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My Uber driver is too busy transcending time and space to pick me up pic.twitter.com/joozggJ3Xn

— Daniel (@ShankRowe) October 30, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/ShankRowe

October 31, 2019 at 04:35AM

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Thread: When the Washington Nationals won the World Series last night, it was NOT DC's first since the Senators won it in 1924. The Homestead Grays won a World Series in 1948.

In fact, the full story is a fascinating story about racism in sports that is rarely told.

— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) October 31, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/michaelharriot

November 01, 2019 at 04:50AM

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An entirely new aerodynamic set-up is coming to F1 in 2021

It's the first time in history that F1 cars have specifically been designed with a chasing car in mind#F12021 pic.twitter.com/jNYvbr2e44

— Formula 1 (@F1) October 31, 2019

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October 31, 2019 at 11:15PM

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— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) October 31, 2019

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October 31, 2019 at 05:43PM

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When you're trying to work but @ValtteriBottas won't stop doing donuts outside your office. #F1Festival #F1Hollywood pic.twitter.com/OCLlHKQS6p

— Andy (@spacecadetglow) October 31, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/spacecadetglow

October 31, 2019 at 07:02AM

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MUST READ: Climate change means the Arctic Sea ice is melting. The response of Russian oil companies? Great! Now we can ship crude oil to China quicker and cheaper via the Northern Sea Route, rather than around Africa or Suez Canal | #OOTT #ClimateChange https://t.co/5ssVskQ5yJ pic.twitter.com/FUhX84B3VU

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) October 31, 2019

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October 31, 2019 at 04:57PM

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It’s true: you can go from the Earth to Mars by simply stacking up all the studies done over the last few decades. pic.twitter.com/ynWmpAY2ZJ

— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) October 30, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/jeff_foust

October 30, 2019 at 11:34PM

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Here's the latest plan for how we're getting to the Moon in 2024. pic.twitter.com/2DdEuXMmwj

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) October 30, 2019

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October 30, 2019 at 11:31PM

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Janne’s next stop was to beautiful Glacier National Park in Montana where she saw many textbook examples
for glacial landforms.#WomenInSTEM #glaciernationalpark #phdlife #phdstudent #gradlife #Montana #geology #glacial #fieldwork #bestjobever pic.twitter.com/YiSKYc8Xzq

— Traveling Geologist (@travelinggeolog) October 30, 2019

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October 30, 2019 at 07:41PM

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And for those who missed it and now feel the void of not knowing what the hand dryer-paper towel feud is all about, here you go:https://t.co/UqapyG13MS

— Samanth Subramanian (@Samanth_S) October 30, 2019

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October 30, 2019 at 05:30PM

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When I saw this image I gasped out loud. This is an actual photo of two stars being born, twisted streamers of material feeding them from the surrounding gas and dust, connecting them to it like a baby's umbilical cord to its mother. https://t.co/8Q71IsAY2E

— Phil Plait but Republican (@BadAstronomer) October 29, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer

October 29, 2019 at 08:53PM

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1400 watsapp accounts wr targetted by "Governments" in April-May using Pegasus spyware made by NSO Group which is an Israeli Cyber Startup. Whatsapp has taken the company to court.

— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) October 30, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/sidhant

October 30, 2019 at 02:09PM

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We have declassified a picture of the wonderful tribble (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of the Maquis! pic.twitter.com/STOQ9q4zDm

— Dukat (@realRealDukat) October 29, 2019

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October 29, 2019 at 11:46PM

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This sea-level-rise projection for Mumbai is really scary. Shows most of greater Mumbai underwater, including the areas around two nuclear installations. Tens of millions displaced. All this by 2050. Never imagined it could happen in a few decades.

https://t.co/w1RN4xNVXp

— Amitav Ghosh (@GhoshAmitav) October 29, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/GhoshAmitav

October 30, 2019 at 12:08AM

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Watch President @BarackObama make an excellent point about call-out culture. pic.twitter.com/P6mw9aLWTQ

— ATTN: (@attn) October 30, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/attn

October 30, 2019 at 06:42AM

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Zoomed-in version of this brilliant Earth simulation by @NASAGoddard in which winds carry clouds (white), sulfates (purple), black carbon (green), dust (brown). I simply cast this to a rotating sphere and modified the lighting, if there's any mistakes don't blame NASA pic.twitter.com/w90hdKdROT

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) October 29, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/physicsJ

October 29, 2019 at 08:25PM

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Ingrid Bergman’s screen test aged 24.
Loved by the camera pic.twitter.com/VwuT0hy2pu

— Daniel Holland (@DannyDutch) October 29, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/DannyDutch

October 29, 2019 at 03:49PM

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No one was supposed to find out about this. https://t.co/cx4vQtFC28

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) October 29, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/BernieSanders

October 30, 2019 at 12:23AM

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I didn't discover the intrusion, a 3rd party did. It contacted me & I notified National Cyber Security Coordinator on Sep 4 (date is crucial). The 3rd party then shared the IoCs with the NCSC's office over the proceeding days. Kaspersky reported it later, called it DTrack. https://t.co/9xi4CZrvd1

