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Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008 First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...

Gavin Newsom at #COP30, "I'm stunned, What the hell is going on in my country?

#GVerse 😱👀

"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."

“His wife has shared the wonderful news that Sam woke up briefly yesterday, and she was able to speak with him for a short time. This is a truly positive step forward, though there is still a long journey ahead in his recovery.” Excellent news. ~AA www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Reform says Kent CC is their "shop window", where the country can see what a Farage gov't would be like. Well... chaos, suspensions, defections, paralysis, zero "DOGE" savings, tax rises, and a leader making mad-dictator speeches, sounds about right. ~AA www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I get this reference Charlie Brown

Everything old is new again, the open market square replaced by e-commerce quackery

Exactly this

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Trevor Philips, "Prime Minister Keir Starmer is coming back from #COP30 having refused to put money into the tropical forest fund on the grounds that we can't afford it. He's right, isn't he?" Zack Polanski, "No, it's outrageous. When it comes to climate, we have to look at the cost of inaction"

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, warning and no evidence base

Many on the left are deeply alarmed about the UK following a more draconian Danish path - with MPs like Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis describing their ideas as "hardcore", "dangerous", "far right" and in some cases "racist" news.sky.com/story/denmar...

Today on Remembrance Sunday, we honour the courage and sacrifice of those who have served in our Armed Forces. Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹 #LestWeForget

Tesla investing in xAI is in limbo due to many abstentions to the vote. xAI's survival is more crucial to Musk than his $1TR bonus award. I removed the paywall from a 9/26 report on this given today's tepid response. Musk may need to sell some TSLA to fund xAI. open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...

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Rosalind Franklin, 1920-1958 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalin...

Hopefully you've seen the @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social article revealing that Meta makes 10% of their revenue from scams and fraud. Their bullshit PR response adds insult to injury. I chew it into tiny pieces point by point in this week's Platformocracy. 1/3 #meta #trustandsafety #adtech #fraud

Life was better with EU Attitudes poll also suggests people increasingly believe UK is divided, that ‘culture wars’ exist and life was better in past

I see James Watson has died. What did Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin's lab notes. Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.

Shareholders of an epically overvalued company that’s epically taxpayer-subsidized overpay an epically overrated & unengaged CEO who epically underpays taxes while the U.S. faces an epic economic disparity, affordability & hunger crisis fuelled by that CEO’s epically evil actions. “USA, USA, USA…”

As it turns out, people did not understand what mass deportations would look like.

I don't know who this guy is, but I certainly hope he is okay. That was hard to watch. I also want to agree with those who noted how bizarre it is that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seeing a tragedy unfold before him, hauled ass out of the room like George Costanza during a fire. What a nauseating man.

I hope other countries see the USA as a cautionary tale. The USA has had at least 45 years of the oligarchy consolidating for power. They have stolen most of our money and destroyed the middle class. Their take-over was made easier by buying up the mainstream Media as a brainwashing tool.

Dr. Seus (1941)

Whelp, it’s Wednesday! It might be a soggy one here in the UK, but here is Peanut hopping in to brighten your day. Today is a good day to cosy up, and hide away from the weather. And here is your reminder to take a break, move around, stretch, hydrate and maybe grab a little snack.

Missed the part where he smashed the first bulb and added a tariff on all replacements... but accurate

So Musk is no longer rehashing Heinlein and Asimov, and moved straight to a fever dream version of Ex Machina?

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Reform UK's Muhammad Yusuf when asking about Nathan Gill who was bribed by Russia to speak anti-EU things

Morning Kittens

Good morning. I don't know who did this, but I love you.

⚡️ Pentagon greenlit Tomahawks for Ukraine, Trump made final decision, CNN reports. According to CNN, the missiles are still on the table and the White House has plans in place to send them quickly should Trump give the order. kyivindependent.com/https-kyivin...

Mr, Prince, whatever. Thinking about this brave woman.

This is the Royal equivalent of the amputation of a gangrenous limb to stop the rest of The Firm getting infected. An act of self-preservation. If it was integrity, then they'd have booted Andrew out years ago. They didn't. www.ft.com/content/a7d6...

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No more moderates. Thanks. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Well played. 👏👏👏👏😂

Horrified how cowed even the most powerful are currently

Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.' We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them. Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse. Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Surreal conversation this morning on housing #GMB ➡️£4 billion UC on council houses ➡️ £10 billion UC to private landlords ➡️ And £3-4 billion in profit to private landlords every year Labour's failure to set up a gov backed social housing initiative and relying on private builders is a scandal

They should be pursued to the ends of the earth on criminal charges and for asset recovery

Reading Virginia Giuffre’s book. An interview she gave to ABC never went out because the monarchy put the network under pressure and they feared losing access to ‘William and Kate’. These entitled leeches are all just trying to save their own skin right now. Don’t trust any of them. 🤮

Locke, Second Treatise of Government:

Carlisle: West Walls by Twilight, painting by Graham Twyford. #NorthernArt