Wayne Channon

Whichever party wins election - and obviously it's likely to be Labour - the penny is going to drop that Government finances cannot afford Net Zero. It's happening across Europe so it will happen here. A full reverse ferret into ditching the whole NZ deal and going full pace into North Sea and Shale gas, plus SMRs (and one day fusion) is maybe the one strategy that could on its own revitalise our stagnant economy and declining prosperity. They won't do it of course, as it would mean admitting they've been scammed on the whole climate sensitivity to CO2 deal for 30 years, but that doesn't alter the fact that current NZ energy strategy is unworkable and unaffordable - and that Bacon Sandwich Milliband's is far worse. [PS it's not that climate has zero sensitivity to CO2, it's just that the sensitivity has been grossly exaggerated. But it's a great scam because no-one will know for about 50 years, by which time all today's politicians will be long gone]

'The Skylark', by John Clare, on his 230th birthday: 'The rolls and harrows lie at rest beside The battered road; and spreading far and wide Above the russet clods, the corn is seen Sprouting its spiry points of tender green, Where squats the hare, to terrors wide awake, Like some brown clod the harrows failed to break. Opening their golden caskets to the sun, The buttercups make schoolboys eager run, To see who shall be first to pluck the prize— Up from their hurry, see, the skylark flies, And o'er her half-formed nest, with happy wings Winnows the air, till in the cloud she sings, Then hangs a dust-spot in the sunny skies, And drops, and drops, till in her nest she lies, Which they unheeded passed—not dreaming then That birds which flew so high would drop agen To nests upon the ground, which anything May come at to destroy. Had they the wing Like such a bird, themselves would be too proud, And build on nothing but a passing cloud! As free from danger as the heavens are free From pain and toil, there would they build and be, And sail about the world to scenes unheard Of and unseen—Oh, were they but a bird! So think they, while they listen to its song, And smile and fancy and so pass along; While its low nest, moist with the dews of morn, Lies safely, with the leveret, in the corn.' My daughter lives in Brighton. One day last month we climbed up into the Downs, and all the way we saw and heard the skylarks rising from the fields around us. I'd told her it was my favourite John Clare poem, so when we reached the top of Black Cap we stopped, and read this poem aloud to them.

Wow! That’s how silk is made

@tomaspueyo I can’t see how this follows - gravity works down not sideways. If the tectonic plates were separating this would be consistent.

But why is the Ganges valley so flat when it's just next to the Himalayas, the tallest mountain range in the world? It's *because* of the Himalayas: They're so heavy that gravity crushes down the region around it! The same thing happens in the Indus valley nearby

India just passed China as the most populous country in the world. Why? Because of the biggest accident in history Look at where people live in India. What's that band up north?

Very interesting…

Nuclear power is the only way forward…

Someone sent me this.. Amusing but Trigger Warning... active consent required before reading...

Nipah is part of the measles family, which is highly contagious. However, Nipah is far more deadly with an case fatality rate estimated to reach 75%. We are proud to win an @innovateuk award to develop a thermally stable, orally administer Nipah vaccine. #covid #nipah #vaccine

This haunting sound is an anthem for the terrible suffering this virus has wrought. Hence the vital importance of discovering how it got from bats to people.

Big tech stocks were down nearly 8%, #Bitcoin has fallen by 12.5%, and #Ethereum is down 38.5% since its peak in early Nov, will these trends continue in the long-run? Hoover fellow @nfergus examines "Crypto's Cold Winter" via @Bloomberg. Learn more: hvr.co/3LgNRmb

Botswana is getting big investment in a COVID vaccine center. ImmunityBio Founder and Executive Chairman Patrick Soon-Shiong talks about his investment in the center and what increased access to vaccines would mean globally.

@AlisonShoreVO Brilliant, very impressive!

@1Password I am using Edge on a Mac. I can see my online vault but I can't see my local Dropbox vault... how do I enable this?

@AlisonShoreVO Great, we won't be having them at a post-lockdown BBQ!

“Probably one of the most vital innovations the world needs right now”, @anandmahindra, Chairman of the @MahindraRise, commenting on our OraPro™ technology, which is currently being used to develop oral COVID-19 vaccines. #oralvaccines #COVID19 #vaccination

I spoke to @Telegraph's @JuliaBradshaw_ on our deal with @immuntybio and the benefits of #oralvaccines to fight #COVID19. Read the full article: telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/… #COVIDvaccine

@iosBioPharma announces exclusive license with @ImmunityBio to use our oral platform OraPro for its orally administered, thermally stable, 2nd gen COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Phase I trials as a prime and boost expected to begin soon, pending FDA approval. bit.ly/3bqIVf4

@DHL identifies global supply problem for #Covid19 #vaccines due to thermal fragility (bit.ly/32SdGnb). Really, we solved this problem years ago - even for COVID19: Stabilitech's orally administered vaccine is thermally stable (bit.ly/2I1qgGK).

The Conduit on Stabilitech's COVID-19 oral vaccine: theconduit.com/insights/wayne…

Did you see us featured in @France24_en over the weekend? france24.com/en/20200522-vi…