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Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.

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Btw, that photograph everyone is sharing was taken by Evan Vucci of The Associated Press. Credit the photographer.

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This happened in #Conwy today. #photography 🎞️📸📷

Model: Kate Laura #photography

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Model: Akari Desire #photography

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"I’m reminded of the work-safety adage that, for every death, there are multiple near misses; if you fail to correct the problem after near misses, there will be deaths." SpaceX is far too cavalier about safety. Congress needs to have a little chat with them.

"As an astronomer, I already had good reasons to worry about SpaceX." Worries like: light pollution from mega-constellations, atmospheric pollution from launches and disintegrations, and now silo-sized space junk dropping on people's farms. www.scientificamerican.com/article/spac...

SpaceX Dropped Space Junk on My Neighbor’s Farm. Here’s What Happened Nextwww.scientificamerican.com A Saskatchewan farmer’s near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk

Carbon Dreams Model: Amber Tutton #photography

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Shelley Duvall, best known for her roles in "The Shining" and several acclaimed Robert Altman films, has died at 75, according to The Hollywood Reporter cnn.it/3LiYRR5

Bare Metal #photography #conwy

When WATO terminates an interesting interview to go to a fluff piece. Grrrr 😡

Cycling Down This Hill is Dangerous #llandudno #photography

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The European Space Agency had a (mostly) successful launch of their new Ariane 6 rocket, which they hope will get them into the cheaper launch arena with SpaceX. But there were issues... orbitalindex.com/archive/2024...

Issue No. 277orbitalindex.com The Orbital Index

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Tibetan pilgrim meditating at Bodanath #filmphotography #believeinfilm

Go #Ariane6!

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Happy 7/9 Day, Americans

Model: Akari Desire #photography

Listening to a brand new Green party MP on the radio. He hasn't finished the Parliament induction course yet and he's already skilled in not answering the question 😂