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I'm hearing this in my head in the voice of 'The Book' from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. As an explanation for the collapse of a civilisation, it is very Douglas Adams.

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This didn't start with Trump, this started with climate denial. The systemised lying that had been trialled by tobacco, was adopted wholesale by the GOP at the behest of the oil companies. They learnt they could say: up was down, black was white, the sky is orange. Now there is no truth.

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Very much in the spirit of open.spotify.com/track/1OHg9e...

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Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

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The fact that Disney bought Star Wars and bought the Muppets and haven’t done a Muppets Star Wars is a crime.

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A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.

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Ea-nāṣir is the recipient of the world’s oldest complaint letter. He’s reportedly the worst businessman of the 18th century, a mediocre conman whose actions should have him put out of business. Is this fair? Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.

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the met eireann building is my favourite building in ireland. it’s gorgeous. oh descended space ship! oh 1970’s ziggurat! temple to the rain and wind! satellites pointed skyward! what storm is coming, what hail, what sunny day!

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A lot of us have grown up with Paddington, across different generations. In thinking about Paddington as a story about migration & refugees, the question is whether & why we would value fables + positive stories: this idealised narrative in a children's story about Britain as a welcoming society

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@jay.bsky.team Given this place had less than 15 million users when I joined last week but will reach 20 million sometime tomorrow, I assume your running costs are increasing. Is there a way to donate or otherwise show my gratitude to help keep the lights on?

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Tapping into Europe’s hidden trillions: will a Capital Markets Union meet the EU’s funding needs? www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

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