Was Ozempic discovered thanks to "silly" research?
By Christina Agapakis
Turns out the promo image is me, but I'm giving a public talk about what we can and can't see in the sky for Matariki Week in Christchurch... Monday July 6, 730 pm -- tickets are free!
www.artscentre.org.nz/whats-on/pub...
In his book, "The Proof in the Code: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI," @kevinhartnett.bsky.social tells the story of computer program Lean in an effort to answer a longstanding question: Can computers reveal universal truths? Out today from @quantabooks.org: https://bit.ly/43X5To1
Ethnic cleansing. What Israel is doing in Lebanon is called ethnic cleansing
My mother has been a hypertension patient for 25 years. Yet since the genocide broke out, her medicine gradually ran out until it vanished from the markets altogether, with no clinic, pharmacy, warehouse, or stockpile left untouched by the shortage.
The Bureau did not investigate. The diplomats voted as they were instructed to do so by the governments they represent --- politics, not law. The only investigation was conducted by OIOS and, as the Panel of Judges repeatedly noted, OIOS did not make findings of fact on the allegations.
ScienceInsider: ‘Working without them is painful’: WHO’s Ebola chief reflects on U.S. colleagues’ absence
By Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social
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James Newton Howard is the best. Happy birthday!!! youtu.be/MiqJjxQiNbY?...
Roof terrace garden breather while everything burns...may Dublin stay peaceful (the threats erupt a little occasionally. but so far this is a better place to be than the UK). Poppies of a kind I haven't seen before.
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Happy 75th birthday to rock musician, arranger and film score composer James Newton Howard.
From Elton John to Barbra Streisand.
PRETTY WOMAN to THE HUNGER GAMES
His career has been both long and noteworthy.
A versatile, gifted composer and musician.
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#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #BOTD
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Matariki Events in Christchurch New Zealand: Bring the whole whānau for a taste of this ancient and living Māori artform. Complete with opportunities for audience participation, Ngā Toi o Te Rangi alw...
Israel’s ongoing wave of attacks on Lebanon began on March 2. Despite a ceasefire agreement on April 17, the violence has continued.
Over the past one hundred days, thousands of people have been killed and over a million have been forcibly displaced.
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An investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court found he had engaged in “serious misconduct” and “serious breach of duty,” according to documents seen by The Associated Press.
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Happy 75th birthday to rock musician, arranger and film score composer James Newton Howard.
From Elton John to Barbra Streisand.
PRETTY WOMAN to THE HUNGER GAMES
His career has been both long and noteworthy.
A versatile, gifted composer and musician.
1/9
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #BOTD
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An investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has found he engaged in “serious misconduct” and a “breach of duty.”
