steve hayes : also @shimself.bsky.social
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steve hayes : also @shimself.bsky.social
@shimself
birmingham manchester lancaster germany bath corsham abergavenny cambridge sète lights,theatre audio,computer stuff, wheelchairs, circadian light.
Sete Katılım Temmuz 2009
857 Takip Edilen167 Takipçiler
Not even arctic Canada is as deprived of sunlight as northern Britain. No wonder the world bank concluded we were the second least suitable country for solar power after Ireland.
Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki@MatthewWielicki
These folks are building solar where the sun doesn't shine. 🤷♂️
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As a keen Wordle player, I reckon today's is a bit controversial. Abbreviations shouldn't be allowed, surely?🤷♂️
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@SNCFVoyageurs Bonjour. Je cherche un train de Sète à Bordeaux le 16 Mai, mais je ne vois que trains via Paris
Quand seraient les trains (Intercités) de Sète-Toulouse-Bordeaux dispos?
Merci
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Tucker Carlson: "You will never convince me, at gunpoint even, that Keir Starmer is making independent decisions about the future of Britain."
"He is taking orders, that could not be clearer."
"And I think it's clear to the British population."
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@WG_RumblePants For his voice, John Arlott
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Simple poll. Please be honest! As of today, how much do you still trust this team?
A. 100%
B. 75%
C. 50%
D. 25%
E. 0%
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@Prince_dc21_ @luxemiaa No it was Her Friend, not a random "someone else chosen"
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If we’re being honest, that situation says a lot about how people make quiet decisions based on perception. You were willing to help, but before you could even say a word, someone else was already chosen as the more suitable option.
It might look small, but moments like that reflect a bigger issue people are often judged and filtered based on how they look, what they represent, or what others assume about them, not their actual intention. You didn’t even get the chance to show your willingness before a decision was made for you.
And the ironic part is, if you had insisted on helping, it could easily have been misinterpreted in a negative way. So you’re left in a position where doing good can still be questioned, while others are automatically trusted.
It’s subtle, but it shows how bias works in everyday situations.
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Last year on a flight, I sat next to a woman holding a baby. Instantly, I was so excited at the prospect of helping with this baby. Before I could even introduce myself, the flight attendant walks over and says to me "Miss, can I talk to you the back of the plane, please?" 'Am I in trouble?!' are the words that come out of my mouth "No, you're not in trouble, I'd just like to chat with you at the back of the plane" the flight attendant replies, very nicely. 'Can you just tell me here?? ...
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@atensnut Triple jump.
Nothing can beat Bob Beamon’s world record long jump in 1968. He beat the old record by almost 2’. Think about that.
It stood, may still stand (Olympic),for 23 years.
American exceptionalism at its finest.
God bless Bob Beamon. He inspired me.
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Three Decades later and Jonathan Edward’s long jump record remain unbroken. AMAZING!!
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steve hayes : also @shimself.bsky.social retweetledi
If he really wants to destroy Iran, Donald shouldn't be asking Europe for weapons, he should be running it as one of his businesses.
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@tommysantos14 Assuming the voting system remains intact, which isn't a sure thing
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When Trump leaves office:
The Department of War will go back to being the Defense Department.
The Trump Kennedy Center will go back to being the Kennedy Center.
The Gulf of America will once again be the Gulf of Mexico.
The unfinished East Wing (it won't be finished by the end of Trump's term) will be rebuilt by the next president, and it will not be a ballroom.
Federal agencies packed with unqualified loyalists will fire those people and rehire the career experts Trump fired.
The Department of Justice will go back to enforcing the law instead of protecting the president.
Scientific agencies like NOAA, the EPA, and the CDC will go back to publishing research without political interference.
The U.S. will re-align with its allies and not with its enemies.
The presidential pardon power will stop being used as a rewards program for loyalists.
Inspectors General will go back to investigating corruption instead of getting fired for it.
The White House press room will go back to having briefings, with real journalists and not podcasters.
U.S. foreign policy will stop revolving around flattering dictators.
And the world will progress as though Donald Trump never existed.
