AJW@SCIENCE
@ajsw6.bsky.social
Lover of learning, adult education, the environment, animals, movies, fairness... and systems thinking
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Mega heat pumps are coming. It’s great to see that so many projects are now underway around the world.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Mega heat pumps are coming. It’s great to see that so many projects are now underway around the world.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
Star Wars Rankings - as its doing the rounds today
Top 15
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Rogue 1
5. Andor
6. Last Jedi
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Mandalorian
9. Clone Wars
10. Ashoka
11. Solo
12. Phantom Menace
13. Clones
14. Rise of Skywalker
15. Boba Fett
Top 15
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Rogue 1
5. Andor
6. Last Jedi
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Mandalorian
9. Clone Wars
10. Ashoka
11. Solo
12. Phantom Menace
13. Clones
14. Rise of Skywalker
15. Boba Fett
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Star Wars Rankings - as its doing the rounds today
Top 15
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Rogue 1
5. Andor
6. Last Jedi
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Mandalorian
9. Clone Wars
10. Ashoka
11. Solo
12. Phantom Menace
13. Clones
14. Rise of Skywalker
15. Boba Fett
Top 15
1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Rogue 1
5. Andor
6. Last Jedi
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Mandalorian
9. Clone Wars
10. Ashoka
11. Solo
12. Phantom Menace
13. Clones
14. Rise of Skywalker
15. Boba Fett
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Open Research Online (ORO) is OU’s free Open Access repository. Anyone can browse peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and more - even records where the full text isn’t available.
OU researchers are pre-registered to self-deposit outputs. Explore here 👉 https://ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb
#OpenAccessWeek
OU researchers are pre-registered to self-deposit outputs. Explore here 👉 https://ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb
#OpenAccessWeek
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Open Research Online (ORO) is OU’s free Open Access repository. Anyone can browse peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and more - even records where the full text isn’t available.
OU researchers are pre-registered to self-deposit outputs. Explore here 👉 https://ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb
#OpenAccessWeek
OU researchers are pre-registered to self-deposit outputs. Explore here 👉 https://ow.ly/e7Q850XcXxb
#OpenAccessWeek
Lifelong learning....
Congratulations Maryette!
Congratulations Maryette!
Great-grandmother graduates from university at 90 years old. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Londonderry: 90-year-old woman graduates from university
90-year-old Maryette was the oldest of more than 300 graduates at the Open University's ceremony in Belfast on Tuesday.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Lifelong learning....
Congratulations Maryette!
Congratulations Maryette!
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Earth at night viewed from space.
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Earth at night viewed from space.
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I wish the geometric mean was taught this way
October 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I wish the geometric mean was taught this way
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🌍 Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can nurture, writes @palvindersingh.bsky.social
#InternationalDayOfPeace
feweek.co.uk/world-peace-...
#InternationalDayOfPeace
feweek.co.uk/world-peace-...
World Peace Day: Facing volatility with values
Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can nurture, writes Palvinder Singh
feweek.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🌍 Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can nurture, writes @palvindersingh.bsky.social
#InternationalDayOfPeace
feweek.co.uk/world-peace-...
#InternationalDayOfPeace
feweek.co.uk/world-peace-...
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KEY to the story about ABC suspending Kimmel's show: Nexstar and Sinclair, two big owners of ABC-affiliated stations, both need FCC approval for pending deals. With a lot of $$ on the line, both have reason to curry favor with the Trump admin. Both decided to yank Kimmel's show.
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
KEY to the story about ABC suspending Kimmel's show: Nexstar and Sinclair, two big owners of ABC-affiliated stations, both need FCC approval for pending deals. With a lot of $$ on the line, both have reason to curry favor with the Trump admin. Both decided to yank Kimmel's show.
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A weird cloud appears on Mars each year and now we know why. Simulations show the cloud forms because there is an extremely high amount of water vapour in the Martian atmosphere.
A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why
www.newscientist.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A weird cloud appears on Mars each year and now we know why. Simulations show the cloud forms because there is an extremely high amount of water vapour in the Martian atmosphere.
This would explain quite a bit of why the current government is behaving as it is....
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot
Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This would explain quite a bit of why the current government is behaving as it is....
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Wes Streeting’s PFI plan is a disaster for the NHS youtu.be/xgDFaQ8nEEw?... Wes Streeting wants to fund 200 new NHS health centres through PFI. But the Public Finance Initiative was a disaster. This video explains why PFI 2.0 is a betrayal of the NHS.
