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oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: Tin is a silvery, malleable metal. It became super important when it was discovered that when mixed with copper, it turns soft copper into hard bronze... What is interesting

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1837. Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and

Ranking Digital Rights

rankingrights

1/ Read our new report, “Getting to the Source of Infodemics: It’s the Business Model.” Targeted advertising is exacerbating today’s misinformation infodemic, threatening democratic discourse and public health. https://www.newameric

Lord of the Ty's 🌉🌌

LordTylerWard

1/ I was talking to @hjmomtazi yesterday and mentioned that I think projects like @synthetix_io & @Barn_Bridge are still way ahead of their time. We may be a year out

Abigail Disney

abigaildisney

THREAD/ There is a deep rot at the core of American fundamentalist capitalism. Over the years a greed-is-good mindset has taken hold across corporate culture. And CEO's have taken the

𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚎’𝚁𝚊𝚎 𝙻. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

deseraestage

Did some digging I’ve not done before. Looking at the original article the CDC got this information from: Vital Signs: Trends in State Suicide Rates — United States, 1999–2016 and

Sean Casten

SeanCasten

This week's energy wonk-thread: Why discussions about "when renewables will reach cost parity?" and levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) calculations are nothing but - per Antonin Scalia - "interpretive jiggery-pokery&quo

arclight

arclight

This is ok I guess, though I'm not sure why one wouldn't just bind to an external standard C routine. Not sure I'd ever need it but that's fine. Fortran

Old Weird Scotland

WeirdScotland

Summer 1970: a rare form of typhoid is infecting people in Edinburgh. Dr Nancy Conn, a bacteriologist at Western General, finds the source and prevents a major outbreak with detective

Avinash Choubey

avinashchoubey

Thread Alert : Last couple of days, India has seen how #NitishKumar has failed #Bihar, his arrogance, false excuses on handling #patnafloods , I still believe he is/was probably besty

ice9

__ice9

Nice visual overview, for those who haven't seen it yet. When researchers discuss interfering with the function of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, they are referring to the knobby proteins protruding

Leah Stokes

leahstokes

In honor of @KamalaHarris' big announcement, I'm digging into my archives and reposting my thread on her climate plan! Where did she stand on climate in the primary? She was

Akshat Rathi

AkshatRathi

No net-zero emissions plan is credible, unless there are short-term goals. Today, after posting a record loss and cutting its dividend, BP announced its short-term goals. Ambitious? Greenwashing? ? You

Frisco Uplink of House Pfizer

_danilo

I’ve got some bad news.Elon Musk is running away with the future.This isn’t something I enjoy. It makes me deeply uneasy. I don’t think the guy has a great temperament

Shingai Ndoro

shingaiRndoro

#PetroleumSectorInZimbabwe #PetroleumBusinessInZimbabwe #FuelBusinessInZimbabwe1/ There has been acute fuel shortages in ZW for period up to 2008 & from 2016 to date. What are the public policies in operation that have

Roko - hereticalupdate.substack.com

RokoMijicUK

Mencius Moldbug is dismissive of the idea of replacing rule by a King with rule by a smart contract, he calls it a "Quantum Exponential leap". Here's why I think