Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"You’ve got to be a bit careful here. Your carpets, your sofa and your walls are all grey. You’ve got these big windows and outside the clouds are grey. Your hair is grey and so are your clothes. Your disposition’s a bit grey sometimes, too. You’re blending in. I can barely see you. You might have to put on some hi-vis.”
"After MDMA hit the UK in the late 1980s, the press dubbed it the “second summer of love”. Underground raves, acid house music and smiley-face graphics fueled a new youth movement. “MDMA didn’t reform the UK, but it did change some social norms: men were hugging for the first time, or people from different socioeconomic stratospheres were partying together, instead of looking down on each other,” Nuwer said."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/28/everything-in-our-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ExqHqfp0YY
https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/ecstasy
""It could tell us if Einstein's theory of gravity is wrong; it may tell us about what dark matter and dark energy, the mysterious stuff that makes up the bulk of the Universe, really is; and it could give us a new window into new theories of physics.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDQImyHJQtA
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66039810
Wotdyamean, no further Exploration.
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Who Shot JR?
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"By the time the paperback was coming out, though, John was teetotal. What follows is the conversation they had about how their paths crossed and, later, branched apart."
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/12/moderation-or-total-abst...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98M3Az_ku4A
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/12/gove-department-hands-ba...
"The verb collaborate means to cooperate or work jointly with others.
The verb corroborate means to strengthen, support, or confirm with evidence."
Know your Gnomes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKSUdQXjUMI
“Every child plants a potato and every child digs it up,"
No Smoke, without Fire.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/17/doppelganger-a-trip-into-t...
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxiwlSshZPM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67770731
Dear Marge ...
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"Maybe his participation in the profile was ironic. Or maybe, alarmingly, he saw no contradiction between his shirt and his appearance in this corporate magazine, because we were all supposed to understand that any assertion of meaningful values in popular music was inherently bunk, even though many of the songs on Nevermind were clearly about me.
Cobain’s interview did not do much to resolve these ambiguities. After limply defending Rolling Stone as having some good articles, he added: “I don’t blame the average 17-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/18/robert-f-kennedy-p...
"The pellets are made "using materials sourced from sustainably managed working forests", the company said."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68thoPjmfA
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/18/nirvana-sell-out-d...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4FqBQlcN6g
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66223326
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klSwFDFmujY
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/bbc-reporter-sounded-like-min...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKMehoLaF8
"There are currently 3.14976 mil Brits struggling with vitamin B12 deficiency, with vegans and one in 10 over 75s more likely to be affected."
"Whether the circle is big or small, the value of pi remains the same."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/18/air-travel-brings-...
"Here is your mission, should you choose to accept it: you have to get from point A to point B in an aeroplane without causing an international incident or inspiring a viral TikTok about what an entitled nitwit you are. Sounds simple, right? Apparently, it isn’t. About 76.9% of the general population, extensive analysis has led me to believe, seem to find this mission impossible."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJi_5T0jSnA
"Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen also welcomed the shortlisting, adding: "The potential for another 400 highly skilled, well-paid jobs for local people is another huge boost.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99989d0px1o
Moors Messenger
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"Whilst it’s useful to understand what factors might be driving emissions (or habitat loss) in the National Park, pointing fingers leaves audiences that are vital to the achievement of goals feeling marginalised and threatened. Instead, as we continue down the path towards net zero and ‘30 by 30’ we should ask ‘what more can I do’ or ‘how can I work harder’ for nature and our climate?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGc0ruN1eYQ
https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/about-us/our-service-to-you/moors-mess...
"On Monday, the space agency said its huge dish in Australia's capital, Canberra, was trying to detect any stray signals from Voyager 2. This was when the first faint "heatbeat" signal was heard."
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/2642775/historic-ufo-sighting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ0Q-4VVuAk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66408851
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9p6FU9rJ7Q
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66317706
"“What a fascinating life I have led thus far,” I say, looking over at the middle one, who is opening envelopes from a separate pile."
'Connoisseurship'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"“Clay has been used for medicinal treatments for thousands of years,” says Young, “and hundreds of animal species eat it. When you see Peruvian parrots risk their lives by descending from the canopy to eat at clay licks, or when you see chimpanzees digging for this particular kind of clay, you can say: ‘There’s something to this.’”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC2SGPBlZaU
"Anyone who loves that earthy taste of new potatoes, or the smell outside after it rains, might have a little insight into the primal draw to the substance behind the smell.It is probably geosmin – a sesquiterpenoid, a type of hydrocarbon produced by microbes in the earth – and humans are highly attuned to its odour, detecting it at 0.1 parts per billion. If you mixed a teaspoon of it into 200 Olympic-sized swimming pools, you’d still be able to smell it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uubih798tg
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/23/coke-consumption-u...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD0CSd6BM6w
"“I still find it hard to pass supermarket shelves stocking firelighters, and I would not trust myself around an open box for a prolonged period of time.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/23/how-the-james-webb-teles...
Sleep Tight.
