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An extraordinary find in the history of computing. Alan Turing's personal collection of his papers! "Trove of Alan Turing's papers found in loft of WWII hero's best friend" www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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At this time every year I feel obliged to say I did once write the script for the Junior #EurovisionSongContest. Good #Eurovision tonight from Switzerland. The UK song (WTH just Happened?) felt a bit too Taylor Swift in the fast parts, but those Remember Monday girls can sing. Hope they do well. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

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Are we witnessing "one cosmic bound for AI"?

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I've started a blog, 'Preserving Hope'. It will track developments in the field of preservation for life extension, along with anything else I find interesting and relevant If you enjoyed my book, this is where I'll keep new and related content coming preservinghope.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

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Fabulous #TedTalk from Lisa Kaltenegger (founding Director of Cornell's #CarlSagan Institute) on our new age of exploration, discovering whole new worlds every day. On which we have the ability to search for life! What if we're not alone? www.ted.com/talks/lisa_k... #FermiParadox #JWST #AlienEarths

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10pm GMT (also very coolly known as Universal Time) should see #Flight7 of the mighty #Starship: a new variant, also despatching 10 simulated satellites from the payload bay. Earth's first fully reusable heavy launch rocket will cut the cost of access to space by x100. www.spacex.com/launches/mis...

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The launch window for the massive new #NewGlenn rocket opens in three and a half hours time (6am UK time). And lasts for three hours. I will be intrigued to find out how it's gone when I wake up. Wishing #BlueOrigin all the very best for the company's first ever orbital launch attempt, and landing!

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Today was the #Wordle of the devil. And, no, that isn't a clue

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The economic and military future of Humanity lies off-planet. Hence the goldrush of all these Chinese companies to be a part of it, always brilliantly documented by Andrew. A cause of sadness is that the UK and the rest of Europe are being left far behind, bereft of future technological sovereignty.

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#aurora across northern UK (and the rest of Europe) at the moment. Here's a live webcam from Shetland www.shetlandwebcams.com/eshaness-lig... #NorthernLights

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#Happy2025 and beyond! Surely this will be the year Humanity decides to take a step further out, and begins planning in earnest to become a spacefaring species. Ad astral!

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Fascinating to be able to view the deep past, preserved here in letters written in cuneiform on clay tablets from thousands of years ago. An unrolled 22-tweet thread from @lefineder over there. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18731...

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I believe such technical work is key to achieving our mission — making data easier for everyone to access and use. But it is extremely hard to find funding for technical work. If you’d like to support us, we would very much appreciate if you support our non-profit work: ourworldindata.org/donate

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#Nottingham #walkabout this Tuesday. Meet by the lions! Wish I could be there.

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#SignedCopies of "50 AI Ideas You Really Need to Know" at #London's @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly. For the perfect #StockingFiller, get yourselves to the 4th floor. Vital everyone understands #AI and how to use it as the pace of change continues unabated. #ArtificialIntelligence #Christmas

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The heroine of my #wip is into #ExtremeSports and does #wingsuit #BASEJumping. Maybe she'd like her very own #FlyingCarpet? youtu.be/0m6J3HkJU0E?... #AmWriting

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If you're struggling for #ChristmasPresent ideas, I do think my "50 #AI Ideas You Really Need to Know" book would be a lovely gift for people as we enter this new era. It's so important no one gets left behind, & everyone develops good instincts & understanding. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/keith...

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Views inside a very large cave on the #Moon's surface that could prove suitable for Human settlement: blogs.esa.int/caves/2024/1... Once #Starship becomes proven it will be able to deliver large payloads to the lunar surface, which should include packs of robot dogs for exploring caves/lava tubes.

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Magnitude 7.1 #earthquake off the #California coast just now. #Tsunami warning issued. Take care everyone.

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Transformational long-range #WeatherForecasting in minutes using #AI rather than physics models running for hours on supercomputers. Welcome to #Gencast. deepmind.google/discover/blo...

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Wonderful #space news that Trump has appointed Jared Isaacman to be the new #NASA Administrator. I simply could not think of anyone better. Jared is a mega successful businessman and test pilot who's been to space multiple times, including further than any Human since #Apollo. x.com/rookisaacman...

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Can science abolish death? If in #London town tonight, starting from 7pm at the #RoyalInstitution, @arielzj.bsky.social will explain why #TheFutureLovesYou. With #Hatchards on hand if you want to grab a copy of his fabulous book.

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One of Humanity's greatest achievements to break free of the constraints of Malthusian thinking, as explained by @maxroser.bsky.social. It gives us a glimpse of what is possible for Humans to achieve in the future. Don't limit yourselves!

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By the way: the application for the specialised Master's degree programme in Space Systems at ETH Zurich with start in Autumn Semester 2025 is now open and ends on 30 November 2024. This application window is for students with a Bachelor's degree from outside Switzerland.

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Now that you've taken a leap of faith with this social media channel, why not continue and switch your messaging from #WhatsApp to #Signal? Instead of being farmed for your data by Zuckerberg and Meta, keep it private on a decentralized platform. Check out signal.org. Move your WhatsApp groups too.

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Wowed by the precision of the latest #Starship soft landing off the NW coast of Australia. Also using an old heatshield design, but with >2k tiles removed to test the system to its limits, & with an orbital engine fire to boot. The final flight of a 1st generation Starship. x.com/SpaceX/statu...

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