Steve Clewer
@steveclewer.bsky.social
Particle physicist turned London software person. Dad. Tweed and cardigan enthusiast. Cyclist.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
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Now that’s a size-comparison map that I hadn’t seen before: Hawaii 🌺 overlayed on top of the contiguous US shows just how far spread out the Hawaiian islands are. Big geopolitical importance for a lovely corner of the world.
October 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Now that’s a size-comparison map that I hadn’t seen before: Hawaii 🌺 overlayed on top of the contiguous US shows just how far spread out the Hawaiian islands are. Big geopolitical importance for a lovely corner of the world.
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Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
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if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.
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I have proposed before that smol boys of age 7-12 should be consulted on the correct insults to use. They know exactly how to hit where it hurts. Once their term is over, we hand over to the teenage girls age 12-15 for pure violence.
August 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I have proposed before that smol boys of age 7-12 should be consulted on the correct insults to use. They know exactly how to hit where it hurts. Once their term is over, we hand over to the teenage girls age 12-15 for pure violence.
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
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US political coverage vs political coverage in the rest of the world.
August 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
US political coverage vs political coverage in the rest of the world.
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98%
That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p)
Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible
Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well
www.gov.uk/government/p...
That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p)
Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible
Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well
www.gov.uk/government/p...
July 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
98%
That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p)
Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible
Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well
www.gov.uk/government/p...
That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p)
Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible
Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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When my dad was born (~1950) only one third of the global population was literate. When I was born (~1980) already two thirds of all humans were literate. When my sons were born (~2020) around 87 per cent of the global population was literate. That's human progress in action. Source: buff.ly/exODbs8
July 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When my dad was born (~1950) only one third of the global population was literate. When I was born (~1980) already two thirds of all humans were literate. When my sons were born (~2020) around 87 per cent of the global population was literate. That's human progress in action. Source: buff.ly/exODbs8
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For a while during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, the sun sets in Eastern Brazil before it does in Ireland. Now you know.
June 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
For a while during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, the sun sets in Eastern Brazil before it does in Ireland. Now you know.
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The China–North Korea–Russia tripoint must be one of the weirder borders out there... Source: buff.ly/3GAGKDA
June 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The China–North Korea–Russia tripoint must be one of the weirder borders out there... Source: buff.ly/3GAGKDA
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This is precisely what happened. The same effort, over and over again, with Democrats and Republicans. But America was finally weak enough to simply ignore and its president idiotic enough to go along with it.
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This is precisely what happened. The same effort, over and over again, with Democrats and Republicans. But America was finally weak enough to simply ignore and its president idiotic enough to go along with it.
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This map overlays the 49th parallel (essentially the US–Canada border) on Europe. Do you live in Canadian or in American Europe?
HT @amazingmap
HT @amazingmap
June 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This map overlays the 49th parallel (essentially the US–Canada border) on Europe. Do you live in Canadian or in American Europe?
HT @amazingmap
HT @amazingmap
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Happy first day of spring! 🌷🌼🌸
Here's Flora, the goddess of flowers and the season of spring.
#SpringEquinox #Spring
Here's Flora, the goddess of flowers and the season of spring.
#SpringEquinox #Spring
March 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy first day of spring! 🌷🌼🌸
Here's Flora, the goddess of flowers and the season of spring.
#SpringEquinox #Spring
Here's Flora, the goddess of flowers and the season of spring.
#SpringEquinox #Spring
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This is what we’ve become. In just a single decade.
March 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is what we’ve become. In just a single decade.
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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
March 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
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An extraordinary moment. America has publicly resigned its leadership of the free world
The United States just voted with Russia against peace in Ukraine.
February 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An extraordinary moment. America has publicly resigned its leadership of the free world
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This map by @econovisuals shows the largest trading partner of nations around the world in 2000 and 2024. The US has been losing ground and currently appears to maneuver itself out of favour with allies. Messy times ahead.
February 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This map by @econovisuals shows the largest trading partner of nations around the world in 2000 and 2024. The US has been losing ground and currently appears to maneuver itself out of favour with allies. Messy times ahead.
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Yes, the US in on this chart. Can you find it?
February 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Yes, the US in on this chart. Can you find it?
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Geography trivia: A raindrop falling in Erie Co. PA will travel 2,147 miles to the Gulf of Mexico rather than 15 miles to Lake Erie. More in top comment. Source: buff.ly/34nr0RP
January 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Geography trivia: A raindrop falling in Erie Co. PA will travel 2,147 miles to the Gulf of Mexico rather than 15 miles to Lake Erie. More in top comment. Source: buff.ly/34nr0RP
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