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physicschris.bsky.social
I love finding things out and helping others to, too. Retired nurse, retired teacher, still busy. Living in the UK.
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It is as if they had met up earlier to coordinate this 😉

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Raspberry stems are growing, gooseberry is in leaf, overwintered brocolli and cauliflowers harvested, shallots sprouting, potatoes and peas planted. #allotment

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

My partner got weirded out by how much my new calathea plant wiggles during the day, so of course I had to capture an 11 hour timelapse of it wiggling.

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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

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NEW: Friends of Neri Alvarado, rotting in a Salvadoran prison on Trump's orders, made a video highlighting his volunteer work helping neurodiverse children learn to swim. Neri was sent there after someone at ICE thought his autism awareness tattoo was a gang tattoo. Vid posted by Noah Lanard on X.

submitted 19 days ago • 65 comments

A political leader released a person guilty of being in an uprising and locked up an innocent person [John 18:28-19:16] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_...

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After Harvard says no to feds, $2.2 billion of research funding put on hold. The university also turned its homepage into a tribute to research. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

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Unsolicited writing advice no. 13: No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

God's timing. Compare actions of US government against this week's Bible readings. Innocent people treated as guilty. For Christians who can't discern what's happening, it's time to get back to Jesus's teachings & act accordingly. For those not sure what I'm talking about, listen to this 6 min video

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The only difference between the GP system we have now and the one we used to have is private companies are skimming off money for their shareholders/owners. This is just as many people predicted.

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In one go, Trump adds two new actions to my democracy spreadsheet: both undermine rule of law, and one is also about controlling access to information. I've also had to add 3 other actions to my overall spreadsheet in just the last hour! christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Any safe rocket landing is overshadowed by the failure to return citizens who should not have been expelled.

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Planning to buy plants over #Easter? Check out the #PeatFree Nurseries List for over 140 #UK growers who don't destroy precious carbon-capturing #peatland habitat by using #peat to grow their plants. Pls let me know if your favourite #nursery isn't listed. Pls repost & let your friends know. Ta 🙏🌱💚

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Learning science is more interesting when clearly explained. Kathy Loves Physics has a great set of short videos starting here "How Electricity Was Discovered with a Cool Static Electricity Demo" youtu.be/OVCaETIF2wc?...

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The administrative costs of charging people with no money for things that are basic human needs is a waste. Being kind is cheaper and more efficient. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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"Always keep away from children" is just such generally great life advice, and I'm so impressed by how many products just throw it into their ads as an act of public good works.

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13-year study finds protected bike lanes make roads safer — for everyone theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11/20/1...

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When there are high quality pictures of "The first black..." or "The first woman...", history is condemning our societies. Skin tone and gender to not stop any of us being human, so we should treat each other with respect and make fair use of each other's talents.

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Work and a job should not be the primary measure ofhappiness and fulfilment. But - even if you are obsessed with it as politicians often are - there's now very clear evidence that a Universal Basic Income doesn't stop people working. It's time for Universal Basic Income.

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

How physicists understand politics 😉

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Here is a petition - Stop Arming Israel - the arms trade is shameful (the only industry Margaret Thatcher was interested in) www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

"You boy! What tariff is it today?"

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