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Researchers in Japan developed COPMAN-Air, a highly sensitive method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in air samples. Tested at a fever clinic, it identified the virus in 95.7% of cases, outperforming conventional methods (60.9%). www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Probably the most allegorical thing you'll see all week... After 30 years tied up in Philadelphia while all attempts to rescue her have failed, the United States is now on course to be sunk and lost forever... 🥲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLPL...

submitted 14 days ago • 15 comments

Toxic floods of lies on social media platforms like Facebook have destroyed trust not fact checkers. Let me reiterate: Mark Zuckerberg has never cared about that and never will.

submitted 57 days ago • 139 comments

youtu.be/VgmeMW2Gdls This is how TV *actually* looked in 1984. Enjoy! I’ve been sitting on this half-finished for years. Adds a bit of fireworks to your New Year’s Eve. Enjoyed best in brightest HDR on a 4K display with headphones — produced in 4K300. #DoctorWho #drwho #PeterDavison #HDR #CRT

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

2025 Plans:

submitted 64 days ago • 2 comments

An absolute classic:

submitted 80 days ago • 6 comments

[email protected] is not a billionaire. But there are actual billionaires “crawling all over our democracy”, who won’t be curtailed by Labor’s donor reforms. I spoke to Holmes à Court about how the changes hurt new entrants, and why that’s bad for democracy: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/21/s...

submitted 105 days ago • 14 comments