Wes Streeting’s PFI plan is a disaster for the NHS
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Wes Streeting’s PFI plan is a disaster for the NHS youtu.be/xgDFaQ8nEEw?... Wes Streeting wants to fund 200 new NHS health centres through PFI. But the Public Finance Initiative was a disaster. This video explains why PFI 2.0 is a betrayal of the NHS.
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"Health and care leadership has become enthralled by performance management: dashboards, inspections and league tables...
When they dominate, care is hollowed out. People learn to perform adequacy rather than offer real care."
When they dominate, care is hollowed out. People learn to perform adequacy rather than offer real care."
Vitality, not metrics: why we must reclaim the soul of care
The NHS won’t be saved by metrics – it will be saved by leaders who dare to centre care, imagination, and humanity over control
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Health and care leadership has become enthralled by performance management: dashboards, inspections and league tables...
When they dominate, care is hollowed out. People learn to perform adequacy rather than offer real care."
When they dominate, care is hollowed out. People learn to perform adequacy rather than offer real care."
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The long division algorithm CAN be understandable and not just a procedure to memorize. Here's how we can make sense of it:
September 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The long division algorithm CAN be understandable and not just a procedure to memorize. Here's how we can make sense of it:
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People claim that banks lend the funds deposited with them. They don't. In fact, they can't. It is technically impossible for them to do so. In this post, I explain why that is the case and how banks really create the loans that they offer to their customers.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
Banks cannot lend their depositors’ funds
Introduction
I keep getting comments from people who claim that my suggestion that banks do not use funds deposited with them to make loans is wrong.
They are adamant that this claim is wrong. They ar...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
August 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
People claim that banks lend the funds deposited with them. They don't. In fact, they can't. It is technically impossible for them to do so. In this post, I explain why that is the case and how banks really create the loans that they offer to their customers.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08...
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Why running a country isn’t like running a household youtu.be/sAKr55O7qaU?... Politicians love to say the government must “live within its means” – just like a household. But this analogy is completely wrong. In this video, I explain why.
Why running a country isn’t like running a household
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Why running a country isn’t like running a household youtu.be/sAKr55O7qaU?... Politicians love to say the government must “live within its means” – just like a household. But this analogy is completely wrong. In this video, I explain why.
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If we subtract all the digits from any number, we will always get a multiple of 9. Let's see why!
August 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If we subtract all the digits from any number, we will always get a multiple of 9. Let's see why!
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The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
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"Scottish Water is still 100% owned by the state. This begs the obvious question whether profit seeking is a priority over water quality and the consumers are left with substandard supply."
#Water
#Scotland🏴
#Water
#Scotland🏴
Is it true that Scotland’s water pollution levels are bad? - Bylines Scotland
The Independent Water Commission confirms Scotland's water meets high standards, contradicting recent political claims of poor quality
bylines.scot
July 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Scottish Water is still 100% owned by the state. This begs the obvious question whether profit seeking is a priority over water quality and the consumers are left with substandard supply."
#Water
#Scotland🏴
#Water
#Scotland🏴
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'Hello human, nice to meet you'
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Hello human, nice to meet you'
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Another day of reminding everyone that: "If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
July 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Another day of reminding everyone that: "If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
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Of course, Barry Goldwater was talking about how he viewed President Johnson and the Democrats. Little did he know that his observations would actually come to fruition under Republican president Donald Trump. Goldwater must be spinning in his grave.
Barry Goldwater wasn’t wrong in 1964. He was almost prophetic in his observations.
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Of course, Barry Goldwater was talking about how he viewed President Johnson and the Democrats. Little did he know that his observations would actually come to fruition under Republican president Donald Trump. Goldwater must be spinning in his grave.
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A curious Arctic Fox pup checks out a nature photographer
July 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A curious Arctic Fox pup checks out a nature photographer
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Once Upon a Forest
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Once Upon a Forest
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
Susan van den Munckhof
Trail Camera Wildlife Photography
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Aidan Bedford
"Interspecies interaction between humpback whale and bottlenose dolphins."
"Interspecies interaction between humpback whale and bottlenose dolphins."
July 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Aidan Bedford
"Interspecies interaction between humpback whale and bottlenose dolphins."
"Interspecies interaction between humpback whale and bottlenose dolphins."
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It’s Friday. This pleases me.
July 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It’s Friday. This pleases me.