— Pukhraj Singh (@RungRage) October 29, 2019

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October 29, 2019 at 08:50AM

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Remember that scene in Twister where the scientists are trying to place their sensors right in the path of a tornado? Well in this case, the eye of Hurricane Maria ran *right over* a permanent seismic (and pressure, and infrasound) station, which recorded a ton of unique data: https://t.co/gFYIXC9kQi

— Emily Wolin (@GeoGinger) October 29, 2019

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October 29, 2019 at 07:43AM

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Map shows that many of the most important ports in the USA are inland! Navigable rivers are a great driver for the US economy. Source: https://t.co/clEH9ZM4wW pic.twitter.com/717qDMlgX5

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) October 29, 2019

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October 29, 2019 at 04:31PM

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Perhaps you can start by pulling out the report we did for the @NITIAayog in 2017 - "Ease of Doing Business Report: An Enterprise Survey of Indian States" with @APanagariya & @IDFCinstitute. It is a rigorous study based on survey of 3,500 manufacturing firms across India. https://t.co/chn5C6C9qL

— Shamika Ravi (@ShamikaRavi) October 29, 2019

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October 29, 2019 at 04:11PM

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One of my favourite Diwali celebrations is 'Illu,' an annual contest in IIT Kharaghpur, where students compete for making the most beautiful images using just diyas. The entire hall gets involved for months with seniors deciding on the design & theme & juniors executing. pic.twitter.com/BClJJBPQsC

— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) October 28, 2019

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October 28, 2019 at 12:21PM

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Six former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man, and one London-based lawyer. Seven of these people (including five of the six former Trump advisers) have pleaded guilty.

All of these charges stem from our investigation. https://t.co/BGMw3XETKg

— Bob Mueller (@RobertS_Mueller) October 26, 2019

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October 26, 2019 at 10:31PM

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It's hard to depict the solar system accurately, because it's just so unimaginably vast and empty. If you do it to scale, you can't see the planets. Stunning new animation from @physicsJ. https://t.co/EOUHi3Ovpa pic.twitter.com/xa97RkTzkZ

— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 27, 2019

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October 27, 2019 at 07:03AM

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4mins that you *must* watch.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grills former Exxon scientists on Exxon’s startlingly accurate climate change predictions from late 70s & early 80s...

... and Exxon’s subsequent campaign to seed climate change doubt/denial.

pic.twitter.com/Wo9T5Ep6t0

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) October 26, 2019

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October 27, 2019 at 02:32AM

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Wait, what?

The anti virus company #Avast had an „incident“ with an intruder.
- Accessed via VPN.
- Via an account that shouldn‘t exist anymore because it lacks 2-/MFA?
- Attacker gained *Domain Admin Rights*.

Blogtitle „Successfully defended a cyber-attack“.

FFS.

— Sebastian Bicchi (@secresDoge) October 25, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/secresDoge

October 26, 2019 at 02:28AM

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LMAO! A country that’s hooked on IMF, US and Chinese handouts with an economy on the verge of collapsing jumped 28 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings making it among top 10 improvers. These rankings are officially a joke. 😂 https://t.co/dX3uLe1r8A

— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) October 25, 2019

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October 25, 2019 at 10:15PM

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This map shows the frequency of the word "science" in geocoded Tweets. We can interpret this as an accidental map of the Bible Belt. Source: https://t.co/GtZTRDIS5a pic.twitter.com/ddq0Nq0XC9

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) October 25, 2019

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October 25, 2019 at 09:05PM

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Thread: In today's @latimes, a story about @KamalaHarris' grandfather, an upright Brahmin from Tamil Nadu whom she credits (along with her mother and grandmother) with inspiring her career in public service

w/@melmason https://t.co/agmB1ar2vK

— Shashank Bengali (@SBengali) October 25, 2019

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October 25, 2019 at 08:27PM

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#Thread #DTTI India-US defence cooperation: Joint working group on jet engine cooperation within the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative “has been suspended,” said Ellen M Lord, Undersecretary of Defense Acquisition and Sustainment @DeptofDefense @the_hindu

— Dinakar Peri (@dperi84) October 24, 2019

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October 24, 2019 at 09:59PM

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Heart of Stone
Will this #photomicrograph be awarded at "Hooked on Microscopy" #contest by @ClemsonUniv Light Imaging Facility?
Stay tuned, and in the meanwhile enjoy the photo!#geology #rocks #science #art #wallart #minerals pic.twitter.com/PYDO5825ID

— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) October 24, 2019

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October 25, 2019 at 12:28AM

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In the global geological map of #Mars, published by the @USGS_AstroGeo folks (led by Ken Tanaka) in 2014, the Noachian units are the brown and dark blue–grey units in the center and lower parts of the map. pic.twitter.com/0y5sxUOvKd

— 💀 Paul Third-Degree Byrne 🎃 (@ThePlanetaryGuy) October 24, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/ThePlanetaryGuy

October 24, 2019 at 08:09PM

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It will be very useful if GOI/courts properly look at secondary and tertiary effects of all their economic decisions and do not restrict their analysis to simple, headline primary effects.

