|RECOMMENDED RAMBLINGS
|Mac Dynamic Wallpaper
“It is named the "Web" for good reason.” David Foster Wallace When 'dynamic wallpaper' arrived with macOS Mojave it was a gimmick but a nice one. In reality it was showcasing what Apple could do with its new 'high efficency image file format' (HEIF - file...
|Carrying the Fire
“I know that I would be a liar or a fool if I said that I have the best of the three Apollo 11 seats, but I can say with truth and equanimity that I am perfectly satisfied with the one I have" Michael Collins Whilst everyone remembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz...
|Extinct Artist
"I have always painted things I am obsessed with and always gone with my heart regardless of convention." Dave White came to prominence as the pioneer of the 'Sneaker Art' movement, reinterpreting popular trainers as oil portraits. He has is own signature Air Jordan...
|Perseverance Pays
“If we see a hedgehog staring in the camera, we would know there’s current and certainly ancient life on Mars, but based on our past experiences, such an event is extremely unlikely. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the discovery that life...
| A New BMW Club to Join
I thought with my mentality having switched from the thunderous roar of V8s to the futuristic hum of electrics, the M5 itch was scratched. I was wrong. I can't remember when it happened or even how but without doubt the BMW M5 is in my psyche. It crept in there. It...
|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
I get kids from all different cultures and nationalities coming up to me now, all wanting to be F1 drivers. They feel the sport is open to everyone. I have had a passion for motorsport from a young age, in particular formula one (F1). I don't know where it came from....
|Season’s Greetings (2020)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful (COVID free) New Year Christmas 2020 I think it goes without saying that we are all glad that this year is finishing and there is some light towards the end of the tunnel. Especially, when we as a family have beaten...
|Breaking the COVID bread
There were some upsides to the whole lockdown and pandemic. For instance, the enclave I live in was triggered to start a WhatsApp group. Something we should have done years ago but it took the 'house arrest' we were under to initiate it. This simple act has...
|Apologetic Integration
It is rather a disenchanting moment when the doctrine your parents subscribed to and expounded to you was not the armour you thought it was.It is a lie when people say 'children do not see colour' in reference to a person's skin tone. They do. It is just that they...
|Finding Colour in Black
It’s the difference between listening to Shakespeare being read by Brain Blessed instead of Patrick Stewart. Both would be enjoyable but one would be better nuanced. My younger brother had a great knack of extracting Sony Walkmans from my father. They were meant to be...
|Season’s Greetings (2019)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year Christmas 2019 This year's Christmas card was made up of photographs taken at Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland and Adobe Stock. The visit to the park was for Kitty's Birthday but sadly she couldn't attend due to a...
|Memo to David and the Cabinet
Can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside?Dear elected politicians of any sort, please can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside? For those of you who are career politicians and have no...
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”
Agatha Christie
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Japan’s SLIM moon lander has shockingly survived a third lunar night
on 24 April | 2024
Almost all moon landers break down during the extraordinary cold of lunar night, but Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon has astonishingly survived three nights
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Quantum forces used to automatically assemble tiny device
on 24 April | 2024
The very weak forces of attraction caused by the Casimir effect can now be used to manipulate microscopic gold flakes and turn them into a light-trapping tool
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Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef
on 24 April | 2024
Targeted culling of crown-of-thorns starfish has resulted in parts of the Great Barrier Reef maintaining and even increasing coral cover, leading researchers to call for the programme to be dramatically scaled up
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Let's not trash recycling technologies that could end plastic waste
on 24 April | 2024
Some environmental campaigners claim that attempts to create a circular economy for plastics are doomed to fail – but the arguments can be disingenuous
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Huge genetic study redraws the tree of life for flowering plants
on 24 April | 2024
Using genomic data from more than 9500 species, biologists have mapped the evolutionary relationships between flowering plants
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Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles
on 24 April | 2024
Two important barriers to a stable, powerful fusion reaction have been leapt by an experiment in a small tokamak reactor, but we don’t yet know if the technique will work in larger devices
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Mining giant BHP proposes buyout of Anglo American
on 25 April | 2024 at 03:55
The UK-based mining giant Anglo American says it has received a takeover proposal from Australia's BHP.
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Arizona indicts Trump allies over fake elector...
on 25 April | 2024 at 02:24
Former Trump advisers Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows are among those charged, court documents show.
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US Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity
on 25 April | 2024 at 02:23
The top court will hear arguments on Thursday in a case that could redefine presidential power.
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Russia or EU? Controversial bill draws Georgians...
on 25 April | 2024 at 00:40
Thousands of Georgians have been protesting against a new bill that they claim will crush dissent.
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The Italian film which beat Barbie at the box...
on 25 April | 2024 at 00:05
Director Paola Cortellesi on the cry for change in Italy's chart-topping There's Still Tomorrow.
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Meta shares sink after it reveals spending plans
on 24 April | 2024 at 23:35
The firm said expenses would be higher this year as it spends heavily on artificial intelligence.