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On a cold wet London morning, it’s good to remember the hot chocolate in Bar Italia is the best in London. Love this place.
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"Some might say he should be content to go out on top; to realise Father Time has caught up with him. But why should he? If he's still good enough, he's entitled to go on as long as he wants." James Anderson: What have Lancashire done? | @huwzat thecricketer.com/Topics/prem…
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Ancient English Woodland is not just about the trees. It’s the soil Thousands of years of an undisturbed ecosystem quietly getting on with adding layer
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The new and upcoming Youtuber - Max Murphy, did a video about David Graeber's conflict with the Economist. Check it all out!!! youtu.be/IuWpzdbde5I
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A 3,000-year-old wooden wheel found in an English peat bog still has clear bevel marks on the spokes, made by a carpenter working fast with a small adze.
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Finland just pushed electricity through open air. No cable. First ever nation to achieve this. Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the University of Oulu fired high-intensity ultrasonic waves to carve an invisible channel through the air, then guided a spark down it. Lasers handle the rest. Power-by-light beams energy to receivers where you really don't want a conductor: nuclear plants, high-voltage stations. Radio-frequency harvesting pulls microwatts from ambient waves, enough to retire millions of disposable sensor batteries.
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It was predicted 290,000-390,000 passengers would use the new station which opened a year ago today. Instead, more than 800,000 have used the @greateranglia station.
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There is a town in the Peruvian rainforest where the houses have Alpine gables, part of Sunday Mass is said in German, and the strudel is made with bananas. Parrots overhead and polkas below. This is Pozuzo, and how it got there is quite the story. 1/n
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All the Heathrow and Gatwick flights cancelled as Storm Boelo continues to wreak havoc trib.al/LNpkrir
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London’s music studios and creative spaces face eviction as homes plan expands trib.al/RCXQ6EN
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Striking detail in the big NYT piece on Taiwanese families adjusting to working at the huge new TSMC chip plant in Arizona: their surprise at the lack of rigor in US schools.
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Most of Harris been without power now for two days. Not interesting enough to make the news?
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Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.
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Sewage systems were once beautiful. Crossness Pumping Station, London, UK, opened in 1865.
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Evacuated tower residents 'in limbo' over costs ➡️ bbc.in/4iduc7T
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