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Science in Churches and Communities. Also fun with spiders, MRI and giant converting robots.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
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this is a small thing but it would be nice to feel good about paying taxes. i would like to write a check to the government and think about kids going to school and freshly paved roads not all the death squads my income helps fund.
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Lydia Polgreen
about 9 hours ago
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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Kyle Griffin
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Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans says his team arrived on the scene of the shooting to conduct an independent investigation and "were blocked by federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security."
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Barbara J. King
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His name was Alex Pretti. He was an ICU nurse. "In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within 5 seconds, according to the video. Footage shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him."
#AlexPretti
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What We Know About a Second Fatal Shooting by Federal Agents in Minneapolis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/politics/second-ice-shooting-minneapolis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G1A.nkYZ.kAqgNt79UOp8&smid=url-share
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Let's assume for the moment that ICE is telling the truth, that the guy they killed did have a gun and did intend to use it on them. He clearly doesn't have the weapon at this point then when they, as a mob, beat the shit out of him and him into the ground.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Video shows fatal shooting in Minneapolis
A 37-year-old Minneapolis man, who is believed to be a US citizen, has been killed by a federal agent.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cp372pqq2rlo
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Jon Cooper
1 day ago
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned. Soon after the agent opened the civil rights investigation, she was ordered to reclassify it as a probe into an assault on the officer.
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FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with...
https://www.aol.com/articles/fbi-agent-initially-investigated-fatal-003658713.html
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dag
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What ICE is discovering is that sheer terror is not enough, and any policing of a large population needs the consent or at least the forbearance/cooperation of the community. Even the Gestapo and Stasi knew this. Turning the local population actively against you is Keystone capers.
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Otto English
1 day ago
Farage has been touring Davos all week pledging to āfight the globalistsā - all funded by a $10 billion trust run on behalf of an Iranian billionaire.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farageās trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviser
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/23/nigel-farages-trip-to-davos-hosted-and-paid-for-by-family-trust-of-billionaire?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Simon Marks
1 day ago
Just one more thing on the Board of Peace. The excellent Steve Holland of Reuters made multiple attempts on Air Force One last night to ask Trump what the $1 billion each BOP signatory is contributing will be spent on. At every turn, Trump evaded and obfuscated.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day šŖ
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š Earthset from Orion Image Credit:
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Gavin Spence
1 day ago
I don't like this - and hey, I'm not a game developer. No no it's very kind of you to say otherwise but you're WRONG. HOWEVER I can absolutely, with 100% certainty guarantee that those 'hundreds of thousands' of ideas will NOT be unique but chewed up and regurgitated, derivative horseapples.
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Dr Jo Kershaw
2 days ago
I said earlier Iād share my photos from the summer. (They donāt ādisparage the USā. They donāt even disparage Washington, though goodness knows, on this point he deserves it. They tell the truth and let you draw your own conclusions). They arenāt great - wish Iād taken more.
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Mike Peatman
2 days ago
This is appalling - covering up history. American visitors are welcome to visit the Wilberforce museum in Hull. Admission is free
www.hullmuseums.co.uk/wilberforce-...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day šŖ
2 days ago
š Planetary Nebula Abell 7 Image Credit & Copyright:
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ECLAS Project
2 days ago
ECLAS project manager Revd Dr Lucas Mix is giving a talk for Christians in Science on 3 Feb. Lucas will speak about how we can bring science and faith together in mission and ministry. Register for free here!
www.tickettailor.com/events/chris...
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Free to attend ā CiS Conversations - Learning from Science and Religion with Revd Dr Lucas Mix ā Zoom
CiS Conversations - Learning from Science and Religion with Revd Dr Lucas Mix ā Zoom, Tue 3 Feb 2026 - When science and religion operate best, they reveal key truths about the world we inhabit and hel...
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/christiansinscience/1908143
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2 days ago
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1775
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Nick from Toy-Fu
2 days ago
1) Stop using Twitter 2) For such a simple question this is remarkably damning
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2 days ago
If they had a mandate and felt the truth was on their side, they wouldnāt be doing propaganda like this
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Alex Andreou
3 days ago
Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids? The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.
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Claes de Vreese
3 days ago
And now something positive: solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time. āļø šØ
#TippingPoint
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Matthew Cobb
2 days ago
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the USās call: - 453 Britons - 158 Canadians - 89 French - 59 Germans - 53 Italians - 44 Danes - 17 Spaniards āStayed a little back, off the front lines ā! No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
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MeidasTouch
3 days ago
It appears that the White House edited this image using AI
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)
3 days ago
Important to know that Armstrong is a reverend and that she and the protesters felt compelled by faith as well their commitment to civil rights. This is the state choosing which Christians they will support and which part of the 1A they will defend. Christian nationalism in action.
