@TheNumNum

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Astrophotographer, geek, hopefully decent well balanced individual. Been online since 1992 so considered a bit old / wise.
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Oh #manutd what an absolute chaos mess it is. Hilarious run from Dr ManU, the prescription of points.
Dr ManU to the rescue. If your team needs points, schedule a game with chaos merchants. 🤩🤣🤪 #manutd
Only 57 companies produced 80 percent of global carbon dioxide https://flip.it/HS1GTI #climatechange
Only 57 companies produced 80 percent of global carbon dioxide

A new report found that just 57 companies produced 80 percent of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide between 2016 and 2022.

Engadget
Artists perhaps should explore ways to have an official stream of a concert that ticket holders can save. That may help reduce the number of “phones up” - a modern phenomenon https://youtu.be/Su7c8kN6A3w?feature=shared #cameras #concerts
You must read this! đź’Ą
A blistering, fact-based analysis from Bloomberg on how the once admired UK economy has now become little better than an "also ran" compared to the much more dynamic economy of the EU. ...
"Measured by GDP, per capita growth, unemployment, superior debt, equity, and currency valuations, UK was the perennial leader of the EU. But all the superlatives ended with Brexit. Since 2016, the EU's GDP has advanced by 24% compared with 6% for the UK."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-19/brexit-s-lasting-economic-and-financial-damage-looks-inescapable
Brexit’s Lasting Economic and Financial Damage Looks Inescapable

By almost every economic and financial measure, parting ways with the EU almost eight years ago has been disastrous for the UK. Is there no end in sight?

Bloomberg

“It’s not like we’re breaking records by a little bit now and then,” Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, said. “It’s like the whole climate just fast-forwarded by fifty or a hundred years. That’s how strange this looks.”

"strange" in this context means "terrifying" --

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-is-the-sea-so-hot

Why Is the Sea So Hot?

Elizabeth Kolbert on a record-breaking rise in global sea-surface temperatures, which suggests that scientists may not understand how fast the climate is changing.

The New Yorker

When Tories say 'Freeport', people imagine the dockside area. Wrong.

The zones are 75km wide.
They cover schools, hospitals, towns, National Parks & lots of housing.

#Freeports are destined to become #CharterCities & to be controlled for profit by a Tory crony.

You have no say

Contemplating a faster astrograph than my current zenithstar 73 f/5.7 - thinking of the Askar Fra500 with reducer taking it to f/3.9 Does anyone have other good options to consider? #astrophotography #astrograph #telescope

Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.

“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324001298

The Kate Middleton saga sent this hilariously brutal Irish Times take on the monarchy viral again and it’s simply fabulous https://flip.it/YxBhME
The Kate Middleton saga sent this hilariously brutal Irish Times take on the monarchy viral again and it’s simply fabulous

The Kate Middleton saga shows no sign of easing up just yet, what with the Americans piling in with their customary delicacy and social media still alive with more theories than you can shake a Sovereign’s Sceptre at. And one unexpected but most welcome consequence was that it sent this Irish Times column on the […]

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