Dr Keith Walker @SteelFolk@social.cleverlibre.org

There was another Scorched Carpet in the garden this week. Here's one I made earlier

#teamMoth #mothsMatter #MothsThatLookLikeBirdPoo

So let me get this straight. Mark Meadows testified that he got involved in the fake electors scheme because (checks notes) he would be afraid Trump would yell at him if he didn’t? That’s his defense? Trump is mean and I was scared of him?

For fans of the show, truly iconic.
https://www.comicsands.com/heather-morris-naya-rivera-strike-2664433384.html?utm_source=threads&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

I've only seen one Clouded Yellow this year...and had to go to Cala'n Porter on Menorca to do that...2022 was an irruption year for the species in England, saw dozens.

Here's one that was having a chat with a wee spider on some Red Clover at one of our local nature reserves. Look at its casual little leg hanging over the clover leaf.

But, also look at that glorious golden hue in its wing where the bigger of the black spots is

Moonshot just now. #photography #astrophotography #moon

Mining for lithium "is harming biodiversity and aggravating the climate crisis," say the indigenous people from the Andes who march for themselves and Nature.

"No, no, you don't understand," say the supporters of the Green Transition. "We must mine to save Nature. We must mine your mountains and the deep seas to save the environment. You people have no education. You don't see the big picture, like we do."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66520097

A win for reason & the Earth!

A California lawsuit brought by the anti-nuclear group Friends of the Earth, to prevent the extension of Diablo Canyon #nuclear power plant, has been roundly rejected 'w/o leave to amend'.

Next, we must make it legal again to build more safe nuclear power plants California. Otherwise we'll be using more #gas & possibly even #coal into the future.

https://tinyurl.com/3e69uu92

#climatechange #environment #science #energy

A couple more next generation Covid vaccines are heading into clinical trials. That's some of the news in my monthly update (No 10) @PLOS https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/08/25/more-next-generation-covid-vaccines-are-heading-into-clinical-trials-update-10/

Both those new vaxes are supported by national health research agencies - a mucosal vax by NIH in the US, & a pancoronavirus vax by INSERM in France.

Other news includes US Project NextGen's first $1b for vax development, & the first clinical trial results for a pancoronavirus vax are around the corner (from Canada).

#Covid #vaccine

Stochastic terrorism is "the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted." Donald Trump has been using social media to blast prosecutors, judges, and witnesses, and his followers have answered with calls for violence. If the ex-president is a stochastic terrorist, what should we do in response? https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/donald-trump-stochastic-terrorist-threats

Who would have thought 🙄

A study (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-2562.html) shows that women are more likely to win awards that are not named after men.

#UnconsciousBias #genderequality #academicchatter

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01506-4

@davidallengreen There is no way to compel a monster or contrarian to be the performatively cowed repentant that some crave. Having the guilty laugh in the faces of victims is the inevitable outcome.
Justice is not a personal service.

#CatsOfMastodon
#Cat41267

Banking the #unbanked: focusing on commercial banks misses an opportunity. #Banks won't provide financial incentives such as lottery schemes for the poor to use banks. But another sector could - and should.

My new Coppola Comment post (paywall/free trial)
https://coppolacomment.substack.com/p/banking-the-unbanked-focusing-on

"I think so many people just think it’s this place that has penguins and it doesn’t impact anyone,” says Bransome. “But it’s often referred to as the ‘beating heart of the planet,’ because the currents send nutrients to the global ocean feeding fisheries and biodiversity throughout the ocean. It stores the majority of heat and carbon that’s created. It really impacts us all.”

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When people say they don’t want Biden to run again, the biggest reason is that he’s too old. When they say they don’t want Trump to run again, the biggest reason is that he is a criminal who will destroy our democracy. Do people honestly think there is any equivalence here?

Latest Coppola Comment post debunks the money multiplier myth, yet again. I really shouldn't be still having to do this 15 years after Lehman. But some people who should know better seem intent on resurrecting it.

https://coppolacomment.substack.com/p/the-money-multiplier-myth-refuses

What 1st Canadian #astronaut on #moon mission is learning from his crewmates (exclusive).

#Artemis2 moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen spoke with Space.com about his upcoming 2024 mission.

https://www.space.com/artemis-2-moon-astronaut-canada-crewmates-teaching

Here is a question.

If the impeachment process had worked properly against Trump, would all (or some) of these indictments have still happened?

Die Kraft der Photosynthese!

#silentsunday