Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
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Who would have thought 🙄
A study (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-2562.html) shows that women are more likely to win awards that are not named after men.
@ahmedbutt "Ruth" is by Elizabeth Gaskill. My mistake. I was thinking of "Pretty Lady" by AB.
@ahmedbutt I'm a steel maker, described as "not that odd" on Radio 4 for liking older novels with a big dollop of misery and moralising. I bet you are familiar with some of my favourites. "Old Wives Tale" and "Ruth" by Arnold Bennet, "Gone To Earth" by Mary Webb, but the best has to be "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton.
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@davidallengreen There is no way to compel a monster or contrarian to be the performatively cowed repentant that some crave. Having the guilty laugh in the faces of victims is the inevitable outcome.
Justice is not a personal service.
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@Frances_Coppola I've got some of those somewhere. They don't work. I bet it's cos they have a big A on them and my initial is K.
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Banking the #unbanked: focusing on commercial banks misses an opportunity. #Banks won't provide financial incentives such as lottery schemes for the poor to use banks. But another sector could - and should.
My new Coppola Comment post (paywall/free trial)
https://coppolacomment.substack.com/p/banking-the-unbanked-focusing-on
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"I think so many people just think it’s this place that has penguins and it doesn’t impact anyone,” says Bransome. “But it’s often referred to as the ‘beating heart of the planet,’ because the currents send nutrients to the global ocean feeding fisheries and biodiversity throughout the ocean. It stores the majority of heat and carbon that’s created. It really impacts us all.”
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@sciencebase My piano music is written as alternate 4/4 and 3/4 bars with a time signature on every one. The bass riff sounds silly on keys but everyone recognises it with a grin if you play it in a pub and sings 'moneeeey'.
@sciencebase It's not, though ;-)
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When people say they don’t want Biden to run again, the biggest reason is that he’s too old. When they say they don’t want Trump to run again, the biggest reason is that he is a criminal who will destroy our democracy. Do people honestly think there is any equivalence here?
@sciencebase In my head it was more like 3/4 and then 4/4 like 'Money', so not really.
@sciencebase Very nice. Got my feet tapping and they're not good at it these days.
@sciencebase Or maybe something which would fit on Graceland, with an African influence, after Paul Simon? It looks a bit like a Praying Mantis.
@freemo Making the steel for the blades needs some care, mainly so that the makers can use it OK. Odd to think they were part of a 100 ton pot of liquid in their past.
@Frances_Coppola You can fit a d into the space for a g though. Like I did just then.
@Frances_Coppola You might end up with M0>M4 and that's not allowed anyway cos you can't fit a bid doll inside a smaller one.
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Latest Coppola Comment post debunks the money multiplier myth, yet again. I really shouldn't be still having to do this 15 years after Lehman. But some people who should know better seem intent on resurrecting it.
https://coppolacomment.substack.com/p/the-money-multiplier-myth-refuses
@sciencebase Anates insania is better for 'Madness of Ducks' than my original shite effort.
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
