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Emily Hopkins and Courtney Swain

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This is wonderful. Not too far from Twin Peaks territory, ... Subscribe to Emily Hopkins .

British Mums When It's Sunny

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This is all true. I can't explain how I know, but take my word for it. And this is just beautiful: Subscribe to  @gdiddlydog .

Eleanor Morton - I'm Not Like Other Sufragettes

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Jade on The Endless Delights of Infinity (Infinities, whatever, ...)

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Interestingly, she starts considering a physical measurement. It ends on a blue note, I thought, ... Never mind Jade. Maybe Brilliant do a course on constructive mathematics? Simon's computer clock is constructive, in some sense, ... at least it ought to be, ... Subscribe to Up And Atom . I had just finished listening to this talk by Andrej Bauer on the five stages of becoming a constructive mathematician: Subscribe to Institute of Advanced Studies . Jean Michel Jarre - Infinity He makes it sound like a joke! Subscribe to Jean-Michel Jarre

Fat, Useless Cunt Who Stole Too Much Money Tries To Wreck Everything

See  Billionaire George Soros’ funding heats up Alameda County DA race  from 2018.

The Cowboy & The Frenchman | David Lynch (1987)

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Thinking of Lana Del Rey's photo with girls from Crazy Horse in Paris, ... The clichés are getting classier. Subscribe to  Cinedrome Film .

Mastodon

I am posting things like this on Mastodon. It's a social networking platform, a bit like Twitter in that it makes you chop up stuff into little fragments of a few hundred characters, but it's decentralised and advertising free. I am  @IanANGrant@mastodon.social  on any Mastodon server to which you may have access.

Julie Nolke - Bangkok-ers

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This is too good!! Support her on Patreon , ... Subscribe to Julie Nolke .

Excess Mortality Data (2020-Present) from Scandinavia Compared With that from the UK

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The failure to properly investigate this is criminal! And this, this is not an investigation, it's a bloody farce!  The Hallett Inquiry - Week Five . Subscribe to Dr. John Campbell .

The Hunting of The Snark - Fit The Fourth: The Hunting

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 See  The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll : Page 41 “To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care;      To pursue it with forks and hope; To threaten its life with a railway-share;      To charm it with smiles and soap!  See this post : In Greek mythology Elpis ( ἐλπίς)   is the spirit of hope She was depicted as a young woman, usually carrying flowers or a cornucopia in her hands. In Hesiod's Works and Days , Elpis was the last item in Pandora's box.

Darwin as A Zoological Specimen

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Went past the Rockefeller building again on my way home yesterday, ... (See Camden ): See  https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/grant-museum-zoology  "Get to know your dodo from your quagga at the last university zoological museum in London". Look both ways, indeed! This turned up in my recommendations today: Subscribe to Discovery Science . See also  A Happening on Friday 13th March, 2015  for more on human responses to strategic bombing and how it was used to justify the bombing of civilian populations.

Kim Iversen Interview With Christina Tobin

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Christina Tobin founded the Free & Equal Elections Foundation  which is "a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to open the electoral process through education, collaborative action, and representation for all candidates". The interview starts at 40:23 Subscribe to  Kim Iversen . Colin Cantrell of Nexus:  https://nexus.io/ Subscribe to Freee & Equal .

Nat King Cole - Nature Boy

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This song, first sung by Nat King Cole, was written in 1948 by  eden ahbez . You couldn't make this up! Aurora's version is pretty good too! Subscribe to Nat King Cole .

Douglas Hofstadter and Bill Gosper

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They should get together and write a book! Subscribe to G4G Celebration . Bill Gosper is definitely not an AI! See  Continued Fraction Arithmetic . Douglas Hofstadter interview (recent?): Subscribe to Game Thinking . Or maybe this is all a movie, ... Subscribe to Flying Lotus .

Dr Anthony Faucci on How Not To Wind Up in A Dictatorship

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George Wolfe and The LA River

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From the description : George Wolfe, an environmental activist, was among the first to paddle a boat down 51 miles of the L.A. River in 2008, when the stunt risked fines and jail time. The trip inspired proposals for turning the concrete-lined channel into a natural and recreational resource. But today there are few visible signs of a transformed waterway. 3:15  They started Mayor Garcetti's tenure with a promise of US$1.3 billion from the US Army Corps Board but nothing came of it: It was long overdue: "This report is in partial response to a resolution by the Senate Committee on Public Works approved 25 June 1969, requesting review of "the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers and Ballona Creek, California, published as House Document numbered 838, Seventy-sixth Congress, and other pertinent reports, with a view to determining whether any modifications contained therein are advisable at the present time, in the interest of providin

Kathleen McAuliffe and John Searle on Consciousness and The Logical Structure of Civilization

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Kathleen McAuliffe - How microbes affect your psychology Subscribe to TEDx Talks . Two Patten Foundation lectures given at the University of Indiana in 2014. The Logical Structure of Human Civilization His take on good and evil institutions and money and private property at 1:10:20  is very interesting. I wonder if he still holds that view nine years on? Subscribe to Philosophy Overdose . 

Moss Can Save The World

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See this paper in Nature Geoscience, with 51 authors:  The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services . Here is an overview:  Largest survey on mosses highlights vital role in ecosystem: First global study to assess contribution to soil ecology and carbon sequestration . Subscribe to Weather Network . Here's an AP clip-kit: Subscribe to AP Archive .

Ryan Christianson - Vanessa Beeley Interview - The Wagner Play, The Syria Connection & The Coming Ukrainian False Flag

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Amazing clip of Lindsey Graham here, ... the man has no fear! See  https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/vanessa-beeley-interview-wagner/  and  Vanessa's Substack Post .