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Andrew Steele

Elephants can weigh 100× what a human does, meaning roughly 100× the cells, and they live almost as long…so why don’t they get 100× the cancer?

This is called ‘Peto’s paradox’ after the scientist who first raised the question—and we still don’t entirely know the answer.

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Trent Telenko

This thread by @sambendett demonstrates how technologically obsolescent American ground forces are in the eyes of Ukrainian soldiers.

The inability of the US chain of command to take the DJI Mavic drone seriously as a tool of war is at the heart of the issue.

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bird.makeup/@sambendett/167946

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Well thanks very much Kemi Badenoch and Katherine Birbalsingh for causing stress and headaches for teachers, parents, students, oftsted inspectors and generally *everyone* who has had to listen to this made-up culture war bullshit. When are the press going to stop amplifying these fraudsters?

theguardian.com/education/2023

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ADHDean

A researcher started claiming that listening to a certain Phil Collins song led to enhanced libido in both men and women, but it was debunked as Sussudioscience

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JA Westenberg

The "algorithm" era diluted journalism's essence. The AI era will decimate publishers who sacrifice their masthead reputation in exchange for cheap content.

Now, it's the indie publishers' turn to rise. There's an audience yearning for thought-provoking, original content. #IndiePublishing #FreelanceJournalism

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Can't say this review gives me much hope for the unasked-for reboot of . One of the key points of the original show was that individual people's lives and choices mattered in the grand tapestry of .
Was a really big deal when we were taking our A-levels, a whole bunch of us absolutely hooked on the last two episodes.
theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

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Ghastly Rune

Got into a phase of drawing my characters in photos I found. This one is one of my favorites, where I tried drawing my #oc, Haru, in to try and make him look like he fit in a bit.

#art #illustration #characterart #drawing #photo #artist

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.displayATACMSForUkraine()🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱

Ben Wallace does not need thanks.
He understands what is at stake. He is being disingenuously misquoted by the media to spread division and reduce support to Ukraine.

DO NOT fall for it, here is the full quote from Ben Wallace below.

legacy medias goal is to sow division

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Lup Yuen Lee 李立源

Dutch Government officially launches server

fediversereport.com/dutch-gove

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CyberMat75

@taylorlorenz well I for one am shocked - shocked I tell you - that a white supremacist misogynist would only employ men

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Kriszta Satori

'The Long, Destructive Shadow of #Obama ’s #Russia Doctrine'

foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/11/o
'For most of #Putin ’s years in power, the United States and the West responded inadequately to Russia’s increasingly aggressive acts, from a series of assassinations in Western countries to the occupation of other countries’ sovereign territories'

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James Enge

Antiquus sed Bonus jamesenge.com/2023/07/13/antiq

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Heidi Cuda

To read and listen to the new series American Monster, please join the Bette Dangerous community at a great rate and receive invites to all our events — expert forums and weekly wellness checkins, as well as access archives xo

open.substack.com/pub/heidicud

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Curmudgeon

Been curious about the age distribution of Mastodon users.
Internet polls are known to be the most reliable method for any such estimation.*

*Trust me, I went to grad school in statistics.

Please boost to increase precision of the point estimate and to reduce confidence intervals.

9484 people · Jul 13, 2023, 00:07
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Madi Kapparov

The obsession to fall for any russian saying all the right things a mental parasite. Once someone says that russia needs to be decentralized away from Moscow's grip granting agency or even independence to the regions I listening. Until then, no thanks. ?s=20

bird.makeup/@Gloombert/1678912

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Hannah Kolbeck 🏳️‍⚧️

The alt-text.org project is moving forward as folks from the community step up. We're still hoping to find someone with firsthand experience in browsing the web relying on alt text to join us.

A major impediment is funding, because we want to make sure they're paid. We're looking for funding, but it's early.

If you're interested in the project but only if paid, drop me a line, let's talk. I can be reached here or at hannah@alt-text.org

Boosts appreciated.

#AltText #Accessibility

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Kindness is as kindness does

What a fucking bleak and deathly phrase "cost of living" is when you really unpack it.

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Anton Gerashchenko

Russian propagandist Mardan suspects that Russian authorities are not telling their nation the whole truth about Prigozhin's rebellion - authorities used to call it "an armed mutiny", now it's a march. Russian central bank claims the events had no impact on the dollar exchange rate, when, in fact, they did.

Is it possible we are considered to be idiots by the government, Mardan wonders aloud.

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