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Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Dehumidifier

xkcd.com/3109/
July 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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from "Classical Studies memes for Hellenistic teens" on FB
June 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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FACTCHECK: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high

Many seem determined to obfuscate the very obvious reason why UK power is still so pricey. Molly Lempriere and I set out the facts + options to cut bills.

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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It is after all the 40th anniversary of the Atari ST! Does not get enough love :)
May 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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The psychological appeal of Yarvin is the same as Ayn Rand's:
1) Simplified worldview where you know all the answers, but you don't have to do any actual reading
2) Believers think they have special knowledge that makes them elite
3) You can discard burdensome emotions like empathy
May 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The Warming Stripes have now been extended downwards into the ocean and upwards into the stratosphere!

Collaborative paper which tells the story of how the stripes were developed, and discusses their extension across the Earth system, is now available in BAMS: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
April 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Well said!

Here's a quick illustration of why the huge wave of new CCS-enabled gas power stations & blue hydrogen plants that the UK Gov plans to subsidise with our money will be roughly 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗹 for the climate.
April 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I CANT GETT THIS VIDEO OUT OF MY HEAD WHY IS THE IMPRESSION SO GOOD
April 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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The James Webb telescope can spot exoplanets so faint that it’s the equivalent of detecting a firefly next to a large lighthouse from 50 miles away.
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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MAGA world will yell "fake news," but the NSC spokesman confirmed it:
March 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.

Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim

Must be true then, right??

🧐you know the drill…

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March 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Each octopus arm is so packed with neurons it can make decisions independently from the central brain, and sometimes steal food from other arms.
March 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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When the printing press was invented, capital letters were stored in an ‘upper case’ and the other letters, used more often, were kept in a ‘lower case’ next to the press.
March 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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youtu.be/q32Zz2dBkos

If you want to know how Europeans feel listen to Claude Malhuret, He is the leader of the independents in France. This is how they see the US now.

That's the full translation.
Worth a listen
Video IGGY HOBO translation v1
YouTube video by yep it's,me
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The UK lost 457 lives, experienced a further 616 casualties, and spent £32.8bn in Afghanistan after the US triggered NATO Article 5 following 9/11.

Not to mention Iraq.
JD Vance calls UK 'some random country that hasn't fought war in 30 years'
US Vice President JD Vance said the only way to secure lasting peace in Ukraine is to grant the US an economic upside - and slammed the UK as 'some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years'
www.mirror.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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It's back . . . and it's electric

Two teams, two batteries, and a junkyard: what could possibly go wrong?

youtu.be/thifCyml94Y
It's Back...It's Electric! ZAPHEAP Challenge Needs YOU!
YouTube video by Fully Charged Show
youtu.be
February 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Pessimists sound clever.

Optimists change the world.

I love this depiction of the energy transition by RMI.
February 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
February 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Electric cars are far more efficient than petrol or diesel cars.

They use a third of the input energy and 6 times less fossil fuels in the UK.

Source
@ember-energy.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The year is 1999. You've just finished the installation and hit that .exe. You never knew it at the time, but this was destined to be, one of the greatest pc gaming experiences in your life.
February 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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We are excited to welcome Jennie Wong to our Board of Trustees!
She is an inclusion strategist with 15+ yrs of global expertise in sport, disability and social change. Her dedication to championing equity, diversity, and inclusion aligns with our mission to create a more inclusive & equitable world.
January 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM