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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
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Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A damaged Roshel Senator is evacuating Ukrainian soldiers from the front line even on three wheels.
June 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Azov 12th Brigade air defenders down Russian drones with UAR-15 rifles and FPV drones on the Toretsk front.
June 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Fiber optic drones of the 28th Brigade destroyed hangars with Russian equipment from the inside
May 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Stapler Not The Same Since Tasting Human Flesh
May 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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'Another point of leverage that Russia will endeavour to exploit is the tensions between the United States and its NATO allies and the potential for significant US troop withdrawals from Europe following a force posture review this summer' notes Jack Watling in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Ukraine Prepares for a Russian Summer Offensive
Russia will seek to intensify offensive operations to build pressure during negotiations, but the pressure cannot be sustained indefinitely.
www.rusi.org
May 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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The Nord Aviation CT.41 ‘Narval’ was a French supersonic, remote-controlled and recoverable target aircraft produced in the late 50's.
Its production was halted because the ground-to-air missiles and fighters of the time were unable to intercept it due to its speed, Mach 3.1.
May 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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May 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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The classics
October 21, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Britain imposes sanctions on about 100 new ships from the Russian shadow fleet
May 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I put Danger Zone over the footage that Iran just released showing US and Coalition forces operating in the Persian Gulf, because it really needed Danger Zone.
May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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What a photo 👀🇺🇦
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Félix Vallotton, The Ray (1909)
April 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Easily the most impressive drone shot I've ever seen, holy cow
April 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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I don’t want a side hustle, I don’t want to monetize my free time, I don’t want to found a tech start up that becomes a disruptor on an innovative tech platform, I want to fall asleep eating strawberries under a tree
April 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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🛰️🇷🇺 The secretive Russian satellite in space that U.S. officials believe is connected to a nuclear anti-satellite weapon program has appeared to be spinning uncontrollably, suggesting it may no longer be functioning in what could be a setback for Moscow's space weapon efforts, - Reuters
April 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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To end the war, text STOP to VLADIMIR
April 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Russian hangar with armoured vehicles destroyed from the inside by fiber optic drones of the Birds of Magyar unit. youtu.be/hyvFWhT8bKM?...
April 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Kaoru Yamada
April 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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From the incoming Mileships book
April 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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More cheeky teaser stuff. Along the cutting edge...
April 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Manhattan - Changing New York, second half of the 1930s, by the brilliant Berenice Abbott.
April 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Perspective changes everything.
[Ars Mathermatica]
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM