Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
@freemo There are some who believe it should be a deterrent and so designed against 'scroungers'. Sometimes this is said openly in the UK.
@freemo Yes, most of them feature a desire to make them punitive. We moved on from 'debtors prison' and workhouses, but only just. There remains a view that folk will work harder to avoid an unpleasant system but they never have.
@freemo It is too easy to mess it up and there are pitfalls too. The UK 'universal credit' is an example.
@freemo I've never seen any argument for folk not working when getting UBI, but that it sits under incomes as a financial safety net for most cases. Some cases may need more money or other forms of welfare but UBI would catch most cases.
@freemo I think they can get guns by asking a judge, tbf.
@freemo If you carry one here, cops come very quickly. Of course, they haven't got one, so they are at a disadvantage. They can have a stick, though.
@freemo Somewhat limited use in the UK.😂
@bastianallgeier Now they also sell the safety goggles to wear whilst opening it.😉
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Sometimes marketing is all about waiting long enough for your audience to forget about the 80s and 90s.
I love how ALDI celebrates this brilliant new design that saves 40% of plastic by removing the plastic lid.
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Lastest data: 🥺
+ Carbon dioxide (*new monthly record*)
+ Methane (*new monthly record*)
+ Nitrous oxide (*new monthly record*)
Observations provided by https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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#Kyanite is a beautiful blue mineral that is typically found in metamorphic rocks. It is an aluminum silicate mineral, with the chemical formula Al₂SiO₅. Kyanite is known for its bladed crystals, Read more here:
https://www.geologyin.com/2024/03/kyanite-properties-occurrence-uses.html?fbclid=IwAR3lup-OlmvFyou8p4DoyT_yGi2lI7Z16lo9zytut2FhS-60bVKnY56nWNU
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer
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A great article by @STAT's newsletter strategist Alexa Lee: #Puberty is hitting girls earlier, bringing with it mental and social hurdles.
"I didn’t get to explain the educational part of puberty to her before it took place. We were stuck dealing with the changes and learning all at the same time."
https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/07/girls-precocious-puberty-mental-health/
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It's fascinating how quick we are to assign value based on pay, yet slow to recognize the immense contribution of caretakers, artists, and volunteers. What if we flipped the script? Universal Basic Income isn't just about money—it's about valuing all forms of work, paid or not.
@sciencebase It gets stuck in the coiled strings. Entirely unforeseeable as I explained.
@sciencebase Not what Dr Kemp said when he unfolded his views on the matter and me in particular.
@sciencebase I got a right bollocking for trying it on a Spanish at school. It actually wore completely through into two hanging bits either end.
@sciencebase Got your bow for the extended version of 'Dazed and Confused'?
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Please repost: #job in #climatescience
I am looking to fill positions in my group at Universitaet Hamburg and @MPI_Meteo
👉Postdoc examining the response of the ocean carbon storage to abrupt events during the last deglaciation
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=13da546994dd624cdb680d4ab26a89af41aedb89
👉Postdoc developing the ocean carbon cycle in emission-driven ICON ESM
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=e6e26a5f837885c12285f9902ac36689f720f611
👉PhD investigating mechanisms of predictability of compound extreme events in the ocean and their effects on the carbon sink
https://jobs.mpimet.mpg.de/jobposting/fcb8fa96c351b278f4199dea84df1c5ff57bf0630
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The Design Research Society Special Interest Group on Design Ethics has just published a web collection of UNETHICAL Designs:
https://unethical-designs.framer.ai/
Ah, you can also send more examples.
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
