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Brian Derby
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Materials Scientist- Researching the Interesting. Manchester UK. Brompton owner

https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/brian.derby
As an aside- AI confidently told me that Brompton pedals are secured by a 6 mm hex Allen Key, reality is 8 mm.
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My Dad went there
September 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are great Universities in the other major UK cities (no I don’t mean Oxford and Cambridge) where living costs are more affordable
September 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I think the feel less welcome is correct because it’s in your face. But, they were there anyway if not feeling emboldened to show themselves before. Like any bullying it is done to get a reaction. Less safe is more difficult to quantify - but on balance it’s unchanged
August 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I understand but they are there to provoke and to capture symbols for their own use.
August 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Driving N on M1/M6 today and saw a few individual flags looking out of place on bridges across the carriageways. Ignore them and English weather will deal with it.
August 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Garbled final sentence should’ve At least it mentions the Potsdam conference but only as a prelude to the iron curtain
August 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
UK curriculum makes little mention of Eastern front either and is fairly silent about the division of Poland in 1939. At it refers to the Potsdam meeting
August 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Not if you read US written WWII history
August 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reposted by Brian Derby
Accurate diagram of a wasp
August 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Or junk it and get the better new version
August 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The graphene centre in Manchester used to have free coffee but students came from all over the campus for a free takeout. Now it’s still free but you need a magic token.
August 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM