Nicholas Shanks
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Software engineer. Tesla owner and shareholder. I retweet UK/European EV news for my US followers.
A mote of dust on a sunbeam
Joined April 2021
Why #Xpeng's IRON Walks Like a Human? He Xiaopeng released a training video. • The robot's bionic spine enables super-coordinated torso movement. • Combined with an 82-DoF motion system and an AI imitation algorithm, this system allows IRON to autonomously learn from human
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@BernieSanders I voted for and helped make it happen and I’m super pumped about it. If he gets 1 trillion dollars I will become a millionaire. Guess what else Bernie? All of my invested capital in TSLA came from 35,000 dollars I made between 2021-2022 as a part time bartender. I went and
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What's bonfire night like in England, you ask? Bit mad, mate 🏴
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Fred confirms Xpeng have not incidentally broken the laws of physics.
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Hello Everyone, Comet LEMMON is going out with a bang The tail was as bright as ever last night. Captured with my Celestron RASA telescope, ZWO ASI533MC color camera, and an Antlia L-Filter.
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This chart serves as a reminder to Australians (and Turks, and Japanese, and Brits etc) that their country is doing much better than the US in some basic social justice measures.
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Shocking fire broke out in the battery of a five-door minivan MEGA produced and sold by Li auto.
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it’s a 2 minute radio program, never repeated, broadcast 18 times a week. Bigger audience than Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon … combined. Millions listen, with no need for the information it gives. Just to listen. The BBC Shipping Forecast is 100 years old.
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Tap on the images for a surprise!
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🚨 A mural of the young girl from Dundee who was defending her younger sister from illegal migrants has gone up in Aberdeen at the Anti-SNP rally ❤️ 🏴 📷 @ScotsVeteran67
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Vandalism. Same punishment as the Sycamore Gap tree killers.
In an act of grotesque violence based on absurd “Health & Safety” rules one of my favourite neighbourhood trees was chopped down yesterday, shame on you @RBKC SHAME!
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Bob Ross vibe coding was the AI slop I never knew I needed in my life
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This picture is just a generic meteor image from Grok — it's supposed to represent the colour and angle I saw, but I was driving and it flashed past in 2 seconds. There is a Grok logo in the corner for those for those that can't tell what driving over a bridge looks like.
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I just saw my first ever sporadic meteor! At 19:11 UTC looking SE whilst crossing the Clifton Boulevard bridge in Nottingham, a bright green streak from about 40° above the horizon down to 20° above, lasting ~2s. Where can I find more info? @blt_astro @supersnez
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