Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

The US plans to:

- reenter the Paris climate accord

- halt border wall construction

- reverse the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries

- re-engage with World Health Organization, will join global vaccine effort

What a difference a day makes.

Wales would vote to rejoin the EU, says opinion poll. https://nation.cymru/news/wales-would-vote-to-rejoin-the-eu-says-opinion-poll/

Mr Drakeford said that “Wales has been an outward-looking, European nation since its formation” and pledged to “deepen and build” on “established partnerships with Member States”

Welsh Gov to retain 'strong presence' in Brussels despite Brexit, Drakeford tells EU President - Nation.Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-gov-to-retain-strong-presence-in-brussels-despite-brexit-drakeford-tells-eu-president/

I found a caterpillar in a carton, when changing the food, that had begun to turn the shade of green they do after they hang, prior to turning into a chrysalis. So I carefully laid the stalk it was on across the top of a glass, where it could be safe and safely observed.

The next night, before heading to bed, I discovered the hanging caterpillar in the final stage of transformation into a chrysalis.

I moved the glass to where I could more easily photograph the chrysalis and took a movie of it.

I’m a junior doctor, it’s clear to me the Conservatives just voted to end the NHS | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-nhs-privatise-covid-b1790226.html

'The New WhatsApp Update is Scary'

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This is intended for toot.wales users, I'm toying with some minor changes, would love any and all comments on the attached image showing some suggested menu changes - anyone else feel free to chime in

(I will list the text changes shown in the image in the next toot in this thread)

Irish Foreign Minister pledges to ‘deepen relationship’ with Wales. https://nation.cymru/news/irish-foreign-minister-pledges-to-deepen-relationship-with-wales/

“I passionately believe that science - all this wonderful knowledge that humans have come together to create - should be open to everyone.”

— Prof. Alice Roberts
@theAliceRoberts@twitter.com

#Science #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource

#xkcd: #SolarSystem #CompressionArtifacts

https://xkcd.com/2414/

@SmilingTexan Art is important in life, but the term STEM is not about iterating the things that are important in life. It is about closely related disciplines that form a single unifying category. must know all 4 to do any of those four. It is quite impossible to be a scientist without knowing math, or an engineer without knowing the science behind what you build. While I might agree you will be a less capable scientist if you have never studied art you are still more than capable of doing science regardless.

QOTO is a community exclusively for professionals, students, and enthusiasts of STEM. While I would love to think some of (and I hope many of) our members do some form of art as a hobby it would be counter intuitive to allow artists in who do not otherwise have a stem background.

What are of STEM do you engage with?

According to Mr Melding, the new fund is “very small beer indeed” that “falls well short of the mark” and “Wales will almost certainly see its current share reduced significantly.”

Ramifications of ‘power grab act’ are ‘troubling’ says Conservative Senedd member - Nation.Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/ramifications-of-power-grab-act-are-troubling-says-conservative-senedd-member/

Wife of Covid victim dies with virus after arranging husband's funeral from her hospital bed - Wales Online https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wife-covid-victim-dies-virus-19645448?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales_main

6 reasons the #Fediverse is better than regular Social Media

https://slashdev.space/posts/2021-01-18-reasons-the-fediverse-is-better

Welsh Government formally starts legal action against UK Government for ‘power grab’ - Nation.Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-government-formally-starts-legal-action-against-uk-government-for-power-grab/

Mr Jones said: “They are rapidly becoming an English nat party both in England and in Wales. It’ll be Scotland next. Democracy in Wales and Scotland is not safe in their hands.

‘Welsh democracy not safe in the hands of the Tories, warns former First Minister - Nation.Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-democracy-not-safe-in-the-hands-of-the-tories-warns-former-first-minister/

@Zest

The idea is called simultaneity. What that means is that two events that appear simultaneously to one observer (in one frame of reference) is not necessarily simultaneous in another frame of reference.

In this case the two events are the closing and re-opening of each of the barn doors. While that occurs simultaneously from the perspective of the barn and the person doing it, from the perspective of the ship they are not. So while the ship's perspective looks like it cant fit into the barn, and in reality it cant fit in the barn from its perspective, it doesnt have to. From the ships perspective the doors are never closed at the same time. one door closes, then opens, then the other door closes and opens, all at the right time to ensure the ship passes through without crashing through a door.

So while from the ships perspective the ship was never enclosed (both doors shut with it inside) in the too-small-to-fit barn, from the barns perspective where it is more than big enough the ship was, in fact, enclosed inside for a moment.

@Science