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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.
On the waves as M0XBQ.
Born at 319.65ppm.
Roysia | Anglia | Europa | Terra
Joined Dec 2023
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20mph limits reduce emissions by 25%
20mph limits reduce casualties by 20-30%
20mph limits increase travel choices
20mph limits make little difference to travel times
20mph limits are popular Make 20mph the urban/village norm
https://www.20splenty.org/briefings
0% of people die when hit at 23 MPH
25% die when hit at 32 MPH
New York Department of Transportation.
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Two generations of ordinary Russians seem to have fallen through the cracks of experience of their own parents under brutal repression, incarceration & extermination, (Stalin), murderous foreign aggression (the Great Patriotic War), & a political system that institutionalised lying to superiors (Chernobyl), to cheer their present leader as he showers missiles on their neighbours & erstwhile comrades.
What is the World to make of a People seemingly so immune to the lessons of their own history?
"Hannah Ritchie: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers’"
I applaud this young data scientist's techno-realism and advocacy for evidence-based policy making, but there is great value in behavioural and systemic change, even in the shorter term.
There is also the role of (evidence-based) alarmism in climate messaging. This has surely stimulated positive popular reaction to environmental problems.
#ClimateCrisis #TechnoOptimism #TechnoRealism #PostGrowth #EnergyUse #Consumerism #GreenEconomics
"The battle of Slag Lane: residents at odds over Wiltshire road’s ugly name"
Here in Royston Vasey, I'd like to see "Prince Andrews [sic] Close" renamed as "Sweaty Nonce Close", but I'm not sure the royalist and Christian prayers before meetings town council would approve.
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Today is the anniversary of the birth, in Bloomington, Wisconsin in 1871, of the American astronomer Anne Sewell Young.
She was appointed director of the John Payson Williston Observatory, where she supervised an observational program tracking sunspots. In 1929, she identified the comet 31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann with an object that had been misidentified as the minor planet "Adelaide" in 1904. She had a great interest in variable stars & corresponded on the subject with E C Pickering. #astronomy
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Today, we lost one of the original Rainbow Warriors.
Rest In Peace, Susi Newborn
1950 - 2023
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Long ago, I was an angry young man who railed against all the injustices of the world, but now time has passed, I have matured and learned so much more about things, and now I am an angrier old man.
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German physicist Heinrich Hertz died #OTD in 1894.
The discovery that electromagnetic radiation in the microwave and radio regions of the spectrum displays the same basic behavior as visible light—reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, polarization—was made in Karlsruhe in 1888. He then conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The unit of frequency was named the "hertz" in his honor.
"Justin Welby: Political leaders should treat opponents as human beings"
Listening to the Reverend Flannel is enough to send a chap into a violent rage. In a very real sense.
It's the end of one calendar year, and the beginning of another. I have nothing profound or otherwise to contribute. That's the way it is.
I am now hitting the sack. Goodnight.
xx
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no matter what else I can say about 2023, Kissinger is still fucking dead
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Come on, British royals, *this* is how you do a newsworthy festive address.
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@Skepticat You have a 365-day buyer's remorse period, but are liable for all costs incurred.
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I'd really like to see the terms and conditions for 2024.
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- website
- https://hesgen.com
- substack
- https://hesgen.substack.com
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
