“#bitcoin IS Time…” Fascinating and elegant explanation of the challenges Bitcoin solves. Inspiring read. https://t.co/4NnjJTBcmN

Reply to a query on why Japan had a tiny fraction of US Covid-related deaths, as a percentage of population.

A host of major brands have halted advertising spending with Twitter in recent days amid the company's upheaval. Mr Musk has been looking to decrease the platform's reliance on adverts. You succeeded!

Top UN Human Rights Official Volker Türk, urged Mr Musk to "ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter" The unusual UN intervention pointed to the sacking of Twitter's whole human rights team, saying this was "not an encouraging start" under Mr Musk's ownership.

☹️worrying trend… An analysis of national election results by NBC News found that while Bill Clinton won more than 50% of all rural counties in 1996, Barack Obama won just half of that in 2008. Joe Biden fared even worse, winning less than 5% in 2020. https://t.co/7rXZaUwW4I

This is what I used when I was a lad. Pumpkins were exotic bourgeois items. https://t.co/xAfvqntTVu

Here's a timelapse video of last night's #crescentmoon setting behind Space Needle in #Seattle. The still I posted yesterday is one from this sequence. Planned with @photopills and shot with Sony A7R4, Sony 200-600mm lens at 600mm, f/6.3, ISO 1250, 1/8 sec.

@EricIdle When the framers of the constitution wrote about free speech, I think what they had in mind was being able to speak publicly and critically about the government without consequences, and not being able to just say whatever you want without consequences. This is my take.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's new Bluesky Social app is now accepting users for beta testing, and is set to launch "soon".

@BBCBreaking Also, just in!

Apparently the Sunak government is not remotely bound by the decisions of the Truss government. Hence the sacked Braverman returns six days later. So how about King Charles now goes to COP. Be good if the world saw a UK leader who cared about the environment.

It would be smart of Sunak to act decisively on what appears to be new information tonight & reverse the appointment of Suella Braverman. It's already proving to be a massive distraction. He was wrong to appoint her in the first place, but now has the ammo he needs to correct it.

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In the end the centre ground is the ground of reality and sense and success - and the Conservative betrayal of that centre ground is at heart of the current horrors

RIP 😢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72

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RIP Angela Lansbury 😢 Will never forget seeing you in theatre in London; Blithe Spirit, for my birthday. You were the definitive Madame Arcati https://t.co/6dux0qnJYG

Not the SNP’s biggest fan but compared to @trussliz … agree with absolutely every word @NicolaSturgeon said here. No taglines or buzz words, just calm, rational, thoughtful and transparent responses. This is leadership people can get behind.

Does this chart show the “anti-growth coalition” in action? It’s so strange to see.. something in 2016 seems to have kicked off a downward trend in the UK… Can you think of what that could possibly be? 🇪🇺 @trussliz @johnredwood @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @SuellaBraverman @KwasiKwarteng

A Tory speaking utter sense. Like seeing a dodo or a rhino these days.

I was recently asked what would happen if I used the same equipment I shot planets with to shoot our moon. Well, this: A 562 megapixel image, featuring one of the most detailed looks at the craters of our moon I've ever done. Zoom in to your heart's content.