This 1990 speech by Carl Sagan is timely times two: #war #climate

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Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation

Woah. This is an incredible treasure trove of amazing alternative Christmas tunes!

Jason Forrest@jasonforrest.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I hate hearing the same holiday music over and over, so I made a truly epic Vintage Xmas playlist with over 1,300 songs!!! I've been curating and adding to it for YEARS and its really fun! Just put it on and let it roll! open.spotify.com/playlist/60a...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline since. And this is not just the unwinding of a bump in screen time during pandemic lockdowns – what’s going on? Read the full story here: on.ft.com/3IzaxBL

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

British Politics' Midlife Crisis

Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

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Tukey xkcd.com/3104/

This case study will surely be winging it's way into data analysis and data cleaning 101 courses very shortly. 🤦

Joe@twitskeptic.sirvin.com · 2y ago

Let's see how the intrepid Elon inspired team at DOGE - the folks who are currently examining your tax records - are doing! Today they put up their their idea of "open data" which they call a "Wall of Receipts". And look here - two cancelled DEIA contracts for $9,999,999. Wow, they saved $20M! 1/