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Graham Shields

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Geology nerd, trying to leave a net positive footprint in this world

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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 9d

Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · Nov 28

I'm reading that Mark Zuckerberg is genuinely spooked by the rapid growth of Bluesky. Sounds pretty good.

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · Nov 18

The tales that have ended up in the modern Bible are just a small portion of the stories that early Christians believed – from the one about God’s breast being milked for the Holy Spirit, to the time the infant Jesus struck his school friends dead

Book review: Heresy by Catherine Nixey

The emergence of Christianity was incredibly contingent, as this book clearly shows

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Nov 11

Paul Hoffman wins prestigious Kyoto Prize for scientific contribution to snowball Earth hypothesis: The University of Victoria professor helped rewrite a crucial part of our planet’s history by identifying compelling evidence for a snowball Earth – now thought to have occurred at two separate times

Paul Hoffman wins prestigious Kyoto Prize for scientific contribution to snowball Earth hypothesis

The University of Victoria professor helped rewrite a crucial part of our planet’s history by identifying compelling evidence for a snowball Earth – now thought to have occurred at two separate times

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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · Aug 21

Scottish Isles hold key to mystery of Snowball Earth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scottish Isles hold key to mystery of Snowball Earth

The islands could reveal why animal life first emerged on our planet after its biggest ever freeze.

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