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I made something.

#fractalFriday https://t.co/nDteq8qZ4d

Glitter

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Small Kindnesses

#poem https://t.co/RTwzabMPXN

RT @j_bettany: Glitter

#fractalFriday https://t.co/BC63KjnNLr

Listening to @BBCAnyQuestions – Lord Forsyth appears to be testing the argument that in order to meet Green targets we have to open the Cambo oil field. Insane.

You know when criminal law has become politicised when blocking a road gets you more jail time than beating someone up.

RT @GT270913: The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing https://t.co/ClGyvqpAao

RT @grnpointer: The House of Faberge made 52 "Imperial" eggs as Easter gifts for Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II to give to their wives…

"Even the stars think that I am superior: Personality, intelligence and belief in astrology"

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George Eustice can plug abattoir labour shortages, working mothers claim.

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Humans Didn't Invent Mathematics. The World Is Made of It

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Too Much or Not Enough

#fractalFriday https://t.co/iwYPWPJqIe

Nurdles!

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RT @MooseAllain: It’s here! Our colouring in Advent calendar. Please help yourselves and share. It’s free, just download it from our websit…

I found myself doing a search for Leonard Cohen's poem 'The road to Larissa' this morning and learned something new – somehow I'd never connected it to Plato in the Meno discussing the nature of knowledge.

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BOO Woo.

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#fractalFriday https://t.co/nJ6N7MUjdX

30 years in development, 14 years behind schedule, 20 times over budget, and deployed 4 times further away than the moon, the Webb Space Telescope is a pretty crazy bit of kit.

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I bet that WhatsApp group has got pretty interesting.

Is #depression Actually a Unique State of Consciousness?

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Fantastic. I've just received (and accepted) an offer for a p/t role at The Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers (@IMLPO) – watch out financial crime. Here I come.

This is a new one to me. Quantum Chess. https://t.co/bJUB6vLnix

RT @LuWrites: I bloody love librarians…

RT @xkcdComic: Incident Report https://t.co/NfvyicBRLk https://t.co/pch0DGgPcT https://t.co/T3b4luAGff

I dunno, I feel like 'raucous' is doing quite a lot of heavy lifting in that headline. https://t.co/Xj099cJbzs

The Unexamined Life

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RT @j_bettany: In a new study, researchers show that if you want to build your cognitive resilience, surrounding yourself with people who p…

RT @KatyJayne101: If you agree that there should be a criminal investigation into how over 37 billion pounds was allegedly spent on Test an…

The temperature here is lovely, but WTF!

Blimey. I just saw what happened in the Sarlacc Pit.

RT @wonderofscience: The violent eruption a few hours ago of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano captured by satellites GOES-West and Him…

Passing by. A self-discharging bulk carrier. 🤔 https://t.co/PH0iiHCo6f

RT @CarolineLucas: Deeply depressing – our attempt to remove the provisions for mandatory Voter ID have been defeated – so Government succe…

Latest news from the #RobotUprising. https://t.co/kqmLd97js0

Rejected: David Attenborough’s job application to the BBC in 1952. https://t.co/1Utzphf5c0

Lifting restrictions is a Hail Mary from Boris. I don't think it's going to go very well.

Octopussy:

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It's not because he's going to the parties, it's because the parties follow him around.

How Quantitative Easing increased Wealth Inequality

https://t.co/hJtYZkB4Kp

Here's a firm which has been able to legitimately register at Companies House:

THE MAJESTIC WONDER EMPORIUM OF MR MAGORIUMS DIRECTED AT ISLAMIC BIRD WATCHING AND CRICKETING ENDEAVOUR FOR THE SALVATION OF THE CHURCH AND TORAH ON SABBATH LTD – https://t.co/SMyvyvlMV5

What's wrong with this picture?

An $11k article charge to publish open access in Nature #Neuroscience. https://t.co/VJ84lA990X

RT @IMLPO: A Whitehall Report is the first independent study to address the UK’s exposure and response to Illegal Wildlife Trade-linked ill…

RT @_richardblack: THREAD: Something curious turns up in the gas statistics released this morning by government

I've been learning alot about the fight against corruption and organised crime recently. https://t.co/K0VwBfENAJ

Dragonfly wiping rain.

https://t.co/hzlzjXxN2D

More news from the robot uprising.
Google’s UK-based artificial intelligence unit DeepMind has invented an AI tool that can write computer code at a competitive level to solve open-ended problems.
https://t.co/46kixdRdP2

RT @PulpLibrarian: Elidor, by Alan Garner. Armada Lions, 1974. https://t.co/bmCbGpVoxL

Favourite nautical metaphor?

