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kim_harding, 19 hours ago to random

Beethoven likely didn’t die from lead poisoning, new hair analysis reveals
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/beethoven-likely-didnt-die-from-lead-poisoning-new-dna-analysis-reveals/
There was also mercury and arsenic but none of the toxins likely caused composer's death

kim_harding, 20 hours ago to random

International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
https://www.politico.eu/article/international-criminal-court-seeks-arrest-warrants-for-benjamin-netanyahu-and-hamas-leaders/
International Criminal Court prosecutor alleges crimes against humanity committed by both sides in Gaza war.

What took the ICC so long? It is about time this happened.

kim_harding, 20 hours ago to random

Cycle the Solar System
https://www.york.ac.uk/physics-engineering-technology/outreach/astrocampus/cycle-solar-system/
The York Solar System model is a scale model of the Solar System, spread out along 6.4 miles (10km) of the old East Coast mainline railway. Along it you can find scale models of all the planets in our solar system as well as models of the Cassini and Voyager spacecraft.

kim_harding, 1 day ago to random

Wow, this map (nicked from Amazing Maps on another place) really shows how different the Road traffic death rate in the US is vs Europe

kim_harding, 1 day ago to random

The International Super Rich Bankrolling Robert Jenrick’s Political Ambitions Through Mysterious Companies
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/05/17/the-international-super-rich-bankrolling-robert-jenricks-political-ambitions-through-mysterious-companies/
Campaigners call for electoral laws to be tightened after an Israeli billionaire and an Australian hedge fund boss use their companies, which made minimal UK profits, to donate £40,000 to the former Immigration Minister

kim_harding, 2 days ago to random

Labour’s Shadow Culture Secretary Says the Press is Bound by the Law: Has She Been Paying Any Attention?
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/05/15/labours-shadow-culture-secretary-says-the-press-is-bound-by-the-law-has-she-been-paying-any-attention/
Days after four more current national newspaper editors were accused of having acted unlawfully, the party’s media spokesperson rules out future action on press accountability

kim_harding, 2 days ago to random

Government ‘Independent Adviser’ Who ‘Backs Ban’ on Climate and Palestine Groups has Paid Roles with Defence and Business Lobbyists
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/05/17/government-independent-advisor-who-backs-ban-on-climate-and-palestine-groups-has-paid-roles-with-defence-and-business-lobbyists/
The Conservatives’ domestic extremism adviser Lord John Walney is accused of conflicts of interest over a proposed ban of groups such as Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil

Is anyone actually surprised? #GeneralElectionNow

kim_harding, 2 days ago to random

The Plan is Working: Sunak Races Up the Rich List as Homelessness Soars
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/05/17/rishi-sunak-rises-rich-list-homelessness-soars/
The Prime Minister and his wife’s personal wealth rose to £651 million amid the biggest fall in living standards for British people since records began

kim_harding, 2 days ago to random

China is no longer Germany's leading trading partner
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2024/05/19/china-is-no-longer-germany-s-leading-trading-partner_6671922_19.html
The US overtook China in trading with Germany in the first quarter – a symbolic change, which could continue.

kim_harding, 2 days ago to random

Migrant chaos as hundreds of asylum seekers leave Bibby Stockholm and RAF base
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bibby-stockholm-migrants-wethersfield-raf-base-hotels-b2541589.html?utm_source=press.coop
Hundreds of asylum seekers have left or been moved out of RAF Wethersfield and the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ already this year as costs spiral

Let's face it, it would be cheaper to just give them asylum and treat them decently...

kim_harding, 2 days ago to climate

Europe hit by severe floods in the north and heatwaves in the south https://www.euronews.com/2024/05/18/europe-hit-by-severe-floods-in-the-north-and-heatwaves-in-the-south
Heavy rainfall and storms wreak havoc across northern Italy, France and Germany, whilst southern Italy endures an unseasonal heatwave.

#DontLookUp #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

kim_harding, 3 days ago to random

‘Climate Optimism’ Is Dangerous and Irrational
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/07/climate-optimism-is-dangerous-and-irrational
Overly-confident math models based on unrealistic assumptions are used to avoid crisis-consistent climate policies and to protect global elite privilege, while abandoning our duties to the planet’s most vulnerable.

kim_harding, 3 days ago to random

Disappearing ink, fake polls and voter fraud: EU fears as Russian propaganda ads target Euro elections
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/18/disappearing-ink-fake-polls-and-voter-eu-fears-as-russian-propaganda-ads-target-euro-elections
Researcher uncovers vast Facebook campaign and accuses Meta of ‘lack of willingness’ to counter it

kim_harding, 3 days ago to random

How men evolved to care for babies — before society got in the way https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01371-3
An exploration of the evolution of male nurturing shows why, unlike fathers among other great apes, human dads are biologically wired to be hands-on parents.

kim_harding, 3 days ago to random

Using vague language about scientific facts misleads readers
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/using-vague-language-about-scientific-facts-misleads-readers/
Using subjective phrasing like "scientists believe" makes facts seem like opinions.

Original research paper here

kim_harding, 3 days ago to random

"30,000 people are killed or seriously injured on our roads every year, less than three involving a cyclist": Chris Boardman on dangerous cycling

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-16-may-2024-308403

kim_harding, 4 days ago to random

Daniel Dennett obituary: ‘New atheism’ philosopher who sparked debate on consciousness https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01478-7
Cognitive scientist who boldly explored free will, the human mind and AI, and rejected the existence of God.

kim_harding, 4 days ago to random

Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode by threatening to keep device indefinitely
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/14/australian-man-says-border-force-made-him-hand-over-phone-passcode-by-threatening-to-keep-device-indefinitely
Tech entrepreneur who lives in the US says he has been held up at Sydney airport for hours three times in the past year

kim_harding, 4 days ago to random

eBike thefts up 250% in 2 years in the UK, finds FoI request
https://cyclingindustry.news/ebike-thefts-up-250-in-2-years-in-the-uk-finds-foi-request/
In what might be a sign of the cash strapped times or attributable to the volume of electric bikes now in the UK (or both), eBike thefts have doubled in the UK in the space of a year.

Evolve e-bikes submitted a Freedom of Information request to every police force in the UK and found that there were 103% more eBike thefts in 2023 compared to 2022 – and an incredible 257% more than in 2021.

kim_harding, 4 days ago to random

Cycling levels in England are still up on pre-Covid times https://cyclingindustry.news/cycling-levels-in-england-are-still-up-on-pre-covid-times/
Recent headwinds facing the bicycle industry have been significant, but further evidence that the nation is more keen about cycling has arrived via the UK government’s cycling traffic index, revealing cycling levels in the territory.

kim_harding, 4 days ago to random

Scotland’s richest landowner backing ‘madcap’ mini-nuke plan https://theferret.scot/scotland-anders-holch-povlsen-nuclear-reactors-asia/

kim_harding, 4 days ago to random

Swallow, swift and house martin populations have nearly halved, finds UK bird survey
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/16/swallows-swifts-house-martins-decline-uk-bird-survey-aoe?utm_source=press.coop
Reduction in insect numbers contributes to drop, and there are declines across more than a third of bird species surveyed

kim_harding, 5 days ago to random

"Every UK political party is failing to tackle crisis facing nature, biggest charities warn"
https://inews.co.uk/news/every-uk-political-party-failing-tackle-crisis-nature-3050643
Four leading nature charities are sounding the alarm as one in six species in the UK face extinction