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Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!


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Lol how’s YOUR day going? 📍Bank and Riverside #ottnews #ottweather #ottawa @ctvottawa @BlacksWeather @ConnorMockettWX

freewillymj's tweet image. Lol how’s YOUR day going? 📍Bank and Riverside #ottnews #ottweather #ottawa @ctvottawa @BlacksWeather @ConnorMockettWX
freewillymj's tweet image. Lol how’s YOUR day going? 📍Bank and Riverside #ottnews #ottweather #ottawa @ctvottawa @BlacksWeather @ConnorMockettWX

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#Google has started to restrict internet access for some of its employees. It may seem like an odd move for a web company, but there's a good reason for it. digitaltrends.com/computing/goog…


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𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛 On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 took flight to the moon. In the days that preceded the launch, the U.S. scrambled to assemble 116 letters from heads of state that would be left behind on the moon. I have this test run of the Apollo Goodwill Disc…

FutureJurvetson's tweet image. 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛 
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 took flight to the moon. In the days that preceded the launch, the U.S. scrambled to assemble 116 letters from heads of state  that would be left behind on the moon. I have this test run of the Apollo Goodwill Disc…

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CO2 Monitor Giveaway! I've partnered with @SmartairUk to give away two of their brand-new CO2 monitors! All you need to do to be in to win one of two FREE monitors is retweet this tweet and comment on how you would use the device. Read on for terms 1/ smartairfilters.com/uk/en/product/…


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Wildfire PM2.5 Air Pollution and Equivalent Cigarettes Ottawa, Ontario and surrounding area has again been engulfed in high levels of PM2.5 pollution from wildfire smoke equivalent to smoking 1 cigarette every 2 hours. This thread will also include health protection tips.🧵1/

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Ottawa, Ontario and surrounding area has again been engulfed in high levels of PM2.5 pollution from wildfire smoke equivalent to smoking 1 cigarette every 2 hours. This thread will also include health protection tips.🧵1/

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Here's a concept I developed at NASA 18 years ago: "Multipole Radiation Shielding." Our director called it the First Generation Star Trek Shield. My lab lead had the idea to use electrostatics to protect spacecraft from cosmic radiation and he asked me to lead the effort. 1/n

DrPhiltill's tweet image. Here's a concept I developed at NASA 18 years ago: 

"Multipole Radiation Shielding." 

Our director called it the First Generation Star Trek Shield. My lab lead had the idea to use electrostatics to protect spacecraft from cosmic radiation and he asked me to lead the effort. 1/n

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We just released our work on robot soccer. I've been working on this for quite some time with my amazing colleagues at DeepMind. It's exciting how deep RL can produce such beautiful behaviors with low-cost robots. Full paper is available at arxiv.org/abs/2304.13653 Enjoy!


It will be interesting to see what comes out of this. Hopefully for good as opposed to for profit…

Been learning a lot about autonomous vehicles recently. One fascinating concept for the future: roads can be dictated by dynamic software maps, instead of fixed arrows painted on a lane or sign. Examples: • Lanes can swap directions depending on congestion, without the need of…



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Historical moment!

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This is absurdly wonderful.

Been learning a lot about autonomous vehicles recently. One fascinating concept for the future: roads can be dictated by dynamic software maps, instead of fixed arrows painted on a lane or sign. Examples: • Lanes can swap directions depending on congestion, without the need of…



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In a reply to the rollback announcement tweet, Google added the understated line of the century: "If we need to make changes, we will communicate them to users in advance." trib.al/LhygfIi

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After disrupting businesses, Google Drive’s secret file cap is dead for now

The reaction to Google Drive's secret 5 million file limit makes Google hit "undo."


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A place in Dubai where everything is monochrome and like a drawing, making you feel like you are in a storybook 📹IG fayazfz


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8 modern browser APIs you might not know, but really should:


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🧵about NASA's "Ghost Shuttle." You probably know that NASA's Space Shuttle fleet consisted of 6 orbiters. But there was a 7th orbiter that you've probably never heard of: OV-95-- or as the engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center liked to call it, the Ghost Shuttle.

bmariner's tweet image. 🧵about NASA's "Ghost Shuttle."

You probably know that NASA's Space Shuttle fleet consisted of 6 orbiters. But there was a 7th orbiter that you've probably never heard of: OV-95-- or as the engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center liked to call it, the Ghost Shuttle.

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Yeah this is not cool OC Transpo Lack of professionalism and human decency aside, it’s also a real issue that the consequence of a jerky driver was that the kids spent 45 min waiting for a another bus before giving up @ShawnMenard1 @ArielTroster @PlanteSteph613 @_MarkSutcliffe

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Hey @CapitalWard first time I’ve noticed blue salt on the sidewalk and was just wondering what the reasoning behind colouring it was?

unclepowertool's tweet image. Hey @CapitalWard first time I’ve noticed blue salt on the sidewalk and was just wondering what the reasoning behind colouring it was?

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US federal agency considering a ban on gas stoves "US Consumer Product Safety commissioner said gas stove usage is a “hidden hazard.” Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned" Would be great win for #IAQ #EndFossilFuels cnn.com/2023/01/09/bus…


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Researchers just found that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7% of childhood asthma cases. Recently I read dozens of studies about gas stoves and indoor air quality. I also installed monitors in our home and ran my own tests. Here's what I learned.


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With the launch of Artemis 1, the new Moon race has kicked into high gear. To prep for new missions, companies and government agencies are relying on fake Moon dirt. So we got some real samples of fake lunar dirt, and tested it to show how it could jeopardize our lunar ambitions.


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