Dave Taylor
@moomindave.bsky.social
Oxford, UK. Physicist by day, musician by night. Many marital cats. Willing to talk about walking.
Work: Plasma/fusion/tokamak physics modelling.
Music: Low brass of many types, piano, composition.
Cats: Yes.
Walking: https://moomindave.wordpress.com
Work: Plasma/fusion/tokamak physics modelling.
Music: Low brass of many types, piano, composition.
Cats: Yes.
Walking: https://moomindave.wordpress.com
Fairly self-evidently, immigration is holding this country together, far from tearing it apart.
This continual needless ceding of rhetorical ground to the far-right in our politics... Come *on*, Labour leadership. Do what you were elected to do and stand up for progressive and liberal values.
This continual needless ceding of rhetorical ground to the far-right in our politics... Come *on*, Labour leadership. Do what you were elected to do and stand up for progressive and liberal values.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Fairly self-evidently, immigration is holding this country together, far from tearing it apart.
This continual needless ceding of rhetorical ground to the far-right in our politics... Come *on*, Labour leadership. Do what you were elected to do and stand up for progressive and liberal values.
This continual needless ceding of rhetorical ground to the far-right in our politics... Come *on*, Labour leadership. Do what you were elected to do and stand up for progressive and liberal values.
4*(8 + 5)*(25 - 7 + 1)
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
4*(8 + 5)*(25 - 7 + 1)
(75 - 8)*(7 + 7 - 6/3)
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
(75 - 8)*(7 + 7 - 6/3)
(100/5 - 1)*(9 - 6)*7
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
(100/5 - 1)*(9 - 6)*7
While Kidlington debates eternally whether it should be a village or a town, it is being quietly conjoined to Oxford's urban edge
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
While Kidlington debates eternally whether it should be a village or a town, it is being quietly conjoined to Oxford's urban edge
(25 - 10 + 2)*(9*5 - 2)
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
(25 - 10 + 2)*(9*5 - 2)
The OPT would put up a strong fight against paving the section above Chilswell too, I'm sure
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The OPT would put up a strong fight against paving the section above Chilswell too, I'm sure
I think paving the Happy Valley path up to Chilswell would be a real shame, even the top-of-the-valley path. So much of its charm lies in its rusticity. It's been a year or two since I walked the portion of the Devil's Backbone here, but as I recall the current concrete is very uneven?
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I think paving the Happy Valley path up to Chilswell would be a real shame, even the top-of-the-valley path. So much of its charm lies in its rusticity. It's been a year or two since I walked the portion of the Devil's Backbone here, but as I recall the current concrete is very uneven?
Thank you, kind thing to say!
I do tend to wear them until they are leaking so badly that they aren't really boots any more (or trainers in summer). I haven't been counting... Must be decently into double figures.
I do tend to wear them until they are leaking so badly that they aren't really boots any more (or trainers in summer). I haven't been counting... Must be decently into double figures.
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you, kind thing to say!
I do tend to wear them until they are leaking so badly that they aren't really boots any more (or trainers in summer). I haven't been counting... Must be decently into double figures.
I do tend to wear them until they are leaking so badly that they aren't really boots any more (or trainers in summer). I haven't been counting... Must be decently into double figures.
And some serious sweet-talking of the Scout Association regarding converting the path through Youlbury Wood
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And some serious sweet-talking of the Scout Association regarding converting the path through Youlbury Wood
Trying out a friend's new Alexa back when it was novel:
"Alexa, play Scarlatti"
"Playing Steve Scarlatti"
"Alexa, play Scarlatti"
"Playing Steve Scarlatti"
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trying out a friend's new Alexa back when it was novel:
"Alexa, play Scarlatti"
"Playing Steve Scarlatti"
"Alexa, play Scarlatti"
"Playing Steve Scarlatti"
It's an incredible walking route - S Hinksey, Chilswell, Boars Hill. But yes, not really a suitable distance for an on-foot commute...
On a bike, there's half of a fine route to the top of Harcourt Hill, but then it footpaths out. I think Hinksey Hill would be the best bet at present?
On a bike, there's half of a fine route to the top of Harcourt Hill, but then it footpaths out. I think Hinksey Hill would be the best bet at present?
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's an incredible walking route - S Hinksey, Chilswell, Boars Hill. But yes, not really a suitable distance for an on-foot commute...
On a bike, there's half of a fine route to the top of Harcourt Hill, but then it footpaths out. I think Hinksey Hill would be the best bet at present?
On a bike, there's half of a fine route to the top of Harcourt Hill, but then it footpaths out. I think Hinksey Hill would be the best bet at present?
The difference between a million and a billion is... about a billion.
The difference between a billion and a trillion is... about a trillion.
Having the will/fortune to accumulate so much money should be seen as a problem for society. It's a personal failing made all of our businesses.
The difference between a billion and a trillion is... about a trillion.
Having the will/fortune to accumulate so much money should be seen as a problem for society. It's a personal failing made all of our businesses.
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The difference between a million and a billion is... about a billion.
The difference between a billion and a trillion is... about a trillion.
Having the will/fortune to accumulate so much money should be seen as a problem for society. It's a personal failing made all of our businesses.
The difference between a billion and a trillion is... about a trillion.
Having the will/fortune to accumulate so much money should be seen as a problem for society. It's a personal failing made all of our businesses.
A just and fair list.
Composer John McCabe certainly felt the same way as Katie does about the combo of Striding Edge (16'20" in the link) and Helvellyn (16'48"). His 'Cloudcatcher Fells' is a wonderful piece, well worth listening all the way through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5Q...
Composer John McCabe certainly felt the same way as Katie does about the combo of Striding Edge (16'20" in the link) and Helvellyn (16'48"). His 'Cloudcatcher Fells' is a wonderful piece, well worth listening all the way through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5Q...
Cloudcatcher Fells
YouTube video by Black Dyke Band - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A just and fair list.
Composer John McCabe certainly felt the same way as Katie does about the combo of Striding Edge (16'20" in the link) and Helvellyn (16'48"). His 'Cloudcatcher Fells' is a wonderful piece, well worth listening all the way through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5Q...
Composer John McCabe certainly felt the same way as Katie does about the combo of Striding Edge (16'20" in the link) and Helvellyn (16'48"). His 'Cloudcatcher Fells' is a wonderful piece, well worth listening all the way through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5Q...
"The victory they never recovered from" is becoming a fashionable tactic in modern British politics. Everybody wants their 1906.
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"The victory they never recovered from" is becoming a fashionable tactic in modern British politics. Everybody wants their 1906.
Anything that even hints at Christianity seeking to reclaim the controlling cultural role that it once held in the UK worries me right now. Just look at the US. We must resist attempts to embed religion into our lives.
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Anything that even hints at Christianity seeking to reclaim the controlling cultural role that it once held in the UK worries me right now. Just look at the US. We must resist attempts to embed religion into our lives.
Light on ideas, incompetent, heavy on bluff, with an amoral edge allied to a will to power layered under a personally pleasant manner to gull the unwary into trusting them?
David Cameron might have been the trendsetter?
David Cameron might have been the trendsetter?
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Light on ideas, incompetent, heavy on bluff, with an amoral edge allied to a will to power layered under a personally pleasant manner to gull the unwary into trusting them?
David Cameron might have been the trendsetter?
David Cameron might have been the trendsetter?
As setup for the last third and for the missing fourth third that the book very much needs
September 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
As setup for the last third and for the missing fourth third that the book very much needs