The photo-finish is gold!
18.02.2026 23:08
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The photo-finish is gold!
Wouldnβt that traumatise the 9 year olds your asking to read those words? Why do we need to do that?
βHave some funβ
World map using a Mercator projection, but with the true relative sizes of countries overlaid in a darker shade. This illustrates how the standard Mercator projection distorts the size of landmasses, particularly those further from the equator, by showing the actual size differences. For example, Canada and Russia appear much smaller in their true relative size compared to their depiction in a standard Mercator projection.
Yet another reason to tut at the Mercator map projection
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
SCIENCE SAVES LIVES.
Overall pediatric cancer survival rate increased from 63% in mid 1970s to 87%βΌοΈbetween 2015 & 2021.
And this isnβt due to supplements, eating better or avoiding red food dye.
Itβs due to science & industry working together to develop & approve therapies!
Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection.
Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, theyβre uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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There arenβt many things worse one can imagine than the loss of a child.
But the loss of a child to a vaccine preventable disease is a pain no parent or family should ever have to bear.
Sowing distrust about vaccines, arguably the greatest public health success of all time, is pure evil.
Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child TomΓ‘Ε‘ StrΓ€ussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
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Tim Davie was one of the best D-Gs the BBC has had, and Deborah Turness was a brilliant head of news. Only the BBCβs enemies could possibly be glad theyβve resigned. Weβve now got a real fight on our hands to defend public service broadcasting, because thatβs under threat too.
Perhaps an unsurprising finding but worth mentioning nonetheless: if you exclusively look up and watch tradwife content on TikTok, it will persistently keep serving you pro-anorexia content despite that not having once been something you searched for or even watched.
Clifford Clinton - 1937
With SNAP benefits going to shit because of rich assholes and corruption running rampant through politics I'd like to point your attention to a Clinton.
No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
that last line
Ironically, the phrase to use here would be, "Fuck off back to your own country".
Mosley, Powell - and now Farage - ride on the crest of an inflammatory wave but eventually finish up in the dustbin of British history, in retrospect remembered as sad and despised politicians who tried to build political careers on the back of hate.
I'm raising money for my 7-year-old son James with Down Syndrome to get to doctors, buy diapers (he will be in diapers till 7 or 8 ), wipes, medical supplies, and to explore the world. He needs 24/7 care and I am his caretaker. gofund.me/267dbc5e gofund.me/267dbc5e
It was a no-show from Farage at the 80th anniversary VJ Day memorial in Clacton, judging by the pictures. Not like him to miss a photo op! Led by the Royal British Legion with support from the council, the service was attended by a 100yr old veteran named Jim Goss - our MP couldn't be bothered.
Remember that time period when anyone asking a βstupid questionβ online got a link to βLet Me Google That For You?β I used it too. Itβs one of the things that inspired me to write this, and itβs why Iβm much more patient with questions than I used to be:
www.techpolicy.press/in-an-age-of...
Except for Julie Brown and the Miami Herald who have been on this story for a long time
At least 1 in 6 adults in the UK are on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds. In this spell of high heat, itβs important to share the message that many of these medications can increase the dangers of heat exhaustion. Stay hydrated (water, electrolytes, shade breaks & rest)
π₯stay safe friendsβοΈ
Well done anti vaxxers.
Now a child is dead, once again, due to measles.
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasnβt the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
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Actually if you speak Gaelic in Ireland.
Wait until the end.
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The thread on one page. Thank you for bearing with me: skywriter.blue/pages/george...
On one of his first nights as the Pope, he brought a chair out for the guard at his door and made him a sandwich. I think the foundation of morality is humility, sir, and Pope Francis understood that better than most.
Why's the chimney twice as wide as the windows? What's he planning to burn?