— Samir Arora (@Iamsamirarora) October 25, 2019

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October 25, 2019 at 07:35AM

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Mark Twain in Nikola Tesla’s Lab holding Tesla's experimental vacuum lamp in Spring 1894. The figure in the background is Tesla himself. pic.twitter.com/4aXAE0fOjy

— 41 Strange (@41Strange) October 24, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/41Strange

October 24, 2019 at 10:33PM

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Scientists are on TikTok and folks it’s spectacular pic.twitter.com/pOu8OutVle

— Shaena Montanari (@DrShaena) October 24, 2019

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October 24, 2019 at 07:22PM

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Okay, this is a CRAZY find..

Complaints over 'cheap money' causing speculation, written in.. 1858!

"It is equally beyond doubt that every speculative mania which has run its course of folly and disaster has derived its original impulse from cheap money."

- The Economist (1858) pic.twitter.com/snaVpUAukD

— Jamie Catherwood (@jfc_3_) October 23, 2019

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October 23, 2019 at 06:00PM

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The top five CEOs in the world today, based on long-term financial performance and ESG ratings:
1. Jensen Huang, NVIDIA
2. Marc Benioff, Salesforce
3. François-Henri Pinault, Kering
4. Richard Templeton, Texas Instruments
5. Ignacio Galán, Iberdrolahttps://t.co/edTiO6up6T pic.twitter.com/xK9O92M23n

— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz) October 22, 2019

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October 22, 2019 at 11:25PM

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An archival file that showed Nehru considered invading Pakistan in 1947 is no longer available to scholars at NMML. Apparently MEA doesn't want you to read it. https://t.co/nOpVyM1GI8

— rama lakshmi (@RamaNewDelhi) October 23, 2019

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October 23, 2019 at 03:46PM

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At the @ClasticsLab meeting(s) this fall, I have been talking about our new automated correlation tool that can be used to create high-resolution stratigraphic frameworks from datasets with hundreds of well logs. Example below is from the Midland Basin, Texas pic.twitter.com/faarnXNjP5

— Zoltán Sylvester (@zzsylvester) October 22, 2019

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October 23, 2019 at 04:09AM

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Rio Tinto thinks it can become the biggest domestic producer of lithium in the U.S. without digging a new hole in the ground https://t.co/SdTyFSnkrX

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 23, 2019

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October 23, 2019 at 11:30AM

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Andalusite in a schist from near Tampere, Finland.#colors #rocks #geology #diagonal #lines #crystals #minerals #microscope #photography pic.twitter.com/PHyOxB605A

— micROCKScopica (@micROCKScopica) October 22, 2019

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October 22, 2019 at 07:41PM

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The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Banerjee, Duflo, and Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."

We annotated one of their papers: https://t.co/C6fTvl7yvL pic.twitter.com/uJvev66baF

— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) October 22, 2019

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October 22, 2019 at 07:01PM

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Thread: Very combative @HouseForeign subcommittee hearing on on Kashmir. Q by @BradSherman: Have we tried to send US diplomats?
Alice Wells: We have attempted to send a delegation but not recd permission. Indians are taking a conservative approach to opening up Kashmir.

— Niha Masih (@NihaMasih) October 22, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/NihaMasih

October 22, 2019 at 10:16PM

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The Permian Basin. But look closely. Amidst all those oil wells are scores of wind turbines. pic.twitter.com/T0aA22KZER

— Steve Everley (@saeverley) October 22, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/saeverley

October 23, 2019 at 05:29AM

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HERA is the most amazing cosmology project you've never heard of.

In the middle of the desert, scientists are looking for the oldest stars in the universe using telescope dishes mostly made of parts you can find at your local hardware store:https://t.co/a3exH9NzvB pic.twitter.com/3XySZJehNx

— daniel @ IAC (@DMOberhaus) October 21, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/DMOberhaus

October 22, 2019 at 04:50AM

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How reliable are population forecasts? Here are some over the years... pic.twitter.com/5qjAGgPnfr

— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) October 22, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/FraserNelson

October 22, 2019 at 12:24PM

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Kerala Congress MP Hibi Eden's wife, Anna Eden's Facebook post.
The caption encapsulates a sick mentality. This shit cannot be tolerated.
This makes me extremely angry and disgusted.
She's a law student.
Sick! pic.twitter.com/dNVSYL7CZY

— Arya Suresh (@thecuriouself) October 22, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/thecuriouself

October 22, 2019 at 09:22AM

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So happy to have @bopinion publish my new op-ed on the need for the US to make rapid progress on low-C industrial heat.

