Retired Software Engineer, Autistic, Genealogist (particularly interested in the Failes family), DIYer, lecturer, Humanist, English though eligible for Irish passport, Science Fiction reader and unfortunately unable to look away from World Politics.
Advance Warning 🚧: The National Library of Scotland Map Library website will be down for maintenance this weekend, from 17:00 (BST) on Friday 4 April 2025 to 08:00 (BST) on Monday 7 April 2025. #Genealogy#FamilyHistory#LocalHistory#OnePlaceStudies
“On Friday, the Attorney General in 23andMe's home state of California issued a consumer alert advising customers to delete their data from the site given the company's “reported financial distress”” www.bbc.com/news/article...
“On Friday, the Attorney General in 23andMe's home state of California issued a consumer alert advising customers to delete their data from the site given the company's “reported financial distress”” www.bbc.com/news/article...
One of many bad things about contemporary eugenicist bullshit: it's based on a misunderstanding of 1870s vintage ideas about evolution. Not 1970s, 1870s. Thoroughly debunked and disproven, but this is what's driving RFK jr's attempt to wreck the FDA, CDC, and other healthcare regulators.
February 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
One of many bad things about contemporary eugenicist bullshit: it's based on a misunderstanding of 1870s vintage ideas about evolution. Not 1970s, 1870s. Thoroughly debunked and disproven, but this is what's driving RFK jr's attempt to wreck the FDA, CDC, and other healthcare regulators.
Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
The government is legally required to make the UK net zero by 2050 , but we’re seriously off track to achieving our climate targets . Warmer homes , cheaper energy , better transport , cleaner air and decent green jobs are achievable . . . but we need action . 1/
November 26, 2024 at 6:13 PM
The government is legally required to make the UK net zero by 2050 , but we’re seriously off track to achieving our climate targets . Warmer homes , cheaper energy , better transport , cleaner air and decent green jobs are achievable . . . but we need action . 1/