We are like sailors who must build our boats on the open sea.

Bonus points if you know who came up with that one.

So what do people think about moss as as an interior design feature? Can you imagine stepping from your hot bath on to a lovely mossy bath mat? https://t.co/NoBTKsB9lI

RT @Mikeachim: I recently learned something mindblowing about the geological history of the Mediterranean Sea, and I just can't get it out…

RT @ProfTimBale: New housing minister (h/t Playbook) "voted against requiring private landlords to make their homes fit for human habitati…

Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown "…was a seductive iconoclast with a Katharine Hepburn mane and a compulsion for ignoring the rules…"

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“social mattering” or “cosmic mattering”
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RT @EndCorruptionUK: 📢@EndCorruptionUK can today reveal that half of the companies in the government’s VIP lane supplied PPE worth £1 billi…

The problem of machine consciousness. Someone is claiming it's already here.
https://t.co/NsG3tdrtgt

I'm rather enjoying immersing myself in this topic, eye-opening and occasionally shocking as it is. https://t.co/8jIa9HmMU6

RT @qualiazombie: Iris Murdoch on Wittgenstein. https://t.co/BpAMHQ8qQx

I'm curious about the ticking clock rhetoric around #RussiaUkraine. Is this just how international diplomacy works or is there some Jack Bauer character out there behind the scenes, running round a building full of ducts, to meet a deadline?

RT @BBCArchive: #OnThisDay 1972: Fingerbobs first aired, featuring Gulliver the seagull, Flash the tortoise, Scampi the… scampi and break…

This is a story about why some galaxies have surprisingly little dark matter.
https://t.co/rjUmOvwdfY

#cosmology #darkmatter #galaxyformation

How Far-Right Terrorists Choose Their Enemies.

https://t.co/LFGpXUrpAx

@helenacjwood @antonm_law @ANU_Law Me too! It would be interesting to include it in my daily digest for the membership at @IMLPO I think.

RT @JO_PARRY__ART: 🌬Eunice is on her way…

Mesmerising tracker 🔄 #stormeunice https://t.co/Jmp74WPw4p

It's a bit choppy out there. #StormEunice https://t.co/UmdGdkTsaG

RT @danriversitv: Biden very unequivocal : Putin has made decision to invade Ukraine. When asked how does he know he replied “We have signi…

@bbcrb it's not just cost, it's availability, and discrimination against people on benefits. My brother is fully employed but struggled last year. Jene doesn't have his advantages and the system is really working against them.

Useful info about Ukraine's industrial and agriculture output.

https://t.co/YD5SkG5LGh

RT @IMLPO: The Institute Financial Crime and AML Digest: 25/2/22

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#RussiaUkraine #Sanctions #FinancialCrime #Legal…

I like the fact that #chess is getting more news coverage but I didn't really connect it to #RussiaUkraine until now.

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RT @GT270913: Under new management.

Curious psychology! "People who conceal information in their day-to-day lives are more willing to form online relationships" https://t.co/PF9G4ZFVYL

Dad: I think it's worth paying attention to the cataclysmic events happening in the world!

Son: I just hope I outlive the warranty on this new graphics card.

RT @dpfunke: Since Russia invaded Ukraine, out-of-context images and videos have circulated widely across social media platforms. Here are…

RT @carolecadwalla: Ok. Deep breath.

I think we may look back on this as the first Great Information War. Except we're already 8 years in…

The UK remains a destination of choice for illicit flows and dirty money from Russia. Sanctions barely scratch the surface of the problem which is systemic.

https://t.co/UtBpKk9Vpl

The UK’s kleptocracy problem https://t.co/MNnbM12wLy

Learned a new word. Alexithymia, broadly describes problems with identifying / articulating emotions & loosely translates to “no words for emotion.”

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RT @IMLPO: The Institute Digest 3/3/2022

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#sanctionscompliance #antimoneylaundering #anticorruption #cryptoregulat…

This can't be right. https://t.co/pTPPVmYm8t

RT @GreenpeaceUK: The UK is supplying missiles to Ukraine to defend against the guy we are sending £6 million *a day* for fossil fuels.

Th…