Kwasi
@olu-gh.bsky.social
🇬🇭 Physicist/Imaging Scientist living in the UK. Scientist, serial hobbyist(📚 📷 🚲 🥋)
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How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
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I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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Block the weirdos. Block me if you think im a weirdo. We here voluntarily. No reason to voluntarily be annoyed.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Block the weirdos. Block me if you think im a weirdo. We here voluntarily. No reason to voluntarily be annoyed.
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Good example of how an acronym can dehumanize consequences and mask what’s going on. Syntactically, “Diversity slayer,” “equity slayer,” or “inclusion slayer” sounds weird. They aren’t “slaying” these things; they’re promoting and supporting their opposites: segregation, unfairness, and exclusion.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Good example of how an acronym can dehumanize consequences and mask what’s going on. Syntactically, “Diversity slayer,” “equity slayer,” or “inclusion slayer” sounds weird. They aren’t “slaying” these things; they’re promoting and supporting their opposites: segregation, unfairness, and exclusion.
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Know the difference.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Know the difference.
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After another week of banging on about immigration, Keir Starmer's ratings fall to their lowest ever level.
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
After another week of banging on about immigration, Keir Starmer's ratings fall to their lowest ever level.
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
At what point do Labour strategists start to think that maybe this isn't quite the winning strategy they believed?
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The only explanation that fits with their course of conduct is that they are such exceptional reactionary psychos, so entirely self-obsessed and self-interested, that they would rather drive the bus into an oncoming train than admit they have been wrong about more or less anything.
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The only explanation that fits with their course of conduct is that they are such exceptional reactionary psychos, so entirely self-obsessed and self-interested, that they would rather drive the bus into an oncoming train than admit they have been wrong about more or less anything.
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The far right will be the dominant force on the right in Europe within the next 5-10 years. Most focus is still on how to prevent this but imho too many mistakes have been made that have created path dependencies. We need to focus more on what it means for our democracies when we reach this stage.
Strongly suspect that this is what will happen here in 28/9. Tories will replace Badenoch with a leader prepared to try it and Farage (as per 2019 but this time as the senior partner) will continue to deny he'll do a stand-down deal - right up until the point he does one.
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor
In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The far right will be the dominant force on the right in Europe within the next 5-10 years. Most focus is still on how to prevent this but imho too many mistakes have been made that have created path dependencies. We need to focus more on what it means for our democracies when we reach this stage.
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
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the thing which gives the game away on scientific racism is that if we discovered an island where everyone was gravely intellectually disabled and some guy said, "great, let's make them our slaves," we would beat him to death with hammers but if you say that about actual people it's taken seriously
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
the thing which gives the game away on scientific racism is that if we discovered an island where everyone was gravely intellectually disabled and some guy said, "great, let's make them our slaves," we would beat him to death with hammers but if you say that about actual people it's taken seriously
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Young people! Don’t be like me if you suffer from insomnia - I ignored it for decades, and sort of embraced it as part of who I was. This was a massive mistake. It is treatable and the NHS can help and dealing with it can be absolutely transformative.
Been battling insomnia again for first time in a while - relaxed my strict sleep regime learned on NHS CBT for Insomnia course and have paid the price. Reminded of just how much lack of sleep affects my mood and wonder how different the last few decades might have been if I’d slept more.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Young people! Don’t be like me if you suffer from insomnia - I ignored it for decades, and sort of embraced it as part of who I was. This was a massive mistake. It is treatable and the NHS can help and dealing with it can be absolutely transformative.
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I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
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Autumn light. From the lunchtime walk with the Yashica Mat 124G. I hope the graffiti marking doesn't indicate it's for the chop.
@ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 400 developed in Ilfotec HC 1+31 for 8mins.
#believeinfilm #kentmere400 #mediumformat
@ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 400 developed in Ilfotec HC 1+31 for 8mins.
#believeinfilm #kentmere400 #mediumformat
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Autumn light. From the lunchtime walk with the Yashica Mat 124G. I hope the graffiti marking doesn't indicate it's for the chop.
@ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 400 developed in Ilfotec HC 1+31 for 8mins.
#believeinfilm #kentmere400 #mediumformat
@ilfordphoto.com Kentmere 400 developed in Ilfotec HC 1+31 for 8mins.
#believeinfilm #kentmere400 #mediumformat
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You would even say it glows ! 🦌🎅
📷 Nikon F6 - 24/85mm Zoom
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
📷 Nikon F6 - 24/85mm Zoom
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
You would even say it glows ! 🦌🎅
📷 Nikon F6 - 24/85mm Zoom
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
📷 Nikon F6 - 24/85mm Zoom
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 400 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
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Looking for some nice images to use as the background on your computer? A few times a year I release images you can use. They cover a wide range of things from birds to landscapes to abstracts.
They are free to download with no obligation: https://www.chuq.me/wallpapers
They are free to download with no obligation: https://www.chuq.me/wallpapers
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Looking for some nice images to use as the background on your computer? A few times a year I release images you can use. They cover a wide range of things from birds to landscapes to abstracts.
They are free to download with no obligation: https://www.chuq.me/wallpapers
They are free to download with no obligation: https://www.chuq.me/wallpapers
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Despite its negative image in the media, Jaywick has a thriving, caring soul, of which local people are proud. David Shaw has been documenting the community
By David J Shaw www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
By David J Shaw www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘I hate the word deprived’: Jaywick, actually a happy place in Essex – photo essay
Despite its negative image in the media, Jaywick has a thriving, caring soul, of which local people are proud. David Shaw has been documenting the community
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Despite its negative image in the media, Jaywick has a thriving, caring soul, of which local people are proud. David Shaw has been documenting the community
By David J Shaw www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
By David J Shaw www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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We really need to bring back shame.
Way too many people comfortable admitting they actually like pain and suffering so long as it’s inflicted on the “right” people.
Way too many people comfortable admitting they actually like pain and suffering so long as it’s inflicted on the “right” people.
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We really need to bring back shame.
Way too many people comfortable admitting they actually like pain and suffering so long as it’s inflicted on the “right” people.
Way too many people comfortable admitting they actually like pain and suffering so long as it’s inflicted on the “right” people.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Portrait of New Brighton Lighthouse I
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 100 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 100 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Portrait of New Brighton Lighthouse I
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 100 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
📷 Nikon FM3A - Color Skopar 28mm
🎞️ Kodak TMAX 100 - D23
#BelieveInFilm #filmphotography
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🎁 This holiday season we’re opening the archives. Buy two or more original Side posters and get 25% off your poster order. Choose from over 50 designs from past exhibitions, films and campaigns, each a piece of documentary history.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🎁 This holiday season we’re opening the archives. Buy two or more original Side posters and get 25% off your poster order. Choose from over 50 designs from past exhibitions, films and campaigns, each a piece of documentary history.
🔗 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
🔗 shop.amber-online.com/colle...
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If you’re thinking of diving in to the colour darkroom then along with a few excellent YouTube channels this book is a must reference.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you’re thinking of diving in to the colour darkroom then along with a few excellent YouTube channels this book is a must reference.