Rowan Thorpe
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I STOPPED USING THIS ACCOUNT LONG AGO! Find Fediverse links at: https://t.co/I46BvGRfIZ
Athens, Greece
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Very insightful illustration about modern frustrations of the underprivileged and blindspots of the privileged
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"Buckle Up. Climate Change Could Destroy Half Our Economies" (50% by between 2070 & 2090 based on business as usual, according to research published by the British Institute of Actuaries)
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I’m Umair Haque, and this is The Issue: an independent, nonpartisan, subscriber-supported publication. Our job is to give you the freshest, deepest, no-holds-barred insight about the biggest issues...
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Next time you hear that thing about how renewables are going to destroy the planet
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What could we have done with the £80bn instead of wasting taxpayer money essentially subsidising drivers for the last 13 years. 🤔
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Mysterious antimatter has been observed falling due to gravity for the first time More: https://t.co/fUfK1hZbOr
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"Pool noodles" is such delicate fucking savagery. Nice.
Contrary to how McCarthy’s defenders are behaving, men failing up is not a Constitutionally protected right. The man made risky decisions and faced the natural consequences of them. I am not his mom, and my job is not to put pool noodles around hard corners for Republicans.
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"As improbable as his achievements are Schwarzenegger believes his life and outlook can be a model for others." Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by @schwarzenegger hits shelves October 10th.
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“The more powerful you are,” says the action icon, author of a new self-help book, “the more power you have in giving back.”
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BREAKING: India's indigenous BharOS Leak shows its a literally fork of GrapheneOS BharOS source-code has been leaked as its GitHub repositories has been made public It was indigenously developed by IIT Maras & it took 1yr to develop the system More info: https://t.co/XqQyeTbwmV
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📢 Save the date for #HorizonEU Info Days on Cluster 4 – Digital, Industry & Space! Don’t miss your chance to learn all about the upcoming funding opportunities, eligibility criteria & application process. 🗓️11-12 October 2023 📌Online More info and agenda ⤵️
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The specific component in the venom turned out a hard-bitten fighter. https://t.co/vSK99ZtPTl
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Three logicians walk into a bar. The bartender asks: 'Does everyone want a drink?' The first logician says: 'I don't know.' The second logician says: 'I don't know.' The third logician says: 'Yes.'
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@fasc1nate In the early days of aviation, there were groups of daredevils who performed incredible stunts at high altitudes. One of the most well-known groups was the 13 Flying Black Cats. Founded in Los Angeles in the mid-1920s, this professional aerobatic team performed at air shows and
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All big and original ideas start out as fragile, vulnerable and small ideas that can easily be ignored. “Do not allow people to kill the ideas that you genuinely care about.”
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🛰️LG U+ is bringing the power of D-Wave's quantum computing to satellite networks! Using D-Wave annealing quantum computer, LG U+ optimized a 6G LEO satellite network—spanning ground stations and satellites orbiting at altitudes of 500-10,000 km and more. Read more the release:
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The fact is disruptive protest gets attention.
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How long is "A Moment"? The moment was a medieval unit of time. 1 day was divided into 24h, 1h was equal to a 1/12 of the period between sunrise/sunset. 1h was divided into 4 puncta, 10 minuta, or 40 momenta. Considering an average 12 solar hours we get that 1 moment = 90s
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A cheetah running at full speed covers about 7m (23 ft) with each stride. https://t.co/oBHVvLSRLP
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