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I personally loved the ending as well and didn't find it unsatisfactory... And yeah it's definitely a character-driven show. I just couldn't get into Leftovers... I tried hard to like it, but just couldn't

I loved LOST and still haven't found anything similar to it... A lot of other LOST fans seemed to really like The Leftovers; I personally couldn't stand it. There's a relatively new series called Manifest that is a bit similar but it's just decent and not even close to LOST in terms of quality. Fringe gets recommend often to LOST fans but I haven't seen it yet. Westworld is definitely a good call (as mentioned by @RandoEFC).

Sounds good; will definitely check it out.

Toto Wolff casually driving the legendary W 196, the car that helped Fangio and Mercedes to their first F1 title.

I reckon I'll give farming a go... Time to put all those skills I learned while grafting at the grandma's farm to use

I'm in! Packing up already...

Oh I'm not complaining at all; I've been looking for something similar to watch before bed after work! Something lighthearted and not too much to think about; so it's perfect for me...

Just watched the first episode, it's proper silly but in a good way

Just watched it too and I thought it's a good light hearted silly flick. 7/10

Tom Horn (1980) I love Steve McQueen and I love westerns but this one just didn't quite work for me... 6/10

Erik Durm has officially signed for Eintracht Frankfurt from Championship team Huddersfield Town on a four-year contract. The deal is thought to be around €2M. The club also confirmed the signings of Dominik Kohr (Bayer Leverkusen) and Jip Molenaar (FC Volendam) today.

Picked up a few popular science book today; it was free as a part of the initiative to popularise science and foster scientific culture. Pandora’s Seed takes us on a powerful and provocative globe-trotting tour of human history, back to a seminal event roughly ten thousand years ago, when our species made a radical shift in its way of life: We became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers, setting in motion a momentous chain of events that could not have been foreseen at the time. Although this decision to control our own food supply is what propelled us into the modern world, Wells demonstrates—using the latest genetic and anthropological data—that such a dramatic shift in lifestyle had a downside that we’re only now beginning to recognize. Growing grain crops ultimately made humans more sedentary and unhealthy and made the planet more crowded. The expanding population and the need to apportion limited resources such as water created hierarchies and inequalities. The desire to control—and no longer cooperate with—nature altered the concept of religion, making deities fewer and more influential, foreshadowing today’s fanaticisms. The proximity of humans and animals bred diseases that metastasized over time. Freedom of movement and choice were replaced by a pressure to work that is the forebear of the anxiety and depression millions feel today. Wells offers a hopeful prescription for altering a life to which we were always ill suited, recommending that we change our priorities and self-destructive appetites before it’s too late. A riveting and accessible scientific detective story, Pandora’s Seed is an eye-opening book for anyone fascinated by the past and concerned about the future. A renowned biochemist draws on cutting-edge scientific findings to construct the mosaic of life’s astounding history. How did life invent itself? Where did DNA come from? How did consciousness develop? Powerful new research methods are providing vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining atomic structures of proteins, and looking into the geochemistry of rocks have helped explain evolution in more detail than ever before. Nick Lane expertly reconstructs the history of life by describing the ten greatest inventions of evolution (including DNA, photosynthesis, sex, and sight), based on their historical impact, role in organisms today, and relevance to current controversies. Who would have guessed that eyes started off as light-sensitive spots used to calibrate photosynthesis in algae? Or that DNA’s building blocks form spontaneously in hydrothermal vents? Lane gives a gripping, lucid account of nature’s ingenuity, and the result is a work of essential reading for anyone who has ever pondered or questioned the science underlying evolution’s greatest gifts to man. Editor John Brockman continues in the same vein as his popular compilations What Are You Optimistic About and What Have You Changed Your Mind About with This Will Change Everything. Brockman asks 150 intellectual superstars “what game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?” Their fascinating responses are collected here, from bestselling author of Atonement Ian McEwan to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek to electronic music pioneer Brian Eno to writer, actor, director, and activist Alan Alda.

Will check it out tonight. Saw the trailer and I liked the look of it...

