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This Fibonacci joke is as bad as the last two you heard combined!
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I'd never considered using prediction markets for weather forecasting. Interesting to see a positive result reported here arxiv.org/abs/2609.23969
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When New Glenn exploded lots of people made rough estimates of the energy in the blast wave based upon the fuel mass, but the effects of an explosion depend on how that energy is released, not just the quantity.
So I set out to explain the physics:
youtube.com/watch?v=MZHSJbGF…
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Tickets go on sale for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at @britishmuseum this morning. I was asked a few times when I was talking Tapestry @ChalkeFestival last weekend why people should go see it, so I've scribbled some thoughts here open.substack.com/pub/histor…
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Dear Prof. Cox,
If I have drunk, on average, 12 pints of bitter per week since 1980, what percentage of the observable universe’s total mass has passed through my penis?
I once calculated that the mass of the observable Universe, including the contribution from dark energy, is equivalent to 5 x 10^54 pints of bitter.
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RT @JohnSimpsonNews: 37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student…
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Very sad news to hear the passing of John Blanche, thank you for all the amazing art that made me fall in love with Warhammer. RIP mate.
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Back in the 1990s some expected that climate action would ramp up as the scale of the disaster became evident. As it happens, the opposite is the case. Ever more catastrophic impacts are accompanied by diminished ambition & political attacks on decarbonisation. Hard to explain.
Large parts of India have been approaching “feels like” temps near 50°C. Some coastal regions may reach ~33°C wet-bulb. At 35°C wet-bulb, heat and humidity overwhelm the human body’s ability to cool itself. Survival becomes measured in hours, especially for the elderly & infants
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I didn't want a mac that looked like a toaster and I wouldn't want a car that looks like a toaster either. It's not just this one though - why do so many EVs look absolutely shocking? theguardian.com/environment/…
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I realized we were missing an important element with this video @SpaceX @EliteDangerous
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Comedy palate cleanser. Robert Jenrick about to grandstand but reminded of his defection from one party to another this year is gold. The timing. First line great. Second line superb but crowd not recovered from the first to fully appreciate it 😊
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