Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
@Frances_Coppola Indeed, their now legendary legal legerdemain.
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Legal legerdemain: how the pressure group Sex Matters redefines part of the Equality Act 2010 to deny trans and non-binary children rights the legislation was intended to protect. https://coppolacomment.substack.com/p/legal-legerdemain
@sciencebase My eyes see the word but my brain reads 'deionised' every time.
@sciencebase The word wasn't mentioned but that's what it looked like. The transform is a 'displacive' one which doesn't break any bonds but distorts to another crystal structure.
@sciencebase Just watched a vid of a virus injecting its DNA. The syringe 'squashes' due to its material transforming like steel does when you quench it. Incredible one-way event. We don't really know much about nature at all yet.
@sciencebase It's more like vibrate, really. If it's defensive it is a bit feeble. Can't see a Blue Tit even noticing. But things like that aren't often a waste of time, I guess.
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Kingfishishing in a fish hole...
Photo: Gisela Delpho
By #AnimalPhotography
#NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer #Video #Science
@sciencebase I was taught to call them "Jinny Spinners" which is more suitable for the spiders really. We get loads of those as well and their webs make the place look like a Adams Family set. Have you noticed how they tremble when you touch them?
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Another terrible tragedy has struck Northern Africa. Heavy rains have burst dams in Libya, sweeping whole neighborhoods to the sea and untold thousands to their deaths. This is heartbreaking to witness, and I implore the world community to come immediately to the aid of all those affected.
@sciencebase I gather so, but all mine look the same and show off by hanging down by one leg from the ceilings.
@sciencebase Do you get Crane Flies in actinic traps? Little bleeders love it inside at night but they are all boringly alike. Is there anything good about them?
@sciencebase Nicked it from LinkedIn,, so not sure of origin.
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Forced birth in a country with:
—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations
This isn't about "life." It's about control.
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100+ from Scientist Rebellion are again demonstrating peacefully against fossil subsidies, on the A12 in The Hague, organised by @extinctionrebellionnl . As well as the white lab coats, 20+ professors are also present in academic robes. In total there is an est. 10,000+ protestors present
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I'm personally in favour of banning political parties that are entirely bankrolled by their millionaire leaders. Seems much more important for democracy than banning the EU flag at the last night of the Proms.
@sciencebase "For mash get smashed. Good riff, man"
@Drosmel Looks very clean. You're not doing some Petrology work, then?
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A read of the Harpers article shows how much freedom to govern itself a city like Birmingham had in the 1890s, compared to modern English cities, which are run under the centralised authority (but not responsibility) of Whitehall and the Treasury. May be the main reason for the difference?
Article by @davidallengreen
Whatever happened to ‘the best-governed city in the world’? https://emptycity.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-the-best-governed?
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Philosophising consumerism.
A beautiful philosophical journey on the meaning of being a consumer in a consumer society.
By Lewis Waller
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
