Against all odds, with an HHS that has defunded mRNA research programs, the FDA just approved the first mRNA flu vaccine
Björn Friðgeir
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The only living Björn Friðgeir in the world. Nerd. Programmer. Afper. Icelandic. Solidly middle-aged. May tweet about football with #boltinn #djöflarnir or #EuroVikes so please block those hashtags if that's not for you.
Sometimes it's pretty great to be a morning person.
Björn Friðgeir@bjornfr.bsky.social · 13h agoOOO set. London tomorrow Hinckley Friday.
We are pleased to put the iconic Volcanic Ashes trophy 'up for grabs' when we take on the MCC from 14-16 August. Set in a base of basaltic rock, the trophy contains real volcanic ash. Win or lose, it will remain in our triple glazed case in our cricket museum in Reykjavík, under permanent guard.
I mean, adjusted for inflation a plane ticket from New York to London in 1980 would cost about $4,500 dollars today. It's not that air travel has got worse. It's democratised. If you pay the 'old' price in modern money you basically get the same, if not better, experience than you did then.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterdayFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Það sem einkennir Nei-hópinn er að þau skirrast ekki við að ljúga að okkur. Ýmist beint og blákalt eða með vandlega orðuðum fimmtungssannleik.
Segir enga tryggingu fyrir annarri þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslu - Vísir
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, fyrrverandi forseti Íslands, telur að já-niðurstaða í þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslunni 29. ágúst verði túlkuð erlendis sem endurnýjuð ósk Íslands um aðild að Evrópusambandinu.
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Nearly happened to me in the stacks at the Science Fiction Foundation archive at Liverpool. I had a vision of a coffin the shape of a pizza box being carried into my funeral while all my family and friends tried to stifle their sniggers.
alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · yesterdayi don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
“Good afternoon, would you have a moment to talk about owls? Or perhaps I can leave you some of our literature?” #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay
'Ohh ohh Rod Liddle was a complicated figure but he was a terribly witty writer and so charming at Dinner Parties. You absolutely mustn't celebrate his untimely, tragic, death' - British journo who's just had a vision of their future.
Never seen this pose from a heron before. Not sure whether it's trying to sun the underside of its wings or letting air circulate in the heat.
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
If you are seeing reposts of Terfs mourning Rot Little here's his work.
Sam@samomar.bsky.social · 3d agoHere's some of his work
Hot news - capitalists not responsible for Online shopping Monopolies Sweat shops Higher prices Lower quality It is, in fact, your fault as the consumer.
But I didn’t want Cadburys to taste like shite, that’s been imposed on me. Mondolez made $2.4 billion last year they could have swallowed some of the higher cocoa costs, but didn’t, and more importantly, now costs are lower, they won’t reinstate the quality will they?
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d agoI think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.
I guess I'll have to watch the Vuelta then.
Guardian Sport@sport.theguardian.com · 3d agoTadej Pogacar will ride Vuelta a España in bid to complete Grand Tour treble
Masterful presentation and analysis from @swissramble.bsky.social. One of the very, very best football newsletters around. open.substack.com/pub/swissram...
FIFA's Plan To Sell Football
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The weirdest thing about this fact is that the butter knife wasn’t invented until 1872, by Jonquil Tuning-Fork
It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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