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7th_graders: Vickers 7th Graders (1981)
A small multiplex network of friendships among 29 seventh grade students in Victoria, Australia. Students nominated classmates for three different activities (who do you get on with in the class, who are your best friends, and who would you prefer to work with). Edge direction for each of these three types of edges indicates if node i nominated node j, and the edge weight gives the frequency of this nomination. Students 1-12 are boys and 13-29 ar…

Chilly out there. Time for gritters with fantastic names.
https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker

Gritter tracker | Traffic Scotland
Traffic Scotland gives you the real-time information you need about Scotland’s trunk road network

Oops, first time I've heard of the top of a phone mast burning out; Don't think there was any lightning.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/statement-issued-o2-after-phone-328…

Statement issued by O2 after phone mast bursts into flames on busy Greater Manchester road
The fire service were called at around 5am

Broncos HC compares Maxx Crosby to facing sixth grader with a beard https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/12/05/broncos-sean-payton-raiders-maxx-crosby-sixth-grader-with-beard…

Ha ha.
If they seriously want to learn about economic growth then they should meet those of us who have been critical of this ecocidal doctrine for over a decade.
Government sends advisors to Greater Manchester to learn about economic growth - Manchester Evening News
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Government sends advisors to Greater Manchester to learn about economic growth
Greater Manchester's economy has grown faster than anywhere else in the UK over the last 10 years

Das New England Aquarium in Boston hat ein neues Gehege eröffnet: Alternde Pinguine wohnen jetzt auf einer #Geriatrie -Insel.
https://www.welt.de/wissen…

Senioren im Zoo: Wenn Pinguine ins Altersheim kommen
Das New England Aquarium in Boston hat ein neues Gehege eröffnet: Alternde Pinguine wohnen jetzt auf einer Geriatrie-Insel. Dort erhalten die tierischen Senioren jeden Tag einen ganz speziellen Service.

The EU was not called the European Coal And Steel Community for nothing, folks.
We talk a mean human rights and democracy. But we’re still the European Coal and Steel Community.
Go Single Market, amirite?! https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/@mf_newsdigest/11550764176416580…

7th_graders: Vickers 7th Graders (1981)
A small multiplex network of friendships among 29 seventh grade students in Victoria, Australia. Students nominated classmates for three different activities (who do you get on with in the class, who are your best friends, and who would you prefer to work with). Edge direction for each of these three types of edges indicates if node i nominated node j, and the edge weight gives the frequency of this nomination. Students 1-12 are boys and 13-29 ar…

(1) This is horrific.
(2) Please note that the supposed “fraud” is a small kernel of genuine concern wrapped in a massive blanket of bullshit. It cannot be repeated often enough. Because the actual amount of fraud is greater than zero, reporters keep making a show of Taking It Very Seriously — but when the actual fraud is…what, 1% the size of BS they’re making up??…well, taking it more than 1% seriously is a failure of reporting.
Via @…: https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/115851757331687367

7th_graders: Vickers 7th Graders (1981)
A small multiplex network of friendships among 29 seventh grade students in Victoria, Australia. Students nominated classmates for three different activities (who do you get on with in the class, who are your best friends, and who would you prefer to work with). Edge direction for each of these three types of edges indicates if node i nominated node j, and the edge weight gives the frequency of this nomination. Students 1-12 are boys and 13-29 ar…