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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

Hehe. Thank you.

John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

Thought that was really well done by @krishgm.bsky.social and the team in Tel Aviv, getting the tone right throughout #c4news

John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, in the smallest room. I use it to wipe my...
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

I wonder that sometimes about Gaza. What would I do if I lived there? How would I react to the death and destruction? Would I want to leave? Why would I stay? Or return if I wasn't there? What is there for individuals? #c4news

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 8h

Bank of England Andrew Bailey also warns about the the possibility of a 'sudden correction' in global markets ie a crash because AI tech firms are soaring ahead and the dollar may weaken further bit.ly/46M7KhV

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

There is a disappointingly quite high level of support here for Reform unfortunately. #c4news

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

Interview filmed just outside the Guildhall. #c4news

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

It's a bit sharp to say he's 'perfunctory':
without interest, care, or enthusiasm; carried out with a minimum of effort; formulaic, mechanical; superficial, trivial.
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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

It's a great award: Trump can't be too nasty as he claims to support her, and it's a woman standing up for democracy in a time of the strongmen whom Trump fetishizes. #c4news Excellent.

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

Listening to Mencer is not encouraging hopes for a longer-term peace. #c4news

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

Moving report by Paraic O'Brien showing some of the pain of the family of the hostages. #c4news

John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

Spoke too soon. #c4news

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 6h

Viral trigger in Alzheimer’s disease is the real scary spooky #FluorescenceFriday.
Amyloid-β🟣 is an antimicrobial peptide that can be produced to trap pathogens in the brain. But it also induces an extensive neuroinflammatory response, as shown here with 🟠astrocytes. #NeuroCovid

Confocal microscopy photo showing astrocytes and amyloid-B

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 5h

A Reform Councillor who slammed a school over a religious lesson taught by a representative from a local mosque posed for photos at the same mosque during a ‘lovely’ visit when she was a Conservative ✍️Emily Price

Reform councillor at centre of Islamic school lessons row previously praised ‘lovely’ local mosque

Emily Price A Reform Councillor who slammed a school over a religious lesson taught by a representative from a local mosque posed for photos at the same mosque during a “lovely” visit when she was a ...

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 5h

'It is for so many the most bittersweet of homecomings: whole neighbourhoods barely recognizable, flattened by waves of airstrikes and what appears a deliberate scorched-earth policy. Under the rubble thousands of bodies remain trapped.' Secunder Kermani #c4news

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 5h

This is huge. Komeito (a Buddhist-backed political party) has long been a crucial part of the governing LDP coalition, carefully managing their differences over military rearmament and social spending. This leaves the LDP short of a majority in both chambers.

The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 17h

BREAKING: Komeito said Friday it plans to leave the ruling camp, parting ways with the LDP and new President Sanae Takaichi after the LDP failed to accept the party’s proposal on political donations.

Komeito announces split with LDP, clouding Takaichi's bid for PM

Komeito’s decision to end the 26-year partnership with the LDP means the ruling party will need to court opposition parties to vote Takaichi in as prime minister.

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Gildy Stern @oldhamletsghost.bsky.social · 12h

My great grandad was a "knocker-up" in his later years apparently

Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 12h

PHOTO OF THE DAY. An East London “knocker-up” whose job was to wake up workers in the morning (1929). 📷 J.Gaiger

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12h

There has to be a better way to handle the issue of de minimis fraud than abolishing something which provides huge benefits to consumers and small businesses.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 12h

De minimis: "UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems: Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance" www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 1d

📷 View of the City of #Aleppo from the Castle, Syria, 1898

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John Peters @johnthejack.bsky.social · 12h

Researchers fitted bats with tiny backpacks containing microphones & motion sensors. Results, in Science, reveal how noctules pursue their prey in steep, breakneck-speed dives towards the ground, much like fighter aircraft in dogfights
(£) www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
By @rhysblakely.bsky.social

The mini backpacks that prove bats hunt birds like fighter jets

Scientists analysed Europe’s biggest bats to find how they target their prey, capturing distress calls and even the sound of chewing

www.thetimes.com

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jeff hunt#FBPE 🇪🇺 @jeff14.bsky.social · 12h

A “climate of fear” is still shrouding college campuses across the US, academics have warned, after a string of professors were fired or punished for their comments after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Mar 16

There's no other way to say this:
Bees and wasps make butt-shaped holes in their homes.

That's how they shape combs & nests & hives: their own butts (ok, 'abdomens').

But here's the real question to bake your noodle:
How does a bee's butt make a *hexagonal* honeycomb?

A paper wasp of some sort, in close-up, showing a nest newly formed, with hexagonal holes in it.

Three Honeybees on a honeycomb rich with honey.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 23h

The Appalachian Mountains, Atlas Mountains, Scottish Highlands and Scandinavian Mountains Were All Once Part Of The Same “Central Pangean Mountain Range”

More about it: brilliantmaps.com/central-p...

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Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 1d

I can't believe I have to address this but here is a map of circumcision rates by state (left) and a map of diagnosed autism rates by state (right). The western US has the fewest circs and moderate frequency of autism. West Virginia has the most circumcisions and one of the lowest rates of autism.

A US map showing circumcision rate by state in general the lowest rates are in florida and western states and the highest rates are in the midwest and west virginia. Green represents low rates and red represents higher rates.

A map of the US showing autism rates by state. West virginia which has the most circumcisions is relatively low. White represents low rates and blue represents higher rates.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22h

My first public political commentary was a letter I wrote as a high school kid to the Ann Arbor News excoriating efforts by Reagan and a GOP congress to criminalize flag-burning.

Amazing that 35 years after after Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, we're still dealing with this bullshit.

Trump Baselessly Claims He ‘Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ From Flag Burners

www.nytimes.com

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