The crab cakes are full of crabohydrates.
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The crab cakes are full of crabohydrates.
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Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles - the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate both measles and rubella. Two decades of intense regional strategic commitment: two-dose vaccination, periodic mass campaigns, intensive surveillance and stronger outbreak response.
tinyurl.com/242le48e
tinyurl.com/242le48e
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles - the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate both measles and rubella. Two decades of intense regional strategic commitment: two-dose vaccination, periodic mass campaigns, intensive surveillance and stronger outbreak response.
tinyurl.com/242le48e
tinyurl.com/242le48e
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To celebrate the American Academy of Religion conference that took place in Boston on November 22-25, Oxford University Press is offering 40% off titles in religion, including its Western Esotericism series such as my book “Friendship in Doubt.” 😉 Use code EXAAR25 by December 9.
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
To celebrate the American Academy of Religion conference that took place in Boston on November 22-25, Oxford University Press is offering 40% off titles in religion, including its Western Esotericism series such as my book “Friendship in Doubt.” 😉 Use code EXAAR25 by December 9.
Reposted by Robert Westmoreland
The formal outcome of COP30 may have been weak, but on the margins, there was plenty of progress. A prime example: Brazil's pledge to bring all 5.7 million km² of their national waters under sustainable management within the next 5 years.
tinyurl.com/2aps55h9
tinyurl.com/2aps55h9
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The formal outcome of COP30 may have been weak, but on the margins, there was plenty of progress. A prime example: Brazil's pledge to bring all 5.7 million km² of their national waters under sustainable management within the next 5 years.
tinyurl.com/2aps55h9
tinyurl.com/2aps55h9
Due to a catastrophic design flaw, I only have two hands.
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Due to a catastrophic design flaw, I only have two hands.
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an advent calendar with each day providing a small piece of the mystical sword needed to fight Santa when he finally breaks in
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
an advent calendar with each day providing a small piece of the mystical sword needed to fight Santa when he finally breaks in
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
Reposted by Robert Westmoreland
Living the MAGA lifestyle means you drive a truck made in Mexico, post conspiracies on a phone made in China, and scream ‘America First’ through a Russian bot account.
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Living the MAGA lifestyle means you drive a truck made in Mexico, post conspiracies on a phone made in China, and scream ‘America First’ through a Russian bot account.
Reposted by Robert Westmoreland
It's a big problem. Our lives are inundated with crappy, useless "AI", while elsewhere in science, medicine etc another kind of "AI" (albeit with some overlap) performs really valuable functions. And neither is truly "intelligent". @bnerlich.bsky.social needed!
This is something I struggle with as a journalist who writes a lot about AI. I have written whole articles about how AI is a misnomer! But I feel powerless in the tides of linguistic drift.
Has anyone else who writes about AI found ways to usefully (and regularly) distinguish types?
Has anyone else who writes about AI found ways to usefully (and regularly) distinguish types?
I wish, as an editorial practice, journalists would distinguish between scientific machine learning models and chatbots. Fk you Sam Altman.
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's a big problem. Our lives are inundated with crappy, useless "AI", while elsewhere in science, medicine etc another kind of "AI" (albeit with some overlap) performs really valuable functions. And neither is truly "intelligent". @bnerlich.bsky.social needed!
Reposted by Robert Westmoreland
Someone asked why I don't have any tattoos and I said that would be like putting a bumper sticker on a Ferrari.
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Someone asked why I don't have any tattoos and I said that would be like putting a bumper sticker on a Ferrari.
Reposted by Robert Westmoreland
Restore a river. Heal a human. One doctor's push for sewage plants across the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region in southeastern Brazil has sparked a transformation of urban waterways that is reducing disease and reviving biodiversity.
tinyurl.com/23k8u5wl
tinyurl.com/23k8u5wl
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Restore a river. Heal a human. One doctor's push for sewage plants across the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region in southeastern Brazil has sparked a transformation of urban waterways that is reducing disease and reviving biodiversity.
tinyurl.com/23k8u5wl
tinyurl.com/23k8u5wl
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When did workers start standing up for their rights? "Sounds a bit Marxist, maybe 1880s?" "What about Wat Tyler in 1380s England, surely peasants are workers too!" Keep going. The 3,150-year-old Turin Strike papyrus offers a detailed account of striking royal tomb artisans.
tinyurl.com/29822yb2
tinyurl.com/29822yb2
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When did workers start standing up for their rights? "Sounds a bit Marxist, maybe 1880s?" "What about Wat Tyler in 1380s England, surely peasants are workers too!" Keep going. The 3,150-year-old Turin Strike papyrus offers a detailed account of striking royal tomb artisans.
tinyurl.com/29822yb2
tinyurl.com/29822yb2
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Me (emerging from the shower): Ta da! Clean! Fresh! Shaven! Presentable! Well, maybe that last is a stretch.
