The excellent folks crafting #BBCMoreOrLess podcast addressed numerical details relating to refugee numbers in the news & all around us. A focus on quite a few episodes, including:

Jul 2023
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

Dec 2023
www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

Jan 2025
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Indeed, directly associated consequence might be more refugees… (has this not already been documented / researched multiple times?!)

yet imagine ALL the potential upside for UK Plc in terms of global arms sales + consulting services…

Spend less
Earn more
(+ sprinkling of greater human suffering)

Indeed, tricky to tack across a highway or dual carriageway in a sail-driven recumbent bicycle!

And likely to be somewhat hairy for other road users…….

(same applies if the road is 100% occupied by multiple recumbent bikes! Yet imagine the joy at watching them complete Festival of Speed circuit)

Struggled in my quest to locate a video that I had seen in recent weeks - in which someone cooked a «clock face» of anchovies or sardines in a Wok — with a resulting male peacock look to the crispy preparation…..

It was a delight dish that they made, even if cannot recall what else they did!

Do you think slow roast through to 18th bday would suffice?

…might run out of fuel if we l opt for any longer…

Recently simmered Beef Cheek in the InstantPot(ty), in union with Smoked Beef Stock… and other tasty items (zero salt during cooking so as to have option to taste test with 1 year old infant)

Next week intend to have a first attempt with Lamb Neck. Not explored this previously…

There are “tricky aspects” to the Tooting #fedi-sphere…

- not least being asked to sign-in again after following a link to a different instance & wanting to interact…

…perhaps I need to spend more time immersed to comprehend why + how best to overcome such engagment obstacles…?

Affirmative 👍

(perhaps you appear to me to be comparatively more boisterous on bsky…)

FYI: article contrasting 2 leading contenders for Fediverse community platforms: Mastodon vs Bluesky. Author appears to sway one way more strongly…

Did I ever mention to you how, as a 9 year old, I got my father to sign my idea for «real-time consumer vehicle mapping & navigation using satellite geometry» — it had schematics too, not just a title & text…

🚘 🛰️ 📐 🗺️

Held awareness of US military GPS, but not researched how to register a patent…

Perhaps waited for someone to ask the question + come forward with workable approach?

probably helped to be living in a territory that honours growth of knowledge, science, maths 🧮

www.wikihow.life/Determine-Lo...

Nice history of longitude & latitude measurements www.ncesc.com/geographic-f...

Referenced book:

“Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)” is available for avid consumption & in-world DIY verification

Book store 📚
www.waterstones.com/book/rutherf...

one online warehouse…
amzn.eu/d/hO4JphM

And the prior TED-talk by Carole, for ease of reference: youtu.be/OQSMr-3GGvQ?...