Making the news today....

[Mark J]

10 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

Muppets like Nadine Dorries really serve to undermine the case for career politicians being in technically demanding positions. 

 

What's wrong with having a technocrat? Someone who is expert in their field? It's like bloody Dominic Raab (always a reliable source for car crash interviews) referring to misogyny against women and men. There will be a list as long as my arm of politicians putting their feet in their mouths....

Exactly. Surely the people who are in cabinet positions should have a slight background in their chosen field.

 

[Big J]

1 minute ago, Mark J said:

Exactly. Surely the people who are in cabinet positions should have a slight background in their chosen field.

 

And perhaps a memory of things that existed more than ten years ago! 😆

[Mark J]

 

 

[Mark J]

Astronomers stand up to satellite mega-constellations

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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An international centre will defend the interests of science as thousands of satellites are launched.

 

[Macpherson]

51 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Astronomers stand up to satellite mega-constellations

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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An international centre will defend the interests of science as thousands of satellites are launched.

 

 

Aye, this is quite worrying in the sense that we've almost created a cage for ourselves before we've really had a chance to fully take advantage of the benefits of the new environment that's becoming increasingly more available every day.

 

So the exponential leap in science that I had hoped to witness in my lifetime may well be contained in an orbital coup [ rubbish tip ] which could blind humanities view of the cosmos completely.

 

I'm tempted to make comparisons to many other ' blinkers '  that may be in play as regards our species awareness of reality.. but does anyone even care if they've got cheap netflix?

[Mark J]

22 hours ago, Macpherson said:

 

Aye, this is quite worrying in the sense that we've almost created a cage for ourselves before we've really had a chance to fully take advantage of the benefits of the new environment that's becoming increasingly more available every day.

 

So the exponential leap in science that I had hoped to witness in my lifetime may well be contained in an orbital coup [ rubbish tip ] which could blind humanities view of the cosmos completely.

 

I'm tempted to make comparisons to many other ' blinkers '  that may be in play as regards our species awareness of reality.. but does anyone even care if they've got cheap netflix?

Nature fights back: 

A geomagnetic storm may have effectively destroyed 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites

WWW.THEVERGE.COM

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Premature atmospheric reentry

 

[Macpherson]

11 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Nature fights back: 

A geomagnetic storm may have effectively destroyed 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites

WWW.THEVERGE.COM

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Premature atmospheric reentry

 

only 39960 left then😁

[Mark J]

Russian gallery security guard accused of drawing eyes on painting

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The painting was sent for restoration after the Russian guard allegedly drew eyes on it.

 

[Khriss]

Now THATS  clever ! 

 

How to store excess wind power underwater

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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A Dutch company is testing an underwater system that can store excess energy from wind farms.

 

 

K

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Khriss said:

Now THATS  clever ! 

 

How to store excess wind power underwater

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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A Dutch company is testing an underwater system that can store excess energy from wind farms.

 

 

K

A very neat trick Khriss .   ( Of the same blood type as me ) 😁