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And here's another favourite piece from my uranium glass collection: its a Jacobean Toast Rack made in Czechoslovakia by Josef Inwald A.G. and imported into the UK by the Clayton Mayers & Co. (circa 1920-30). #uraniumglass

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

I really need to start planning my health episodes more carefully.

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Because its Friday, I am sharing with you one of my very favourite items in my uranium glass collection: its a glass necklace dating from the 1930s that was part of the costume of an opera singer. #uraniumglass

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I suggest that Trump's team members might want to read Steven Pinker's book "The Stuff of Thought" (which I just finished reading). Much of the book is devoted to understanding how language (i.e., how words are conveyed) influences (negatively and positively) relationships between parties.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Please tell me that this isn't true. Would you sell your soul for $10,000 and then, in return, lose access to subsidized education, healthcare, childcare, parental leave and gain access to guns, guns and more guns?

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calgaryherald.com/opinion/in-d...

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Maybe countries should think about the damage that Trump and his oligarchs have done to the world economy and should start freezing their assets until we find out who benefited from the market volatility.

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All is forgiven, right? Right?

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> @jamellebouie.net today: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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Forgive me for my naïveté in asking this. People are celebrating the rebound in markets. However, doesn't this mean that while companies have rebounded in value, individual investors who sold their shares in the midst of this turmoil have mostly lost their money when they sold on the way down?

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So what’s the strategy behind all this waffling? Is the goal to make America great again/sometime? Or is it driven by the short term profit motives of the rich who have bought access to the President? Enquiring minds want to know.

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A 90 day pause will not create long term stability that is needed. People with money to invest likely have already used this volatile period as an opportunity to buy low and then sell high with the rebound. I certainly hope that someone is tracking who made money from this turmoil.

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Good idea. Let’s spread infections widely and quickly to cull the weak from the population. Imagine how much we’ll all save in healthcare costs.

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Two superpowers playing chicken with each other, with all of us along for the ride.

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Is it right to simply say tariffs are a tax. Aren’t taxes essentially a subscription fee for government services? If so, are tariffs that are paid by citizens with reduced government services essentially robbery?

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When voting choices are driven by greed and self interest to the exclusion of everything else, it says a lot about the character of the voter, let alone the candidate.

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How can this be possible? It makes no sense that a Supreme Court could come up with a decision that undermines the constitution and do it with a 5-4 split. The USA is in deep trouble when political ideology drives decisions like this. So much for the rule of law.

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Did you really expect him to say anything different?

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Keep up the good work. I sincerly hope that Bluesky's growing success doesn't distract them from this goal. It could easily fall apart if Bluesky is eventually sold to buyers who don't share the same priorities.

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I'm with him. AI can be used effectively in many teaching scenarios, but its okay to ignore AI when it undermines the learning experience. Similarly, many teaching technologies can create a gap between teacher and students, degrading the experience for all. The medium is the message, so to speak.

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A great article about the practice of engineering. We need more engineers to write about their work. It will help inspire the next generation of engineers!

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This one is really funny, except that it is true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=617L...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JBp...

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This is an excellent article that highlights the growing tensions on university campuses between professors and members of the administration.

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Somebody said it better than me.

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Can someone please develop an AI app that can listen to news interviews or speeches in real time and then flag misinformation while providing credible sources as proof? A lie detector app like this would be an AI application that I can get behind.

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Now, that's what I'm talking about. Its time for universities to do the same. US insititions need to counter this divide-and-conquer strategy of Trump and the GOP. If they prey on one, they prey on all.

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Should Canada (and other nations) apply very high tariffs to cars that are made 100% in the USA? First, this would directly hit Tesla. Second, it would be a disincentive for auto companies who choose to immedialy shift production of certain automobiles out of Canada into the USA.

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Nero fiddling as Rome burns.

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Good news. Microsoft will take over the things that I do when goofing off! Can it doom-scroll Bluesky or Reddit yet? Maybe it will soon Netflix and chill for me too.

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Yes,,

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This morning, I finished "36 Arguments for the Existence of God". For 2 decades, I have exclusively read non-fiction, but this book recently caught my eye and it now ranks among my favourites. It was intellectually stimulating, funny, satiric, heartwarming, and engaging on so many levels. #Books

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