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PhD student at STOR-i CDT, Lancaster University — studying high-dimensional inference for models of AMR transmission.
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The wonderful thing about this is that it could be under literally anything. You’d believe me equally if I told you it was a thread on ant farms or on the BBC’s coverage of the 1966 election

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whenever my body does whatever the opposite of inflammation is called, it's over for you all

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www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...

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I have no patience for this. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time retailed for $59.95 in November, 1998. That's $117.27 today. You're dramatically underpaying for games right now. In fact, AAA studios are killing themselves with big bet live-service disasters and microtransactions to cover costs.

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Just watched Michael Clayton. Fantastic performance from Tom Wilkinson, only slightly overshadowed by a truly vast number of baguettes

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Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

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> looking for a new leftist movement > ask the left populist receptionist if their leftist movement is based or tankie > she doesn't understand > pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is based and what is tankie > she laughs and says "It's a good leftist movement, sir" > join > it's Tankie

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CCHQ source texts to say Susan Hall is looking **very** papabile.

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Ed Balls

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itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... I write about last week's arguments over the pricing of the Nintendo Switch 2 and its superstar game in Mario Kart World. Video games have become distorted by refusal to charge honest prices and Nintendo should be applauded for being honest in its pricing

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my offer to america: we bring woke back

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We go now live to our economics editor who has broken out the good whiskey and seems to be playing with a revolver. How are the markets reacting Greg

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what if liz truss but absolutely no way to get rid of her

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I hate the clocks changing because it makes me feel stupid

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Many, many deaths.

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every third pokémon npc says shit like “bridges are miracles… they connect people and hearts… and we wouldn’t have them without pokémon”

submitted 85 days ago • 26 comments

The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ Slava Ukraini.

submitted 93 days ago • 90 comments

I hope Ukraine wins the war and Zelenskyy gets to live the rest of his long, long life in complete and utter peace, jesus christ

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Wow the German exit poll

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Well this is *quite* the read. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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There's a small contingent of people online who get angry when you say this but: Wikipedia is unquestionably the most successful utopian project of the internet age, and its destruction would be a crime against humanity

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WHAT DOES THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASK FOR WHEN HE'S IN A FRENCH RESTAURANT? hors d'oeuvres, hors d'oeuvres!

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On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz I wanted to share this quote from Prime Levi: "Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it.... (1/3)

submitted 125 days ago • 7 comments

they should invent unprecedented times that are good

submitted 131 days ago • 27 comments

🎶 when you go, will you send back a lettuce from America? 🎶

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Heh heh

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Really interesting long essay on Netflix & the streamers. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

submitted 154 days ago • 51 comments

Colin Farrell's transformation into the penguin is remarkable

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The Guardian long read on the deranged world of Sam Smiths pubs is as good as everyone says, an incredible study in self-defeating petty tyranny www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...

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