The US should lead the world on developing solutions to this vexing challenge and we can.https://t.co/1qobyxhY6U@Revkin @ColumbiaUEnergy @rgunns
1/3

— Julio Friedmann (@CarbonWrangler) October 21, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/CarbonWrangler

October 21, 2019 at 11:10PM

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Explore the key renewable power findings from our just-released report, with findings on:

• Solar PV
• Wind
• Hydropower
• Bioenergy
• Concentrated Solar Power
• Geothermal
• Marine technologies https://t.co/XaSwIlhbev

— IEA (@IEA) October 21, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/IEA

October 21, 2019 at 09:00PM

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Take a look at where we store these weapons courtesy of @nukestrat. They were not designed to be secure *against* the Turkish military. And remember, PALs only *delay* they do not fully prevent unauthorized use, especially against a determined state actor. pic.twitter.com/zuLbpOde47

— Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) October 21, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/NarangVipin

October 22, 2019 at 01:30AM

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India's #Chandrayaan2 lunar orbiter is alive & well & starting to map the minerals of the Moon. https://t.co/wVF8ZfBLEK pic.twitter.com/XyHYGREXt2

— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) October 20, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/coreyspowell

October 21, 2019 at 01:11AM

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This popular animation shows the correct (I checked the math!) apparent sizes of the planets if they were placed in the Moon's position
Credit: @Yetidynamics! pic.twitter.com/YzwWupEqpg

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) October 21, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/physicsJ

October 21, 2019 at 09:04AM

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The year is 2192. The British Prime Minister visits Brussels to ask for an extension of the Brexit deadline. No one remembers where this tradition originated, but every year it attracts many tourists from all over the world.

— Julian Popov (@julianpopov) October 19, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/julianpopov

October 20, 2019 at 02:39AM

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It’s hard to believe this was 1999. 🔥

(via @BrianRoemmele) #RIP #DavidBowie pic.twitter.com/AJqCRzJ6gr

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 19, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla

October 20, 2019 at 02:24AM

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Our latest paper on drainage divides, their mobility and ordering (https://t.co/nSNl9vqchl) features numerous videos which you can download here: https://t.co/0N1poWOYZo pic.twitter.com/SiliicZbqG

— Wolfgang Schwanghart (@WSchwanghart) October 20, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/WSchwanghart

October 20, 2019 at 08:29PM

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Indian Companies Geographical Breakup

- Few Cos heavily exposed to certain geographies (IT/Pharma)
- Most Cos have exposure to US followed by Europe
- MidCap IT have bigger exposure to US than LargeCap IT
- Watch out for any political instability!@CNBCTV18Live @BloombergQuint pic.twitter.com/vFPHb1IZfy

— Toshniwal Equity (@ToshniwalEquity) October 20, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/ToshniwalEquity

October 20, 2019 at 11:12PM

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Twitter handles & FB pages with Hindu names spew venom against Muslims, Christians, Dalits and Sikhs. Twitter handles & FB pages with Muslim names spew venom againt Hindus.

Most are owned & operated by @OfficialDGISPR (Pak Army). This is asymmetrical warfare. Be careful. 1/2

— Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) (@majorgauravarya) October 20, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/majorgauravarya

October 20, 2019 at 12:13PM

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Lovely image of Lake Constance (where Germany, Austria and Switzerland meet). It's a picture perfect location. Gorgeous to visit. Source: https://t.co/Otx3DvmHgU pic.twitter.com/cdzcGhxdXs

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) October 19, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/simongerman600

October 20, 2019 at 02:00AM

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Finally, an alignment chart all writers can agree on. pic.twitter.com/dySxkzNuP4

— Lincoln Michel (@TheLincoln) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/TheLincoln

October 17, 2019 at 08:33PM

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Today I'm highlighting undergraduate researcher, Jack Brown, and his AWESOME work investigating cross stratification and bedform superimposition in a 5mm wide flume! Beautiful work, Jack! #FlumeFriday pic.twitter.com/UJhsE9yVJj

— Julia Cisneros (@Juliamorphology) October 18, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/Juliamorphology

October 19, 2019 at 01:26AM

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How an Eel’s double jaw mechanism work ! https://t.co/oxH9KEu97P pic.twitter.com/s9cZ855WUd

— Domenico Calia (@CaliaDomenico) October 18, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/CaliaDomenico

October 19, 2019 at 01:44AM

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In these times, what better example can you find of a man who refused to let darkness and despair get the better of him, and had the grace to actually speak well of a man who tried to destroy him. Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize in 1983, but he was a great long before that!

— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) October 19, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/joybhattacharj

October 19, 2019 at 10:58AM

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How the human face develops in the womb https://t.co/n31PgH1qZD pic.twitter.com/GsrC3ePKTy

— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill

October 18, 2019 at 03:59AM

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🌒 Dunite from the Apollo 17 #Moon mission for #thinsectionthursday. Angular clasts of pale-green #olivine set in a fine-grained 93% olivine matrix. The texture is a result of cataclastic crushing. Sample: 72415, Photo: JSC07737, Size: 2.85 mm, Source: JSC/LPI/NASA #geology pic.twitter.com/d4VjPRcb9v

— Heather Rockspotter (@Rockspotter1) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/Rockspotter1

October 17, 2019 at 01:53PM

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I just realized something. The ceasefire will last 120 hours = 5 days.

Erdogan will be meeting Putin in Sochi on October 22nd = 5 days from now.

