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Physicist, journalist and writer Dr Francis Sedgemore.
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Earth and space science; traditional and fine arts; natural and social ecology; radio science and engineering; Green Party policy wonkery.
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Born at 319.65ppm.
Roysia | Anglia | Europa | Terra
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"Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China"
Wherein the buried lede is that BBC Countryfile is a national security threat.
@KimSJ Is it what voters want to hear? That is not a rhetorical question. The thing about vacuous words from politicians is that they can put people off engaging with politics.
@KimSJ I would like Starmer to have explained exactly what he would do, and dispensed with the world leadership nonsense. It's vacuous, and simply echoes Sunak.
The migration of my account from @hesgen@scicomm.xyz appears to have left 105 followers stuck there, almost off of whom are on mastodonapp.uk, though there are several other domains.
Any idea what the problem could be?
@KimSJ Because it's a vacuous statement that reeks of English exceptionalism.
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"In sum, in what matter so ever there is place for "addition" and "subtraction." there also is place for "reason;" and where these have no place, there "reason" has nothing to do at all."
Leviathan
English Philosopher Thomas Hobbes died #OTD in 1679. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general.
Thomas Hobbes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1133
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Mit einer großen Ausstellung preist Russland seine Errungenschaften. Eine oberflächliche Schau der Eitelkeit – und plötzlich fällt das Wort „Ukraine“. https://taz.de/Ausstellung-bei-Moskau/!5973837/
@unnameduser We would require the agreement of the Falkland islanders - self-determination.
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The cherry on top of the shit sundae that is this climate denier president of the #cop28, is that his comment about "No science" backing up the need to phase out fossil fuels was while he spoke over (or mansplained) the actual guests in a talk called SHE CHANGES CLIMATE, a women-only panel about female perspectives on climate change.
He also topped it off by saying "I'm the man in charge".
The metaphor of ignorant toxic patriarchal capitalism would be too on the nose for fiction. But it's real
@HeatherMJ The thought did flit across my mind.
The idea of deporting British government lawyers to Rwanda is certainly novel.
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Picture editor going the extra mile here
https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-use-of-force-bob-collins-policing-authority-review-helen-mcentee-6239413-Dec2023/
"Israel Hamas war: US says Israel 'making an effort' to minimise civilian deaths"
In much the same way as I'm making an effort to win a Pulitzer Prize.
It's a nice thought.
Brexit-loving pornographer and loony-right tabloid owner Richard "Dirty" Desmond invokes EU law to sue the Gambling Commission shock!
You couldn't make it up.
#Brexit #pornography #RichardDesmond #EUlaw #GamblingCommission #NationalLottery
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@Fiachra @geoglyphentropy @sinabhfuil
Image shows an old Twitter exchange. After a rant from a racist sockpuppet pretending to be Irish and outraged that immigrants probably don't speak Irish, the sock puppet is challenged to post something of his own on Irish.
The sock replies "Uimh."
What happened?
There isn't an Irish word for "No", but the sock didn't know that. He asked Google Translate for the Irish for "No." The software guesses he meant the abbreviation of "Number", which is "Uimh"
Green Party member here.
We do see the open goal, and are exploiting it. The problem is that our resources will not stretch to more than four target seats in the next election. It is an enormous amount of work for party with no corporate funding, and a media obsessed with the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of English politics, and its FPTP electoral system. That said, our local and regional election results are phenomenal.
"Euro 2024 draw: Uefa investigates after sex noises disrupt broadcast"
We could do with more of this sort of thing at the arse end of the year.
English government advice: "Bleed your radiators for a warmer home and lower bills."
Oh look, a squirrel!
As distractions go, this government PR is absolute genius.
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Physicist, journalist and writer Dr Francis Sedgemore.
Visit my website; subscribe to my Substack.
Earth and space science; traditional and fine arts; natural and social ecology; radio science and engineering; Green Party policy wonkery.
On the waves as M0XBQ.
Born at 319.65ppm.
Roysia | Anglia | Europa | Terra
Joined Dec 2023
