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As the Bible says, "It is easier for an oil tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz than for a rich man to understand a fairer society might be better for them in the medium to long-term."
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Civil Engineer/Engineering Geologist/Geotechnical Engineer and author of 'Soft Ground Tunnel Design' textbook, Telemark Skier, Runner, Guitarist/Singer, trumpet player, former academic, long covid sufferer, Repair Café co-organiser. Trans ally, believer in learning who people are, from them.
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#Hedgehog and BABY HEDGEHOG last night.
BABY HEDGEHOG BABY HEDGEHOG BABY HEDGEHOG!!!!!
I am excited by this development.
Tonight's visitors: two baby hedgehogs!
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@structuredsucc@mastodon.social
Cement = fine grey powder that reacts with water.
Cement paste = cement + water
Cement mortar = cement paste + sand
Concrete = cement mortar + aggregate (gravel)
So those trucks with the rotating drum are concrete trucks, not 'cement mixers'. Also they do not mix, they agitate, to prevent early setting. They do not need to be tilted to pour out the concrete, they just change the direction of rotation and the blades are like a screw and push the concrete out.
Twitchy the baby #hedgehog is visiting tonight!
#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #mammals #hedgehogs #CuteAnimal
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@SeaFury@aus.social I think if you don't know why they put that comment then it would be fair to ask them. Does it need rephrasing because it is unclear, or because it is inelegant?
I was lucky to have an excellent supervisor, who I have been thinking about because he died recently.
The most important things in academic writing are precision and clarity.
A thesis is just a series of factual statements backed up by evidence or logic, so every statement must have an empirical or logical basis.
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@frederic0@mastodon.social Not much later... just one year after VS!
I also quite like Backspacer, it's full of bangers, and the last track The End is an amazing song.
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@whitequark
The thing is, these are all things that any reasonable/normal/kind landlord would be doing anyway. But reasonable/normal/kind landlords are rare it seems, so legislation is needed!
Letting Agents are to blame for a lot of bad treatment of tenants - encouraging landlords to maximise profits and be ruthless. A friend who rents out a house thinks they will have to sell because of this law, but we pointed out that they wouldn't want to do any of the things it makes illegal anyway.
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@DanMorgan
Also, if we are naming famous tunes in 5/4, Mars from Gustav Holst's The Planets is a notable one.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win
I think the left fails to see that there doesn't have to be a hierarchy and control system for the right to do bad things that benefit them to the detriment of the majority. For instance, there doesn't have to be a conspiracy in place for Putin to meddle in elections in other countries to benefit candidates who are sympathetic to him. He'll be doing it anyway.
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@christineburns
Yay! Gotta celebrate the victories, even if this legal fight should never have been needed.
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@zitrone@corteximplant.com @jellyfriend@plush.city @ahihi@anticapitalist.party
That's very qut.
As an Englander I would pronounce the last one zedt.
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@daz@floss.social @brianbilston@mastodon.online
It is a reference to Yeats's Second Coming:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
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@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party @MooseAllain@mas.to
Three cheers also for @tomgauld.bsky.social
Though he might not see this as it is a Bluesky bridgy thingy that let's me see his posts.
Also I love @firstdogonthemoon@aus.social
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@2ndStar
Force is not a directly measurable physical entity, so we can only measure its effect to gauge whether it is with you.
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@JohnJBurnsIII @TheBreadmonkey Just like an Action Man or GI Joe, he has no undercarriage.
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@structuredsucc
Sometimes it is easier to just do the thing. Don't think about it, just do it.
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@forthy42@mastodon.net2o.de @carrieberry@mstdn.social that would be joining the iceberg in this metaphor, which also wouldn't be great
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@cgsines@mastodon.world @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party @maxleibman@beige.party
Sealion here asking for links to peer reviewed studies that would support your point. However, I will remain skeptical regardless so you may as well not go to all the effort.
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@void@mastodon.sdf.org @zanchey@aus.social the new outlook is rubbish and has less functionality than the old one. Seems more like Windows Mail, which I think has disappeared now.
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@Theosoreass@ieji.de possibly! She/he was named because of their slightly erratic way of moving about. The other hedgehogs are very purposeful, marching about.
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@TimWardCam@c.im Maybe your foxes are scaring them away? The hedgehogs and local cats seem to avoid each other. I think badgers can be a problem though.
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@SeaFury@aus.social Sorry you probably weren't looking for writing advice... I was just reminiscing on how my supervisor helped me.
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@Cdespinosa
Or possibly an agreement where Iran and USA charge tolls and split them 50:50, Trump becomes best buds with the Ayatollah, and we all pay more for goods while they get richer. He will claim it is the best deal ever made. They get to walk away with something they can claim as a win, and the ordinary people end up paying for all the missiles and bomb damage.
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@digyoursoul I wonder how much illegal substances are finding their way into the trees?! The forest may become quite trippy...
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@arslucidum@hachyderm.io @vkc@linuxmom.net Also, people prefer watching two humans play chess. Two computers playing chess might be of academic interest or passing curiosity, but isn't of human interest.
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@thecommongreen@mastodon.scot "Starmer, but with better comms" would also be an improvement. However, I don't like Burnham's shifting to the right on trans rights and immigration recently... both indications that he is not going to be less socially conservative than the current government.
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@parsingphase@m.phase.org the tiniest bunny is the king bun and they rule until a smaller one comes along.
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@stux@mstdn.social This is a nice article in today's Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/artemis-moon-mission-international-astronauts-earth-space
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@lordsplodge@brettspiel.space There's one of King Edward VII outside the Victoria Rooms in Bristol that always has a traffic cone as well. Except one time when it had a pair of Y-fronts instead.
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@purplebutterfly @christineburns Why don't you explain what you mean instead of posting questions? I would usually assume goodwill but you are a new account apparently set up just to be a troll. So prove me wrong about that if you can.
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social
Just like crisp flavours, I think bin colours should be standardised:
Green = recycling / cheese and onion
Blue = household waste / salt and vinegar
Brown = garden waste / roast beef
Red = a.n.other waste (bottles?) / ready salted