'Tectonic Plates'

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"Elections were held to elect councillors to these new town councils on 1 May 2025 for a term of two years. Elections will be held again in 2027 for a four-year term to align with elections for North Yorkshire Council and all other parish councils."

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/new-town...

"Move the first digit to the end and move the rest along... "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWnwZXRJz-c

"Town councils take responsibility for providing and maintaining local amenities such as open spaces, allotments, public clocks, village halls, footpaths and litter bins. They also provide community buildings and a wide range of facilities, from cemeteries and allotments to grants and community groups.

Responding to planning applications and accessing grant funding for projects can also fall under their remit. Town councils can influence local laws and policies that address community needs, such as zoning regulations, public safety measures, and environmental policies."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkt_Cik5JmY

Tales of the Unexpected... Moi?

https://metamodel.blog/posts/texas-heat-wave/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7cgRMY4opc

Spinning the Wheel.

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'Clocked'

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"For Earth, that is about 23 hours and 56 minutes, or 24 hours if you round up."

https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/

"From our vantage point on Earth, the Sun may appear like an unchanging source of light and heat in the sky. But the Sun is a dynamic star, constantly changing and sending energy out into space. The science of studying the Sun and its influence throughout the solar system is called heliophysics."

"The Sun rotates faster at the equator than at the poles. A spot on the equator of the Sun takes 24.47 days to rotate around the Sun and return to the same position. Astronomers call this sidereal rotation period, which is different from the synodic period – the amount of time it takes for a spot on the Sun to rotate back to face the Earth. Near the poles, it can take 38 days to rotate once."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/britain-24-hour-sl...

"Astronomers measure the rotation rate of the Sun from an arbitrary position of 26° from the equator; around the point where sunspots are observed. At this point, it takes 25.38 days to rotate and return to the same spot in space. So that would be one DAY on the Sun for all practical purposes."

https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-long-is-a-day-on-the-sun/

"A description and/or image of the item should be given, along with a reason why the item should be added to the time capsule. The deadline for submissions is May 22, 2025."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e71KWwE5Fk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9vz28nyedo

Always check your Smoke Alarms ;-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4

Toast? Moi? Almost

"I’m more accustomed to PC’s with no political influences. Both now will need to deliver, but I look forward to engaging with them. Only time will tell."

Dry n Crisp.

https://www.scarboroughtowncouncil.gov.uk/

Codes of Conduct.

 

'Fizzing with Freedom'

Submitted by Captain Qalypso on

"In Britain, we have an old saying about dejection – “you look like you’ve lost a pound and found a sixpence” – but this was an entirely new spin on that scenario, given we were mostly celebrating being back to paying 10% more tariffs than we were subject to a few weeks ago. Yessss! A sixpence! Good times."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/singalong-starmer-...

"On this occasion, the boss dog was basking in their oleaginously indulgent chuckles, but you get the feeling that on a bad day it could go quite the opposite way."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LagoycfdCA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vg8k4zxk9o

"All human life is here. See you in Basel!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK3HOMhAeQY

Anoying, innit... An Ode... ;0

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/09/part-of-soviet-era-space...

"The best thing is that after this the whole Europe knows how to count to three in Finnish"

Ya don't spose they do it on purpose do ya?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeGMHbK4NlA

"“It’s not going to end up de-orbiting at the poles,” said Ziebart."

Germany? Where's that then ...

According to Rosmocos : -

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/10/tim-dowling-help-we...

'Flower Moons'

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"We have not received so far any reports on visual direct observations of the final re-entry, or on any impacts on ground."

https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2025/05/07/reentry-prediction-soviet...

Ya don't spose that was someone's Moon do ya?

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/moonfall-what-would-happen-if-the-moon-re...

"Although, skeptics might say that's exactly the sort of thing NASA would want us to believe. In any event, it is unlikely — some might even say impossible — for the moon to slide into our planetary DMs for a catastrophic cuddle sesh, but what if it did?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Ma_dJ-BeE

"So, that's the trick. If you want to make the moon hit the Earth, you'll need to slow it down. If you want it to hit the Earth any time soon, you'll need to slow it down a lot."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/kosmos-482

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ty1zVZQ8X4

'Order at Work'

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"The problem, on top of unpredictable weather, is the absence of surprise and spontaneity. We know when bank holidays are, so we “spend” them pre-emptively, imagining how much fun we will have and how many cool projects we’ll smash through."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/11/why-should-the-us-...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qp_SrTgBBs

"Oscar Wilde would have been delighted."

'Statuettes'

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"Cowley would provide a cup – “an inexpensive one” – to anyone who traversed the North York Moors in less than 24 hours: “… You would cross Carlton Moor, Cringle Moor and Cold Moor; Botton Head and Bloworth; the long flat expanse of Stony Ridge … over Howl Moor and Simon Howe, by Tom Cross Rigg and Snod Hill to Lilla Cross, then over Fylingdales Moor … to the sea.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/statues-of-jrr-tolkien-and...

