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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of #English #Writer Charles Dickens (1812) - regarded by many as the greatest #Novelist of the Victorian era.

Birth Anniversary of #English #Mathematician G. H. Hardy (1877) - mentor of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

Happy Birthday Tawakkol Karman (1979) - co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman to win a #NobelPrize.

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Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #NOAA

#ClimateChange #climatecrisis #noaa
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🫱🏿‍🫲🏻 Global study finds strong public trust in scientists

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Global study finds strong public trust in scientists

A new international study on public trust in science, conducted across 68 countries, has found that most people trust scientists and believe they should be more involved in society and policymaking.
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🍖 Borrowing nature's blueprint: Scientists replicate bone marrow

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Borrowing nature's blueprint: Scientists replicate bone marrow

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells.
Ian Scheffler (Phys.org)
#biology #medicine #bone #stemcells #synthetic

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🔋Eco-friendly aluminum battery lasts 10,000 cycles with minimal loss

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Eco-friendly aluminum battery lasts 10,000 cycles with minimal loss

Large batteries for long-term storage of solar and wind power are key to integrating abundant and renewable energy sources into the U.S. power grid.
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When I started my "mastodon-experiment" I always heard "there's hardly anyone there", "noone knows it" ...

Almost 2 years later I'm spending a considerable amount of time here with you and I enjoy it WAYS MORE than on any other platform before.

Thanks all of you for being here. And welcome to all the new people around!

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Tinder adds new Explore categories to help you find likeminded dates

Now you can browse profiles in categories like ‘Serious Dater’ or ‘Short-Term Fun.’

Tinder adds new Explore categories to help you find likeminded dates

Tinder has updated its Explore page with new categories that are supposed to help users find dates with similar relationship goals.
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Red-winged Laughingthrush

Striking large laughingthrush of broadleaf hilly and montane forests in central-southern China and far northern Vietnam. Look for bright red wings and tail, pale silver-gray crown and cheek patches, and extensive dark throat and chest. Compare with orange crown, paler whitish cheeks, and less extensive dark throat of Red-tailed Laughingthrush, which overlaps marginally with this species in range, but tends not to occur in the same areas. Shy, often staying in dense bushes; forages in pairs or small flocks close to the ground. Gives a wavering whistle: “dooEEEEooo.

Link: ebird.org/species/rewlau1
Photo Location: Vietnam

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Why must people constantly be reminded to love and/or to take care of themselves? Isn't that just a natural part of living? If you're tired, sleep. If you're hungry, eat. If you find something that you like and can afford it, buy it. If you want to relax, do so. Conversely, if you're unhappy, get out of that situation, or at least work toward doing so in the near future. This is all common sense.

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If people don't want to think about what's going on in the world, why do they keep mentioning it in their so-called unrelated posts? I am not talking about the TimelineCleanser tag, which I follow, but in general. "Here's a picture to help during these difficult times." "It's hard to smile during this election year, but I just planted my garden." "I love listening to this music, as it makes me forget what's going on in the world." Just post the pleasant thing and stop mentioning the mess! Those of us who are also trying to stay out of it don't need to be reminded of it either!
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🚭Near-complete ban on agricultural burning finally takes effect in California's San Joaquin Valley

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Near-complete ban on agricultural burning finally takes effect in California's San Joaquin Valley

Starting this week, farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate aimed at improving air quality that has been decades in the making.
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Asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth in 2032 just got higher – but don’t panic! theguardian.com/science/2025/f… #Asteroids #Science #Space

Asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth in 2032 just got higher – but don’t panic!

Space rock now has 2.3% risk of collision – up from 1.3% in December – but danger is likely to fall with more data
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#Science #space #asteroids

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Steven Bellettini fact-checks our assumptions about prehistoric life.#prehistoric #paleontology #toys #video #sciencemuseums #science #dinosaurparks #dinosaurs #section-Articles

How Can You Spot an Inaccurate Dinosaur? AO Wants to Know.

