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Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released on this day, 38 years ago (1985).
Steve Ballmer has always been crazy.
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Britain is currently mowing the grass, hanging the washing, barbecuing, getting its knees out, washing the car, sitting in a beer garden and trying to get a fly out the house.
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I’d love to see a cooking show where the chef attempts to cook an intricate dish while their toddler “helps” them
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Rejoice, nerds: you can finally stay in a genuine Hobbit hole through Airbnb theverge.com/2022/12/7/23498…
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He's back! Welcome home, @DanielRicciardo 🇦🇺 #DR3ack
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"The earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching."
- Assyrian tablet, c. 2800 BC
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There is currently no compelling evidence that any one of the quotations listed was really inscribed on a tablet during ancient days in Assyria.
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I was today years old when I found out these bad boys go this deep into the ground.
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“In the house of Elrond, and it is ten o’clock in the morning,” said a voice. “It is the morning of October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know.”
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I want to do some giveaways for *new fans* who are just getting into #Tolkien because of the #RingsOfPower.
If you haven’t read any Tolkien books, like & retweet this and I will pick someone to give this LOTR edition to. (US only for now)
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The 9/11 lights just got turned on while I was sitting on my roof. Took my breath away when I saw it.
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A lot of folks are judging based on the books. I get it. But the show runners aren’t on trying to make a 1-1 copy, they are responsible for making this story work on screen, which is entirely different (as we see with every book to movie adaptation).
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You know you’re about to be busy when your other half says, “I was just thinking…”
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Seb was a bright star in F1 but I think he’ll be even brighter when he’s out of it.
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It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of @NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
ALT The background of space is black. Thousands of galaxies appear all across the view. Their shapes and colors vary. Some are various shades of orange, others are white. Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them. A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center.
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Memory + education is an antidote for ignorance & bigotry. At a time when Holocaust denialism and antisemitism are both on the rise again, you should definitely follow @AuschwitzMuseum.
