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Headline 'Scientists have discovered "third state" between life and death'.

Headline 'Scientists have discovered "third state" between life and death'.

Is it 'online training course'?

17.06.2025 11:47 👍 521 🔁 113 💬 12 📌 26
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

03.11.2025 10:04 👍 4447 🔁 1408 💬 53 📌 138

Finally a vision for the future that I can really get behind.

21.01.2025 21:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Confused, and blinking into the light, the workers begin the weary pilgrimage of two factor authenticating, the end of which will herald the beginning of spring.

06.01.2025 09:28 👍 260 🔁 55 💬 8 📌 3

I spend far too much time geeking out on it! But it generally tells a fairly cheery story

01.01.2025 14:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GB Fuel type power generation production GridWatch | Live statistic of UK National Electricity grid by type of generation | Solar PV power Generation | Coal Stations output in Gigawatts | Wind Output Gigawatts | Nuclear energy output |Biomas...

End of year electricity generation comparisons:

Wind: 102% of last year
Solar: 107%
Gas: 84%
Coal: 53% (and now zero)
Nuclear: basically unchanged

Data from gridwatch.co.uk

31.12.2024 16:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

"We are seeking to understand the request from the Health and Safety Executive" is... a phrase that raises questions, shall we say.

31.12.2024 13:16 👍 23 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

How has my Christmas gone?

This is how my Christmas has been.

25.12.2024 23:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I just got back from the Union Christmas party. Band was great but Calvin would have been better!

21.12.2024 00:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A few weeks ago someone accidentally cc'd an alias for all users of the finance system (i.e. EVERYONE) and the number of people who thought that writing emails about unsubscribing was a sensible thing to do was.. remarkable

18.12.2024 13:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For anyone who has been watching (or reading) The Mirror and the Light recently this is extra fascinating

18.12.2024 13:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trip to Sydney, anyone?

16.12.2024 20:52 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

We decided not to look for kittens until after Christmas

13.12.2024 20:49 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks!

26.11.2024 20:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nikolaus Conference 2024

Sat Dec 7, 2024 on zoom & in-person

Session in memory of Richard Parker at the annual Nikolaus conference at Aachen on group theory & representation theory. Main speakers:

Gerhard Hiß
Gabriele Nebe
Colva Roney-Dougal

www.math.rwth-aachen.de/Nikolaus2024...

#MathSky

26.11.2024 18:58 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The dragon looked up. The cat was dragging something into their lair.

"What's that?"

"This." The cat said. "Is a duvet. Come try it."

The dragon warily climbed down from their hoard.

"I dunno. I like gold and- OH MY GOD!"

The cat smiled, triumphantly.

"See! This is what I've been TELLING you!"

22.11.2024 14:58 👍 150 🔁 25 💬 1 📌 0
Lion statue looks horrified

Lion statue looks horrified

The deadline is when?

26.10.2024 11:02 👍 784 🔁 166 💬 17 📌 24