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🏺 The world’s most breathtaking abandoned sites: From Pakistan’s Bibi Jawindi to Italy’s Palazzo Athena

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The world’s most breathtaking abandoned sites: From Pakistan’s Bibi Jawindi to Italy’s Palazzo Athena

Thomas Jonglez, founder of the publishing house bearing his name, curates the 10 most photogenic sites from his label’s latest compendium of urbex photography, ‘The Atlas of Abandoned Places.
Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L. (EL PAÍS English)
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This is just a little reminder that alt text is awesome and accessible. Most people here won't boost something without alt text, so take two seconds to write a little something and make the fediverse a better place for everybody.
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Paleontologists solve decades’ old mystery about plesiosaur skin texture
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Paleontologists solve decades’ old mystery about plesiosaur skin texture | Popular Science

Hint: Think ‘turtle.’
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22 Classic Cocktails—And Riffs—to Make This Winter
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22 Classic Cocktails to Make This Winter

Nothing warms you up like a little whiskey, brandy, and rum. Here's how to make classic and custom cocktail recipes to drink all winter long.
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A quiet evening on the Columbia River. #WashingtonState #PNW
#pnw #washingtonstate

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🍥 Nanofluids and turbulators have potential to boost renewable energy and slash dependence on fossil fuels

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Nanofluids and turbulators have potential to boost renewable energy and slash dependence on fossil fuels

Nanofluids and turbulators have enormous potential to boost thermal conductivity, increase heat transfer efficiency, cut energy costs, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, scientists say.
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Science Daily: Scientists simulate asteroid collision effects on climate and plants…

#asteroidcollision #climate #science

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Science Daily: Scientists simulate asteroid collision effects on climate and plants…

#asteroidcollision #climate #science
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Another bill wants to ban kids from social media

The Kids Off Social Media Act would prevent kids under 13 from creating social media accounts.

Another bill wants to ban kids from social media

A new child safety bill, called the Kids Off Social Media Act, would prevent kids under 13 from creating social media accounts.
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Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room in England

A historic seafront building established as a refuge for sailors to promote moral living and literacy.#museumsandcollections #peace #navy #sailors #section-Atlas

Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room

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I was cleaning up the garden yesterday and found a tomato under the old sweet potato vines. It looked fine so I brought it in. What do you know? It was good! My first ever February tomato. #gardening #food #tomato
#food #gardening #tomato
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Garfield Trail in Marion, Indiana

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.#comic #comicbooks #statues #trails #cartoons #section-Atlas

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ZME Science: Only Half a Degree of Warming Could Triple Earth’s Areas Too Hot for Human Survival…

As the planet warms, more of Earth’s surface is edging toward temperatures that even the healthiest humans cannot endure... #globalwarming #climatecrisis #temperatures

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ZME Science: Only Half a Degree of Warming Could Triple Earth’s Areas Too Hot for Human Survival…

As the planet warms, more of Earth’s surface is edging toward temperatures that even the healthiest humans cannot endure… #globalwarming #climatecrisis #temperatures
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How the Appearance of Aliens From Other Worlds Would Be Optimized for Their Environments laughingsquid.com/alien-appear…

How the Appearance of Aliens From Other Worlds Would Be Optimized for Their Environments

Kurzgesagt colorfully took a look at how aliens might look, noting that their features would be optimized to their environments.
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Piece of the Berlin Wall in Bexley, Ohio

Visit a section of the historic wall that once divided Berlin in the heart of Columbus, Ohio.#history #berlinwall #section-Atlas

Piece of the Berlin Wall

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After burial mounds, moats are the most common archaeological feature in the British landscape. There are at least five-and-a-half thousand, not only surrounding castles, but also dug around manor houses, monasteries, farms, chapels and even windmills. Moats had several functions - defence, keeping out thieves, deterring wildlife, acting as firebreaks, and being status symbols. The country's deepest moat is said to be at Nunney, Somerset - folklore claims it is bottomless. #history #archaeology #psychogeography #folklore #weird #geography #landscape
#archaeology #history #landscape #geography #folklore #psychogeography #weird

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@Taco_lad @hollie @kboyd Mentioned in my book - there's some interesting folklore associated with it. amazon.co.uk/Church-Curiositie…

Church Curiosities: Strange Objects and Bizarre Legends: 881 (Shire Library): Amazon.co.uk: Castleton, David: 9781784424442: Books

Buy Church Curiosities: Strange Objects and Bizarre Legends: 881 (Shire Library) by Castleton, David (ISBN: 9781784424442) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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The Cat News team have made an amazing discovery. Pippin (BC, Canada) not only has been sleeping on the laundry, he also now smells like fabric softener. He is a nicely scented cat now.

