Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 29/29:
The last day of this #abomination. Tomorrow we can all return to watching #football!
As for today, here’s a football match for you, in the 15 man code. Nearly 50 years ago, one of the greatest matches ever played. Do keep watching after #That_Try — there’s still plenty of amazing #rugby to come.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 26/29:
The #Pitch_Drop_Experiment began in 1928. Since then, nine drops have fallen, showing that #pitch is a #liquid. #SCIENCE!!!
Click through for a live feed of the experiment. The next drop will probably fall in #2026, so think twice before popping into the kitchen for a sandwich.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 24/29:
Russian-born, Wassily #Kandinsky spent most of his artistic career in #Germany and #France. He died in #Paris 78 years ago today, shortly after the city was liberated from the Nazi occupiers.
Click through for an article describing Kandinsky’s journey to #abstraction.
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https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Kandinskys-Introspective-Path-to-Abstrac/D8C2B04A9E82D3CB
Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 23/29:
Don’t get the wrong idea about #football! When it’s not parasitized by stinkingly corrupt #bagmen and its premier tournament hasn’t been hijacked by a resource-extracting mediaeval #theocracy, it can be a wonderful game. AND YOU CAN PLAY IT ONLINE! Just click the link below.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 20/29:
#Molecules — who doesn’t love ‘em? With the linked tool #MolView, you can visualize them in all sorts of ways and even create your own.
Here’s a structural image of #luciferase, which (if you can somehow manage to synthesize it in your buttocks) will make your arse glow in the dark.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 19/29:
Concerned that #ChatGPT will win every #Bulwer_Lytton_Prize from now to eternity? Tired of seeing #Rybka humiliate grand masters at #chess?
Well, now YOU can play a complex game of strategy against a #computer, and if you’re not a total moron, you will win or at least draw Every. Single. Time.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 18/29:
Two things, to be precise.
On this day in 43 BCE #Cicero was murdered on #Mark_Antony’s orders. Follow the 1st link to read his speeches against #Catiline as you reflect on contemporary politicians.
And #Tom_Waits turns 73 today. Follow the 2nd link for a pleasant song.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 17/29:
How often have you wept, not knowing the #weather in and around #Inverness?
Well, weep no more! This modern #webcam will show you the weather on the shores of #Loch_Ness whenever you like. Check it obsessively, until 19 December after about 20:00 UTC+3.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 15/29:
More than half way to the end of this #abomination!
Instead of watching the #footballers, make #anagrams of their names! All their names. Every last one.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 14/29:
Listen to an #AI simulate a conversation between #German #filmmaker #Werner #Herzog and #philosophe #slovène #Slavoj “Who?” #Žižek.
You can listen to it until this abomination of a football tournament has ended.
Indeed, you can listen to it until the universe achieves heat death.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 12/29:
Visit the Uffizi from the comfort of your own smartphone.
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https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/uffizi-gallery?hl=en
Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 11/29:
Toilet-train your cat using the method pioneered by Charles Mingus. Yes, THAT Charles Mingus.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 10/29:
Pretend that you have joined the United States Marines. At Boot Camp, your drill instructor is making you do press-ups. Only here, “doing press-ups” means “eating Ferrero Rocher”.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 9/29:
Load up on Jolt Cola and play OG computer games. Kick it Old School with Adventure! Dive into Zork; try not to be eaten by a grue.
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https://iplayif.com/?story=https%3A%2F%2Fifarchive.org%2Fif-archive%2Fgames%2Fzcode%2FAdvent.z5
Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 8/29:
Commit the Carmina of G. Valerius Catullus to memory. All of ‘em. In English *and* Latin.
Recite them, frequently and publicly, in English, reverting to Latin with a wink when you get to the naughty bits.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 7/29:
Breed Sea Monkeys!
And once you've mastered the skill, scale up! Forget the fishbowl: raise them in your bathtub! Or swimming pool! Use a net to scoop 'em up: 800 g of the tiny animals, cooked into a sort of crustacean porridge, will feed a family of four.
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 6/29:
Grab a glass jar or bottle and cultivate a bonsai kitten.* It's an ancient Internet tradition!
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#HowDoTheyPee?
* Sensitive souls may breathe easy. The bonsai kitten is 'shopped. You can't really make bonsai kittens.
Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 4/29:
Put together a jigsaw puzzle with no picture. Just as tedious and pointless as the footie, without the corruption, homophobia and homicidal exploitation of desperate foreign workers!
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Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 3/29:
Extract DNA from your own spittle and cheek-scrapings! It's fun and educational*, and you can then use it to create a mindlessly loyal clone army .
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* No, really. See here: https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/how-to-extract-dna-at-home/
Things to do #InsteadOfWorldCup, 2/29:
Teach yourself to juggle. Already know how? Take it to the next level — instead of balls, use cats.
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