nbk
@vineyards-valleys.bsky.social
Former evolutionary theoretician & behavioural ecologist. Sold out for the corporate world. I love to travel for wine, wildlife & hiking.
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The shocking truth of what is going on in our public libraries! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)
October 14, 2023 at 9:42 AM
The shocking truth of what is going on in our public libraries! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)
I’d known most of this in the generalities before, but this thread is great for adding back the names and backgrounds of the team and why they were able to do what they did
On 8th Oct 1952 the worst civilian rail disaster in UK history happened in London. 112 deaths. 340 wounded.
That accident, and the actions of one woman from Florida have saved THOUSANDS of lives since.
That disaster helped lead to the creation of paramedics. /1 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU60...
That accident, and the actions of one woman from Florida have saved THOUSANDS of lives since.
That disaster helped lead to the creation of paramedics. /1 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU60...
Harrow and Wealdstone Train Crash Newsreel
Newsreel footage of the aftermath of the 1952 Train Crash at Harrow & Wealdstone Station, which claimed the lives of 112 people and injured hundreds more.
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2023 at 8:33 AM
I’d known most of this in the generalities before, but this thread is great for adding back the names and backgrounds of the team and why they were able to do what they did
This is very cool
1. Imagine we land a space probe on one of Jupiters’ moons, take up a sample of material, and find it is full of organic molecules. How can we tell whether those molecules are just randomly assembled goo or the outcome of some evolutionary process taking place there? 🧪
October 13, 2023 at 8:01 AM
This is very cool