"The reserve will also protect rare wildlife such as adders, curlew and golden plover. Approximately 90% of the area comprises UK priority habitats including peat bogs, heathlands and wetlands."

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/may/13/north-york-moors-walk-lyk...

Go Figure...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H5386XBr80

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/13/bronte-country-natio...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/14/are-yorks-developers-aim...

'The Woolly Tops'

Submitted by Captain Qalypso on

"Miliband added: "I think people vote in elections for all kinds of reasons, but I'm going to make the case, as will local MPs, for why renewables are about lower bills and they're about good jobs."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv5vg6dpzpo

"He told BBC Look North: "Every solar panel we put up, every wind turbine we build, every piece of infrastructure we build helps get us off those fossil fuels and give us energy security.""

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVq__eR2Sok

"The Penguin Foundation said "generous knitters and groups from all around the world" have been making jumpers to help."

Nah Nah Nah Nah ...

"Pingu is a British-American stop animated television series originally produced in Switzerland."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80qhyovOnA

Ludwig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c43vV7H5u7Q

https://www.creatorhandbook.net/how-astrokobi-brings-the-science-of-spac...

Hmmm ...

I'm off to join the FEX.

https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2025-astrokobi

Just checking wots mesmorising the little uns on U Tube...

"The meeting heard the a 98ft (30m) tall drilling rig would be built as part of a “proppant squeeze” test project."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/16/experience-i-fought...

"I’m the world’s heaviest sleeper, but when I’m exploring, my amygdala – the part of the brain that controls fear – goes into overdrive and I sleep very lightly. For three or four nights I’d been waking up repeatedly because I thought I’d heard the dreaded crunch of bear paws in the snow."

lol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ge3ywnxxro

"If you’re unwashed in a dark tent out on the floating sea ice, you can look (and smell) not unlike an oversized walrus."

The Pennine Way.

'Foreign Policy'

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"The EU would like a new "youth mobility scheme" but there are concerns about what impact this might have on UK immigration numbers.

"Fishing rights are another potential sticking point with the EU calling for an extension of the current post-Brexit deal, but UK fishing groups calling for changes to it."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxykl7kypno

"Other requirements are to play it classical music every Friday, and make a monthly visit to a luxury department store to buy new toys."

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/may/17/famiy-rail-holiday-interr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLw45oAuD0

"The felines, all thought to be around one-year-old when they were released, are currently named A, B and C."

Never, Mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcrDdZSBHno

Annoying, Innit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c93ygdz92v7o

So Erm,  we've decided that if you live in Norway .... that's why Penguins are erm ...

Multitasking.

"This excerpt is from Knut Hamsun’s Pan (1894): “Night was coming on again; the sun just dipped into the sea and rose again, red, refreshed, as if it had been down to drink. I could feel more strangely on those nights than anyone would believe.”"

Greek.

'Plusses and Minuses'

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"“Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler.”"

"The Beyond the Stars exhibition includes models and props the Oxfordshire resident has worked on, including 1980s' Daleks, Marvin the Paranoid Android and a model of Starbug from Red Dwarf."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d1611rzypo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OuT4Kb_bWA

"“You get a lot of cowboys jump in on the boom and then walk away when prices aren’t good,” Banks says."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/fast-track-to-where-the-ne...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UooD6GN9Gs

"Research found that rising operational costs, a lack of structured training, and mounting market pressures are placing unsustainable strain on crafts that depend on expert hand skills."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yq7veqg27o

Hmmm ...

https://www.channel5.com/show/when-camping-goes-horribly-wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b0WCJKX0xg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80z7933w1o

'Boundary Reviews'

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"Rather than showing a rowdy bunch of over-refreshed, guitar-strumming, illicit barbecuers, they opted for a shot of six older women sitting on chairs on a pavement, engaging in an ancient and convivial ritual familiar in towns and villages across the hotter regions of the country."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtTFB6mCDY

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/06/spanish-polices-plea-for-r...

"But the company’s live stream covering the landing attempt ended almost 30 minutes later, with mission managers unable to establish communication with the craft, and its fate uncertain."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3ele74l3o

"It also hopes to eventually accommodate thousands more space tourists for shorter visits."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/05/moon-japan-crash-landing

"“We view the success of the lunar landing as merely a stepping stone toward that goal. We strongly believe that this endeavor and its long-term success will contribute to making life on Earth sustainable for all humanity.”"

lol

""Having a home in London with my partner, my cats, just trotting off to the theatre every night - that just sounds like the most wonderful existence.""

Yawwn ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7hq8D2FSTo

I forget to feed the Goldfish... ;-0

https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/25218054.north-yorkshire-moors-rail...

'Citizen Space Page'

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"If confirmed as a so-called primordial black hole, a theoretical class of object predicted to exist by Stephen Hawking but never before seen, the discovery would upend prevailing theories of the universe."

https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/yo13-0db-europa-oil-gas-li...

