪 🧵 1/26 drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...

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The retirement of the "cherry picking" narrative is mood-music rather than policy-change. At its heart "no cherry-picking" is neither about "cherries" nor about "picking", but about the political sustainability and regulatory stability of any arrangement or deal. It's very low-cost to sacrifice some

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i did a podcast about my short story the diamond mountain, published by @kaleidotrope.bsky.social and hosted by @chelseaharamia.bsky.social and @kmdoublev.bsky.social more by other writers will come

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In Andor’s universe, real history doesn’t work like the movies Source: New Statesman search.app/MREBM

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#Blatten after te landslide of this afternoon!😞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubf6...

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A chilling thread😬

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Tough days for Blatten😲

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