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The week's best photos via The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... 0-pictures
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Always fascinating (and somewhat depressing) to see the world as it is through pictures, especially places you normally hear nothing about. For instance, I had no idea there were even slums on Mayotte and if you'd asked me to point out Mayotte on a map, I'd have probably chosen the wrong area altogether, nevermind the actual correct island.
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I only learned about it recently because I play a silly game called FLAGGLE and its flag came up. But indeed, I would have never been able to find it in a map.
It is a big world.
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Demon Haunted World is still as relevant as when it came out. I actually re-read recently, and its clarity of exposition and lucid explanations remain as vivid as when it came out.
Together with "The Ascent of Man", I would make it mandatory reading.
But you know me.
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Leopard383
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OK, which one of you did this? #funny #trumpindictment

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Can I laugh? ;)
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Most people seem to be on the side of the orcas and sharks and are lobbying for the giant squid to join in.


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Wish everyone a happy summer solstice .also international day of yoga and international day of music..
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16 h day in Basel today (17 h 52 min in Riga)
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12:23 daylight hours in Bogota. :rofl:
We are only 4 degrees above the equator, after all.
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15:40 in the Ottawa area
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I found out, via XKCD, that the latest sunset of the year is not on the summer solstice.
A little explanation is here:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/201 ... et/8097844
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