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Trump's travel ban won't apply to big-time athletes — such as Iran's World Cup team — but will, of course, impact sports in other ways. An explainer that will be updated: sports.yahoo.com/soccer/break...

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Megaevent organizers must be in full-out panic mode right about now. I see some reporting that "individuals whose entry serves U.S. national interests" includes special exceptions for World Cup and Olympic athletes but I can't imagine that also includes fans who want to travel here

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Fine, I'll do it myself! arturo182.github.io/pico-compati...

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I continue to find it fascinating that during times of crisis 1) people seem to think comms/scicomm will be able to overcome enormous systemic and political problems and 2) how everything we know about the deficit model flies out the window.

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We’re revising the Nintendo Switch’s repairability score—and here’s why. When the Switch launched, it earned a respectable score thanks to its modular design and relatively easy repairs. But repairability isn’t just about what’s possible—it’s about what manufacturers allow.

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I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

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A word to the wise. If you are sending in a research proposal, and applying to do a PhD with me, check the hallucinated references from the generative AI tool first to make sure they actually exist. Especially if you are trying to claim your potential supervisor has published them. 🤯

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The AI on a different platform asked if I wanted to know more about "Lamb-Hass avocado size comparison" and provided this informative graphic.

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Some interesting insights here, including that people are much more influenced by people they follow switching platforms than by their own followers switching platforms. Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801

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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

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you can either let your colleagues write and publish things like this, or you can claim your profession has worth. you can't do both

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1. So I have a few thoughts on Elon Musk, ketamine, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, opium, Hitler's meth habit, William F. Buckley and the most pathetic acid trip in history, W. H. Auden, cocaine, Aldous Huxley, the CIA, and Silicon Valley, as well as other related matters.

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Our “It’s Raining Coin Cells” LED art display for @crowdsupply.bsky.social #Teardown2025 is coming along! We wanted it to be instructional too so we’ve left connections and some wiring visible and will have signs with more info on how it was constructed. Plus maybe some freebies to grab!

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Newsletter: An OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries on men it describes as “subhuman”, and promoting misogynist ideas sourced from online incel forums. “Without surgery, you won’t mog genetically superior guys head-on,” it tells one man. www.citationneeded.news/openai-incel...

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Your eyes are not fast enough to see this clock—quick Level 2 Jeff video on mitxela's Precision Clock Mk IV, because it's the coolest clock I own: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBDg...

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"Scientists and citizens assessed the effectiveness of two wildlife underpasses installed under a road in Monkton, Vermont. The results were striking: an 80.2% reduction in amphibian deaths." Glad to see this new study proving the utility of herp crossings! #roadecology www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...

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Europe stealing market share: This month, it “unveiled a €500 million plan named ‘Choose Europe for Science’ aiming to lure foreign researchers to the EU.” @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/us-d...

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This new AI thing in WhatsApp is amazing!

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LLMs turn your job into mostly code review, a task everyone famously loves to do and is good at

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The fundamental flaw of the left is believing the right is trying to justify what they do with reasoning and therefore acting as if pointing out flaws in their arguments might have some effect.

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My first 2 books, "The Decade In Tory" and "Four Chancellors and a Funeral", are available from all good bookshops, and Amazon. Sunday Times Bestsellers and 5⭐ on Good Reads and Amazon. The final of the Torygeddon Trilogy, "Tories: The End of an Error", is published in July

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Today's featured 1980s electronic game from my little self-curated Museum-of-Me is 1979's HIT N' MISSILE by Tomy. It's entirely analog; all accomplished with gears, rolling tape, clockwork, and lightbulbs. 6 year old me was a MASTER at this.

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Why is the blue Pi blue? And can you still do anything worthwhile on an original Raspberry Pi?

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Tesla FSD 13.2.9 will still run a kid down while illegally blowing past a stopped school bus with red lights flashing and stop sign extended. Elon Musk how many kids does FSD need to run over before you fix this? I warned about this danger at the 2023 Super Bowl!

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"It was about to cut across the lanes of traffic into cars that were actually on the way!" Watch this Tesla #FSD v13.2.9 attempt to swerve in front of an approaching car, forcing the driver to take over. Elon Musk your defective software is dangerous and should be banned now.

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My Molten Monthly news round up is LIVE full of all my most edgy opinions and controversial takes on Superbooth and the shed load of gear that fell out of it youtu.be/rNzHN8bDwWA

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At #OHS2025 @oshwassociation.bsky.social and the swag is strong! The rainbow ruler, mug, badge, stickers and of course chocolate from @prosquared.org And there's more!

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