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  1. London Remembers, , more info

    Crunchy - Grey Eagle Street
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  2. Brain Baking, , more info

    You Should Compile Your Own Philosophy
    2025 will become my personal year of philosophy. I turn forty this year, which, if all goes well, marks the first part of my life as over. Considering recent illnesses along my family and friends, I have little hope of ever reaching eighty, but let’s keep that as a grand goal for the sake of the argument. I’ve been reading more philosophy lately, including Joep Dohmen’s De kunst van het …
    By Wouter Groeneveld, 1,144 words
  3. POST | Aberdeen's People | Aberdeen's Community | Aberdeen's Culture, , more info

    Feel-Good Musical Hairspray Heads to HMT this month
    Aberdeen is about to get a blast of 60s fun as Hairspray hits His Majesty’s Theatre this January. Running from the 21st to the 25th, this much-loved musical promises big laughs, catchy tunes, and a story full of heart to liven up the winter season.The show stars Strictly Come Dancing champion Joanne Clifton as Velma von Tussle and Brenda Edwards (Loose Women, We Will Rock You), who not only takes …
    By POST, 314 words
  4. West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more), , more info

    "if people in the paths of these fires is one of, perhaps the major obstacle to the solution, then we need to have a serious debate about where we encourage (or even allow) new housing and development."
    5 dead as Eaton fire explodes to 10,600 acres — hundreds of structures destroyed or damaged Evacuations ordered for all of La Canada Flintridge as blaze burns. Before we get to the repost, here's a relevant excerpt from another post we did around the same time (emphasis added):The three areas that have long been in heavy rotation with the California YIMBYs are, in order, San Francisco, Santa Monica and Venice …
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  5. laststandonzombieisland, , more info

    A ‘full-fledged D-E sailor’
    Short Cruise on a Destroyer Escort, By Ernie Pyle: “So now I’m a D-E sailor. Full-fledged one. Drenched from head to foot with salt water. Sleep with a leg crooked around your rack so you won’t fall out. Put wet bread under your dinner tray to keep it from sliding. They are rough-and-tumble little ships. Their afterdecks are laden with depth charges. They can turn in half the space of …
    By laststandonzombieisland, 218 words
  6. Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್, , more info

    Weekly Notes 02/2025
    Echo is finally doing well, though winter is not great for him. He is active, eating and sleeping well. Though his urinary problems continue, they do not threaten his day-to-day activities. Temperatures have been quite low in Bengaluru this week, and Echo feels cold. I started using a standing table during COVID-19, and it's still a habit. I plan to mix it up a bit this year, alternating between standing …
    By Thejesh GN, 563 words
  7. Flintlock and tomahawk, , more info

    Siege of Dunlap's Station 1791
    Today's anniversary. Wiki
    By Ralphus, 8 words
  8. Quanta Magazine | Science and Math News, , more info

    The Physicist Decoding the Nonbinary Nature of the Subatomic World
    Many discoveries in physics flow from theory to experiment. Albert Einstein theorized that mass bends the fabric of space-time, and then Arthur Eddington observed the effects of this bending during a solar eclipse. Likewise, Peter Higgs first proposed the existence of the Higgs boson; nearly 50 years later, the particle was discovered at the Large Hadron Collider. Hadronization is different. It’… Source
    By Henry Carnell, 72 words
  9. Streets.mn, , more info

    Highway Removal Skeptics: Your Questions, Answered
    Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Minnesota Reformer on January 9, 2025, and is reprinted with permission. We encourage Streets.mn readers to attend MnDOT’s Rethinking I-94 Policy Advisory Committee meeting on Friday, January 17, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn more and register here. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced late last year they were rejecting a proposal to turn I-94 into a boulevard between Minneapolis …
    By Joe Harrington, 1,745 words
  10. Robot Gizmos, , more info

    SA01 Humanoid Robot from EngineAI
    EngineAI has had quite a showing at CES 2025. It showcased the SE01, SA01, and PM01 humanoid robots at the event. We have already covered how impressive the SE01 and PM01 robot are. The SA01 is a robot designed for research and education. It is based on an open source platform. It can perform runs and jumps. This robot can maintain its balance when punched or kicked. It has a …
    By robot man, 102 words
  11. Defiant Sloth, , more info

    2025-01-10 13:39
    Derek Thompson’s interrogation into adult loneliness corresponds with a wavelength that connects to what’s going on politically, with capitalism/branding, and probably the future of the human race. It’s an astounding change in our species.
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  12. things from the room in the back, , more info

    tracking mining with multispectral satellite imagery
    This is a writeup of research into using satellite imagery to track mining operations, funded as part of Bellingcat’s 2024 Technical Writing Fellowship, and is a more in-depth version of a short guide published on their online platform. The accompanying Multispectral Satellite Imagery Explorer tool is available here. This guide is intended as an overview of my research, and a starting point for these techniques. a false colour satellite image …
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  13. Ace Linguist, , more info

    Party Games for Linguists
    I recently encountered the following party game: Mumbo Jumbo, based on trying to pronounce a word while wearing a mouth-stretcher. Basically, you wear a mouth-stretcher, and then you are asked to read out a phrase. Your teammate has to figure out the phrase you're trying to say. The mouth-stretcher means that you cannot make labials. Of course, the words are selected to take advantage of this limitation as much as …
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  14. THE BEACHBURG SUB, , more info

    First impressions of 2025 at Fallowfield Station
    I needed to do something. My family's new house had sprung a leak, as in the outside air (-28C with the wind at one point) was gushing into a room in our house, making things very unpleasant. I have been wrestling with many renovations to our new house, which has been neglected for years and is in need of some TLC.But on Wednesday night, I had had my share of …
    By Michael, 725 words
  15. Frock Flicks, , more info

    Frock Flicks Free-for-All January
    You asked for it, so here’s an occasional open thread to bitch about anything tangentially
    By The Frock Flicks Team, 19 words