Wanted to watch it yesterday but had unexpected change of plans (i.e. whisky). Will probably watch it tonight...It already felt a bit rushed in Episode 9 as they are trying to wrap it all up. Will see how I feel about it after the finale but yeah, I won't miss it much either!

“Pierre is having a tough time at the moment, we’re doing our best to support him, I think he just needs a reset,” said Horner. “I think we have got to somehow go ‘control alt delete’ in his head and start again. “He is a quick driver. The problem he has got is that Max is delivering every week, and that puts more pressure on him to perform, but we’re sticking by him. “We still believe in him and we’ll give him all the support we can to try and nurture the talent we know he has.” Red Bull, and sister team Toro Rosso, has previously demoted or dropped drivers struggling for form, but Horner has stressed that such a scenario is not under consideration regarding Gasly. “There is no intention to change Pierre,” said Horner. “He’s our driver, we’re going to work with him, we will try to get the best out of him. “He’s having a tough time at the moment but we will do our best to support him through it.” https://www.motorsportweek.com/news/id/23490?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Seems they still believe in him!

Gasly didn't have the same aero package (the new modified front wing and bargeboards) and wasn't given high power modes as Max so that could be part of the explanation. The new package seemed to solve a lot of RB problems by giving the car better balance and more grip so let's see if Gasly can do better once he has the same package. However, getting lapped by your teammate (even if he's a generational talent) despite being ahead of him on Lap 1 is still embarrassing af and won't do him any favours considering that he's already under pressure for performing below par.

Gasly reached a new low by getting lapped by his teammate today... Also struggled to overtake anyone ahead of him despite the fact that the car was performing better than most of the others in the hot conditions today. Feel sorry for him but I don't think he'll see the season out at Red Bull. Nice touch from RB for letting Toyoharu Tanabe to collect the constructor's trophy today; good job by Honda! Very happy for them.

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Motorsports Olympics are coming! The FIA has announced today the launch of the 'FIA Motorsport Games', an exciting new international, multidisciplinary sporting event that will see drivers competing not for individual recognition, but for their country. The FIA Motorsport Games will be an annual event, with drivers from a variety of disciplines participating in the same venue on the same weekend under their national flag. The Motorsport Games will initially feature six categories: GT, Touring Car, Formula 4, Drifting, Karting Slalom and Digital Motorsport. Each competition will award Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, contributing to an overall medal table. The inaugural edition of the FIA Motorsport Games will be held in autumn 2019, in Rome.

Not a fan of theme parks but I'd looooove to go to the new Star Wars one...

Exactly my point... They manufacture their compounds the way they are told to by FIA.

The tyres are shite but I believe it's not Pirelli's fault...

Brilliant news - apparently Werder has extended Kohfeldt's contract already! Interesting that apparently Schalke and Gladbach have both approached him this season and only signed their new managers after Kohfeldt rejected their offers. In other news it seems that we're also close to signing Marko Grujic on a two season loan from Liverpool as both clubs and the player reached an agreement apparently.

Falcon Heavy launches tonight! The most interesting payload on it (at least for me) is definitely The Planetary Society's LightSail 2. Been looking forward towards this for quite a while as it will be the first controlled spacecraft in Earth's orbit to fly solely on sunlight and hopefully the start of the innovative propulsion technology which has been supported by Carl Sagan back in the 70s already. Here's some info on how it works: LightSail 2 is a secondary payload attached to the Falcon Rocket in a small washing machine-sized spacecraft called a Prox-1. Once detached from the Falcon rocket and at a safe distance, Prox-1 will eject LightSail 2 for orbital insertion. On launch, it measures no more than the size of a loaf of bread! Once deployed in space, 4 mini solar panels will open from its sides to power the on-board computers, communications systems, detectors and sail actuators. The sails themselves are made of Mylar, and at just 4.5 microns thick (one tenth the width of a human hair) are light and reflective enough for sunlight alone to push them into a higher orbit. Before deployment the entire spacecraft measures just 30 x 10 x 10 cm, while when fully open the sails span an area of 5.6 x 5.6 m or about 32 square metres; and an entire spacecraft weights just 5kg! A great post with a lot of details can be found here: https://planetarie.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/the-planetary-societys-lightsail-2/