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Nick from Toy-Fu
3 days ago
He made it to Davos for his photo op as well. I don't know if he spoke to anyone beyond his client media buddies.
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Oliver
4 days ago
'On Sunday, Nigel Farage was ātoo unwellā to face Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC. By Monday, heād made a full recovery. Just in time to host lunch. š½ļø Not with voters. Not with nurses. But with the UK branch of the Heartland Institute (a US climate denial think tank)' via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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roterote
3 days ago
They not only took him, but sent five year old Liam Ramos to a Texas ICE camp.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day šŖ
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š LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion Image Credit & Copyright:
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Matt Novak
3 days ago
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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Alom Shaha
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I guess in WW2, when there wasnāt this social media, internet etc so many ordinary people could genuinely be ignorant of what was happening and so didnāt do anything to fight it. No such excuses now.
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Movie you've watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Wars or Trek no Lord of the Rings no Marvel and no Disney animated or Pixar.
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Schooley
3 days ago
Are we really shocked at this point?
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Republicans Cut Into Greenland Cake in Shocking Kennedy Center Party
The Republican members of Congress appeared at the event alongside a pro-Russian right-wing nationalist.
https://newrepublic.com/post/205498/republicans-greenland-cake-us-flag
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Ron Filipkowski
4 days ago
Another proud day for America.
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ECLAS Project
4 days ago
How might mission and environmental care strengthen one another in your local context? Upcoming workshop from our friends at St Augustine's College of Theology:
staugustinescollege.ac.uk/events/creat...
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Creation, Mission and Outreach Workshop - St Augustine's College of Theology
Join us for this practical and inspiring workshop led by Revd Dr Cate Williams, an expert in mission and the environment. Together weāll explore how to integrate creation care into the life and outrea...
https://staugustinescollege.ac.uk/events/creation-mission-and-outreach/
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James Murray
4 days ago
The climate denial was always the first tell. The deep unseriousness really should have been recognised and challenged much earlier.
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"Desecrating a house of God", eh? About time that they are reminded that each and every individual they stop, harass, abuse, beat or shoot is someone created in the very Image and Likeness of God. 'House of God' be damned.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fox agrees to help run hen house.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israeli PM Netanyahu agrees to join Trump's Board of Peace
Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to a new international organisation that many fear may be designed to supplant the UN.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8jek4vv8ko
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British Science Association
5 days ago
The Public Attitudes to Science Survey results have been published by
@ukri.org
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@ipsosintheuk.bsky.social
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www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/public-...
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Public Attitudes to Science Survey shows the public values science, but highlights concerns over AI, quality of information, and representation
Ipsos, the British Science Association, and UK Research and Innovation have published the results of the 2025 Public Attitudes to Science Survey - the first since the Covid-19 pandemic, and the first ...
https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/public-attitudes-to-science-survey-2025
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Matthew Gertz
4 days ago
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
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Laura G Mitchell
4 days ago
This is Minneapolis: Iām at a major healthcare clinic (just here for a friend) and overheard the front desk staff mention theyāve had 97 missed appointments today. People arenāt getting medical care bc theyāre afraid to leave home.
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Nick from Toy-Fu
4 days ago
I won't pretend to be surprised (where else would they be?) but it's important to have this in writing, so it's harder for people with actual authority to ignore it when confronted.
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Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "Each one can be used to give us greater confidence that a given proposition is true." [Thinking Fair, Lucas Mix]
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Gavin Spence
4 days ago
I'd rather be a keyboard warrior that a keyboard 'artist'. Typing in 'Some Scottish horseshit' and calling it a day. A reminder that for many projects, the quickest route to ticking the 'completed' box on your management software is having an incredibly low bar/respect for quality and craft.
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Election Maps UK
5 days ago
There's hung parliaments and then there's whatever this would be...
electionmaps.uk/nowcast/custom
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Please don't. I'm all for better balance of social media (and other online tech) for both kids and adults, but a blanket ban is a non-solution looking for a headline rather than to solve a problem.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Peers urged to vote social media ban for under-16s
Lord Nash proposes raising the age limit in a change to a draft law making its way through Parliament.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0pnekxpn8o
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Chris Murphy
4 days ago
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers. I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
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Aaron Rupar
4 days ago
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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