Richard Beddard
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Writer, investor etc. Mostly lurking for now. beddard.net
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Kerrie Ann Gardner
5 days ago
Day four of
#ArtAdventCalendar
. Hereās a pen and pencil drawing of a woodcock (one of my favourite birds) flying out to forage as the full moon rises behind a distant hill.
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Kerrie Ann Gardner
28 days ago
Watching a cumulus congestus transforming into a cumulonimbus endlessly fascinating. As soon as the upper regions reach the tropopause (the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere) they start to spread out, forming an incus, the well known anvil shape of a storm cloud.
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Charles Onyango-Obbo
about 1 month ago
YKK, the Japanese company that makes roughly half the worldās zippers, is making the first major uprade in 100 years to the mechanism that holds much of modern clothing together. Wow!
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The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years
By stripping away the fabric tape thatās held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-zipper-is-getting-its-first-major-upgrade-in-100-years/
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Jackie Curtis
about 2 months ago
Camouflage of moths. One of last week's monoprints.
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Quintin Lake
about 2 months ago
Golden Snowdon š“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æ
#442Mountains
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Tim Harford
2 months ago
Loved the conversation between Brian Eno and Ezra Klein. One of the rare skills Eno has is to discuss potentially-pretentious topics with neither a trace of pretension nor a trace of post-modern irony. He says insightful things in a straightforward way.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY...
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Brian Eno on AI, Art and What Makes Us Human
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY9v0Q0X4
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Tim Harford
2 months ago
The "testicular pie chart". A lost art.
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Quintin Lake
2 months ago
Claerwen Reservoir from Gorllwyn, an especially remote-feeling mountain in the 'Green Desert of Wales'. Its waters journey through an underground aqueduct, eventually quenching Birminghamās thirst. š“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æ
#442Mountains
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Quintin Lake
3 months ago
A cloud sea surrounds Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) from Aran Fawddwy. July 2025
#442Mountains
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Picture This Scotland
3 months ago
Skiary by Loch Hourn. Pic: Quintin Lake
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Quintin Lake
3 months ago
Come and see prints of my favourite photographs from
#ThePerimeterBook
and hear me share stories from the 11,000 km journey. Join us at Klattermusen Kingās Road, London, this Thursday from 6pm ā free event! Book here š
is.gd/MiJmXz
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Tim Harford
3 months ago
I find myself re-reading Alain de Botton's "The Art of Travel" two decades after the first read. I liked it then but had forgotten quite how much. Such a fun, charming, clever book.
amzn.to/3VEBRBk
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The Art of Travel
The Art of Travel [De Botton, Alain] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Art of Travel
https://amzn.to/3VEBRBk
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Andrej Spiridonov
3 months ago
Nice gift "Plate Tectonics Flip Book" from the author Ch. Scotese to our tectonist J. LazauskienÄ š
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Tim Harford
3 months ago
Ed Caesar's "Two Hours" is a luminous piece of sports writing - all about the marathon, elite marathoners, Kenyan running culture, and much else. Loved it.
amzn.to/3JDe0PK
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Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
Amazon.com: Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon: 9781451685855: Caesar, Ed: Books
https://amzn.to/3JDe0PK
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Charles Onyango-Obbo
4 months ago
In a āstunningā result from a Kenya study, researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babiesā lives. And itās not medical.
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Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babiesā lives. And itās not medical
To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.
https://wbhm.org/npr-story/researchers-discover-a-secret-weapon-that-saves-babies-lives-and-its-not-medical/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other
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Quintin Lake
4 months ago
Yesterday, I completed backpacking across all 188 Welsh mountains, finishing with a camp beside the summit tor of Mynydd Graig Goch after traversing the spectacular Nantlle Ridge. Iād saved the ridge for last, having heard how incredible it is ā and it didnāt disappoint.
#442Mountains
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Quintin Lake
4 months ago
The Perimeter is now shortlisted for the
@wainwrightprize.bsky.social
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amzn.to/4mpt9SH
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Jackie Curtis
5 months ago
A little watercolour colour sketch from the beach whilst we were away. Fishing boats and paraphernalia.
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Quintin Lake
5 months ago
Edinburgh chimneys š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ A full-page opener introducing the
#Midlothian
chapter of
#ThePerimeterBook
Order here š
amzn.eu/d/3pWJtK6
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Quintin Lake
5 months ago
Today I printed the first edition of this vista of Princes Street from Calton Hill photographed during The Perimeter. Browse the
#Edinburgh
print shop here š
is.gd/L7IlW0
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Quintin Lake
6 months ago
Plockton with Sgurr aāChaorachain and Beinn BhĆ n š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ A full-page opener introducing the West Ross and Cromarty chapter of
#ThePerimeterBook
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Brian Clegg
7 months ago
It's a good 'un! Take a look at my review:
popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-ve...
add a skeleton here at some point
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Looking forward to it :-)
add a skeleton here at some point
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Quintin Lake
7 months ago
The Perimeter is out today! Here's a quick flick through 11,000 km and ten years'work! Pick yours up here š
is.gd/fyjJcq
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Jim Leary
8 months ago
Well, this is exciting news! šŗ
thebookseller.com/rights/elliottā¦
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Hannah Ritchie
9 months ago
My latest article on Our World in Data, looking at foreign aid and the difference we can make with personal donations:
ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...
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For many of us, it doesnāt cost much to improve someoneās life, and we can do much more of it
Most countries spend less than 1% of their national income on foreign aid; even small increases could make a big difference.
https://ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-donations-increase
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Brian Clegg
9 months ago
Review: Pagans: James Alistair Henry ***** - Extremely engaging crossover between alternate history SF featuring a still-pagan UK divided between Celts, Saxons and others & procedural police mystery. Great fun
popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/paga...
#bookreview
#sciencefiction
#alternatehistory
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Pagans (SF) - James Alistair Henry *****
There's a fascinating sub-genre of science fiction known as alternate history. The idea is that at some point in the past, history diverged ...
https://popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/pagans-sf-james-alistair-henry.html
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Charles Onyango-Obbo
11 months ago
In Senegal, the āforgottenā half-moon method of harvesting water transforms ābarren wastelandā into thriving farmland, as part of the Greenwall Project. Remarkable!
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'Forgotten' water harvesting system transforms 'barren wasteland' into thriving farmland
The half moons even help replenish the water table.
https://www.upworthy.com/forgotten-half-moon-water-harvesting-method-transforms-barren-wasteland-into-green-farms
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Kerrie Ann Gardner
about 1 year ago
Day 6 of
#ArtAdventCalendar
. This pastel painting is called āStarlit Pathā. Itās only small, but it features something big; Orion, my favourite winter constellation. āØ
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Jim Leary
about 1 year ago
A holloway so thick with atmosphere that I had to slice my way through.
#HollowayWednesday
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Our World in Data
about 1 year ago
Sometimes, the most important news is when something *isnāt* happening: Since the last plane crash by a US airline, they have transported passengers for more than two *light-years*
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Last night, Cambridge University Botanic Garden
about 1 year ago
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Our World in Data
about 1 year ago
In these nine African countries, average incomes have more than doubled since 1990
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Leaving the library (Cambridge, this evening)
about 1 year ago
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Martin Rak
about 1 year ago
āWinter Walkā I usually donāt include human elements in my images, but I couldnāt resist hereā¦
#minimalism
#winter
#photography
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