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@rookwood52 @zoeharcombe But then drinking water most often has trace chlorine
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@rookwood52 @zoeharcombe Interesting. But not Graves Disease, that's hypERthyroidism, it seems that excess chlorine might produce hypO
researchgate.net/publication/14…
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Almost every time I go swimming, at least one person doing lengths has a tall bottle at the end of their lane. The liquid is not clear, so it's not water. Every few lengths, they stop to drink. It baffles me...
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@afneil Because brexit damaged our erstwhile partners also
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So if Reeves’s claim that Brexit cost us 8% of GDP is correct it would mean we’d have grown four times more than Japan/Germany and almost twice France/Italy. Up there with Canada/US. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.
In reality, even with Brexit, we were fastest growing European economy in G7. Just a tad more than France (with no Frexit).
Julian Jessop@julianHjessop
And here's headline GDP on the same basis (similar points apply)... 🤔
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@DNIGabbard "carefully reviewing". yeah right
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Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat, and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the safety and security of our troops, the American people and our country.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence to provide the President and Commander in Chief with the best information available to inform his decisions.
After carefully reviewing all the information before him, President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamist regime in Iran posed an imminent threat and he took action based on that conclusion.
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@CraigMurrayOrg Be fair, the other gulf countries didn't participate in the attacks on Iran
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It is the contempt for their own people shown by European leaders that is so breathtaking.
They know that we know it is Iran which was illegally attacked - but they believe it does not matter what the people know or think.
Emmanuel Macron@EmmanuelMacron
I have just spoken with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian. I called on him to put an immediate end to the unacceptable attacks Iran is carrying out against countries in the region, whether directly or through proxies, including in Lebanon and Iraq. I reminded him that France is acting within a strictly defensive framework aimed at protecting its interests, its regional partners, and freedom of navigation, and that it is unacceptable for our country to be targeted. The unchecked escalation we are witnessing is plunging the entire region into chaos, with major consequences today and for the years to come. The people of Iran, like those across the region, are paying the price. Only a new political and security framework can ensure peace and security for all. Such a framework must guarantee that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, while also addressing the threats posed by its ballistic missile programme and its destabilising activities regionally and internationally. Freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz must be restored as soon as possible. I also urged the Iranian President to allow Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris to return safely to France as soon as possible. Their ordeal has gone on for far too long, and they belong with their loved ones.
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@Beeche1955 @Electroversenet Petrol pumps work on electricity
No electric supply, no petrol
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@Electroversenet Just imagine..somewhere in the not too distant future’ and the whole of Europe is Green’ has reached Net Zero and wild prolonged storms hit Europe , only electric cars exist’ a gallon of petrol..a gallon of petrol’ my kingdom for a gallon of petrol ..⛽️
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Europe's official grid authority has released its report on the nationwide blackout that hit Spain last year. And while the report treads carefully politically, its data make the cause clear.
Wind and solar triggered the collapse.
Within the first 80 seconds, Spain lost 2.5 GW of generation, around 10% of its national supply, with every MW of that early loss coming from renewables.
Gas and hydro remained stable until the cascade was already underway.
The report calls it an unprecedented speed of blackout. This was a textbook inverter chain failure, with renewables dropping so fast that the grid's stabilizers never had time to react.
By midday, Spain's grid had virtually no inertia, nothing spinning fast enough to hold frequency steady.
But to admit that outright would mean questioning Europe's green transition itself, something the report appears unable to do. So the event is officially described as "a rare local disturbance," rather than what it actually was...
A systemic failure of weather-dependent power.
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@morgfair You drop your stupid tariffs, and we'll bring our boats
Do we have a deal?
Matey
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Trump begs for help from other countries with Iran: 'This should be a team effort' rawstory.com/trump-iran-267… He doesn't understand that to have a "team effort," you have to build a TEAM. Not alienate every ally we've had for 80 years...
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A single Tomahawk missile emits roughly the same CO2 as an average car driver’s petrol usage generates in their entire driving lifetime. Starmer’s pro-war stance has blown apart any shred of climate credibility
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@McFaul Someone else suggested there is a deal to be made
Scrap the tariffs and we'll help
Over to you (matey)
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Trump is now learning why allies matter. Wish he would not have insulted so many of them before starting his war against Iran.
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