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Josh Dacre

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Free man Really liking cryptics

Joined July 2016
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🚨 WATCH DOMINIC CUMMINGS - Government is FAKE - Cummings blows the whistle on the elected politician / civil service charade: "Fake meritocracy, fake responsibility and a fake government" "Cabinet is a stage theatre" "Both sides are happy with the fake version of government"


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Old English is the coolest language you’ve never heard of From Beowulf to Lord of the Rings, its influence is legendary — but most people know nothing about it. Here’s a primer on Old English, and an explanation of why we wrote "ye olde" instead of "the old"...

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It’s my puzzle in the Independent today, featuring: Old lovers view sex differently (2-5) Greatness can emerge from Harpenden (or MIT/Yale) (8) Time for Biden to wander around shopping centre? (4,3) #cryptic #crossword puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-…


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One underappreciated fact about the ocean plastic problem is that plastic pollution is persistent in some places but not in others. For most of the world's oceans, plastic only persists for a few weeks or months before ending up back on land. In our models, we see that 80%…


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The Nazca Lines are an amazing sight to see. It took nearly a century to figure out just 430 of these Nazca geoglyphs, but now AI nearly doubled the number overnight, adding 303 new geoglyphs to our knowledge. AI might've also revealed why the Nazca lines were constructed!🧵

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This *is* what science looks like right now. Does this sound like real science? Even at a passing level? Just see. Read it. “People studying misinformation lean left for two reasons:” Extraordinary claim. Supported by….? I mean…Huge if true! I would have thought there would…

People studying misinformation lean left for two reasons: 1. scientists lean left, regardless of specialty, because they care about facts. 2. misinformation today primarily comes from the Right ("they're eating the dawwwgs!") which makes it worth studying and fighting against for…



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THE KING OF LIVE MICROPHONES!!!😎🇺🇸🥳🥳🥳


Nice one mate!

People studying misinformation lean left for two reasons: 1. scientists lean left, regardless of specialty, because they care about facts. 2. misinformation today primarily comes from the Right ("they're eating the dawwwgs!") which makes it worth studying and fighting against for…



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I set the #cryptic #crossword in today’s Independent, featuring: Net skimmed by lower part of ball? (3) Nadal returning? That’s a long way off (4) Write note around margin: ‘It’s Wimbledon today!’ (5) Free to play here … puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-… #Wimbledon


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In order to protect vital gain-of-function research we need to train a new breed of incredibly persuasive advocates against gain-of-function research, so that effective counterarguments can be developed ahead of time.


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Illustration of popular border patterns and their origins. Credit to The Archaeologist

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I have today's @Independent cryptic crossword! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-… Long number that's secret and ending in three? (4)


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🏆 Clue contest No 18 🏆 Submit your best cryptic clue for FLUSH using the link below


A new sirdakka is up on @RaiderCrossword's superb MyCrossword: American about to spot bear (7) Two pandas, one with kids! (4) Brown bears run for mountain lake (4) mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1723


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