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Weird. https://t.co/yi2sgpXtvU

RT @DrAaronB: “. . . we can identify our narratives about our past as old programming and take it less seriously: not as some sort of objec…

RT @rex_woodbury: In 1899, a group of French and German artists drew illustrations of what they thought the world would look like in 2000.…

"We’re learning that we can, in fact, build wormholes that stay open using simple quantum effects."

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RT @Melissa_Psy_Lit: https://t.co/7BsOVaaLaU

“…the people around you may not want you to be perfectly impartial when you think about them."

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Is there a word for the extra time you devote to cleaning your teeth before going to the dentist?

My Dad took this picture looking down Gloucester Road from Meridian Terrace in #Bristol in 1975. @BettanyKevin https://t.co/P3X3lEJwu6

In case you're interested: The Dominic Cumming Show starts at 9.30am and you can watch it here: https://t.co/ZjxRgPCF1y #Dominicummimgs

RT @AdamBienkov: We hear a lot about the supposed "war on motorists". Here's how it's going. https://t.co/tfw2ycT9dm

RT @GeorgePointon_: I asked my year 1 classes 'What's the one thing you need to be an adult?'
Here is my analysis;
A THREAD

Blimey. Synthetic population modelling and nuclear attacks. https://t.co/AZwhYgvDhq

RT @DiscoverMag: Today's fun fact🌞 https://t.co/6HgOfs5c9Z

Sadly, the headline was updated. https://t.co/yslBXJKEpG

There's a metaphor in here somewhere.

"Water molecules on cold surfaces require some additional heat before they can form ice"

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"… children cry when they look at it" https://t.co/T2mZPCGfxt

It's really hard to know what to watch first. https://t.co/rZmVmchV9x

Just like superpowers. @BadCOVID19Takes https://t.co/V5Gw13Qh2y

When it comes to Auteurs, what movies do you get when you put a brilliant idea in the hands of a terrible film-maker? Answers below.

Can anyone remember these characters…? https://t.co/lJR6ffEJmW

RT @GeorgePointon_: I asked my year 1 classes
'If you could time travel, where would you go?'
Here is my analysis
A THREAD

RT @vaalsalya: "When you soak a child in shame, they cannot develop the neurological pathways that carry thought.’ Learning is much harder…

"… the current crop of CRT critics is not engaged in a good faith argument. They are misrepresenting and distorting CRT for political purposes."
https://t.co/1QAp9e4p4p

In news from the inevitable robot uprising: Scientists at Google Brain have introduced a deep reinforcement learning technique for floorplanning, the process of arranging the placement of different components of computer chips.
https://t.co/qI0k5P7Cd5

RT @FellnAndreas: Ah, Beethoven. https://t.co/YErj8M7F9l

Without wanting to be morbid, Sunday could get a bit confusing.

Branson Triumph > Football Triumph
Branson Triumph > Football Disaster
Branson Disaster > Football Triumph
Branson Disaster > Football Disaster

RT @SaveRedlandLibr: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) Spanish painter
#JoaquínSorolla

Makes you wonder if they just bake the fines into the business model. Share price barely flickered. https://t.co/V7sdsO9AnQ

"While it could not be conclusively proven that government decisions were shaped by this flow of money, such a reliance on housing-based donations created “a real risk of aggregative corruption”, Transparency International said."

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RT @keithfrankish: Panpsychism and the Depsychologization of Consciousness | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic -…

RT @DrAaronB: Therapy means to do well, but like any intervention, it can actually harm. Too many clients are often too disempowered to kno…

In the context of physics, metaphysics or sci-fi the idea that timelines diverge and quantum reality somehow splinters infinitely in Planck time is pretty cool I think. On the other hand… https://t.co/XiSTTGS33K

RT @ucu: Today, @officestudents confirmed that arts courses in English universities will have their subsidies slashed by 50%

This is an un…

Crank Magnetism. https://t.co/g1C3PTsofa

I'm rather pleased to have finally launched https://t.co/EPNtXjjHxI – a new resource focussed exclusively on coding for Quants.

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#quant #quantfinance #programming

This seems unnecessarily harsh for sufferers. hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – is apparently the fear of long words.

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I didn't know anything about the Starseed community until recently, but I'm warming to them. https://t.co/DoS4k6T0rd

Here's a phrase I read for the first time today: Predatory conference – https://t.co/0W5Lo8dfpH

August Shmaugust.

