Pete Jackson

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FBPE, pro eu, very anti Tory.
To everyone outraged about Gary Lineker, I'd like to remind you that Jeremy Clarkson said striking public sector workers should be shot dead "in front of their families" on The One Show. We were told that Clarkson had a "right to his freedom of expression and that is protected".

Planet Earth or Planet Ocean?

Take a look at this fascinating data visualization of countries by their share of Earth’s surface.

There are over 510M square kilometers of area, but <30% is covered by land. Over 70% is the ocean.

Image by Nicholas LePan for Visual Capitalist. Details at https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-by-share-of-earths-surface/ #nature #science

Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface

There are 510 million km² of area on the Earth, but less than 30% of this is land. Here's the share countries make up of the Earth's surface.

Visual Capitalist
who decided to call it emotional baggage and not a griefcase
Light travels faster than sound, which is the reason that some people appear bright before you hear them speak.
Sorry to the kids confused about the Dilbert thing, a “newspaper” is like a huge printed website
CATHOLIC CHURCH: No meat on Fridays
PEOPLE: Ok so no eggs for breakfast
CC: No, eggs are ok
P: But eggs are chicken
CC: Not until they hatch
P: So the thing isn't the thing until it's born?
CC: Correct—um, no, wait.
How did Russian cosmonauts know where they were? The Globus INK (1967) showed the position of their Soyuz spacecraft on a rotating globe. It is an analog computer built from tiny gears. I reverse-engineered the wiring (which inconveniently had been cut) and we powered it up. 🧵
Millennium Falcnaan.

A man named Bruno Schröder was a mining engineer for most of his life. When passed away in his 80s in June 2022, he had around 60,000 or so books spread out on the 4 floors of his house in Mettingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The books likely weigh about the same as 15 modern cars. 📚
#books #library #BookCollection #collection #Germany

h/t @BrianJopek

We should be skeptical until more testing has been done. That being said, just the thought of a battery with an energy density approaching that of gasoline is cause for celebration
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/06/researchers-report-progress-on-a-solid-state-lithium-air-battery-with-high-energy-density/
Researchers Report Progress On A Solid-State Lithium-Air Battery With High Energy Density

Researchers claim to have developed a solid-state lithium-air battery that has an energy density similar to gasoline.

CleanTechnica