If American visitors to the UK start to feel homesick, you can always visit Kew, aside from the prairie they also have giant redwoods. The UK actually has a lot more redwoods than California does due to Victorians planting them. www.kew.org/wakehurst/wh...

If I was an American I would be very cautious around people called Ted the name doesn't have a great track record. Ted Kennedy, Ted Bundy, Ted Kaczynski etc.

Could a form of Olivine called Ringwoodite be the source of the Earth's water rather than comets? youtu.be/YnZJuHkQ-v4

The time has come for the Democrats to start playing hardball, before they lose what little is left of democracy in America. Time to issue an arrest warrant for Todd Lyons, on kidnapping charges.

Article II, Section 4: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

So Israel is now blocking access for the aid convoys to Gaza, because the bodies of Israelis are not being returned according to the timetable. This is evidence that the earlier allegations that Israel was using essential aid as a weapon of war. Which is a crime against humanity of extermination.

10 months ago there was an agreement which looks very like the current agreement. mofa.gov.qa/en/latest-ar...

Why immigrants AND all others get emergency treatment. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539...

The HDI is the Human Development Index, is a measure of how developed a country is by the United Nations. The index uses three broad measures: Long and healthy life, Knowledge and Standard of living. For some time Iceland, Norway and Switzerland headed the rankings and America is currently 17th.

For ages Elon Musk has been going on about the woke mind virus and I was unable to work out what he was talking about, but I think I have finally figured out what he was talking about and it has a far simpler description. A NEW IDEA (at least one that is new to Musk).

To Americans especially those in the Supreme court 4th Amendment. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,

I do hope this isn't serious www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Dolly

So the recent UK MacDonald's advert has been bugging me. The one talking about only male Peacocks have bright feathers. All Peacocks are male by definition, the females are Peahens and yes the females have duller feathers, something which is fairly standard in birds. #McDonald's

The religious right, especially in America readily grasp at passages from the old testament especially Leviticus to attack minority groups or deny them rights, but they overlook most of the Bible and especially the new testament, which is the part most about Christianity.

A quick look at sinkholes, karsts and the how water erodes the limestone or other rock underneath the ground to cause the hole to form. youtu.be/cLn_ARzBRhQ

There are only two types of politician who say that climate change is a hoax. Stupid ones and I mean monumentally stupid, or alternatively, ones who have been bribed by the fossil fuel industry into saying that it is a hoax. #climate

How fear can be used by politicians, religious leaders and rabble-rousers to manipulate the population into committing acts of ultraviolence. #Fear youtu.be/-gjE41E60_4

Kirk shot. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

For those people who hadn't heard of Peter Mandelson or tried to forget about him. Peter was a member of Parliament for many years most notably as part of the Blair government, in 1998 he resigned from government when it was revealed that he received an undeclared interest free loan of of £373,000.

Tolkien speaking through the voice of Thorin Oakenshield "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." #Tolkien #Hobbit

Since Trump wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico, can we rename the Mariana Trench, the Trump Trench, that way it could also be informally known as the depth of stupidity. #MarianaTrench #Trump #GulfofMexico

Trump media group now down below $17 a share and falling, huge levels of debt and a business model incapable of turning a profit combined with a boss in poor health. Mean that anyone holding shares could be holding worthless paper soon. Add itt to his list of failed businesses. #Trump

Trump hates the CDC, because as he sees it, the CDC ruined his economy during his first Presidency due to Covid. As a result he put the wackadoddle Kennedy in charge of health to wreck the CDC as a punishment and to stop them doing it again. #CDC #Kennedy

The great thing about the quality sci-fi shows like Babylon 5 or Next Generation, is how the writers will occasionally slip in an alien or a key character finding something interesting in a piece of poetry or a book; as if to flag it to the audience if the aliens like this you may too. #sci-fi

To all the people. It is time for a reminder that the most important part of the US constitution (and the constitution of India). Is "We the people", not we the Americans, nor we the whites, or we the Christians, or we the rich landholders and certainly not, we the politicians. #constitution

1970's music with a message. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSR...

