Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org

Here is a question.

If the impeachment process had worked properly against Trump, would all (or some) of these indictments have still happened?

Die Kraft der Photosynthese!

#silentsunday

A reminder, in case you missed it ... I'm starting a newsletter!

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#space #astrodon #astronomy #physics #explore

[EDIT] FLIP is saved!
https://newatlas.com/marine/flipping-flip-ship-saved/
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Well it had to happen eventually. #Scripps is retiring FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform). This is an amazing piece of engineering (and soooo weird on the inside - everything pivots, so walls become floors). The #ship to be towed out to a location, and it would literally flip, sinking most of the ship directly down to give a *very stable platform for #oceanography research. Launched in 1962.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/world-s-strangest-research-vessel-heads-for-scrapyard-after-51-years

"There’s no immediate danger of the U.S. losing its 'exorbitant privilege', but if it continues to dance with default, eventually the world will lose patience and start seriously seeking alternatives to the dollar and the UST. Indeed, that process may already have begun"

https://coppolacomment.substack.com/publish/post/135827889

In the red states of Kansas, Kentucky, Montana and Ohio, where the people have had a chance to vote statewide, abortion rights have won out. This is a loser issue for the GOP and a galvanizing one for Democrats everywhere.

Once again.

It is an express part of the Good Friday Agreement that the ECHR is enforceable in Northern Ireland

The UK cannot quit the ECHR without either breaching or renegotiating the Good Friday Agreement. And Ireland will never agree to removing the Convention rights of the nationalist community in Northern Ireland.

Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass die 1,5⁰C Erwärmungsschwelle überschritten wird. Während eines starken El Niño im Jahr 2015 lag die globale Durchschnittstemperatur einige Tage lang um mehr als 1,5⁰C über dem vorindustriellen Niveau, wahrscheinlich zum ersten Mal im Industriezeitalter, laut Copernicus-Daten.

https://climate.copernicus.eu/tracking-breaches-150c-global-warming-threshold#:~:text=The%20first%20time%20in%20this,level%20was%20in%20December%202015.

@VQuaschning

Boost please British folk. Woods here are FULL of death caps. Amanita phalloides. In decades of picking I have never seen as many as here on Cambridge today. It not even usually common here. It's brutally poisonous, please share a warning to avoid it #mushtodon #fungi #mushrooms

My look to the week ahead is out! Have a great rest of your weekend. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-7e6?sd=pf

Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh Book Festival over 'greenwashing'

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has pulled out of a much-anticipated event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She cited a sponsor's "heavy" investments in fossil fuel and accusing them of "greenwashing".

"As a climate activist I cannot attend an event which receives sponsorship from Baillie Gifford, who invest heavily in the fossil fuel industry", said the 20-year-old Swedish activist in a statement on the festival website.

Thunberg was due to speak at the event entitled "It's Not Too Late To Change The World" on August 13.

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/04/greta-thunberg-pulls-out-of-edinburgh-book-festival-over-greenwashing