Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

#OnThisDay, 1 Dec 1955, Rosa Parks does not give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger, and is arrested. Although not the first black woman to be arrested Parks' refusal is a key moment in the American civil rights movement.
#WomenInHistory #RosaParks @histodons #Histodons

I’m so confused. Santa has always been Asian. I met him in the internment camps, and he was definitely Japanese.

I’ve been saying this for years.

Boost and fav if you agree!

One in 23 people will require humanitarian relief in 2023, UN warns

A global relief fund of a record $51.5bn will be needed to assist 339 million people suffering because of 2022’s ‘extreme events’ (Guardian)

PS. Imagine the situation when we add a '0' to the end of that figure: approximately 3.5 billion* people will likely be displaced and forced to migrate due to #ClimateChange impacts by the 2070s. #climate #security #migration https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/01/one-in-23-people-will-require-humanitarian-relief-in-2023-un-warns

London is a singular city of surprises and new discoveries, even for a grizzled veteran London visitor. This the Battersea Power Station, which has undergone an incredible renovation.
I hope to see many of you when I make my London debut this January in Allegiance!
tickets: https://Allegiancemusical.com

@freemo @realcaseyrollins @Ryle @ejg @floppy @jq @dashrandom @stux@masto.ai @stux@mstdn.social @stevenclyman @darnell @aebrockwell @AlanOutback @Gaythia @ichoran @khird @robryk @skanman @tatzelbrumm @trinsec @john @tsomof

"This is a revolution, dammit! We're going to have to offend SOMEbody!" John Adams, 1776

TUNE IN ALERT! As I prepare for my London stage debut in Allegiance, I’ll be on 'Free Thinking' on BBCRadio3 this Thursday at 10pm discussing the Cold War politics and contemporary relevance of the Star Trek universe.
Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ff45

https://www.coppolacomment.com/2022/11/the-entire-crypto-ecosystem-is-ponzi.html

Great article on the insanity of the #crypto market from @Frances_Coppola .

In 1952 Rosalind Franklin & Raymond Gosling collected their famous diffraction pattern of #DNA, photo 51.

But did you know that Elwyn Beighton, in #Leeds produced a strikingly similar image the year before? For some reason his boss, Bill Astbury wasn't interested & so they never published the work.

#HistSci #Chemistry #Chemiverse #science

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369848610001111?via%3Dihub

A preview of the new episode of Time Team that I contributed to in September is now up #archaeology #timeteam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gco6jFh4eGo&ab_channel=TimeTeamOfficia

Dad joke. I know, it’s a bad hobbit of mine.

Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly ALL previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts. The decision will have dangerous consequences, particularly for vulnerable communities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #twitter #twittermigration #tech #technology #elon #TwitterMigrate

"I've always found Rwanda to be a very inspiring country," says Suella Braverman

After being shown these US State Department findings of major human rights abuses by the Rwandan government, Braverman refuses to comment but insists again that it is a "safe and secure country".

Am I the only person who thought this was a caterpillar at 1st glance?

England, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Wales should pull out of the World Cup and play a friendly tournament instead. It would get more viewers and destroy FIFA. Norway are also invited, as long as each team gets to borrow Erling Haaland for a game. (Ideally the game against Norway.)

Huge blow as landmark Grimsby seafood factory closing and investing instead in their plants within the EU.

#BrexitReality

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/landmark-grimsby-seafood-factory-closing-7838339?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

I am so incredibly tired of writing posts about what actual poverty looks like only to get replies saying words to the effect of put a jumper on, eat porridge, how dare you have any source of entertainment or pass-times, a dangerously bad home is still a roof over your head, if you were actually poor you wouldn't have a car, etc.

It's ignorance masquerading as informed perspective, it insults the intelligence of >14 million UK residents and it's blamey as fuck.

I've no patience with it.