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@mbkplus.bsky.social makes an excellent point, but this is just the playbook. Anyone remember Colin Powell's "biological growth medium" ?

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Important info for UK car drivers. If you want to pass your MOT but your lights don't work, just tape them over.

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i’ve never heard anyone say that uranus is their favorite planet. justice for uranus.

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One piece episode 286 FYI

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The fact he still gets booked for anything in the first place is the shocking part. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/davi...

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Gaaah what a week for music. Moving from "running away" to "smile" to playing all the versions of "shortening bread".

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RIP big dog

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I've done this! Unfortunately in shame. DESY-Karaoke induced plane miss. Only time I've missed a plane in my life.

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I slept really well last night which is obviously good, but it does result in me having a bit of a cotton wool brain for much of the day. exhibit A - I rendered a video on my computer then set off to the photocopier to collect it.

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Went on a half term break last week to Germany with 12yo son, visited the Panzer museum, Heide Park for rollercoasters, miniatur wonderland in Hamburg, the DDR museum and the computer game museum in Berlin. Every German I interacted with throughout was kind and charming, so, vielen dank!

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#FACTS

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How America allowed Oxycontin to get to market, see the devastating effects and then allow the same to happen again with Fentanyl really should be talked about more

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Shocking revelation that cabinet actually discussed and debated policy before implementing it.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.

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Killing in the Name in the style of David Bowie. You're welcome.

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We’ll see the scope of woke Pope cope.

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I teach astronomy. Most of the time, the material is not relevant for a discussion that could be considered political. But sometimes it is. You better believe when I talk about the weak force and dark matter, I am clear about the role of misogyny in denying C. S. Wu and Vera Rubin Nobel prizes

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Absolutely Incredible….A blurred photo of Earth? Nope, this is Titan, Saturn’s largest Moon captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. 💫💙💫💙💫💙💫😲💫

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Watching the #democracysausage hashtag is the most beautiful slideshow. It's election day back home in Australia, and instead of little "I voted" stickers (no need to say that; it's compulsory), you buy a delicious sausage sandwich (with onions and sauce) to celebrate (and benefit the local school).

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More than a decade ago I travelled to Dagenham and Redbridge with @hopenothate.org.uk to help unseat far right councillors in a local election. Knocking on doors it became clear that our presence was not required - they had been useless councillors. (1/2)

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Note to Self…🌺

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"Do you even own a black suit?"

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The French science funding agency ANR has launched an initiative to attract scientists wanting to leave, er, other countries, called Choose France for Science: anr.fr/en/latest-ne...

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Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool

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Tune in – because a new cosmic radio could find dark matter in 15 years!📻 In collaboration with Harvard, Dr David Marsh sets the foundation for a next-gen dark matter detector to find the axion – a leading dark matter candidate.🌌 Find out more ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/cosmic-...

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I took an image of a comet with a nebula in the background last year around this time. I posted in the other social media to ask what it was and no one answered me. Perhaps it’s the same newly discovered comet in the store linked below. #Astronomy 🧪 My comet image taken: www.cbc.ca/news/science...

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