Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@qoto.org

Important sets:
ℂ the complex numbers
ℕ the natural numbers
ℚ the rational numbers
ℝ the real numbers
𝕏 the set of fascists wannabes
ℤ the integers

What? As opposed to being effective?

In 2000, Elon Musk tried to rebrand PayPal as X.com, but was forced out by the board and replaced as CEO by Peter Thiel.

Now he’s doing the same to Twitter, but is surrounded by sycophants who can’t tell him it’s a bad idea.

Read more: https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start

#tech #twitter #x #elonmusk #socialmedia

Ron DeSantis is spending time defending the benefits of slavery and investigating Bud Light instead of fixing the home insurance crisis and highest inflation in the country in his state of Florida.

An inspiring story about rediscovering the pioneering work of Eunice Foote on the solar heating of #CO2, before anyone else! Being a woman and hence not admitted into science, she had to send an alibi male colleague to present her findings at a conference. Yet, she published the first paper on the topic.
#climatescience #historyofscience

http://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer

It's not "The climate is changing"

It's "We are changing the climate with our actions."

Media use the active voice when talking about climate change challenge.

There is a striking difference between land- and ocean-based #CDR.

Ocean CDR ideas like adding #alkalinity or artificial upwelling imply unprecedented intervention into ocean commons, with unknown impacts on ecosystems. #Monitoring, not to mention regulating, would be practicably challenging, because ocean waters move.

Land carbon cycle is already managed by agriculture, urbanization etc. Land CDR would be a mean of already ongoing carbon rebalancing.

#climatechange #climateaction

We don’t get to hear a lot about marine heat waves and how they affect ecosystem function.

Right now, as tourists enjoy the bathing season, the Mediterranean Sea is on its way to reaching highest temperature ever recorded.
#marineheatwaves #climatechange

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/07/19/mediterranean-sea-on-its-way-to-reach-its-highest-temperature-ever-recorded/

Medics working in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are being supplied with helmets and bulletproof vests after attacks on healthcare workers and ambulances by Israeli forces & settlers

Melanie Ward, Medical Aid for Palestinians, said: “We have taken this unprecedented step in response to an urgent call from Palestinian health workers for protection from the violence they face in the line of duty. No health worker should have to risk their life to save others.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/19/medics-west-bank-given-bulletproof-vests-attacks-israeli-forces-rise

Over 1 million European citizens demand an end to pesticides in the 'Save Bees and Farmers' initiative.15 more years of glyphosate destruction in the EU? the European Commission is already moving forward a proposal of renewal, without restrictions. Fifteen more years of destructing biodiversity and harming health, Please use this tool to write to members of the EU Parliament. STOP BAYER/MONSANTO LOBBYISTS!!! #teamplanet #glyphosat #bees #insects #biodiversity #Eu #roundup https://www.pan-europe.info/help-reduce-pesticides-now

Stop blaming strikes for economic damage. Strikes are a logical response to overreach and greed from corporations and the wealthy. If there is resulting economic damage, look to those who drove the workers to strike in the first instance.

#capitalism #stress

Clears throat, then says it loudly for those praying in the back of the room.

Earlier I posted what I said was welcome news on the Daniel Morgan story.

That after a lot of effort by the Morgan family and their lawyers, they had received a substantial settlement figure and an open acknowledgment of wrongdoing by Met.

But it did not stop people leaping in to say the news was not good enough and telling me off for calling it good news (I actually said welcome).

Dealing with such replies is irksome, and so I have deleted the post and will be careful what I post in future.

Heard about deep sea mining but not sure what the fuss is about and why it's in the news now? I was one of three contributors to this episode of The Real Story on the BBC World Service (out today), digging into scientific, economic & legal aspects. #ocean https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4q6x

Heartbreaking scenes from my home state as #Monsoon2023 wreaks havoc across North India. The worst in decades, it's claimed 100+ lives & left thousands stranded. My younger brother sent me these videos that show the terrifying waterflow.

This isn't just weather, it's a climate crisis unfolding in real-time. 🌧️🌍

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency