Physicist
@fizzisist.bsky.social
European, scientist, cyclist, leftist, tofu-eating wokerati
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The UK’s benefits regime isn’t just cruel – it may be breaching international law.
💯 This.
💯 This.
New report: Britain’s benefits system is failing human rights
Amnesty International research shows the UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The UK’s benefits regime isn’t just cruel – it may be breaching international law.
💯 This.
💯 This.
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I know I should let this lie, but a thought that keeps occurring is how the government focus on cycling deaths feels like, say, a push on female violence. Yes, women hurt people sometimes, but it'd be fundamentally weird to start by cracking down on a marginalised group that is generally the victim
The only chart needed for today's news on road deaths and the law:
April 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I know I should let this lie, but a thought that keeps occurring is how the government focus on cycling deaths feels like, say, a push on female violence. Yes, women hurt people sometimes, but it'd be fundamentally weird to start by cracking down on a marginalised group that is generally the victim
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Morning Bluesky…
On what is a huge day for Canada - a choice between independence or Trump.
The race has tightened in recent days so everything to play for.
Polls open at noon GMT, 8am local
On what is a huge day for Canada - a choice between independence or Trump.
The race has tightened in recent days so everything to play for.
Polls open at noon GMT, 8am local
April 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Morning Bluesky…
On what is a huge day for Canada - a choice between independence or Trump.
The race has tightened in recent days so everything to play for.
Polls open at noon GMT, 8am local
On what is a huge day for Canada - a choice between independence or Trump.
The race has tightened in recent days so everything to play for.
Polls open at noon GMT, 8am local
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Even under the most liberal of popes, the Catholic Church failed to acknowledge its history of tyranny, torture, misogyny, enslavement and colonialism. It's time for honesty. I wrote this in 2013 about the impending canonisation of the genocidaire Junipero Serra.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For Pope Francis the liberal, this promises to be a very bloody Sunday | George Monbiot
George Monbiot: Francis is the poster pope for progressives. But canonising a genocidal missionary like Junípero Serra epitomises the Catholic history problem
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Even under the most liberal of popes, the Catholic Church failed to acknowledge its history of tyranny, torture, misogyny, enslavement and colonialism. It's time for honesty. I wrote this in 2013 about the impending canonisation of the genocidaire Junipero Serra.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Going over Interview notes again and just found this gem (from a former very senior civil servant):
"The Foreign Office is remarkably uninterested in why Foreigners think what they think.“
(Bit mean, actually.)
"The Foreign Office is remarkably uninterested in why Foreigners think what they think.“
(Bit mean, actually.)
April 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Going over Interview notes again and just found this gem (from a former very senior civil servant):
"The Foreign Office is remarkably uninterested in why Foreigners think what they think.“
(Bit mean, actually.)
"The Foreign Office is remarkably uninterested in why Foreigners think what they think.“
(Bit mean, actually.)
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Over 8 years ago, my transformation into a Dutch cycling urbanist began while living in central Minnesota. (Photo time/place)
It evolved over time and influenced how/where we lived. Ditching full-time car dependency became a lifestyle choice for us and I'm thankful for that transition everyday.
It evolved over time and influenced how/where we lived. Ditching full-time car dependency became a lifestyle choice for us and I'm thankful for that transition everyday.
April 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Over 8 years ago, my transformation into a Dutch cycling urbanist began while living in central Minnesota. (Photo time/place)
It evolved over time and influenced how/where we lived. Ditching full-time car dependency became a lifestyle choice for us and I'm thankful for that transition everyday.
It evolved over time and influenced how/where we lived. Ditching full-time car dependency became a lifestyle choice for us and I'm thankful for that transition everyday.
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
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You have to pinch yourself, but yes, it really happened: the Tories made this deluded numptie Prime Minister. A living monument to all that is wrong with our political system. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media
Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
You have to pinch yourself, but yes, it really happened: the Tories made this deluded numptie Prime Minister. A living monument to all that is wrong with our political system. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Oooh... Turning over a new leaf, having romained calm now her salad days are over, leaping head first into the heady bowl of social media.
Got that out of my system now.
Got that out of my system now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Oooh... Turning over a new leaf, having romained calm now her salad days are over, leaping head first into the heady bowl of social media.
Got that out of my system now.
Got that out of my system now.
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This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
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she is beauty ✨ she is grace 🤍 she is... nanny ogg?
challenged myself to do this with just my mouse and my laptop in blender. had a lot of fun and learned so much in the process!
#Blender #Blender3D #BlenderNPR
challenged myself to do this with just my mouse and my laptop in blender. had a lot of fun and learned so much in the process!
