Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
@freemo I get confused by bumper stickers - why aren't they fender stickers?
@freemo All I do is use "gotten" and "ass" rather than "arse"to talk American. And avoid "old chap".
@freemo Try Midnight Train, Atlanta.😍
@freemo I was not so cool when there was one in Chiba. I was taking a piss in the hotel and ended up on my back in the bath. Gladly, there were no witnesses.
Dr Keith Walker
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Does international law really exist?
When it is asserted that Israel and Russia are in breach of international law, it means—or should mean—something
By me, at @prospect_uk
Dr Keith Walker
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The narrative around Universal Basic Income often gets twisted into a saga of laziness. But here's food for thought: UBI will be the most significant productivity booster we've yet to embrace. Freed from survival stress, innovation and creativity will flourish like never before.
Dr Keith Walker
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Our Wikipedia page is at risk of being deleted because it may not meet notability guidelines.
Can we get some help?
We're not that familiar with Wikipedia or its processes, but we think our project is notable enough for inclusion.
Dr Keith Walker
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Lots of the proposals for fixing #healthcare #cybersecurity focus on equipping #hospitals (or penalizing them for attacks).
But as the #Change outage shows, third-party vendors pose a huge risk.
“Even if we spent every dollar of our budgets on cybersecurity, that still does not eliminate the majority of cyber risk that comes to us from third parties.”
@STAT's Mohana Ravindranath on what's next:
https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/29/change-healthcare-attack-proposed-cybersecurity-regulations/
@sciencebase Around here you'd be talking eels with the odd trout.
@sciencebase Only Mat and Both nights at Far Ings with a white blanket and a lamp. I don't have a huge net, though.
@sciencebase You're like the child catcher in Chitty Bang Bang.
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Shell abandons 2035 emissions target and weakens 2030 goal.
Cynical victim blaming from a major fossil fuel polluter:
“if society is not net-zero in 2050… there would be significant risk that Shell may not meet this target”. This is familiar language from the oil major, which frequently explains that it is consumers, not Shell itself, that influence fossil-fuel use. —Carbon Brief
https://www.carbonbrief.org/shell-abandons-2035-emissions-target-and-weakens-2030-goal/
@sciencebase Five more turned up...you've been actinicating and puffing stuff about again, haven't you. Or you're just a spawy get.
Dr Keith Walker
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Does this happen to you?
I was advised to never ever use childcare responsibilities as a justification for unavailability, e.g. when rejecting meetings at late hours. Well, because, someone could think that I am not serious about science or that my kids are more important to me than my science, or something like this 🙄
But when a male colleague tells about skipping a meeting because his child is sick, everyone goes like "ah, he is such a good father!" (and a good scientist of course, anyway)
@freemo I got that at school but we didn't cover anything as useful as knots.
@freemo I got a badge in Scouts but I'm not sure that will help much.
Dr Keith Walker
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These are leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae). They live in the sea, grazing on algae.
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
