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We wouldn't let it Lie.

When making student lectures publicly available we like to predict (technical term for guess) which will do well. We'd be Lieing if we said we had Jason Lotay's Lie Groups lectures among the most popular. But they are.

Lie Group G2: youtu.be/zROOqqJ8D5k
July 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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An interesting article about how Climate change is threatening the remains of hundreds of ancient forts dotted around Ireland's coasts by @colmanos.bsky.social ‪‬ www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Coastal erosion threatening Ireland's ancient forts
Climate change is threatening the remains of hundreds of ancient forts dotted around Ireland's coasts, which are vulnerable to coastal erosion.
www.rte.ie
July 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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This new #RSOS paper provides perspective on the emerging technology of autonomous, “self-driving” laboratories that combine artificial intelligence and laboratory automation to perform research in chemistry, materials science, and biological sciences: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #AI
July 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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It took me WAY too long to realize that this was about a pair of researchers at University of Houston (UH), and not that the headline was stalling to find a euphemism for what they REALLY are.

The Internet has ruined me.
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Guys
If you go please post pictures for me
Thank you 🙏
July 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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“Literacy comes in all forms. If you’re learning a life skill and you want to become literate in a profession or a hobby, you have to access the tool to learn the trade.”
— Cindy Hohl, ALA Immediate Past President

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/r...
Need a Tool for a Home Project? Get Yourself a Library Card.
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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News from Episode 221:

The famous 'Harbin Skull' appears to be the first known skull of our mysterious Denisovan cousins.
This is the first ever confirmed skull of a Denisovan
Finally, we can put a face on a Denisovan.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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News from Episode 221:

From Ice Age Poland: a boomerang carved from mammoth ivory.
Humans hurled massive mammoth tusk boomerangs 40,000 years ago
At almost 2.5 feet long, the ivory weapon wasn’t designed to return to the user.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Job opportunity at the National Museum of Ireland.

Check it out! 👇
We're Hiring:
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History
🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00
📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
#JobFairy #museumjobs
July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Here’s a #Dimetrodon skeleton on display at the @romtoronto.bsky.social 🇨🇦 for this #FossilFriday. This ancient forerunner of mammals was one of the top carnivores on land during the early #Permian, long before the dinosaurs.

#synapsid #paleontology #science

🧵 1/
July 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Meet the dhole. This Asian canid typically lives in groups of ~12 individuals—sometimes forming “super packs” of 30+ members with other groups. Teamwork enables them to hunt prey 10x their size. Dholes allow their pups to feed first on kills.
Photo: Subramanya C K, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
July 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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We like a game of cricket in Oxford Mathematics. We even used to have a Pure Maths v Applied Maths annual game.

Anyway, to the point. Cricket sees a bowler bouncing a ball at a batter. So you'd think the most famous cricket pitch in the world would be flat.

Sam Howison is at the crease.
July 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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NEWS: The full author lineup for the 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival is out now! Mark your calendars for September 6th. 👇

newsroom.loc.gov/news/more-th...
More Than 90 Authors to Join the 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival
Uniting book lovers for 25 years, the Library of Congress National Book Festival will return on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
newsroom.loc.gov
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The twunt is still mad I pointed out her hatred.....not surprising
July 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
She got mad after I posted the truth.
July 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This twunt thinks that the flood victims should have died...
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
June 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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"Inequality persists because it is deeply tied to systems of production and governance." – Tim Kohler

In this SAR Moments, we revisit archaeologist Tim Kohler's insights on social hierarchies with examples from Chaco Canyon and more.

👉 Learn more: sarweb.org/blog-insight...
January 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Paleolake geochronology supports Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) age for human tracks at White Sands, New Mexico | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paleolake geochronology supports Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) age for human tracks at White Sands, New Mexico
Additional data from an adjacent ancient lake support a 23,000-year-old age for human tracks in New Mexico.
www.science.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Curator Matt Seaver joins ‪@newstalkfm.bsky.social‬'s #TalkingHistory podcast to reveal the story behind “Words on the Wave” — a stunning new exhibition at @NMIreland.
Treasures returned to Ireland after more than 1,000 years.
🎧 Listen: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
June 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Took a quick trip to Chaco Canyon on my way to Gallup last week. The roads weren't as bad as they have been in the past. I entered from the east (Nageezi) and headed to Gallup via the dirt road to Seven Lakes. No other vehicles on that route.

#NewMexico #history #roadtrip #travel #daytrip
Chaco Canyon National Historical Park
YouTube video by New Mexico Nomad
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June 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Last summer, we added this bronze cast of a Hypsilophodon skeleton to our new gardens. It’s the most accurate Hypsilophodon reconstruction ever created! Cutting-edge research by our scientists allowed our team to work out what the skull looked like to a new level of detail. 😲
June 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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