A photographer taking pictures of Canada geese sitting on ice floes on the Hudson River. In the background is the George Washington bridge.
#Photography #winter #HudsonRiver #GeorgeWashingtonBridge #FortWashingtonPark #CanadaGeese #Manhattan #NYC
#Photography #winter #HudsonRiver #GeorgeWashingtonBridge #FortWashingtonPark #CanadaGeese #Manhattan #NYC
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 AM
A photographer taking pictures of Canada geese sitting on ice floes on the Hudson River. In the background is the George Washington bridge.
#Photography #winter #HudsonRiver #GeorgeWashingtonBridge #FortWashingtonPark #CanadaGeese #Manhattan #NYC
#Photography #winter #HudsonRiver #GeorgeWashingtonBridge #FortWashingtonPark #CanadaGeese #Manhattan #NYC
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Sent to me by one of my well-meaning flat Earther friends. 🌎🔭🦛
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Sent to me by one of my well-meaning flat Earther friends. 🌎🔭🦛
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Leiden University: Halley’s Comet Wrongly Named: 11th-Century English Monk Predates British Astronomer www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...
Halley’s Comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer
The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet that now bears his name. This is shown by research conducted by, among others,...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Leiden University: Halley’s Comet Wrongly Named: 11th-Century English Monk Predates British Astronomer www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...
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Please enjoy this animation of weekday subway service in NYC
(by u/superandywaffle)
(by u/superandywaffle)
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Please enjoy this animation of weekday subway service in NYC
(by u/superandywaffle)
(by u/superandywaffle)
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US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
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Today’s top NYT story highlights how U.S. universities are slipping as Chinese universities surge in global rankings.
This is expected and intentional. open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p...
This is expected and intentional. open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p...
The End of American Dominance
This Is How We Will Lose.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Today’s top NYT story highlights how U.S. universities are slipping as Chinese universities surge in global rankings.
This is expected and intentional. open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p...
This is expected and intentional. open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p...
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But please, NYPD... tell me more about the scourge of bicycles.
Unlicensed drivers killed nearly 300 pedestrians, cyclists and motorists on city streets between 2021-2024 — and their percentage share of the carnage soared in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, new city data analyzed by Streetsblog shows.
Unlicensed Drivers Comprise One-Quarter Of Street Fatalities: Data - Streetsblog New York City
Unlicensed drivers are now responsible for one-quarter of road fatalities — and are linked to fatal crashes much more often now than pre-pandemic, a new Streetsblog analysis shows.
buff.ly
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
But please, NYPD... tell me more about the scourge of bicycles.
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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Today is the 81st anniversary of the death of Anne Frank's mother, Edith Holländer Frank, at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Today is the 81st anniversary of the death of Anne Frank's mother, Edith Holländer Frank, at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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The new Lily Allen album: decoded.
Private Eye tried to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery in popular music.... Who is Lily Allen making references to?
Private Eye tried to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery in popular music.... Who is Lily Allen making references to?
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The new Lily Allen album: decoded.
Private Eye tried to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery in popular music.... Who is Lily Allen making references to?
Private Eye tried to get to the bottom of the biggest mystery in popular music.... Who is Lily Allen making references to?
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12 December 1938 | French Jewish boy, Abel Bac, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
12 December 1938 | French Jewish boy, Abel Bac, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
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“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“ACIP has recommended a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine since 1991, after realizing a risk-based strategy wasn’t working. Annual hepatitis B infections among infants and children have dropped 99% from 16,000 to less than 20.”
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""Because working people have been shunted into defined contribution, self-funded retirement schemes, their futures are wedded to stock market returns in a way that people in similarly wealthy democracies find unimaginable."
"Tying a dignified retirement to perpetual 7–10% S&P 500 returns, rather than it being a public good guaranteed to all people, is great for Wall Street and death to working class solidarity."
Affordability: This Math Ain't Mathing
Life in the United States for the lower 75% of income earners has become unaffordable. For people in the bottom 25% it's a full blown crisis. This has been...
buttondown.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
""Because working people have been shunted into defined contribution, self-funded retirement schemes, their futures are wedded to stock market returns in a way that people in similarly wealthy democracies find unimaginable."
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✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
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Doubtless the children stuck going to school next to a gigantic stinking rat-infested dump will be reassured to know that "Unfortunately, the legal and financial landscape for clearing illegal waste sites is complex."
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England
Millions of pounds in landfill tax owed to the government has to be paid by the Environment Agency (EA) if it clears any of the thousands of illegal waste dumps across the country.
Of the £15m that taxpayers are paying for the clearance of the only site the agency has committed to clearing up – a vast illegal dump at Hoad’s Wood in Kent – £4m is landfill tax. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Doubtless the children stuck going to school next to a gigantic stinking rat-infested dump will be reassured to know that "Unfortunately, the legal and financial landscape for clearing illegal waste sites is complex."
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Also do read this brilliant and depressing analysis of the garbage mountains and our failed state bsky.app/profile/mjro...
Also a last plug for my Substack post and the short film I made visiting the site martinrobbins.substack.com/p/rubbish-mo...
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Also do read this brilliant and depressing analysis of the garbage mountains and our failed state bsky.app/profile/mjro...
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6 December 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Betje Polak, was born in Rotterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
6 December 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Betje Polak, was born in Rotterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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I am once more asking what is the point of local government if they cannot even manage to protect a play park that has massive public support from three nimbys. What kind of democracy is this?
capx.co/nimby-watch-...
capx.co/nimby-watch-...
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If Nimbys are able to get playgrounds demolished, then there's no stopping them
capx.co
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I am once more asking what is the point of local government if they cannot even manage to protect a play park that has massive public support from three nimbys. What kind of democracy is this?
capx.co/nimby-watch-...
capx.co/nimby-watch-...
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New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social
On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social
On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
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@alomshaha.bsky.social is an excellent cook, and he's offering some of his favorite recipes here. You should download if you eat food.
Have also made a pumpkin curry and a dal so far. Will make something with chickpeas too. Eating less meat will save you lots of money and is one of the easiest things you can personally do to combat climate change. My favourite veggie / vegan recipes here
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@alomshaha.bsky.social is an excellent cook, and he's offering some of his favorite recipes here. You should download if you eat food.