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Podcast of the year (so far!) & from my favourite channel. Whatever your level, whether in AI or biology, please give it a go. Prepare for your mind to be gently blown, & also for a life affirming collaboration both at DeepMind and in the studio. Thanks @fryrsquared.bsky.social‬ youtu.be/XpIMuCeEtSk

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- In Europe, 60% of crops are used to feed animals. - Plant to meat converts only 1-11% of calories, 4-20% of protein. - Plant based diets would need only 3-15% of the land. - Over 80% of EU CAP subsidies go towards animal-based emissions-intensive products due to direct payments on land area.

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The real Keith Kellogg: witless, clueless, useless and gutless. The perfect choice as Trump's envoy.

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Not worst thing about Goodwin's research,but definitely funniest. In Goodwin-world UK imposed a bizarre version of apartheid in 2022 -white Brits can marry non-whites -white "other" are segregated from white Brits and non-whites -Muslims and non-Muslims are segregated - Muslims can't convert

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Well. For the whisky nerds out there, I just got some Ben Nevis 8yo Golden Cask 59.9 alongside the new Tormore Blueprint 10yo 48%. And if you're looking for eau de barley, you've found it. Both are enhanced by the cask rather than masked. Each has its idiosyncrasies, but imho would do well blind.

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£15 billion for nuclear attack submarines and warheads. It's a very selective magic money tree, isn't it? Not a single leaf on it when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable. But Labour are bent double under a bountiful harvest when it's big juicy weapons time.

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"Without the ability to enforce judicial orders, they are rendered mere advisory opinions which parties are free to disregard.” Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley School of Law dean and professor of law.

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'The bill passed the House by a vote of 58-32. Lawmakers added an amendment requiring the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to record any chemtrail sightings and complaints from residents. That data would then be sent to the Louisiana Air National Guard.'

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Not only are parks profitable, they inject billions to local economies and welcome 300+ million people a year. This is yet more wealth extraction to private interests not just from all of us as a nation but hundreds of communities and small businesses.

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Got rhubarb? For 2-3 large sticks, add: a destalked elderflower head. A little well chopped apple for warm fruitiness, a hint of chopped strawberries (or jam). All barely detectable. White & dark brown sugar for hint of caramel. And a tiny splash of pale ale /IPA. Spoonful of oats. Serve w yoghurt.

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The visible symptoms of a long standing and deeper disorder.

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Huge opportunity to try to reach Weather Channel viewers on the importance of supporting the science their reporting depends upon?

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When one of Anthropic's models detected it was being used for "egregiously immoral” purposes, it would attempt to "use command-line tools to contact the press, contact regulators, try to lock you out of the relevant systems, or all of the above." @wired.com www.wired.com/story/anthro...

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Nice plain language explainer from BBC including reference to the role of climate change, and the role of science in saving so many lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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Oof. Thats a nearly 40 point Lab to Reform swing

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"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."

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Phenomenal piece by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social here. (Gift link)

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Musk did irreversible damage to the US civil service, soft power, science, education. His teams stole data and broke the law."I was on drugs and had family trouble" is not an excuse. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

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Prioritise growth by cutting core research funding. Because as everyone knows core research doesn’t do anything for growth 🙄

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New data show that before Trump's attack, the State Department was denying record numbers of foreign students. In FY 2024, 41% of students already accepted to US universities were denied. Trump's assault may be the final blow that permanently disrupts the skilled immigrant pipeline for America.

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Ukraine makes c.4m drones pa, maybe 10% use fibre, typically in lengths of 5 to 20 km, or more. These and equivalent Russian fibres take centuries to degrade. These super tough lines will complicate post conflict cleanup, endanger wildlife and are a source of PFAS: ceobs.org/plastic-poll...

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Trump has now pardoned NINE Republican congressmen convicted of bribery, corruption or financial crimes.

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Remember when Trump claimed the Biden administration wasn’t doing enough to help North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene? Well, his administration just denied the state’s request for continued FEMA relief assistance. This hypocrisy isn’t just staggering. It’s cruel.

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Five eye care companies generated the same profits in one year as those running all 100 NHS PFI schemes. Average profit margins for NHS work are 32%, and in one case 43%. www.theguardian.com/society/2025....

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ha ha

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The Venn diagram of Big-C vs Little-c just dissolved. Obsequious soliciting for the win, and let's give the Overton Window another hard shove.

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brace yourself for a long scroll backwards. sigh.

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I do love this chart A bit like the Brexit benefits blank sheet of paper.

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'We will come back to the subject of Gaza .' 'I hear your passion'.

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Presidential.

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Well. Sad.

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The assault on science continues as the fascists try to discredit real #science and create their own fake "journals" to publish pseudoscience that would otherwise be rejected. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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Some good California #water news. Lake Oroville, one of the largest reservoirs, is full. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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Appalling treatment of Australian woman seeking to visit husband in USA www.news.com.au/travel/trave...

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President Trump's response to former President Biden's cancer is that he aced his cognitive tests

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Alistair Bunkall: "This storage facility at the hospital was hit, destroying medicine. The hospitals director said that most of the supplies were for dialysis patients"

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It's a really good piece by @officialedballs.bsky.social et al. For me the biggest insight is the importance of dynamism - and it's also the aspect of economic growth that Labour securonomics sits less easily with. Also check out the @resfoundation.bsky.social 2030 report chapter on the topic.

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".. at least 44 people have been killed [overnight], most of those in the space of about half an hour we understand from local sources, when there were Israeli strikes that hit a school being used as a shelter for displaced people" Israel is a terrorist state

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My great mic-drop moment was hearing the BBC 'both-sides' Boris Johnson's decision to cancel Parliament when it interfered with his plans for Brexit. I learned then that a media organisation that would 'both sides' the suspension of democracy could 'both sides' anything - even genocide.

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Yet another BBC failure on the UK-EU Deal.

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"Since 2005, the frequency of flood occurrences along the USNEC has been substantially influenced by the weakening of AMOC, accounting for ~20 to 50% of all flooding events across different TG [Tide Guage] stations" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The US is now almost alone in climate change denial. Worse, the Trump administration is destroying even our capacity to understand it www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/c...

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'Sorry kids. Not your fault. Sorry. You'll manage. Some of us had good times, though! Honestly, we had no idea - it was just normal. You'd have done the same..?'

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🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?

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