#Blender #Blender3D #BlenderNPR
April 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
she is beauty ✨ she is grace 🤍 she is... nanny ogg?
challenged myself to do this with just my mouse and my laptop in blender. had a lot of fun and learned so much in the process!
#Blender #Blender3D #BlenderNPR
challenged myself to do this with just my mouse and my laptop in blender. had a lot of fun and learned so much in the process!
#Blender #Blender3D #BlenderNPR
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I'm putting a tariff on the word "tariff"!
Hooked up an arcade dispenser to give me a ticket every time that god-forsaken word shows up on my computer screen.
20 tickets == 1 beer
Hooked up an arcade dispenser to give me a ticket every time that god-forsaken word shows up on my computer screen.
20 tickets == 1 beer
April 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm putting a tariff on the word "tariff"!
Hooked up an arcade dispenser to give me a ticket every time that god-forsaken word shows up on my computer screen.
20 tickets == 1 beer
Hooked up an arcade dispenser to give me a ticket every time that god-forsaken word shows up on my computer screen.
20 tickets == 1 beer
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"Starmer’s EU reset risks US trade deal"
"Is Starmer plotting to sacrifice British farmers to obtain a US trade deal?"
Two Telegraph headlines, published within 5 hours of each other.
Confirmation - though none was needed - that the RW rags will ALWAYS find fault, and should therefore be ignored.
"Is Starmer plotting to sacrifice British farmers to obtain a US trade deal?"
Two Telegraph headlines, published within 5 hours of each other.
Confirmation - though none was needed - that the RW rags will ALWAYS find fault, and should therefore be ignored.
April 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Starmer’s EU reset risks US trade deal"
"Is Starmer plotting to sacrifice British farmers to obtain a US trade deal?"
Two Telegraph headlines, published within 5 hours of each other.
Confirmation - though none was needed - that the RW rags will ALWAYS find fault, and should therefore be ignored.
"Is Starmer plotting to sacrifice British farmers to obtain a US trade deal?"
Two Telegraph headlines, published within 5 hours of each other.
Confirmation - though none was needed - that the RW rags will ALWAYS find fault, and should therefore be ignored.
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Older cis woman here 👋
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights.
🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women.
🏳️⚧️ Trans men are men.
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights.
🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women.
🏳️⚧️ Trans men are men.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Older cis woman here 👋
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights.
🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women.
🏳️⚧️ Trans men are men.
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights.
🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women.
🏳️⚧️ Trans men are men.
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First off, if people are eligible for family reunification then they should be getting it anyway and not being swapped like Pokémon cards. That's before the inevitable outcome of this leading to more smuggling and trafficking as people sent to France try again.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK in talks with France about deal to swap people seeking asylum
Officials discuss plan to exchange people who come to UK irregularly for some with family case for being in Britain
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
First off, if people are eligible for family reunification then they should be getting it anyway and not being swapped like Pokémon cards. That's before the inevitable outcome of this leading to more smuggling and trafficking as people sent to France try again.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
April 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
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Looking at temperature anomalies over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) around the Northern Hemisphere...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
April 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Looking at temperature anomalies over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) around the Northern Hemisphere...
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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Nels Abbey, "We say this country is a green a pleasant land, but if you go into our waters you'll find something green and deeply unpleasant"
April 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Nels Abbey, "We say this country is a green a pleasant land, but if you go into our waters you'll find something green and deeply unpleasant"
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When you think of what the US state has at its disposal, totalitarianism does not look impossible:
- Facial recognition technology
- Armed drones, that can take out marked people
- A propaganda system already enmeshed in our lives (social media)
- Militias ready to become death squads
Resist now.
- Facial recognition technology
- Armed drones, that can take out marked people
- A propaganda system already enmeshed in our lives (social media)
- Militias ready to become death squads
Resist now.
April 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
When you think of what the US state has at its disposal, totalitarianism does not look impossible:
- Facial recognition technology
- Armed drones, that can take out marked people
- A propaganda system already enmeshed in our lives (social media)
- Militias ready to become death squads
Resist now.
- Facial recognition technology
- Armed drones, that can take out marked people
- A propaganda system already enmeshed in our lives (social media)
- Militias ready to become death squads
Resist now.
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regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.
April 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.
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My partner got weirded out by how much my new calathea plant wiggles during the day, so of course I had to capture an 11 hour timelapse of it wiggling.
April 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My partner got weirded out by how much my new calathea plant wiggles during the day, so of course I had to capture an 11 hour timelapse of it wiggling.
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Your regular reminder that this is the man the leader of the opposition describes herself as a "huge" fan of
Free link to crazy WSJ story about Musk and his “harem drama.” Can’t do it justice with the four-screenshot limit!
www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
April 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Your regular reminder that this is the man the leader of the opposition describes herself as a "huge" fan of