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Introverted Theatre Kid, Photographer, musician, "computer guy", engineer, RC Pilot. Fighting for intellectual engagement and celebrating unironic enthusiasm.
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It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris

There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.

And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight

www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts
The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.
www.euronews.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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One of the old roads in the park. They're not on the maps, but it's a nice surprise when you do bump into them. This stretch was filled with Lupine so.....
January 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Just a reminder 💚
December 15, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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The latest data from NOAA sends a powerful message: November 2024 was the second-warmest month in 175 years of record-keeping, and there is a 99% chance that 2024 will be the hottest year ever recorded. This is a stark reminder of the growing impact of climate change on our planet.
December 15, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Well folks, I've been reading an old book about software teams that a lot of people have told me I must read and within the first two pages of the section on measurement it talks about measurements of "latent homosexuality"
December 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths.

A calculated policy.

An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
December 19, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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opensourcealternative.to is my current favorite, even though it is not, itself, open.
Open Source Alternatives To Proprietary Software
The world's largest directory for open source software. Discover 500+ popular open source alternatives to proprietary software products. 100% free.
opensourcealternative.to
December 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Start thinking Privacy focused for yourself and others sake.

Use website @alternativeto.net to look private alternatives to programs that you are currently using. Ask people on Bluesky if the is an alternative. Do what you can for your own and others sake.

Help other people. ❤️
December 19, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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If you can. Choose differently. (Not a possibility for everyone)

- Use Linux instead of Windows/MacOS.
- Stop using Alphabet/Google, Meta, Microsoft etc. platforms as much as you possibly can.
- Build on OpenSource platforms.
- Learn how to self-host instead of using cloud.

Prepare yourself.
December 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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a breathtaking photo of the aurora over earth from space 🌌

📸: thomas pesquet
December 19, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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The richest person in the world has turned his wealth into raw power. That's what oligarchy looks like.
Can the Muskrat shut the United States government?
Sure looks that way. The richest person in the world has turned his wealth into raw power. That's what oligarchy looks like.
robertreich.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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They are going full oligarchy to the sound of silent consent. When fascism takes over, it is not with a bang but a gradual normalization of corruption, nepotism, and organized crime.

They'll slow boil democracy until nothing is left. The time to act is now, the time to protest is overdue.
December 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
There were (probably) terrorists on Alderaan, that makes it justified, right?
December 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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The US House Ethics Committee has voted to release its report on Rep Matt Gaetz, a former Trump Attorney General pick, who resigned after being confronted for partaking in child trafficking, child rape, and drug use.

The report is expected to be made public before the holidays. #OPDeathEaters
December 18, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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seems a bit dramatic
December 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Here's a picture of 79-year-old congressman David Scott yelling at a photographer, "Who gave you the right to take my picture, asshole?"

(The picture was taken in a public place.)
December 19, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Project 2025 is here.

We tried to warn you.

Oklahoma Proposes Chilling New Rule For Immigrant Children
www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
Oklahoma Just Made A Chilling New Proposal For Immigrant Children
It's straight out of the Project 2025 playbook.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Billionaire Elon Musk is now blackmailing republicans by threatening to spend billions to unseat all Republican senators if they do not vote to confirm Kash Patel for FBI director.
Trump is set to move to replace Christopher Wray, the FBI director, with Kash Patel, a QAnon believer.

Patel previous stated "We're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections. We're going to come after you."
December 2, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
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Louisiana Pro-Trump lawmakers passed income and corporate tax cuts, raising the statewide sales tax to pay for it. They are making the poor pay more while the rich pay less, and this is only going to get worse for the rest of the US.
Louisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it
Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase.
apnews.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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While Trump and Elon plot to dismantle the US federal government and install their unqualified sycophants in power, here is an example from Russia as to what happens when you do that. A literal geyser of shit shoots off in the middle of Moscow due to bad governance leading to poor infrastructure.
November 25, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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November 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM