Edward Bothamley
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Kids these days won't believe you
But we were genuinely terrified of quicksand.
Super 70s Sports@Super70sSports
What was with our society’s obsession with quicksand when we were kids? At the time I genuinely believed it was one of the world’s leading causes of death. Every birthday marked another 365 days of somehow avoiding quicksand,
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Remember, the Queen was married to her cousin!
Visegrád 24@visegrad24
Sweden has just BANNED cousin marriage and close relative marriage! 🇸🇪
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@archer_rs Also explain how most predictions have failed and why we must trust the models predictive capabilities for the next decade
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Remember everyone,
"Climate change is a myth"
"It's just weather"
"Like this when I was a lad"
"Just a sunny day"
"Here's a chart from an oil company that says something else"
"It's summer"
"Sunspots"
"End of an ice age"
"Yes but The Heritage Foundation says..."
"Woke lies"
Met Office@metoffice
We’ve provisionally broken the UK record for the highest May minimum temperature for the third night in a row 🌡️ Camborne only fell to 21.4°C overnight, making for another ‘tropical night’ (above 20°C). Meanwhile, Loch Glascarnoch in Scotland dropped to 1.1°C
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@archer_rs Explain how you cannot predict weather two weeks in advance but can predict climate decade in advance
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@archer_rs Explain how a global temperature figure is derived from data point overwhelmingly on land in the northern hemisphere
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@archer_rs Explain how heat island effect is removed from the data.
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@archer_rs Show me the correlation between historic CO2 levels and global temperature. If not show me the model that explains the failure to correlate
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@Provokethoughtz Approx 50% of London social housing is occupied by foreign born. So yes your landlord wouldn’t be able to rip you off because you don’t need him then there will be a glut of properties on the market and houses will be more affordable
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@KTHopkins Society has to change for child X because of an ism. How about Child X learns to cope with their ism to flourish and not use the ism as an excuse.
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Your daily news download.
“A kid shouting BOMB should NOT be allowed on a flight. Why does the right of one kid with issues trump the rights of the rest of the plane?’
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According to some, Chris faces mortal danger every time he ventures into the Gents & so should be granted access to the Ladies, yet here he stands smiling & at ease in what looks very much like a gents' facility.
I slightly bridled at the use of "bro" but appreciated the message.
Chris Rue@Chris2Rue
@QcWynter Bro, I ain’t never had an issue using the men’s room. Protect the women, us transsexuals will be just fine.
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@neetu_arnold @JamesRHarrigan You cannot argue with physics! Reality slaps you in the face. If you don’t understand calculus that bridge will fail catastrophically
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University of California STEM professors want standardized tests back due to severe math deficiencies among students:
“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle school mathematics”
“The current admissions metric, based primarily on GPA & essays, can no longer reliably distinguish readiness for university-level STEM majors in an era of severe grade inflation & AI assisted application essays”
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If Miller believes this, he is an imbecile.
If he is not an imbecile, he is a liar.
Which option would you prefer?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Stephen Miller: "Based on what I've heard, we could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the treasury went to individuals who were properly, lawfully, correctly eligible to receive them"
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I am watching all of this with great interest.
Thankfully, I am also watching from a great distance.
Brecca Stoll@breccastoll
NOW: Mamdani says his admin will transfer ownership from bad landlords to non-profits. “For buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards. Stewards that include community land trusts, non-profits, or even the tenants themselves.”
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@AdrianTwydall @QcWynter So you could only indicate right then
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On my way into town, I saw the strangest thing, a man lugging a red car bonnet down an escalator & into a Jubilee Line underground carriage.
My mind ran through all the possibilities but none made sense, so I strolled over & asked him.
He bought it from a "car breaker".
Who knew?
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@JamesRHarrigan I read the abstract only. Nothing piqued my interest to read further; possibly intentionally.
I thought an abstract was an executive summary of the document briefly explaining the process and a distillation of the key conclusions and recommendations.
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Those of you who listen to Words & Numbers (and if you don't, why the hell not? Seriously) will know that I often poke fun at DR!JILLBIDEN! because of the ridiculous thing she submitted as a dissertation.
Lest you think I am being more than just the generic crank I am, I give you this...a link to said "dissertation."
documentcloud.org/documents/2040…
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@anon_opin Period pieces are often perfectly achingly bang up to date with set dressing. Where are the inherited pieces? Where’s the money to buy all the latest stuff. Even in our throwaway times people hold on to older style items.
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There's nothing wrong with putting a good old fashioned shotgun in your futuristic game or movie. Futuristic ones always look over designed and shit.
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@AdrianTwydall @QcWynter Which shoulder? Could you only indicate turning in left (or right) or did you change shoulders depending on direction of travel?
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@QcWynter I once bought a 2nd hand mini door from a breaker in east London. I had to carry that back on the tube and then a train to Kent. Only way to carry it was by winding the window down and resting it on my shoulder with my arm out.
Bet that looked strange to others 🤣
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@DrChrisParry Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences
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It happened on a flight I took from the US a couple of years ago and the perpetrator and her husband were last seen escorted off the plane in cuffs.
Josh@joshpearson180
The full video explanation of why the boy wasn’t allowed to fly Do you think British Airways were right for doing this? You can’t just go around shouting ‘bomb’ on an airplane 😬
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@johnfar46730121 @RestoreBritain_ Unfortunately, the party of the people, don’t much care for the people. They do care, with spite and extreme prejudice, about those more successful than themselves. Their egos cannot cope with their own lack of success so they will punish those with aspirations who do succeed
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@RestoreBritain_ Damned impertinence - the peasantry forming an un-approved party to muscle in on our private club, in order to enact their unspeakably crass populist policies.
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