RT @MooseAllain: Van De Graaff https://t.co/2gt8sq9sA8

@oldbrit2011 @RuariJM @Hidinginplains8 I suspect we have an epistemological gap, Brian. Evidence for you seems to be based on your own experience (which I'm not disputing) – for me evidence has got to be based on more than that and the science is clear. The public awareness of the science is separate question. https://t.co/5QNY75uGGj

RT @CarbonBrief: ++ THREAD ++

On Monday, the #IPCC published its 6th #ClimateReport.

Carbon Brief pored over more than 3,000 pages to pro…

RT @newscientist: Sicily hits 48.8°C, the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe https://t.co/CVqMS0rgrW

The extent to which predatory journals can harm scientific practice increases as the numbers of such journals expands…

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RT @techreview: Solar is now “the cheapest source of electricity in history” across much of the world. But that on its own *won't* make the…

RT @doug_parr: Chair of UK Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association has resigned as he can no longer advocate for 'blue' hydrogen made from fossil…

In news from the impending robot apocalypse / variety performance
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#ClimateBong – Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time on record
https://t.co/dgF8hIgmkO

RT @BroadhurstBooks: "Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and h…

RT @AlanRMacLeod: They've come up with a new word for desperately working multiple jobs just to be able to afford rent. https://t.co/VRUJfq…

This is the kind of outcome you can expect from free-market capitalism. https://t.co/KZg2WrX709

This looks a bit dodgy to me, but does a post-GDPR data regime in the UK mean we're going to have to update website Privacy Policies again?

https://t.co/KkQCwVwqI4

@sophiejerrold – Myths and facts about getting an academic faculty position in #neuroscience

https://t.co/rVHh0GQrz4

In a new study, researchers show that if you want to build your cognitive resilience, surrounding yourself with people who pay attention to you when you tell stories or vent is an excellent strategy.

https://t.co/VNMsu5lCN0

RT @TheFractalist: #ModernFractalAbstracts

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@BBCr4today – I think that getting anti-vaxxers on is good because they need to be challenged but let her make so many dubious statements without follow up. Very frustrating! Not to say counterproductive.

Relatively easy gamble due to shortage of stakeable reputation

https://t.co/wOZlBBM3Y7

The psychological payoff of believing in conspiracy theories.

https://t.co/aPs8y4wOyO

The cost of Carbon capture.
$10-15million to extract the carbon produced by 850 cars per year. So that's approx $12k per car after year 1, 6k after 2, 3k after 3 etc.
https://t.co/j2MP9S7M7o

Who doesn't think this will just drive up rental prices? Bad idea Keir.

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I've just invented pickled Spring Onion. An entire stalk has been pickling for 2 months, and it's lovely!

Pickled Celery, on the other hand… Not so much.

RT @philippachilds: Proving that the consultation, which hasn’t yet closed, was simply going through the motions. This will be a devastatin…

RT @davidshukmanbbc: The world is heading for a 16% rise in carbon emissions by 2030, according to a new assessment by @UNFCCC https://t.co…

@FirstBSA Hi there. Any news on the X6 for Bristol that was due at Robin Lane around 15.10?

RT @DrAaronB: Ha ha! This marshmallow test was made for me! https://t.co/kraj3A5ekN

Metacognition: What Happens When Your Brain Looks at Itself? – Neuroscience News

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Neutron life-expectancy. Give or take a billion years + 14.629 minutes.

https://t.co/UcJJxy20u7

RT @TheBMA: After weeks of promising a ‘rescue package’ for general practice, we are dismayed that today’s announcement could sink the ship…

RT @TheFractalist: Skies on Fire – Alien Fractal Emporium #36

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#NFT #nftcollector #NFTCommunity #NFTartist #nftart…

RT @ChrisGiles_: 🚨🚨Nerd alert:

Sunak has told his independent* fiscal watchdog to use out of date data for the Budget forecast

It’ll gua…

In news from the impending robot uprising:
DeepMind is trying to build a deep learning model that can learn how to emulate any algorithm.
https://t.co/Rv2DMRl5d9

“Conspirituality is an ideology, but it’s also a financial racket and it’s also a way of being with other people.”

https://t.co/g8XsDdkHiY

Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature

https://t.co/e9zUHkjfIF

"Homeopathy is a multibillion-dollar global industry with hundreds of tincture and globule makers, led by France’s Boiron SA, which reported sales topping $600 million in 2020."

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"A new longitudinal study provides evidence that belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories is prospectively associated with a variety of negative outcomes, including contracting the virus."

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No kidding. https://t.co/CoT8iU4NtN

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words.

https://t.co/qLAOCabohV https://t.co/qrH7Efb0sr

Aaaargh.

Queen's Gambit the Boardgame. https://t.co/dP9ALzTQZ9

RT @jagarikin: なんと動いてません

#ド直球に言いますがフォローしてください https://t.co/qthgo7k2UN