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Hmm. Have to admit I never noticed this proclivity.

Hmm. Have to admit I never noticed this proclivity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVIGhYMwRgs

A Love Supreme: 50 Years On, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051s0fp from @bbcradio4 via @BBCiPlayerRadio #jazz #FT

A Love Supreme: 50 Years On, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051s0fp from @bbcradio4 via @BBCiPlayerRadio #jazz #FT This was a nice look at ALS 50 years on. It must be 20 years since I listened to it from start to finish in one sitting.

Fascinating: NASA | First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map from New Mission: http://youtu.be/ILNC7IdyWVU #FT

Fascinating: NASA | First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map from New Mission: http://youtu.be/ILNC7IdyWVU #FT http://youtu.be/ILNC7IdyWVU

Happy Birthday David Sylvian #FT

Happy Birthday David Sylvian   #FT   David Sylvian - Do You Know Me Now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sarfvvyNCzQ http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=Tfhe6Lu9DKg&u=/watch?v%3DsarfvvyNCzQ%26feature%3Dshare

Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines

http://graphics.wsj.com/infectious-diseases-and-vaccines/

Photos from dinner #50 #FT

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Photos from dinner #50 #FT
Out with alison adams​ for some Italian food for #50 birthday dinner #FT

Some photos of me from the mid-70s my sister Susan Woolger​ sent as a birthday card #50 #FT

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Some photos of me from the mid-70s my sister Susan Woolger​ sent as a birthday card #50 #FT

Some interesting contributors to a decent #Bowie top 30 list in Uncut #FT

Some interesting contributors to a decent #Bowie top 30 list in Uncut #FT http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/david-bowies-30-best-songs-66458
Happy birthday, Dominic Giles!

Alison made me a valentine's white choc lolly.

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Alison made me a valentine's white choc lolly.
Happy Birthday!

EPL Football is overvalued & overpriced. Why are you supporting & funding this you BT & Sky subscribers? It's insane. #FT

EPL Football is overvalued & overpriced. Why are you supporting & funding this you BT & Sky subscribers? It's insane. #FT Sky and BT retain Premier League TV rights for record £5.14bn http://gu.com/p/45k92 http://gu.com/p/45k92

Society, huh? #FT

Society, huh? #FT   http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3635#comic http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20150208.png
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Ya think!?!

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Ya think!?!

So, you think electric cars are slow and boring? Think again.

So, you think electric cars are slow and boring? Think again.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qFV5i8tBhs

The only tauntaun that won't keep you warm. Star Wars snow tauntaun: http://j.mp/1EC5Ptf #StarWars

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The only tauntaun that won't keep you warm. Star Wars snow tauntaun: http://j.mp/1EC5Ptf #StarWars

Lloyd Cole (@LloydCole)- Woman in a Bar #FT

Lloyd Cole (@LloydCole)- Woman in a Bar #FT   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNolaVryZ9M Lloydy doing the midlife crisis thing very nicely. No longer angry No longer young No longer driven to distraction Not even by Scarlett Johansson http://www.lloydcole.com/music/antidepressant/lyrics.html http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=jADBHoOS87E&u=/watch?v%3DKNolaVryZ9M%26feature%3Dshare

Another from (recent discovery for me, Brit jazz trumpet) Matthew Halsall #jazz #FT

Another from (recent discovery for me, Brit jazz trumpet) Matthew Halsall #jazz   #FT   Great trumpet tone. Lovely tune. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0FHG69VaDY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Another good summary on #PeakOil: After the Peak by Richard Heinber (@richardheinberg) #FT

Another good summary on #PeakOil: After the Peak by Richard Heinber (@richardheinberg) #FT http://www.postcarbon.org/after-peak/ http://www.postcarbon.org/after-peak/

Great, simple summary of Peak Oil & how it has manifested. #PeakOil #FT

Great, simple summary of Peak Oil & how it has manifested. #PeakOil #FT From JH Kunstler's interesting & entertaining (& gently doomerist) 2015 forecasts (a good read). His summary here on Oil is really good. 'Conventional oil' peaked around 2005 & since then we've been in the 'undulating plateaux' of production & cost/price fluctuations. _"Despite the triumphal agitprop of the past few years, peak oil is for real. It just manifests more strangely than most people thought, namely, the simpleminded idea that it would only show up as ever-rising prices. No, I made point in The Long Emergency (2005) — and other commentators did too — that peak oil would manifest as volatility. And so since the actual moment of peak conventional crude around 2005, we’ve seen pretty wild oscillations in the price of oil. This is due to the harsh reality that the price people and enterprises can afford to pay for increasingly harder-to-get oil is less than th...

Listen to Avonmore Remixes by Bryan Ferry (Official) #np on #SoundCloud

Listen to Avonmore Remixes by Bryan Ferry (Official) #np on #SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/bryanferry/sets/avonmore-remixes #FT Some great remixes from the recent Ferry. #ExtendedGrooveTastic http://soundcloud.com/bryanferry/sets/avonmore-remixes