'Marble Bars'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"Carl Les has been recognised for his services to local government. “I was really surprised in a way,” he told The Press. “You don’t go through life expecting to get an honour. “I was really pleased.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/29/mps-on-the-hidden-toll-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddocfBVLM6U
"Cllr Les led North Yorkshire County Council from 2015 and continues to lead the unitary North Yorkshire Council which came to power in April. He has represented the Catterick area for over 20 years. Cllr Les has been a member of the North Yorkshire Police Authority for 15 years and now chairs the Police and Crime Panel. Apart from being a councillor he brings his professional business experience from working in the tourism sector."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTpCheX46wI
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/24017550.north-yorkshire-council-bo...
"Ms Mellor was awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) for her services to public libraries, also including Flamborough in East Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Professor Julian Daryl Richards, a professor of archaeology at the University of York, was made an OBE for services to heritage and digital archiving."
Enjoy :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1h_FcW2pIM
GSTQ
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The 'Blinker Wall'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The intensity of the effect, a blue or violet glow around the object, often accompanied by a hissing or buzzing sound, is proportional to the strength of the electric field and therefore noticeable primarily during thunderstorms or volcanic eruptions."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68275635
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBOUfjV2cHU&ab_channel=PopUnlimited
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68282519
'Cratered Terrain'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"“We are the only people telling the truth, the only people calling out those who are harming us, the only people with a plan to change the system.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXJYWb4y1Hc&ab_channel=lsw83
"Hmm. Like many people who have read The Ladybird Guide to History, and understood at least parts of it, I do instinctively recoil from anyone declaring: “We are the only people telling the truth.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/23/commons-democracy-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n__1Y-N5tQk&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesTra...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68388695
The Greek.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/24/analogue-switch-off-bt-cus...
I must have missed the Bus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXUpe3jlkA&ab_channel=GeriHalliwell
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/18/only-40-of-people-in-eng...
It's about time they smartened up their exterior.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68388453
"Mick said: “These steps had been muddy and not very good to walk on for at least 20 to 30 years. After much knocking on the door of the National Trust, they finally accessed some money to do the work."
Never, Forgets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXQ3K-RGe60
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlr7k9n7qro
'Junkies & Jollies'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"The maximum penalty for selling or supplying class A's is life imprisonment. Cleverly’s decision follows the discovery that several victims of deadly drug poisonings had nitazenes in their system. Nitazenes are synthetic opioids, meaning they are similar to the heroin and morphine refined from opium poppies but made entirely in a lab."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxDZSi83mI&ab_channel=SamJ
"North Yorkshire has lower instances of crime per person than the English average with the exception of Bicycle theft."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/27/britain-us-synthet...
"In the post-war, we followed The USA because it was a generally progressive country, despite its obsession with arms and anti-communism. Now it's a Republican-dominated shithole, we should definitely stop looking at it for new ideas."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUarVTOsWy8&ab_channel=Aut0five
"The lesson should have been learned comprehensively after the abject failure of prohibition..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qZrrovpuw&ab_channel=GeoffCastellucci
Sleep Tight.
"Lord Sharpe of Epsom, told the Lords: "So much of the business at the Home Offices is difficult, so it gives me particular pleasure that my last outing basically enables people to get properly on the lash.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11d37rpw9o
A 'Wide Range'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"A structural geologist at the University of Leeds who was not involved in the research, called the paper “thought-provoking”. “It is true that we’ve been unable to explain why in some cases gold gets extremely concentrated and forms very large nuggets,” she said."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq2pez5dyyo
"Community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) were encouraged to access a diverse range of rehabilitation providers from the private, voluntary and social sectors."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmak2b0VvTQ
""She shouldn't have taken any flights as she was not in a fit state to do so. She should have cancelled her commitments, but it is not in her character to do so.""
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/02/sea-shepherd...
"“The piezoelectric theory is interesting because it would help to further concentrate any nanoparticles, but also explain why early quartz veins in fault zones are typically barren: you need the quartz veins to be there before you can induce the piezoelectrical effect.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGrCDAO3XaU
"The RO and the service user should agree the desired outcomes ahead of the activities, so that progress can be tracked."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/sep/02/scientists-find-...
lol
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/02/how-much-is-tha...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDa-uPzlzDg
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/sep/27/once-thoug...
'Mouse Utopias'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"“The whole point is to revitalise the town and improve the life of inhabitants,” Columbo said. “We are a population of mostly elderly people in a town which is depopulating and we need to invest in our future. We can’t resolve the issue with these initiatives, but at least we are creating a bit of activity.”"
https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/planning/onshore-gas-including-shale-gas
""But all warhorses must go out to pasture at some stage, oftentimes because we’ve found a faster, better, and cheaper way.""
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/thousands-eager-escape-tru...
https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/about-us/archived-agendas/npa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqp_bGxFrOM
Transparency.
They seem to have a problem with 'Archiving' ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgYdxUdckQ
Carry on Digging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_91hNV6vuBY
Oh, that M&WJP ... ;-0
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/300-harvest-mice-releas...
Short Straws.