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If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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There are about as many trees in Canada as stars in the milky way
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 2mo agoTell me a fun fact.
A headless statue of Mary and broken windows: How Catholics live amid Sudan war
A headless statue of Mary and broken windows: How Catholics live amid Sudan war
Even the priests offering care to the worshippers have come under attack, as war rages across the country.
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Good morning here is your @ftweekend.com highlights thread in gift link form. It is an excellent day to buy a paper for it is the mag's Games Issue, stuffed full of puzzles and games. But a few great things follow:
Why are we so susceptible to clickbait? Columnist Jacob Aron traces it to a surprising source: a mathematical framework that paved the way for much of how the modern world works
A mathematical measure of surprise explains why we fall for clickbait | New Scientist
Why are we so susceptible to clickbait? Columnist Jacob Aron traces it to a surprising source: a mathematical framework that paved the way for much of how the modern world works
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english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
Don't believe the horror stories you read on social media. A comprehensive new report from @cidrap.bsky.social's Vaccine Integrity Project, which includes 274 studies, finds HPV vaccines are very safe and incredibly effective, reducing cervical cancer 80%. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
Evidence review finds HPV vaccines to be safe, extremely effective
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Jamie xx, Floating Points, Daphni, Live from Coachella 2024 - Quasar Stage [2024-04-14 wk1] by Jamie xx, Floating Points, Daphni on #SoundCloud
Jamie xx, Floating Points, Daphni, Live from Coachella 2024 - Quasar Stage [2024-04-14 wk1]
Listen to Jamie xx, Floating Points, Daphni, Live from Coachella 2024 - Quasar Stage [2024-04-14 wk1] by Wading In Reality #np on #SoundCloud
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Having All Your Laundry Done voted one of the best feelings of all time for the 100th year in a row. unfortunately Actually Doing Laundry voted one of the worst, yet again
Japan's snowboarders have grabbed three gold medals and six medals overall so far at the Milano Cortina Olympics. The success is built on a legacy over a decade in the making.
How Team Japan became world-beaters in Olympic snowboarding
Japan's snowboarders have grabbed three gold medals and six medals overall so far at the Milano Cortina Olympics. How did the nation grow to be so dominant?
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A goal that will go down in history: Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin scored against Real Madrid in the 97th minute, sending Benfica into the Champions League playoffs.
What West Ham are achieving this season with the 20th highest revenue in the world should be enshrined in sports legend. The anti-Moneyball. The dumbest guys in the room. This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit
Japanese scientists are studying ice cores extracted from Tajikistan to determine why its glaciers have resisted the rapid melting seen almost everywhere else, and apply the potential answers elsewhere. 👉 ebx.sh/eHByZt
How one woman lures foreign recruits to Russia’s front line in Ukraine - BBC News
How one woman lures foreign recruits to Russia’s front line in Ukraine
Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.
bbc.co.uk
A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed
Strange lemon-shaped exoplanet defies the rules of planet formation
A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, and it’s unclear how it could have formed
newscientist.com
New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?
Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?
New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?
newscientist.com
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
Sardonicus@sardonicus.eu · 11mo ago'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.' Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Hundreds of people are dead and missing from flooding in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-sumatra-cyclone-floods-destruction-residents-pick-up-pieces-5498106
Indonesians pick up the pieces after floods ravage Sumatra; death toll hits 442
For some Aceh residents, this has reignited the trauma of the 2004 tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people in the province alone.
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Ridiculous goal from Inter Miami to confirm their place in the MLS Cup final, scored by Telasco Segovia, Jordi Alba with the backheel assist after a length of the field sprint.
Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’ - FT
Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
The outgoing head of the Secret Intelligence Service on the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth
ft.com
Interesting editorial in one of today’s Russian papers. It states that in a political system like Russia's “politicians who find themselves in power get used to having more and more powers [and] have no external incentive to change.” #ReadingRussia
Do Russians want a leader with a 'strong hand'? Interesting editorial in a Russian paper.
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