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#OTD in 1980, the U.S. hockey team defeated the U.S.S.R in the "Miracle on Ice" during the 1980 Winter Olympics. The crew of USS Coral Sea learned of the victory when the pilot of a Tu-95 Bear radioed his congratulations to an intercepting F-4 Phantom II from the carrier.

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“Cain realizing he uploaded the draft excel sheet (final2_final.xlsx) instead of the final one (final2_final-USE-THIS.xlsx)” 1896, by Henri Vidal, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris

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'Cat Crossing to Eat' - Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840. #Caturday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

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A little poem 🐾🐾

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"I am absolutely NOT going to launch myself at your ankles as you walk down this darkened stairwell, and frankly I am offended that you would even entertain such a thought."

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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

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Two Ukrainian oppositional leaders: Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko (both hate Zelensky and hate each other) have publicly supported Zelensky, said his term prolongation is legit until the end of the war, and said elections are impossible now. Listen to Ukrainian opposition.

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If you know someone considering to NOT get their child vaccinated for #measles, remember that measles virus (but not the vaccine) erases the existing immunoligical memory. This "immune amnesia" puts someone at GREAT risk for other diseases after. asm.org/articles/201...

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I follow French politics a lot, as many of you know. Any effort for mass layoffs of public sector employees there would create such huge strikes and marches, the level of disruption and paralysis would be biblical.

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For those unfamiliar, the Associated Press is a non-profit cooperative formed by US news organizations that covers news for its 1,300 member papers, radio stations and TV stations. It is the foundation of the American press. It has always gotten the first seat and first question at official events.

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I love Finland. I love their obsession with personal space too. Never have I seen such a hilarious visualisation of how much the Finns love their personal space! It's a real life data visualisation! Source: https://buff.ly/42Ooi4q https://x.com/simongerman600/status/1659909345776115712/photo/1

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Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics. Government wins are often the avoidance of loss. So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses not averted?

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Fact check: nearly 70 percent of US money for Ukraine actually went to US defense industry to replenish the stocks of OLD stuff that went to Ukraine to use. Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.

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Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

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Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures

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The blue hairy frogfish, scientifically known as Antennarius striatus. Who does it remind me of?

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Everything is so chaotic right now because every single policy decision or debate that has occurred over the past 130 years is suddenly being relitigated--the entirety of settled US laws & procedures are threatened--all at once.

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Potentially relevant info for folks!

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À good reminder thread - update your vaccines!

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I'm excited to announce that the Portland Community College Foundation is seeking open applications for individuals to join our board or committees. Learn more at pcc.edu/trusteerecruitment or join us for one of our Zoom info sessions on February 19, February 27 and March 7 at noon... #PCC #PDX

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K1: so anyway the teacher ran out because she couldn't cope anymore and the other kids laughed and I think they're just mean idiots Me: how close were you to telling them all off? K1, puzzled: obv I told them, else how would they know? Paladin of Justice, part m of n

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What's EU's leverage w/Trump? (provided unity/willingness to suffer ST-I know, I know) EU absorbed 50% of US LNG exports in 2023, 28% of all US natural gas exports. US=single biggest winner in EU diversification of energy supply since RUS invaded UKR '22 t.co/SbAdWJGE4u

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Ok, it may not change things but it’s satisfying

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It's tempting to think that simpler letterforms = more legibility. But in my experience, that's not true. Typefaces are design systems too, and they need a certain level of complexity to work well. Here's why: (thread) 🧵

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Banting, Best, and Collip published initial results on the use of insulin to treat diabetes #OTD in 1922. They later sold their patent to University of Toronto for $1 each, hoping the agreement would keep the lifesaving medication cheap and accessible. 🧪 www.jameslindlibrary.org/banting-fg-b...

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A great thread on the obvious and not so obvious “bureaucracies” that keep armies running…