One of the criminals Illinois has locked up is Theodore Middendorf, why Trump might not be too happy about them locking up this child rapist, is that he is one of the Jan 6th people Trump let out of jail on day one in office and not one of those "immigrant rapists". isp.illinois.gov/Sor/Details/...

Using the example of the Himalayas and Indian monsoons, showing how the mountains combine with moist air from the oceans to create monsoons on one side of the mountains and a dry rain shadow on the other side, in what is known as orographic precipitation. youtu.be/8Lcvwx63Xg0

Reversing book bans in Florida. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69110...

Amphora were designed for being transported on ancient wooden boats with sloping sides. The design meant that even on a vessel with sloping sides you could carry wine and olive oil around the ancient world, making the best use of the space available. youtube.com/shorts/WHmVK...

How stupid is Rupert Lowe MP for Great Yarmouth in the UK. This fool thought a small boat off the coast of Great Yarmouth might be illegal immigrants coming into the country. Great Yarmouth borders the North sea and is over 100 miles from the nearest country, no way would this be possible. #LoweMP

Daleks used to be relatively easy to destroy with relatively simple explosives, or even pushing them off a building. youtu.be/xQZFw9t8qW4

Humans may have been in the Americas around 33,000 years ago, or possibly even as long as 60,000 years ago, but were these humans Homo sapiens or Denisovan? youtu.be/VVBATmRUE9I

I was thinking that Tolkien writing Treebeard's description of Saruman could also apply to Trump. "He has a mind of metal and wheels; and he does not care for living things, except as far as they serve him for the moment.”

E. Coli or Escherichia Coli is a bacteria present in the intestines of warm blooded animals and normally represents no threat to humans. However some strains of E. Coli may produce Shiga toxins which can be a threat. youtu.be/jv_xh0GQs9E

A Tsunami or harbour wave, can be created by an earthquake or a landslide and represents an entire column of ocean water being moved rather than just the surface water being driven by a wind driven wave. youtu.be/Mu-pTxEKKEA

Anyone else getting that sinking feeling when they start to think that we are a quarter of a century into the 21st century. This was supposed to be the century of future and wonder. #Time #old

A look at the plate tectonics and the movement of the African plate that is responsible for the earthquakes in Italy. youtu.be/NF_LkJlDdXo

Using the example of the Himalayas and Indian monsoons, showing how the mountains combine with moist air from the oceans to create monsoons on one side of the mountains and a dry rain shadow on the other side, in what is known as orographic precipitation. youtu.be/8Lcvwx63Xg0

Consuming excessive amounts of fructose, especially from the corn syrup used in the production of soft drinks can reduce the amount of potassium in the human body resulting in hypokalemia, which can result in a heart attack. youtu.be/wCKggwYEp9Y

1943 government film about the MAGA movement, don't be a sucker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAq...

Trump. "Don't know the fuck what you are doing". Basically sums up TRUMP.

The American brain drain is underway with Europe and Canada going to see most of the benefits. This is likely to impact America for generations to come. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How eutrophication or hypertrophication effects the water system. Excessive nitrates and phosphates from farms and sewage can promote the growth of algal blooms which then can choke the life out of rivers lakes and streams. 🧪 youtu.be/gGDWsZNrF-8

Not good. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

Liberty ships were ships which were constructed mainly in American shipyards to meet the demand for merchant transport vessels which were being lost in the Atlantic to submarines. However the SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames estuary and contains over 1000 tons of bombs. youtu.be/fBJlIarN2tQ

Salmonella bongori and Salmonella enterica are the two broad species of bacteria that can cause salmonellosis producing symptoms of diarrhoea, fever and vomiting. However basic cooking and cleanliness routines can prevent issues with the salmonella bacteria in food. #Salmonella youtu.be/05c0z4I345k

Green leaf volatiles are the series of alcohols, aldehydes and esters released by plants when their leaves are damaged by being eaten or cut. As a defence mechanism they signal to predators to eat the animals that are eating the leaves. youtu.be/zONgjomdjTw