S.O.: You are sweet and very presentable -- when you're wearing pants.
S.O.: You are sweet and very presentable -- when you're wearing pants.
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Me (emerging from the shower): Ta da! Clean! Fresh! Shaven! Presentable! Well, maybe that last is a stretch.
S.O.: You are sweet and very presentable -- when you're wearing pants.
S.O.: You are sweet and very presentable -- when you're wearing pants.
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"I'd like to be under the sea...".Well it's only yellow-ish, and its not a submarine as such, but when it launches in 2027, Vanguard will be the first new subsea habitat in 40 years, allowing its scientist residents to live and work on the seabed for a week at a time.
tinyurl.com/29foo2z7
tinyurl.com/29foo2z7
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"I'd like to be under the sea...".Well it's only yellow-ish, and its not a submarine as such, but when it launches in 2027, Vanguard will be the first new subsea habitat in 40 years, allowing its scientist residents to live and work on the seabed for a week at a time.
tinyurl.com/29foo2z7
tinyurl.com/29foo2z7
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In 2022, there were 1 million fewer animal uses in medicines testing compared with 2015.
EMA’s 2023–24 3R Working Party report shows how science and animal welfare can go hand in hand.
Find out more: www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-reg...
EMA’s 2023–24 3R Working Party report shows how science and animal welfare can go hand in hand.
Find out more: www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-reg...
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In 2022, there were 1 million fewer animal uses in medicines testing compared with 2015.
EMA’s 2023–24 3R Working Party report shows how science and animal welfare can go hand in hand.
Find out more: www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-reg...
EMA’s 2023–24 3R Working Party report shows how science and animal welfare can go hand in hand.
Find out more: www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-reg...
MoU = memorandum of understanding. It's not a legally binding agreement, but it's a step forward.
As an American, I find it good to be reminded that there is a civilized world out there.
As an American, I find it good to be reminded that there is a civilized world out there.
The EEA and @efsa.europa.eu have signed their first MoU 🤝
It formalises years of joint work on One-Substance One-Assessment, early warning on chemicals, cross-border health threats and One Health.
Together for a healthier environment and healthier people.
@ylaleena.bsky.social
#OneHealth
It formalises years of joint work on One-Substance One-Assessment, early warning on chemicals, cross-border health threats and One Health.
Together for a healthier environment and healthier people.
@ylaleena.bsky.social
#OneHealth
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
MoU = memorandum of understanding. It's not a legally binding agreement, but it's a step forward.
As an American, I find it good to be reminded that there is a civilized world out there.
As an American, I find it good to be reminded that there is a civilized world out there.
Reposted by Robert Westmoreland
ICE arrests woman with family ties to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
www.wmur.com/article/woma...
www.wmur.com/article/woma...
ICE arrests woman with family ties to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
The mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew is currently in ICE custody, after she was arrested for overstaying her visa by 26 years, a source familiar with the matter confirms...
www.wmur.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ICE arrests woman with family ties to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
www.wmur.com/article/woma...
www.wmur.com/article/woma...
Reposted by Robert Westmoreland
Hang Sơn Đoòng, Vietnam. "Discovered" in 2009, it's the world's largest cave. Large enough to fly a Boeing 747 through, with underground weather and its very own rainforest. And now the epicentre of a World Heritage Site, anchored by sustainable tourism, that spreads into Laos.
tinyurl.com/27osoj6
tinyurl.com/27osoj6
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hang Sơn Đoòng, Vietnam. "Discovered" in 2009, it's the world's largest cave. Large enough to fly a Boeing 747 through, with underground weather and its very own rainforest. And now the epicentre of a World Heritage Site, anchored by sustainable tourism, that spreads into Laos.
tinyurl.com/27osoj6
tinyurl.com/27osoj6