Putin will decide which way it all goes... https://t.co/YZqyVcmILT

— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa

October 18, 2019 at 12:52AM

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This seems very fascinating. Break up of population of Calcutta in 1860's. Notice the spelling of Hindus and Muslims. This is also available at a disaggregated level. As an economist I am thinking I have an IV idea but don't know for what!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/oChqxuOyJ8

— Sahil Gandhi (@gandhisahil) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/gandhisahil

October 17, 2019 at 10:00PM

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Exclusive: Satellite images reveal China's third aircraft carrier... https://t.co/UKAz8F3TJY. ChinaPower analysis.

— Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 (@BonnieGlaser) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/BonnieGlaser

October 17, 2019 at 04:32PM

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(1) turkey wants to push the kurds out of that part of syria.

(2) trump gives ‘em the OK to invade.

(3) pence brokers a “deal” in which the kurds... must get out of that part of syria.

(4) the US agrees to un-sanction turkey.

that’s a “deal” like being mugged is a deal.

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/maddow

October 17, 2019 at 11:28PM

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I wrote about how Test cricket run rate shot up massively in the early 2000shttps://t.co/rEQZyEvlPk

— Karthik (@karthiks) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/karthiks

October 17, 2019 at 09:33PM

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Plastic bags might not be as bad as you think... compared to some of the alternatives 🛍️🌎https://t.co/3tWmmyakLg pic.twitter.com/U631t8kpnT

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 17, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/BBCNews

October 17, 2019 at 07:04PM

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Here's an easy way to use Capitalmind Wealth Plan to find out how much insurance you need.

If you:
- Are 35 yrs old
- Spend 100K pm
- Your spouse should be covered another 45 yrs
- Expect 5% inflation

You'll need insurance of Rs. 3.5 cr.

Go try: https://t.co/x2PSIIYtQ5 pic.twitter.com/L2c0AONiuX

— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) October 16, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/deepakshenoy

October 16, 2019 at 08:56PM

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When Dr Abdus Salam won the Nobel in Physics in 1979, he visited India to meet his teacher, Anilendra Ganguly, 50 years after he had taught him at Lahore
Dr Salam said to him “this medal is a result of your teaching & love of maths that you instilled in me”

Work hard Stay humble pic.twitter.com/ylyhGMUM4R

— Sanobar (@SanobarFatma) October 16, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/SanobarFatma

October 16, 2019 at 11:20AM

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Just astonishing! A Planctotuehtis squid seen during a @SchmidtOcean expedition off the coast of Oahu -- like watching alien life right here on Earth. https://t.co/GvUq0F37H0 pic.twitter.com/VTw4CIl8cv

— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) October 16, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/coreyspowell

October 16, 2019 at 07:03PM

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Fall is dramatic- Even RBI having to drag down GDP estimates for FY20, from 7.4% last Dec to 6.1% this Oct, a 130 bps cut in 9 months. What went wrong. I suspect flow of credit. Banks gave 1.8 lakh cr in non food loans Apr-Sep 2018, In Apr-sep 2019 they withdrew 1.29 lakh cr! https://t.co/Tlq8E3ZJf3

— Latha Venkatesh (@latha_venkatesh) October 16, 2019

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October 16, 2019 at 06:45PM

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A black hole tore apart and consumed a star over just 2 months, this year! It was seen from start to finish by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), as a fall in brightness as its light was extinguished: the temperature also fell by 10,000s K!
Credit: @NASAGoddard pic.twitter.com/sZtCmZEGhI

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) October 16, 2019

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October 16, 2019 at 05:25PM

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This is what radiation LOOKS like. Uranium emitting alpha particles through cooled vapor pic.twitter.com/qv4SNYXxFn

— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 11:29PM

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Gravity is not 9.8 m/s^2. That is just the global average. On this globe it is stronger in the red areas and weaker in the blue areas. pic.twitter.com/NwUJ9WB0a2

— Amazing Maps™ (@amazingmap) October 15, 2019

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October 16, 2019 at 02:34AM

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Multi-temporal #NDVI image of agricultural plots NE of Ambilobe, Madagascar 🇲🇬.
This island is a hotspot of biodiversity.
Each colour represents a variation in crop & growth stage. @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2, Jul - Sep 2019.
Processed in @sentinel_hub#EarthArt pic.twitter.com/iPBR8CPmwi

— Annamaria Luongo (@annamaria_84) October 15, 2019

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October 16, 2019 at 12:38AM

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When my Pakistani friend's mom called I said namaste and when my mom called she said salaam but both our mothers said the same thing- "khana theek se kha rahe ho na sab?" 😌

— Rutuja Shinde (@HavaldarShinde) October 15, 2019

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October 15, 2019 at 11:35PM

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How to DELETE 99.9% of your digital footprint from the internet [a thread]

— Liam 💻 (@somenerdliam) October 15, 2019

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October 15, 2019 at 06:54AM

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so tired of these snowflakes judging Columbus for all of his murder and torture based on the standards of our time, such as *adjusts glasses* King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, who stripped him of governorship and imprisoned him for gross brutality

— dad tired (@markpopham) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 09:00PM

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Over the weekend State and Department of Energy officials were reportedly reviewing plans for evacuating the 50 or so US nukes we store in Turkey.

