I knew I should have put a bit more thought into getting a wetsuit.
I spotted this fetching number on eBay yesterday and wish I'd bought it.
Went to Nottingham yesterday to collect a car. These couple of photos I took are a sign of the times:
It is a the Ratcliffe-on-Sour coal-fired power station. There was a massive spoil heap surrounding it - looked hideous. According to Wikipedia, the plant emits 8–10 million tonnes of CO
2 annually, making it the 18th highest CO
2-emitting power station in Europe.
Talking of pollution - with all cigarette packets now sporting images of ulcerated legs, missing teeth and what have you, it's impossible to see what the brand is. I was wondering whether smokers these days simply ask for a pack of ovarian cancer or peripheral vascular disease.
Again on the subject of pollution and climate change, Erica Chenoweth did a study of mass movements of the past that actually changed government policy and discovered that, for any movement to achieve an effect, it requires at least 3.5% of the population to participate - it's called the 3.5% Rule. For a population the size of the UK, that's 2.3 million. I wonder if XR can get 2.3 million people on the streets. I do hope so.
A right-wing conspiracy theorist friend of mine has discovered a new conspiracy theory about XR; allegedly they are connected to all manner of terrorist groups. This bombshell was delivered by Richard Walton, ex Head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command and now a private consultant. The fly in the ointment is that this report came from the 'Think-Tank' (aka advocacy group) Policy Exchange, which does tend to have some pretty right-wing views and is one of the 3 least transparent British Think-Tanks when it comes to funding. Walton and Policy Exchange have refused to divulge who paid for the report, but you can probably guess the usual suspects.
Talking of pollution - with all cigarette packets now sporting images of ulcerated legs, missing teeth and what have you, it's impossible to see what the brand is. I was wondering whether smokers these days simply ask for a pack of ovarian cancer or peripheral vascular disease.
Again on the subject of pollution and climate change, Erica Chenoweth did a study of mass movements of the past that actually changed government policy and discovered that, for any movement to achieve an effect, it requires at least 3.5% of the population to participate - it's called the 3.5% Rule. For a population the size of the UK, that's 2.3 million. I wonder if XR can get 2.3 million people on the streets. I do hope so.
A right-wing conspiracy theorist friend of mine has discovered a new conspiracy theory about XR; allegedly they are connected to all manner of terrorist groups. This bombshell was delivered by Richard Walton, ex Head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command and now a private consultant. The fly in the ointment is that this report came from the 'Think-Tank' (aka advocacy group) Policy Exchange, which does tend to have some pretty right-wing views and is one of the 3 least transparent British Think-Tanks when it comes to funding. Walton and Policy Exchange have refused to divulge who paid for the report, but you can probably guess the usual suspects.
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