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NEW CHART: Nuclear renaissance? The rise, fall and rise of UK nuclear power over eight decades (Thanks to Ho Woo Nam for pulling the data together & Tom Prater for making such a cool chart) www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Ran into Matt Berry when I was working the 2012 Fringe. "You're in the IT Crowd", I said. "Yup." he said.

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Gang war detectives recover firearm in Roseburn Path area Officers carrying out enquiries into recent violent incidents in the East and West of the country have recovered a firearm in the Roseburn Path area of Edinburgh. The path had been cordoned off between the footbridge at Roseburn Terrace up…

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Shared for #TrigpointThursday

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But on the other hand, war and AI are making some people LOADS of money, so it's probably all fine.

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Ton up. Might take a day off from the NYT crossword tomorrow. If only to show I can stop any time I like.

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Counterpoint: just don't! Yes the funding application process is a gruelling waste of everyone's time, but the answer definitely isn't to just get robots to do it all.

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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ No one should be afraid to be who they are in the workplace. As a union, we will keep fighting for equality and for LGBT+ rights at work. Find out how you can get involved with our LGBT+ network: prospect.org.uk/get-involved...

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wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey? guard: [looking away] fine wife: did something happen? guard: [tearing up] no wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?

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Get your own doomy Keir Starmer sound bite by combining a geographical feature and a late 20th century object of moral panic. An island of strangers. A peninsula of video piracy. A fjord of repetitive beats. An archipelago of chip pan fires.

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Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a Conclave...

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Young priest! there's no need to feel down there's a Country! That's inside of a town you can Go there! Now ol Frank's underground and you choose a new guy (bom bom bom bom bom) It's fun to vote for a P O P E

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Massive drop-off in international students and the whole academic industrial complex teetering on the brink of oblivion, and still the only thing you're allowed to build in Edinburgh is private student accommodation (and Black Sheep Coffee shops).

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🚨 BREAKING: From September 1st peak rail fares will be scrapped for good in Scotland! 🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares. 🟡2024: SNP bring them back 🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision 🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision

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Absolutely incredible article that wholeheartedly believes not using LLMs is: - a luxury - futile - for girls

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happy beltane and international workers day my celts and comrades

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How cool is this? My sister shared this film of a wasp mining my parents' patio table on our family chat - my mum asked 'how long will it take for the table to disappear?'. My engineer brother has estimated 112years based on radius of table and rate of removal 😂 Nerd family 😍@waspwoman.bsky.social

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proper news story, this. 'There is a Weird Noise'. Good stuff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Fairly certain this penguin has studied comedic timing and slapstick performance professionally.

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Celebrating Easter in a way I’m sure Jesus would approve of, if his first century mind could comprehend any of it. Cheers.

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Yes. YES! Fantastic news – incredibly deserving island and community. Well done to everyone involved. www.scottishgeologytrust.org/isle-of-arra...

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happy Normal supper with the fellas day my christian dudes

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Contact between very coarse and fine facies of the Hillhouse dolerite from Troon, Ayrshire. In NMS rock collection. #ThinSectionThursday

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A Time Capsule of Extinction: Scotland’s Iconic Wildlife Written by Caitlin Jamison, Museum Collection Technician, Montrose Museum: ANGUSalive. Montrose Museum in Angus, northeast Scotland, houses an impressive natural history collection. Everything from taxidermy to fossils to rare minerals are…

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The law determines what is legal. It does not determine what is true; what is just; what is morally and ethically sound and defensible. The history of law is the history of the legal system being wrong on these grounds. Trans women are women.

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Revolting news from the UK Supreme Court. Love and solidarity always to the trans and gender non-conforming community 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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This is such chef's kiss data visualisation. The whole thing is great, but even the first image on its own does the job flawlessly.

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🔬Microscopy Thursday! 🌿Did you know that plants can grow crystals? Here is a piece of oak with Ca-oxalates growing in its cells. In some plants, oxalate crystals form ~80% of their dry mass. In humans, they make kidney stones. Sample provided by Dr Susanna Harris (University of Glasgow).

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