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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
Remember all of those times that Mitch McConnell died?
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Remember all of those times that Mitch McConnell died?
Gold tops £3,400 per ounce for the first time.
January 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Gold tops £3,400 per ounce for the first time.
Do North Korea next, please
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Do North Korea next, please
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
This video is 16 years old and as relevant and eye-opening as ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2P...
7 Skills students need for their future
YouTube video by Asia Society
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This video is 16 years old and as relevant and eye-opening as ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2P...
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🧵1/12: Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed, but it is suffering immensely. It still runs, but only because the central bank keeps it alive with constant REPO liquidity. What was once emergency support is now the daily operating system.
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🧵1/12: Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed, but it is suffering immensely. It still runs, but only because the central bank keeps it alive with constant REPO liquidity. What was once emergency support is now the daily operating system.
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
📷: @evgen-istrebin.bsky.social
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Previously, I posted that Na-ion batteries were likely to reach Li-ion battery energy density faster due to the prior advances and experience from Lithium work. Well, that’s appears to be the case. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.uh.edu/news-events/...
Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp
Researchers have developed a new material for sodium-ion batteries, sodium vanadium phosphate, that delivers higher voltage and greater energy capacity than previous sodium-based materials. This break...
www.uh.edu
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Previously, I posted that Na-ion batteries were likely to reach Li-ion battery energy density faster due to the prior advances and experience from Lithium work. Well, that’s appears to be the case. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.uh.edu/news-events/...
Losing faith over here
December 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Losing faith over here
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Funny thought exercise 😂
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Funny thought exercise 😂
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
It's simply amazing that anyone is still foolish enough to provide any service to this guy without payment in full in advance.
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Trump stiffs East Wing demolition crew
ACECO Demolition, the company that took a wrecking ball to the White House East Wing, to make space for the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom, found that Trump still doesn't pay his contractors.
boingboing.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's simply amazing that anyone is still foolish enough to provide any service to this guy without payment in full in advance.
boingboing.net/2025/11/10/t...
boingboing.net/2025/11/10/t...
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At what point do we start ignoring bomb threats
Across New Jersey, bomb threats at multiple polling locations have prompted closures and relocations today
Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.
newjersey.news12.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
At what point do we start ignoring bomb threats
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“China is the biggest laboratory of organized modernizations there has ever been or ever will be at this level of organization. It is a place where the industrial histories of the West now read like prefaces to something larger.” www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-gr...
The Great Reckoning - The Ideas Letter
The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…
www.theideasletter.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“China is the biggest laboratory of organized modernizations there has ever been or ever will be at this level of organization. It is a place where the industrial histories of the West now read like prefaces to something larger.” www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-gr...
This was my first thought, too.
What are the odds that the builders are tied to foreign governments and in 10 years it’s discovered that the entire building is bugged and will have to be torn down?
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This was my first thought, too.
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There used to be entire architectural associations whose whole purpose was to lose their minds when someone tried to change the way the White House looked. Taller fence? Gasp! Close the street in front? Quelle horreur! Where'd they vanish to?
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There used to be entire architectural associations whose whole purpose was to lose their minds when someone tried to change the way the White House looked. Taller fence? Gasp! Close the street in front? Quelle horreur! Where'd they vanish to?
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Smurfs real. I can’t talk more right now but smurfs are real
October 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Smurfs real. I can’t talk more right now but smurfs are real
It feels like there should be a name for the people who are against the people who are against fascism.
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It feels like there should be a name for the people who are against the people who are against fascism.
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This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.
CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.
This is excellent.
Yes indeed! What do you do when you're covering a lying, bloviating politician who revels in attention, good or bad? Ignoring him or covering him neutrally or even covering him critically doesn't work. You've got to try something different! Clip and save this chart:
October 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is excellent.