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Gerry McGovern

Electric bikes are displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars.
theconversation.com/the-worlds

“I use my e-bike on journeys in my area, including towns 10 and 15 miles away. I am a middle-aged chubster with two very dodgy knees. Some days, I can cycle more easily than I can walk. I live in a very hilly, very windy part of rural Scotland. The e-bike is transformative and brings me great joy.”
Ruth Watson, @kuantancurls

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Koushik Sreenivasa

After exploring the site and figuring out stuff, I thought I'd #introduce myself.

I'm a #PhD student at #TUDelft, working on single-molecule #biophysics. More specifically, I use smFRET to understand properties of #DNA and DNA-binding proteins.

Outside of working in dark microscopy rooms, I'm into #photography, #travel, #cooking, and #sports

I'm also loving the increased character count in #mastodon!

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Ally Miller

Viktor Orbán has undermined Europe for long enough. It’s time to call his bluff theguardian.com/commentisfree/ #Hungary I don’t agree with all of this. However #Article7 or leaving the EU is the logical result of Orban’s words and actions

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Sheril Kirshenbaum

ANYTHING can be.

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Humza Yousaf

Scotland will become the first UK nation to incorporate the @un Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law.

Despite limits imposed by the UK Govt's legal challenge, the Bill passed today @scotparl will ensure children's rights are respected, protected and promoted.

bird.makeup/@scotgovfairer/173

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Vale Somerset Capital Management, the hedge fund co-founded by foppish dilettante Jacob Really-Smugg.

You learned to your cost that having a board stuffed with gout-ridden Werther-suckers from the shires simply doesn't cut it among the thrusting young things of the financial world.

thelondoneconomic.com/business

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Andy_S_64🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brexit has had a 'chilling' impact on business investment in Britain

All the more puzzling why Labour are so rabidly supportive of it…

If you want to rejoin the EU vote Green in ‘24 thelondoneconomic.com/business

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"BBC presenter apologises after giving middle finger at start of live broadcast"

More of this sort of thing,... and more funding for the BBC!

theguardian.com/media/2023/dec

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the trouble with mia :baner:

Excellent stuff from Humza Yusaf at FMQs on the new bill:
"It’s a real dark day for the UK – a country that once welcomed immigrants, including my grandfather to the country, in fact, begged him to come and others to come to work in their factories, to drive buses, due to the labour shortages that were seen at that time."
Continues below 🔽
#UKPolitics #Immigration

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Dr Ian McCormick

#Shakespeare - Trigger Warnings
#drama #TeamEnglish

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Andrew Stroehlein

Language, culture, history, religion… There are so many things that can divide humanity. But one thing can bring us together…

#UDHR75 in my Daily Brief:

🗞️ English: hrw.org/the-day-in-human-right

📰 Français: hrw.org/fr/news/2023/12/07/que

🔊 Listen: hrw.org/video-photos/audio/202

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Farrukh

Wow wow wow!

🔹Hugo Keith asks why he ignored the scientists who called for a circuit breaker and went with a tiered system instead; Johnson waffles

🔹Hugo Keith then asks why he ignored SAGE scientists and invited Gupta, and others from the ‘let it rip’ brigade; Johnson says they actually advocated for measures

🔹Hugo Keith, surprised, tries to clarify which measures they advocated for, and Johnson backtracks saying they didn't actually advocate for measures

This is a long 18 mins segment but when you hear it in its entirety, it's truly shocking - and all the times Johnson smirks towards the end when HK asks him to clarify his statement. Disgraceful.

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Bellingcat

Nepal recently detained 10 people over allegations that they sent young people to enlist in the Russian army. reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

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aaron schaffer

Tomorrow I’m walking off the job with hundreds of my Washington Post colleagues because the company is breaking the law and bargaining in bad faith. Respect our picket line during our 24-hour strike by avoiding Washington Post journalism on Dec. 7, and send a letter to our bosses here: bit.ly/postguildsupport

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RIP Benjamin Zephaniah, poet.

May his memory be a blessing.

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Project Gutenberg

Gerard Peter Kuiper Dutch astronomer was born #OTD in 1905.

Kuiper discovered two natural satellites of planets in the Solar System, namely Uranus's satellite Miranda and Neptune's satellite Nereid. In addition, he discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars, and the existence of a methane-laced atmosphere above Saturn's satellite Titan in 1944. Kuiper also pioneered airborne infrared observing using a Convair 990 aircraft in the 1960s. via @wikipedia

#science #astronomy

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Zecharias Zelalem

Reuters release the results of their own investigation into the killing of their journalist Issam Abdallah, confirming that the videographer was intentionally killed when an Israeli tank fired multiple shells at him, injuring six other journalists.

Nothing we didn't know already, but it's important to document for the archives and leave no room for conspiracy theorists to breathe life into lies. We saw them attempt that in the aftermath of Shireen Abu Akleh's murder.

reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-LE

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"JOURNALISTS KILLED AND INJURED IN LEBANON - WHY THE AFP INVESTIGATION POINTS TO THE ISRAELI ARMY"

graphics.afpforum.com/investig

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"More than 1,000 climate scientists urge public to become activists"

A reasonable request, given the existential nature of the climate crisis.

theguardian.com/environment/20

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"Warum Schnee die Klimaerwärmung nicht widerlegt"

With global warming, we can expect more snow in Europe.

tagesschau.de/faktenfinder/sch

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