Which should have been done long ago.

So. Let’s talk about this again.

1/nhttps://t.co/2VGLU4c6pe

— Martin “Spooky Nuclear War” Pfeiffer (⧖) 🏳️‍🌈 (@NuclearAnthro) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 11:50PM

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Just a bit of silly geography trivia. This map shows the colonial Spanish obsession with long place names. Source: https://t.co/Bo6XsiNEc4 pic.twitter.com/Uuev4Djk5S

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) October 14, 2019

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October 15, 2019 at 12:20AM

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Next time someone annoyingly asks you - Melody itni Chocolaty kyun hai?
Send them this.

Thread (1/n)

— Pranav Joshi (@floydian_sleep) October 13, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 09:06PM

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BREAKING NEWS:
The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”#NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/SuJfPoRe2N

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 03:18PM

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Which countries had the highest shares of wind & solar PV in electricity generation in 2018?

👉 https://t.co/fCCctXTy5B pic.twitter.com/DKLtJeodoc

— IEA (@IEA) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 03:15PM

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RIP Harold Reading - the father of Facies Analysis

— John Howell (@Virtualgeol) October 13, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 02:45AM

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Replugging a long piece I had done on Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in 2011 based on several interviews with them, and just before the release of their book "Poor Economics". https://t.co/Btj3pgJXOA

— Niranjan Rajadhyaksha (@CafeEconomics) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 03:31PM

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High-frequency GPS tracking is giving us a really detailed insight into the flight behaviour of the endangered Tasmanian #wedgetailedeagle. This video summarises one 40-minute flight of an adult eagle we are tracking in the northeast of #Tasmania. #WildOz @CellTrackTech pic.twitter.com/8uAyjXsCxz

— James Pay (@JamesMPay) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 06:24AM

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#BPCL Disinbestment process begins pic.twitter.com/3X30aXtKzN

— Zafar (@Maaachaaa69) October 13, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 08:36AM

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Long overdue to give up fiction that Erdogan’s Turkey is an ally in practice. US should withdraw all nuclear weapons, reduce reliance on Turkey’s bases, and restrict intelligence sharing and arms sales. Should also articulate red lines in Syria. https://t.co/rWB0AhwRS3

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) October 13, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 08:27PM

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🇮🇳 Proud that @Total expands its strategic partnership with @AdaniOnline to supply & market #NaturalGas in #India. Energy needs in the country are immense and more #gas (replacing #coal) in the Indian energy mix is key to the #climate change challenge!https://t.co/MDy41ZhPnd

— Patrick Pouyanné (@PPouyanne) October 14, 2019

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October 14, 2019 at 10:06AM

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Yesterday, wind produced 21% of all Europe’s electricity!

Top-6 by share of total:
Denmark 81%
Germany 59%
Ireland 42%
UK 29%
Belgium 24%
Lithuania 24%

Top-6 by wind electricity generated (GWh):
Germany 836
UK 228
France 138
Spain 122
Poland 90
Denmark 78 pic.twitter.com/RniHxY2EpC

— Kees van der Leun (@Sustainable2050) October 12, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 09:13PM

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Your periodic reminder to please #CapitaliseYourHashtags

When you use capital letters at the start of each word, screen readers can read them, which is good for accessibility.

Also please use image descriptions if you can, same reason :)

— Spoopy Witch 🎃 (@buttonsandfluff) October 11, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 01:09AM

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Given the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Romer Prize has been awarded every year since 1979, isn’t it a bit alarming that the 2019 award is the first ever to go to a student at an institution outside of North America? I read that and think: “yikes” https://t.co/6LLBLsdHoR

— R⓪ss Mounce (@rmounce) October 13, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 09:06AM

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One major reason for use of cooperative banks is they have local staff that speaks Marathi and forms are in Marathi. Like credit unions in US, they are easy on first time users of banking.
Nationalised banks have all-India staff and everything is forcibly in Hindi and English. https://t.co/cAwuS9Pvdx

— Seth H (@SethHasit) October 13, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 06:09AM

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Admit it. You voted for Modi because he hates Muslims as much as you do.

Economic ruin is the price you paid for that bigotry. Nothing is free in this world, y'know. Not even hate...

— Rajiv Tyagi (@rajivtango) October 12, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 07:00PM

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An absolutely amazing link for new & DIY investors.👏

A great one to share with friends/family that are interested in investing.

