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David Curran retweeted
Astrolabe of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr - made in Isfahan in 1221/2. The oldest complete geared machine in the world. Now on display in Bruges @bruskbrugge #ConnectedWorlds
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David Curran retweeted
"Farmer's Chess" is hurtful.
Jun 12
Names for Tic-tac-toe in Europe.
Are Estonia and Orkney connected somehow?
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Names for Tic-tac-toe in Europe.
Are Estonia and Orkney connected somehow?
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David Curran retweeted
Jun 12
Musician and painter Joni Mitchell (with artist David Hockney...RIP) #WomensArt
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Jun 11
Why the 2026 World Cup Ball Has Deeper Seams. A deep rabbit hole I fell down
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Jun 11
🚨Out today in @Nature our new paper uses deep learning to map four decades of global human migration.
By building the first comprehensive dataset of global annual flows (1990-2023), we reveal that migration has nearly tripled since 2000.
🔗nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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David Curran retweeted
Jun 9
Global CO2 emissions have plateaued since 2013, leading to a slower growth in atmospheric CO2 than would have otherwise been the case. In a new analysis at The Climate Brink, I've taken look at what would have happened if emissions had continued to grow.
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David Curran retweeted
I drew this whale moving through a raging sea with mathematical equations.
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David Curran retweeted
The Greatest Goal Never Scored
by Hans-Günter Bruns (1983)
FC Bayern vs. Borussia
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Jun 4
I've been playing around with cellphone video as an input to algorithms that generate plotter drawings lately. Here are 200 sequential frames of me checking out a Japanese Maple in my backyard.
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We are in a weird period right now.
- Juniors can't get hired because "we need experience."
- Seniors are getting laid off because "AI can do it cheaper."
- Mid levels are doing the work of 2 people.
And somehow every company is still "struggling to find talent."
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David Curran retweeted
Proud to be the first high school student in the world to ever be sanctioned by an authoritarian regime for uncovering corruption. It just proves that the work I’ve done to expose Russias sanctions evasion stablecoin, A7A5, has touched a raw nerve.
thetimes.com/world/russia-uk…
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David Curran retweeted
Jun 3
We think this chart is a lot of fun too, historic trajectories for all 48 teams since the first World Cup in 1930.
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David Curran retweeted
Everybody: France did this. I know they are behind this.
The Humble Croatian Farmer: Well ... actually ...
Europe's Syphilis blame map shows that Europeans refer to Syphilis with the name of their neighbours. It wasn't us, it was them!
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David Curran retweeted
Europe's Syphilis blame map shows that Europeans refer to Syphilis with the name of their neighbours. It wasn't us, it was them!
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