Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org

"To stand on German soil as the son of Holocaust survivors and call for a ceasefire – and to then be labelled as antisemitic is not only outrageous, it is also literally putting Jewish lives in danger," Abraham told the Guardian. “I don’t know what Germany is trying to do with us,” he added. “If this is Germany’s way of dealing with its guilt over the Holocaust, they are emptying it of all meaning.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/27/israeli-director-receives-death-threats-after-officials-call-berlinale-antisemitic

VOILA

"We do not need tech billionaires to write open letters about the existential threat of AI. Rather, ordinary people need the ability to exert control over their own public spaces, homes, and workplaces, and this includes having a say in technological “upgrades.”

Much of this is clearly also in the Con playback for the UK, such as demonising lawyers and judges. Well worth a listen

Opening Arguments | Project 2025 Is Terrifying on Podbean https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-prevk-1d72a6b7

German physicist and Nobel laureate in physics (1943) Otto Stern was born #OTD in 1888.

His contributions to physics included the Stern-Gerlach experiment , the measurement of atomic magnetic moments, the development of the molecular-beam technique, the discovery of the anomalous magnetic moment of the proton, and the demonstration of the wave nature of atoms and molecules. He was the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations in the years 1925–1945.

#science #physics

We’ve started laying a cone down when the #cat is under the rug so we don’t step on him 😂 🚧🐈

How the ‘will of the people’ is warping our politics

The phrase is used by ministers to evade proper scrutiny. Just look at their rhetoric on Rwanda.

By me, at Prospect

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/64874/how-the-will-of-the-people-is-still-warping-our-politics

"Will you free my Palestine"
Sticker spotted in Brunswick, Victoria

Scottish physicist C.T.R. Wilson was born #OTD in 1869. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber. The inspiration for his prize-winning work came in the mountains of Scotland, where he served as a meteorological observer. He decided to try to reproduce cloud formation in the laboratory. In 1895 he produced his 1st cloud chamber, which supersaturates the air by expanding and cooling it. He realized that the device’s potential went far beyond understanding weather.

Israel claims there is not a policy to forcibly expel Palestinians in Gaza, but direct testimonies from people arriving in Rafah reveal there is a ethnic cleansing campaign taking place around Gaza City.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/testimonies-describe-forced-displacement-campaign-in-northern-gaza/?utm_content=buffer179f8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

Big recommendations for a sustainable circular economy of plastics in this new Nature article:
*50% reduction in plastic demand
*complete phase out of fossil fuel based plastics
*95% recycling rate of plastics
*use of renewable energy

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06939-z