Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@social.cleverlibre.org
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
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"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".
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Am I the only person who thought this was a caterpillar at 1st glance?
@RedEx1 But it was full of little bits of slag which weren't a big deal until we made small items like clock springs. They floated out if the steel could be melted. It was achieved in Sheffield and made it the centre for steel across Europe. Crucible steelmaking (in ceramic pots).
Refining out the carbon to make steel was a carry on called 'puddling', but it was tougher so we could make thin edged tools for cutting without them forever breaking. As the C comes out the mpt goes right up though so no one ever melted steel. It was all solid state.
@RedEx1 I wonder, was they any big advance in making pots, alongside steel, when we managed to make to build much higher temp furnaces? Say around 1750 in the UK.
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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.)
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Huge blow as landmark Grimsby seafood factory closing and investing instead in their plants within the EU.
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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.
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Just a reminder that there isn't any need to go further into Hancock's nonsense than to say that a comet or whatever big enough to erase a global civilization did not strike the earth in 13000BC. It simply did not happen. There is zero geological evidence for it. Everything he then says is based on a lie. The End. #AncientApocalypse #archaeology #pseudoarchaeology https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.362.6416.738
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UK economy:
The #OBR report contains some very ugly charts. These for example show just how brutal the terms of trade shock is for households.
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Hello UK! I’m tired but excited to get ready for my London stage debut in Allegiance, which is based on my real life story and experience in U.S. internment camps during World War II. #NeverForget
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Really, really, really old pots, and what they were used for. #archaeology #pottery #ceramics #archaeopot https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_897243_en.html
What is the continual pop-up messaging about 'Rate Limited' saying try again in a short while?
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"Hunt's tax rises are the only way to fix the economy."
Says newspaper which told us that Truss's tax cuts were "the only way to fix the economy."
Client journalism at its most blatant...
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The Space Station returns to UK evening skies this week
See times here https://www.meteorwatch.org/iss-international-space-station-times-uk-november-december-2022/
Follow @Virtualastro@twitter.com for alerts on Twitter, Mastodon and Facebook
(Please RT)
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Mike Pence is an example of toxic Christianity. We should have freedom of religion, yes, but we must also ensure freedom *from* religion. Your religious freedoms don’t give you the right to deny freedoms or civic participation to others. Period.
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Here's one of my favourite pieces by Jo. It's a long-eared owl - made with needle and thread.
#Owl #IrishArt #Fabric #Needlework #EnglishArt #NatureArt #Embroidery
More of Jo's work is here:
https://www.instagram.com/floatingthreads/
A boost would be greatly appreciated!
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I just dipped into Twitter to read the fantastic news that the Snowdonia National Park Authority has voted to use the original Welsh names Yr Wyddfa #YrWyddfa and #Eryri rather than the imposed English #Snowdon and #Snowdonia. It's a massive win for reclaiming our #Welsh cultural heritage. I honestly can't believe the amount of hatred, abuse and racism in the Twitter comments from English people. I've no idea why they are so angry that another country wants to use its own language. #Cymraeg 🏴
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This is going to be one of those times they tell us
"We're all in the same boat" just like in the pandemic.
In reality we're all facing the same storm, but some of us are in dingies and some of them are in super-yachts.
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#Economy #brexit #pandemic
Damning and depressing verdict from bank of England chief and other experts on why UK economy doing so much worse than peers.
Major factors are long term ill health and brexit.
Steel industry metallurgical specialist.
Joined Nov 2022
