Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"From the steam engine to the power of plasmas"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09t9txy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvESV234lg0
Spose I ought to take a meter reading... ;-0
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63147947
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/interpreting-5-ancient-con...
Grrr...
"No matter where we were or how we stood or what time of day, all day, every day, there were always long shadows — crazy long shadows."
https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/2594/sun-and-sky-snow-and-ice/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0
"Locating Polaris is easy on any clear night. Just find the Big Dipper. The two stars on the end of the Dipper's "cup" point the way to Polaris, which is the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper, or the tail of the little bear in the constellation Ursa Minor."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzZn31gd_Jc
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1944/what-is-the-north-star-and-how-do...
"If the albedo were to decrease, temperature would rise..."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/09/beam-me-down-can-solar-p...
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Hibernation Mode?
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The first thing that hits you is the scale. Have so many bricks ever been piled up like this anywhere else? It’s a cliff, a behemoth, a Babylonian monolith. Up close, you keep recalibrating your sense of proportion, like a confused camera lens, not quite believing what you see."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNhhAEupU4g
"Although longevity would also be heavily dependent on the continued good operation of the telescope's systems and, in particular, its four instruments."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYGUai7PNc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63084707
"We spoke to each team member and asked them about what they were interested in working on next."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGstM8QMCjQ
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/09/battersea-power-sta...
A 'Scoping Document'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
""During a cost-of-living crisis, with ongoing energy security challenges and the climate emergency, the UK needs to explore how it can generate more carbon-free renewable electricity," the firm said. "But our proposals are at a very early stage and we recognise there will be a range of views about the merits of our proposal."
https://www.scalbybeck.co.uk/about/
"We look forward to continuing to work with the local community, environmental groups, local councillors and others over the coming months to help shape the final design of the project.""
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67370025
"In 1799 there was severe flooding in the area which prompted local landowners to seek a solution in the form of the ‘sea cut” which was built in 1804. This consisted of digging a canal to link the river Derwent at Mowthorpe to Scalby Beck which would channel excess flood water out to the sea at Scalby Mills and so prevent flooding at East and West Ayton."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67405200
Spose you want a Toon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K94NoRGbevg
Keep Busy.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/14/shock-of-the-old-ei...
"Not for the first time, the Tory party was engaged in a civil war. There will be blood. It’s all about to get very nasty. Send for the popcorn."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re1nczaspy4
https://whitbyeskenergy.org.uk/background/the-turbine/
"However, McCabe has now made an exception to his strict rule for the redevelopment of the town’s Brunswick Shopping Centre. His group purchased the site in 2021 and is in the process of transforming it into a leisure-led destination anchored by a multi-screen cinema due to open next year."
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/musket-firing-event-in-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq03xebtbeU
https://www.scotsman.com/business/in-a-nutshell-my-roots-are-in-scotland...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPFRZP4qY7I
One Day Rodders...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/michael-heseltine-tory-opposition-r...
"Plutarch’s fear that the tempestuous young would “dash headlong upon public affairs, dragging the mob along with them in confusion like the storm-tossed sea” still haunts many, though the dread today is not so much of the young as of “populist” leaders. The attempts to minimise disruption also enable old leaders to cling to power."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUm-E4GPU8
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/06/australia-cuddling...
'Inglorious Alternatives'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The High Court hearing in London is the first test of a major ruling in June that raised doubts that any new fossil fuel project could be approved in the UK. The head of the mining company sat side-by-side in court with the climate campaigners that want to stop him opening the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years."
"Labour opposed the Whitehaven project in opposition and instead of defending it in court, the new government walked away from the case last week, citing an “error in law”."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/22/fresh-from-his-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYOQDnWFXYI
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp68949n013o
"They also said the mine could not correctly claim that by digging coal in the UK, it would substitute coal mined in other parts of the world, meaning there would be no extra greenhouse gas emissions globally."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6POZlJAZsok
""I love the images," he said. "I love words and storytelling and I love the way that you can have this engagement that overlays. And so you can look at the art and then you can follow the story.""
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ4i-QbXG54
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
Nope, there's Nothing new There then.
Never, Gives Up.
'Trite'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"We call it a shed," he said. "This shed, you're not going to believe this, cost more than £100m to protect the bats in this wood."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dep92x054o
"I sigh with relief as it deftly turns and continues in the direction we have just come. “Did it make you feel uncomfortable?,” asks the vehicle’s driver."
I forgot to feed the Goldfish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQVRNnJcEPs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgej7gzg8l0o
lol
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/china-midnight-dumpling-bi...
'Not a Tribute'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
“Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/16/spacex-starship-test-flight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZSUglmLhnY
Embrace the Weird?
Hmmm...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/weatherwatch-could-small-n...
"For them to occur in the UK we need to be on the edge of an area of high pressure, with a brisk wind blowing at a right angle to a hill or mountain range."
Your Buttons not working...
https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/prehistoric-settlement-...
"And while documentaries of David Attenborough’s class remain outstanding, BBC One and Two are otherwise desperate for clicks, and seem padded out with hours of low-cost quizshows, antiques sales and celebrity wanderers."
And, if we bought shares would we have content consideration?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmSBtOHzGPM
""We hope this incident can spark greater community awareness and understanding of the need to protect our shared heritage from illegal and antisocial behaviour.”"
Enjoy your weekend.
Most Submarines carry SMRS btw ... ;-0
Wotever floats your boat?
"“Last year we came across a goldfish who was possessed by Attila the Hun, and the devastation was unimaginable.”"
Mild, Green, Fairy Liquid.