I am so Wrestling with my Conscience. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pGkY_RHJIs&ab_channel=BBCStudios

Deviated Wells. 

So Erm,  the Enviroment Agency is an independent agency and not a political ball park and focus is on the science, safety and facts. Up to 3 miles off shore, say off the edge of the Cliff is the EA's remit and offshore oil/gas like what Shell was proposing is then the jurisdiction of other agencies like the HSE & MMO or whoever.

Since the change in Legislation, way back when, (2019) it is the volumes of water with 10,000m3 (Preston) that dictates  if 'fracturing' falls under Infrastrucure Policy as opposed to the 500m3 (three or four treatments) that fall under the 'propellant squeeze' that Europa is progressing with the Local Authority. 

Starting from the well site the pipe casing is to end at 2,800m under ground somewhere towards the Rugby club, ie in a south westerly direction perhaps to avoid the Cloughton Faults.     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOWdK7wTJcQ&ab_channel=BBCStudios

The techniques for Oil, Gas, and Thermal Energy are more or less the same. 

The Environment Agency together with the HSE will be on hand during the construction of the 'well' to check that standards and regulations are met, and also during the 'testing of the gas flow' when short periods of  'flaring' happen.  Altogether it should take a few weeks cos' its' rather expensive not only to drill a well 2,800m underground, but the testing and flaring should provide the developers with data, if the well is viable using 'modelling characteristics'. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1b4Rw4EerU&ab_channel=BBC

If it's not viable they will restore the site to its former self using three concrete plugs set at varying depths with a Welded Skirt. 

Into the Carboniferous? Moi? 

BGS Whitby & Scalby O/S 35 & 44.

The Environmental Agency can only deal with 'Material Objections' during its consultation, ie A Risk of Polution that can't be Mitigated such as 'Polute the Water', is there any groundwater under the site that is near surface and may cause a risk to rivers or streams. With water under the depth of the 'Mudstones' that water is contaminated anyhoos ...  but then you would know that if you had being paying attention. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FPjxl0Lg5Q&ab_channel=BBC

I might of forgotten one or two things...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/04/sycamore-gap-tree-age-ri...

But that's my Business not yours. 

Ergo, releasing Rocks under Pressure, releases the resource. 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/02/primordial-black-hole-bi...

https://newsthump.com/2025/09/04/i-dont-have-my-rod-licence-either-admit...

Meanwhile, the Wressle development along with other conventional extraction techniques have been going on for decades and no 'material' issues have been found and the methods implied do work.  Micro Seismic surveys take place for both oil & gas extraction, either on the surface or aeiral to detect prior to PEDL Licences being approved for development. 

So Erm, the question still remains why is it OK to import gas, liquified or otherwise from Countries  whose safety regulation do not match those of the UK. 

Broughton & Applebys ... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyHNryKojDY&ab_channel=Movieclips

"Unlike another North Yorkshire gas exploration proposal at Burniston, the Foxholes scheme does not include any form of hydraulic fracturing, the application said. It seeks to target gas in the Sherwood Sandstone at a depth of about 1,000m. The application estimates that the potential gross recoverable gas volume could be 63 billion cubic feet.

Best not mention Cubics... ;-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgnClrx8N2k&list=RDGgnClrx8N2k&start_rad...

Enjoy: 

https://drillordrop.com/2025/08/13/foxholes-gas-drilling-application-pub...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1rtS604Px8&ab_channel=terratec3000

‘Here’s your Field'

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"Stepping into the unassuming British Wool site on Canal Road, you swiftly realise everything is made of this natural fibre - from the reception carpets to the kitchen curtains.  The agricultural aroma of sheep permeates the air."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/keir-starmer-donkey-fie...

"According to a House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee report from 2019, textile production contributed more to climate change than international aviation and shipping combined."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYPWxymohWs&list=RDRYPWxymohWs&start_rad...

"Obviously, the value of art is subjective up to a point, but there are still some broad criteria we can claw back, regardless of the medium."

https://edemocracy.northyorks.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1170&MId=1...

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/28/cultural-snobbery-t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktMDEShQuOY&list=RD1l5BBGaxBAU&index=2

Corporate Property Strategy ? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr624j16jpo

'Tour Dates'

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"On the way back, the road filled with cars hurrying away from the sea, and tiny pebbles fell from the sky. Not that long before, curious to see what a big volcanic eruption looked like."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/01/lola-young-cancels-shows-t...

https://vimeo.com/1123197979/cfce553c4e

Hmmm ...

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/30/tonga-pacific-island-intern...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs5StN8J-0&list=RDhIs5StN8J-0&start_rad...

"Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai, lies 40 miles north of Tongatapu – mostly under the Pacific Ocean but with two spits of land showing above the water, like the ears of a drowned cat."

https://www.frackfreecoastalcommunities.co.uk/