Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@social.cleverlibre.org
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
@sciencebase Have you heard Hotchiwitchi? I right Lincolnshire name.
@sciencebase Hard to tell from cat shit until you tread in it.
@sciencebase If a hedgehog has a dump on our grass, you can bet Red Admirals will be along faster than you can say buddleia.
@sciencebase I've only seen them with a spotter scope in the canopy. Apparently, the dorty buggers will come down for rotten fish paste if you happen to have some handy which smells enough.
Dr Keith Walker
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There are moments when a conversation leaves you speechless and immediately expands your worldview. When I chatted with United States Army veteran, feminist, writer and trans activist Charlotte Clymer, that is exactly what happened.
As many know, the Republicans have targeted the trans community with particular viciousness and ferocity in the past two years and we want to understand what’s behind it a bit more deeply. At a more fundamental level, we want to hear from trans people like Charlotte about common myths and misconceptions and what it’s like to be trans in America today.
Importantly, those of us who are horrified by the legislative attacks on trans identity and hate crimes against trans people want to know how we can best be allies in this struggle.
Please consider taking the time to hear directly from Charlotte about what is currently happening: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/five-questions-with-charlotte-clymer
@Frances_Coppola Richard *Sharp*'s appointment has fallen *flat*. He does come across as a natural, though.
@sciencebase My keyboards looked brown but it was mainly from tabs cos they were all alike. Sugar soap got it off well if I could be arsed.
@sciencebase All seems more likely than that they think their home is on fire. I have read that they are attracted to tobacco smoke but I haven't noticed it
@sciencebase "You'll need yer coots cos it's wettnin', like".
@sciencebase I hope the boats don't suffer too much not to mention the birds there. A poor do for all.
@sciencebase Pure guessing, but I suppose that smoke clogs them and that's why bees get a bit dozy from it?
@sciencebase Not these ones in particular, but do you know how they 'breath' more oxygen when they need it (eg flying)? I assume they don't have lungs like humans.
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Fab map of the world's electric/telecom/oil/gas infrastructure, v @stewartbrand on Twitter, https://bit.ly/3LuNUNu, makes clear the cause of Fukushima: its sea wall was too low to protect against tsunamis. Onagawa Nuclear plant, 50mi to the north, closer to the quake epicenter, w/ sea walls built to the correct height of 10m, easily survived the magnitude 9.0 quake.
It was done right at Onagawa;
It was done right at DiabloCanyon;
It will be done right in the future.
Dr Keith Walker
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There’s something very worrisome happening in Ohio that we should all be aware of. If it succeeds, it could serve as a blueprint for the GOP nationwide. But there’s an opportunity to stop it—and all of us, particularly folks in Ohio, can help. I explain in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-gop-is-trying-to-steal-democracy?sd=pf
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The alps lost a whopping 3.5 m of ice cover last year, according to new glacier monitoring data from Switzerland. This means a decrease in ice volume by 6% in just one year.
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This really does stretch the imagination though>>
@sciencebase Curious that there's no Chinese character looks like the phase in (some) aluminium alloys that's called 'chinese script' either. Pareidolia perhaps?
@sciencebase That was my feeling but knowing so little about the sciences in this area I can't reason it at all.
Dr Keith Walker
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Yes, the climate has always changed.
But, the speed of recent change is unprecedented.
More importantly, we understand why.
Burning fossil fuels & deforestation adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere which warms the planet.
Simple physics. Understood for more than a century.
@freemo It's as well that there are pics. Sounds like a euphonism for something appalling.
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
