Peter Broks

@peterbroks

Messes about with history, science, and media. Likes Victorian/Edwardian stuff. Rescues cats. Author of Understanding Popular Science.

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    JCom just published special issue on history of - with an article by and more

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    2 hours ago

    This remains the best commemoration of the Moon landing

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    3 hours ago

    I would do this.

    Looks like the First Lady of Japan pretended not to speak English for nearly 2 hrs to avoid talking to Trump
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  4. 3 hours ago

    Dunkirk: how to make the best out of a humiliating disaster Brexit: see Dunkirk

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    3 hours ago
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    if scientists keep waiting until bad policies & politics directly affect *them* and their work, they're gonna respond to things way too late

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  6. 5 hours ago
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    The level of incoherence, ignorance and delusion is truly astonishing

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  7. 5 hours ago

    No matter how bad you think a Trump interview might be the reality is far worse.

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    6 hours ago

    The esteemed historian, Donald J. Trump, lectures on Napoleon Bonaparte... (HT )

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    6 hours ago

    If you think the British Empire was benevolent, think again! Read whole thread!

    So just reminded me of something from the first year I lived in London. This will need a thread so bear with me
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    23 hours ago

    If there's only 1 thing you watch today, let it be this. "Changing the language we use in museums," via .

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    7 hours ago

    Doodlebug, an orphaned kangaroo doesn't have his family anymore, so he hugs his teddy bear. Pic Gillian Abbot

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  12. 8 hours ago

    I used to love seeing the teleprinter typing out the football scores. News seemed raw and immediate

    This just in on Teletype
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    9 hours ago

    I can't even

    Trump just nominated a man who described climate science as “junk” to the Agriculture Department’s top science post
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    Jul 19

    google translates Kleinsäugerfaunen (=small mammal faunas) to "fawn fawny fawn fawn". I know which one I'm going to be using in future.

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  15. 17 hours ago

    Trump: Repeal and replace No, just repeal No, repeal and replace No, just get it done. Don't go on holiday If you want me I'm playing golf

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    18 hours ago
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    population size is not the issue, an economic system based on the endless circulation of profit is the ultimate cause of climate change

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    18 hours ago

    another option to is to stop corporations from destroying the planet for profit but nah, have fewer kids 😒

    Study lists 4 high-impact ways to cut CO2 emissions: -have fewer kids -go carless -avoid air travel -go vegetarian
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  18. 18 hours ago

    Grants available for PhD research at my university includes work in Note: deadline VERY soon!

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    19 hours ago
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    The whole time he's been in office Trump's treated the US not as a nation to lead, but as a commodity to strip and sell for personal profit

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    19 hours ago

    Terry Gilliam Explains The Difference Between Kubrick (Great Filmmaker) & Spielberg (Less So)

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