#cats #cat #CatNews #CatsOfMastodon

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Murphy has a large horde of furniture, primarily recliners, that he has laid claim to. He has had more influence on the upstairs furniture than anyone else lately. Not many child successfully convince everyone else to keep a broken recliner just so Murphy can sleep in it at night
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Penguin has slightly more manageable hordes. Her primary, and originally secret, horde is string, especially string of the silver string variety. I discovered it on accident during early covid after early masks shortages. My mom has attempted to sew some, but the string she used didn’t work very well. Penguin ended up digging it out of the garbage and secretly played with it for months.

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my next city over Chester is the most secretive with his hordes. When my sister moved to her new home and took Chester, a lot of areas only accessible to cats became available. He had many hidden collections of homemade cat toys all over my basement. Took me months to find them at.
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'Die Räuberköpfe' ('The Robbers' Heads') in Kiel, Germany

Legend claims these are the heads of executed criminals, magically turned to stone.#section-Atlas

'Die Räuberköpfe' ('The Robbers' Heads')

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See Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Visualized in Colorfully Animated Scores

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See Vivaldi's Four Seasons Visualized in Colorfully Animated Scores

Music is often described as the most abstract of all the arts, and arguably the least visual as well. But these qualities, which seem so basic to the nature of the form, have been challenged for at least three centuries, not least by composers themse…
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The Classical Music group put this one in my head today by mentioning the Merry Widow. I refuse to take responsibility for the humming, singing, and smiling! Then again, Lehar did write Land of Smiles as well. Here, then, is the Merry Widow Waltz.

First, we have an instrumental version from 1907, very close to when the original operetta was written.

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Now, from Richard Tauber, with words in the original German. Lehar and Tauber worked so closely that it was like Novello and Hassall, only instead of writing the lyrics, Tauber sang them, and very beautifully, I might add. There are many other videos of him, including several with Lehar himself at the piano!

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#FranzLehar #MerryWidow #operetta #RichardTauber

#Operetta #FranzLehar #RichardTauber #MerryWidow
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Google's Longevity GRF makes it easier for OEMs and chip makers to offer up to 7 years of OS updates for Android devices... but it's not a guarantee that they will and some devices may miss out on new Android features. buff.ly/4aW3pco #Android #Google #GoogleRequirementsFreeze #LongevityGRF

How Android's making it easier for phones to get 7 years of updates - Android Authority

Google's new Longevity GRF program makes it easier for chipset vendors to support 7 years of Android updates. Here's how.
Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority)
#google #android #googlerequirementsfreeze #longevitygrf

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Qinngua Valley in Greenland

Welcome to the greenest place in Greenland.#nature #trees #forests #section-Atlas

Qinngua Valley

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Scientists crack what they say is the perfect way to boil an egg theguardian.com/science/2025/f… #Worldnews #Science #UKnews #Eggs #Food

Scientists crack what they say is the perfect way to boil an egg

Linda Geddes tests new approach developed in Italian lab that involves alternating egg between different temperatures
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#Science #food #worldnews #uknews #eggs

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Relaxing High Definition Videos of Walking Through Tokyo in the Heavy Rain

SoulHealing99 creates wonderfully relaxing 3 hour high definition videos of walking through the streets of Tokyo in the heavy rain.
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Researchers trained an OpenAI rival in half an hour for less than $50

The researchers used distillation to draw from Google’s Gemini reasoning model.

Researchers trained an OpenAI rival in half an hour for less than $50

AI researchers say they have trained a reasoning model rivaling OpenAI’s in just a half an hour and less than $50.
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Swansea Bus Museum in Winch Wen, Wales

A Swansea industrial estate hides a sanctuary to that most humble mode of public transport: the bus.#transportation #bus #museumsandcollections #museums #section-Atlas

Swansea Bus Museum

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#QuizOfTheDay: The #MuscularSystem is responsible for the movement of the human body.

What is the single largest #Muscle in the #Human #Body?

A. Genioglossus
B. Latissimus dorsi
C. Gluteus maximus
D. Sartorius

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