tuwaqachi.bsky.social
Retired social worker exploring the renaissance of the digital era. Science, arts, dna, genealogy, computing, food, agriculture and land management.
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Shades of Brewster McCloud...
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The same reasons Putin wants Ukraine - greed and megalomania. Plus the bizarre notion that global warming accelerated by increased fossil fuel extraction will turn Greenland and Canada into a green paradise.
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What's distorted is his perception of himself.
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Those who imagine that this global issue of the biogenic methane cycle is a conspiracy of US industrial beef production are jumping out of the frying pan into the fire of the interests of fossil fuel, agrochemical and ultra processed food manufacturers.
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Is that The Colonel back on duty or a younger replacement to widen the gene pool?
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We're a couple of weeks ahead of you down here but I can see the signs of grass growth in those photos, always a heartening sign.
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Its threats to neighbours mean that it can no longer be considered an ally or friend of Europe or the United Kingdom.
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Remember what happened to Charles I.
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Head em up! Move em out!
Nah, just move the fence.
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It's the middle of winter yet this breed of cattle is happily grazing outdoors on pasture that has been well managed and rotated to see them through the year. Don't they look fit on it!
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Levers are usually connected to cables, and if you cut all the cables you can wave the levers around all you like and make a big noise. Nothing actually happens.
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Very efficient technique there.
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Powerfully moving, though I'm too emotionally invested in the subject matter to offer an objective appraisal.
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It tells me that Trump knows he screwed up and feels responsible for what happened. Hence the panic response.
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It's the politics of blame. Just pick anything you don't like to scapegoat and deflect the responsibility from yourself, no matter how ludicrous.
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HIstory shows that conflict between a legislature and head of state can very rapidly descend into civil war, the first stage being removal of control of the army from the head of state.
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If the US President continues to attempt to rule by decree he may well lose control of Congress in the way that Charles I lost control of Parliament, and was tried for treason. We all know what happened to him.
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Lord Young in the UK produced an essay in the 50s warning of the dangers of meritocracy. He predicted that it would lead to a self-perpetuating elite wealthy minority class who would pull up the ladder behind them, and also create an excluded underclass.
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Nutritional epidemiology is probably the weakest form of science I have come across. Its reliance on self-reporting questionnaires makes it wide open to bias, abuse and downright fraud. That's why vested interests have funded it so often for so long.
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When I was a child playing football with friends in the park or back streets Denis Law was the player we all imagined being as we scored.
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It's an interesting observation and confirms that the planetary ecosphere is as much a part of us as we are a part of it but terms like "co-operation" and "utilised" are far too anthropomorphic.
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There are two forms of empathy, cognitive and affective. Always remember the difference.
Compassion is not ours to give, it works through us. Like the quality of mercy it falls as the gentle rain upon the place beneath. It is an aspect of the divine. Be a channel for it.
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That does rather misrepresent that famous opening sentence which was firmly tongue in cheek. Perhaps it was also a comment on the nature of "truth" itself.
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I hope Diana is OK in Santa Monica.
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A stern diplomatic message is required to convey to the US government the direction in which interference will take our relationship. In the meantime do not feed the troll.
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Yorkshire? I believe this is in what was Westmorland. My 2nd great grandmother was born across the valley at Hell Ghyll Farm, just on the Westmorland side of the ghyll which formed the boundary.
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I feel the weight of human history in this photograph, and privileged to have lived at the time it was taken.
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German strategy in both world wars hinged on depriving Britain of food. The UK has forgotten the lessons of both world wars and the importance of food security.
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Food, like energy, has indeed become a global instrument of war. Meanwhile the UK government has been following advisors who openly advocated that we don't need to produce any food at all, just buy it on the global free trade market (which doesn't exist) more cheaply. Who needs food anyway?
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Sic semper tyrannis.
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Potentially there is a circular process which overall removes atmospheric carbon while producing food, energy and fertilizer which doesn't rely on agrochemicals made from fossil fuels. Now let me think who would consider that a bad idea...
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The question I would want to ask is "in whose interest is it to spread misinformation about a product that could safely reduce carbon emissions in a biogenic cycle by up to 30%?"