Colin Cooper

IT project manager, contact solutions specialist, CX advocate, tech enthusiast, home automation and IOT experimenter. This account doesn't represent my employer

[bluedot @bluedotfestival]

On what would have been bluedot weekend, many of you will be feeling a cosmic sized hole within your calendar, so we’re delighted to remind you that there is still a universe to discover for cosmonauts of all ages this summer @jodrellbank with their science & family lineup ✨

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@bluedotfestival @jodrellbank This popped up this morning, a bit drier than last year 🌧️
Can't wait for next year!

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@GeoffLloyd @Ed_Miliband @CheerfulPodcast My favourite pod, listener from the start, the chatteroo was a good wind down too.

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@The38Super @OneBadDude_ @StephenKing Insult of the day 🤣

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@ProfTimOB Happy birthday!

[Neuralink @neuralink]

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[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

There was something very odd in the PM’s speech last night - something which infuses RE in the primary school curriculum too: the idea that everyone in this country is religious in one way or another, when we know from polls that over half the population is not religious. 1/7

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

I love every rock I uncover when #SamplingMars, but my team is really excited about what the presence of carbonate minerals could mean for the history books. Let’s keep rollin’!

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@merseyrail 427031 vomit on board the carriage

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Look how much I learned on Duolingo in 2023! How did you do? #Duolingo365

[Liverpool Vista @LiverpoolVista]

1929 - A Day In #Liverpool.

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@AmazonUK
Genius move 🤦‍♂️ time for me to sell my 7 echo devices and move to a virtual assistant that works #ifttt
#Alexa #Echo #idiots

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

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@timecaptales @Morbidful Not all hero's wear capes, but this one sure did

[Joe Hardy 🇺🇦 🇪🇺♿️🐟 #RightToLove 💙 @BlokeOnWheels]

Remember the outrage at Gary Lineker for saying that Suella Braverman had used language not dissimilar to the 1930s Germany in a parliamentary speech? Well today, in her conference speech, Suella Braverman used language not dissimilar to 1930s Germany. Do people get it yet?

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@ProfTimOB revealing the "secrets" of Jodrell bank and GCHQs past in @bluedotfestival mission control

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@chrislintott looking pensive in @bluedotfestival mission control this Sunday afternoon

[Groove Armada @GrooveArmada]

🚨 Win a signed GA25 box set 🚨

As we count down to the album dropping on 11th November, we want to give you lovely people a chance to get your hands on a signed GA25 boxset!

Want to win? Here's how:

Just like and retweet this post ❤️🔁

Good luck!

[Colin Cooper @CCooperTech]

@duolingo The thread did answer some questions such as practice, thank you! But one more. Clicking a lesson suggests I will get 20xp but then I only get 10 plus my 5 bonus for a perfect lesson. Is this an error or do I misinterpret something?