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Joined December 2011
The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.
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New York's old rainfall record stood for 150 years until 2021, and has now been broken three times. Hot air holds more water vapor than cold; flooding follows fossil fuel combustion as night follows day.
Major flooding in Brooklyn today. Trains shut down and the only way out of the station is through this.
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OK, I’ve changed my mind about politicians going on reality TV shows, can we do this every week?
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Stained glass door from 1901 in the Casa Manuel Felip, a modernist (Catalan Art Nouveau) building in Barcelona. It was designed by architect Telm Fernández i Janot.
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my bluetooth earbuds broke. went to four mobile repair shops who told me to just get new ones. approached three uncles whose office was a wooden box on the sidewalk. they fixed them with a cigarette lighter and a soldering iron whose power cable came out of a vacant lot.
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BREAKING: A landmark paper, published in @Nature today, warns the deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse, having a profound impact on marine ecosystems, according to @ProfMattEngland FAA and Dr Adele Morrison.
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The latest IPCC report summarises five years of studies on global temperature rises, fossil fuel emissions, and climate impacts. It warns that many parts of the planet will become unlivable, emphasising the shrinking window of opportunity to secure a sustainable future. (1/4)
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Has everyone just memory-holed Jeremy Clarkson?
It's simple @GaryLineker. You have a contract with the BBC, & the BBC has a contract with licence fee payers, who fund your £1.3mill wage, which requires you to observe "due impartiality". You have to choose: work at the BBC or give your political opinions. You can't do both. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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There are certain things which are facts, that are just not true. Like sure, factually tiramisu was only invented in the 1960s but I don’t accept it to be true in my heart, and I never will.
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Abundance dies twice - in the field, and in memory. One of the greatest struggles facing all restoration-initiatives in conservation is the tyranny of low expectations. People begin complaining about beavers or wolves being overpopulated once their numbers reach over 1/80 km^2
This is what an elephant herd is supposed to look like. Tsavo, Kenya in 1976
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This photograph is not of a healthy herd. It was taken in the 1970s during a period of horrific drought, leading these animals in desperate search of water. More than 6,000 elephants died during this drought. markdeeble.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/hau…
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How it begins - "Asda and Morrisons are putting limits on purchases of some fruit/vegetables as supermarkets face shortages of produce." The shortages are a result of extreme weather in Spain/Africa, where floods, snow & hail have affected harvests" Crops require a stable climate
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The new jailbreak is so fun
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