Plz share if you like.🙏@dmuthuk @iancassel @Gautam__Baid @safalniveshak @IntrinsicInv @saxena_puru @awealthofcs

Thread.⬇️https://t.co/cVDE9lHXdj

— Ram Bhupatiraju (@RamBhupatiraju) October 13, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 09:41AM

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Just made a Python app to convert thousands of my photos to a travel log of all places I ever visited (in Google Maps and MS Excel format)https://t.co/EF8C18mxJX

— Python Hub (@PythonHub) October 13, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 11:45AM

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Money can't buy you happiness pic.twitter.com/aHVTAMJE7G

— Space Explorer Mike (@MichaelGalanin) October 12, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 03:38AM

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A small thread coming up on this.
Normally, I would have let this go, but it's statements like these that tend to go viral because they are simplistic explanations which sound correct. https://t.co/r7Jm8UsPU5

— शिक्षित बेरोज़गार (@kaul_vivek) October 12, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 07:04PM

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Telheiro beach. Carboniferous - Triassic unconformity. @FC_UL @IdlLuiz #geology pic.twitter.com/M4nlZkdnbq

— Joao C. Duarte (@JoaoCDuarte) October 12, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 03:39PM

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El contenido de un camión de bomberos. pic.twitter.com/grZaaIp2k8

— Miguel García (@Milhaud) October 12, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 12:29PM

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Predictably, Modi-Xi Informal Summit Part 2 was long on hollow diplomatic language and short on tangible takeaways.

That's fine. World leaders meet.
No one's under any illusions about where they stand. For now they both prefer to keep things more Wuhan than Doklam. #India #China

— Jeff M. Smith (@Cold_Peace_) October 12, 2019

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October 13, 2019 at 02:53AM

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Mont Blanc climate change impact revealed in photos 100 years apart https://t.co/NARcmbHTh9

— Ian Hall (@IanHall_CU) October 12, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 11:30AM

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This is the rejection letter for the work that just won the Nobel Prize.

Believe in yourself.

Everyone else will catch up eventually. pic.twitter.com/gi5Jk1rEzt

— Dr. Sukant Khurana (@Sukant_Khurana) October 12, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 09:30AM

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King Tut was buried with a dagger made out of a meteorite. https://t.co/DARDIYFnUi

— Discover Magazine (@DiscoverMag) October 11, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 01:30AM

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There’s no solution to climate change that does not include dramatic changes in how we produce & consume food. And innovative technologies & practices make it increasingly feasible to reduce the climate impacts of livestock. My latest in ⁦@WSJ⁩ https://t.co/fpxRfby1ne

— Jason Bordoff (@JasonBordoff) October 11, 2019

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October 12, 2019 at 12:21AM

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The original, I think, was this article by TS Ninan: https://t.co/uognrz2Y6r

— Deepak Shenoy (@deepakshenoy) October 11, 2019

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October 11, 2019 at 10:41PM

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#TheTalwarAmendment:
The rot afflicting PSBs had started in 1976 when the #SBIAct was amended to authorise the Govt to remove the SBI Chairman w/o citing any reason.

Prior to this, chairman couldn't be removed before completion of his term, w/o giving "sufficient ground".
1/n

— V K Jain (@veekay_jain) October 10, 2019

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October 11, 2019 at 12:21AM

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— Archillect (@archillect) October 11, 2019

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October 11, 2019 at 04:30PM

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This moth has evolved on itself the image of two flies enjoying bird poop.
Combined with a bad smell, this causes predators to lose their appetites https://t.co/gCDJKFOoa1

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) October 10, 2019

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October 10, 2019 at 09:03PM

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This is a real photo. Indian students welcome Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping visit to India by wearing a mask of his face. This is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. https://t.co/9O8tUZkF3W
h/t @ericfish85 pic.twitter.com/r8gOD4yM3E

— Isaac Stone Fish (@isaacstonefish) October 10, 2019

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October 11, 2019 at 03:49AM

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Have you ever touched the universe?💫
"For whatever reason, it feels great to touch!"

For #WorldSightDay, we're sharing this video to celebrate what it feels like when science is accessible to us all.

NASA Braille books: https://t.co/tbAPm6r2ZU pic.twitter.com/xvpjZe9BhX

— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) October 10, 2019

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October 10, 2019 at 11:32PM

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Watch the #pnw coastline rebuild over a 6-year period after the world's largest dam removal. Still curious --> https://t.co/wgx4TzoqGm pic.twitter.com/StX3kpyJLx

— USGS (@USGS) October 10, 2019

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October 10, 2019 at 09:31PM

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The underside of a Sawfish pic.twitter.com/iqy5fLFfcI

— 41 Strange (@41Strange) October 11, 2019

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October 11, 2019 at 12:38PM

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"The duck is growing faster than anticipated" 🦆

The IEA's Peter Fraser explains what this means for the future of renewable power ➡️ https://t.co/fHIMZLEjpI pic.twitter.com/CoHV5DIhAT

— IEA (@IEA) October 10, 2019

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October 10, 2019 at 01:38PM

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I just received this question from a new member. Anybody have advice?

"I read Cosmos when it came out years ago and am looking for something similar and up to date and was hoping you could recommend something of its magnitude."

— Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) October 10, 2019

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October 10, 2019 at 10:54PM

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irony = dead. buried. khallas. https://t.co/MXvK72mKrR

— Tanvi Madan (@tanvi_madan) October 10, 2019

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October 10, 2019 at 07:34PM

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Calculating the surface area of a sphere. pic.twitter.com/OfgCshWQPP

— Universal Curiosity (@UniverCurious) October 8, 2019

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October 09, 2019 at 02:37AM

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This article suggests India has an image problem cuz it's not doing enough PR. That echoes Pakistan's (mistaken) diagnosis of its problems in the US over the last few years. I don't know why this is so hard to understand... 1/ https://t.co/oAs0cEuyUF

— Tanvi Madan (@tanvi_madan) October 9, 2019

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October 10, 2019 at 04:48AM

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Try to be more like a 91-year-old getting arrested for protesting against climate change rather than a middle-aged wanker sitting on Twitter endlessly calling a 16-year-old girl a freak for not wanting the planet to fucking burn pic.twitter.com/K0adGoIWqh

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 9, 2019

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October 09, 2019 at 08:14PM

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Ten years ago, our LCROSS mission had a major impact on lunar science — literally. It intentionally struck the Moon's surface and flew through the debris plume to "taste" lunar material. What did it find? Water! Chief Scientist Jim Green explains. More: https://t.co/UFaLeXv6x4 pic.twitter.com/KIWZ3OCPPi

— NASA Moon (@NASAMoon) October 9, 2019

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October 09, 2019 at 08:08PM

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The Russian operatives who poisoned Sergei Skripal with a nerve agent in Britain last year were members of a highly secretive spy unit that until recently was unknown to Western intelligence agencies. My latest dive into Russian spycraft. https://t.co/qUw75RFGtV

— Michael Schwirtz (@mschwirtz) October 8, 2019

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October 08, 2019 at 07:27PM

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Rubin died in 2016, making her ineligible for the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded today honouring research in dark matter.

No matter how hard the Nobel Prize committee tries to erase women in physics, they can’t remove the incredible influence of Vera Rubin. pic.twitter.com/thrDlJ75CA

— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) October 8, 2019

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October 08, 2019 at 10:15PM

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With painstakingly tedious work, Rubin discovered roughly a third of the universe was missing. She then spent her career trying to disprove herself by searching for alternative explanations.

Ever heard of dark matter? She’s why we know it halos galaxies & makes them spin funky pic.twitter.com/BKpeLsTpOJ

— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) October 8, 2019

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October 08, 2019 at 09:16PM

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Auspicious days are few in a year, dont colour everything with one brush

— Nawal Kishore (@NAWALKISHORE1) October 9, 2019

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October 09, 2019 at 07:24AM

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A quick q on the long weekend (bcuz I’m so cool & interesting NOT):

Anyone else scratching their heads over @RBI’s Discussion Paper on Guidelines for #Payment Gateways & Payment Aggregators?

Very sig step change in regulatory posture, not much press? 🧐 https://t.co/dWdy2uizhj

— Malavika Raghavan (@teninthemorning) October 7, 2019

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October 07, 2019 at 04:01PM

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News from Saturn: 20 more moons announced today! With 82 total, Saturn edges out the 79-moon Jupiter as "Planet w/ Most Moons" (for now, anyway). Most of them have retrograde orbits, with a few prograde thrown in. https://t.co/jeNJbjYCaI pic.twitter.com/OvFAl8yHL0

— Dr Heidi B. Hammel (@hbhammel) October 7, 2019

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October 07, 2019 at 09:35PM

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Okay this has to be one of the best tiktok videos I’ve seen yet 😭 #avengers pic.twitter.com/prMZGCqZWs

— em (@Em_bexxx) October 6, 2019

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October 07, 2019 at 01:59AM

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Ever wonder why NASA succeeds where others fail at Mars landings? Consider that a single engineer spent 15 years working on 10 seconds of mission time.https://t.co/4BA5Fj7Mfi

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) October 7, 2019

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October 07, 2019 at 10:14PM

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Patrick Stewart in North and South, 1975

Jonathan Frakes in North and South (completely unrelated), 1986 pic.twitter.com/I6Im9Gi5CY

— Jim and Burns (and Dave) (@jimburnsdave) October 6, 2019

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October 06, 2019 at 08:16PM

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Avengers assemble pic.twitter.com/x8ty5ChNWe

— Jack Laugher (@JackLaugher) October 6, 2019

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October 06, 2019 at 10:58PM

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What @StarTrek's Warp Speeds actually look like with real-distance and in real-time! Are these faster or slower than you thought?#scificomm #scicomm
[Fan-made, per https://t.co/vqnG3VVy6R] pic.twitter.com/5uMrb7TuQS

— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) October 7, 2019

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October 07, 2019 at 06:22PM

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Convexity is often missed in:
+ finance (gamma, model error)
+ evolutionary biology (mean-field) cc:@yaneerbaryam (Even those who support group selection s.a. Wilson accept the non-convexity math).
+ forecasting (verbalistic Tetlockism)
+ behavioral econ (failure of mean-field) https://t.co/mBiilWx2pi

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) October 7, 2019

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October 07, 2019 at 05:27PM

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In one year, fund flow to the commercial sector went from Rs 7.36 lakh crore to less than Rs 91,000 crore. A decline of 88%. Impossible to argue credibly that all's well with the Indian economy pic.twitter.com/X53BA7rzzx

— Ruchi Gupta (@guptar) October 7, 2019

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October 07, 2019 at 09:53AM