Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.
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What’s politically incorrect about the Flash Gordon Cinematic Universe?
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Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
A book there would never be a bad time for rereading, but this exact juncture proves quite amazingly apt
Please tell me there’s been a Philip K Dick one.
I am a long time Labour supporter and most time member and am now at the point where fuck these guys. Fuck everyone. They’re all shit. For fuck’s sake.
Uncle Lubin (in an excessively tall hat) clings to the upper point of the crescent moon as he waves goodbye to nephew Peter who is being carried off in the beak of the Bagbird, while his (Uncle Lubin’s) balloon hangs from the lower point of the crescent moon which has punctured it
Ukraine should just start a new EU and a new NATO and let us all beg to join.
You can get an early Nissan Leaf for that now, if you dont need massive range
One of the downsides of living in Wales is I can't get involved in this @livingstreets.bsky.social campaign to address pavement parking. But for those of you in England, perhaps take a look? act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/189938/...
this all sounds uncomfortably plausible
No if they liked Lancashire cheese then we would be right to question if they actually care about the cheese or are just very proud of Lancashire. They like Wensleydale and that shows their passion is for the cheese.
"American power has made possible an extraordinarily long peace, and we at Palantir have had just about enough of that."
It does if you insist on only referring to it as Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
This stuff is fucking nuts and as a basic bit of due diligence their potential clients need to say to themselves this is fucking nuts and, no matter how good the product, what exactly are we getting into here?
Think they knew they’d be lambasted as out-of-touch elites moaning about losing their privilege of jetting off to Tuscany, unlike Hard Working Families who can’t afford that sort of luxury. Or something.
Vacuum cleaner wand with new end attachment (smiley emoji) next to old end attachment (thumbs down emoji)
Very satisfied with my new end
Leibniz: But let us set our differences on the matter of calculus aside for a minute. Perhaps you would care for a biscuit? I have some delicious chocolate-backed confections, far superior to those fig-based monstrosities that have become so popular recently.
Newton: now hang on just a minute…
Roses are red / Jannik Sinner plays tennis /
Now at the aftershow dahling
James on stage at the Co-op Live arena
JAMES
Be sure to read the whole thing.
This is an example of something we often see in the media:
Person sacked AFTER ...insert something innocuous-sounding, and preferably something anti-woke...
The innocuous-sounding part will inevitably be just the first incident in a long chain of events, or one of many things the person did wrong
“Please arrange a call with me and anyone else you want to polenta the discussion.”
Four European tech firms have assembled a “fully sovereign disaster recovery pack” for companies that are worried about Trump flipping the kill switch
www.govinfosecurity.com/europe-moves...
Are any chemical energy storage academics following me? Need impartial comment for a fun story.
Can explain more if you connect. Email: chrisbaraniuk at Gmail
People forgot what ‘fewer’ even meant
It’s time to get back to basically!
"Bunch of fucking amateurs"