Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

Devastating article on the pressure #NHS staff are under. So many #nurses, #paramedics, doctors and other staff are near breaking point, yet they're painted as the villains by the government. I see #Sunak has said today that he won't discuss pay ... They *want* the strikes to happen in the hope that the public will turn against NHS staff. Stand firm!
#SupportTheStrikes #NursesStrike #Solidarity #RCN
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/20/ive-never-seen-the-nhs-pushed-so-hard-its-not-the-system-thats-breaking-now-its-the-people?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Good timing: annual solar PV installations in the EU leaping ahead: 41 GW this year, up 47% from last year's record 28 GW!
And a way broader base than the spike driven by German and Italian support schemes in 2011.

Snakes have clitorises
https://theconversation.com/snakes-have-clitorises-196553

First evidence of hemiclitores in #snakes: Megan Folwell et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1702

Across all species, researchers have given female #genitalia a lot less attention compared to its male counterpart. What’s more, it’s hard to get a good look at #snake genitalia. It’s all internal to the snake’s tail, for the most part. There has been quite a bit of research into the snake #penis, but the snake #clitoris has been missed.

Thor's Helmet

Image Credit & Copyright: Hannah Rochford

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221220.html #APOD

Which European nations are handling the energy crisis best? | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/12/20/which-european-nations-are-handling-the-energy-crisis-best

France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Greece are doing some things right, but face challenging times ahead, say experts. And the United Kingdom is struggling.

@Molly The skillsets and mindsets required for solving the first, often bring unforseen and serendipitous benefits that aid solving the second.

However such a view of STEM encourages a utilitarian outlook which is problematic in itself.

What we should promote is the sheer joy of discovery and problem solving in every sphere and not judging worth based on expected outcome.

Been in the Uk for a few days. The extent to which the place is coming apart at the seams is alarming. Trains don’t work. Ambulances don’t work. Post doesn’t work. Electricity is a luxury good. It feels like a fairly advanced stage of terminal decline.

The answer is a return to social democracy and EU membership, but no political parties are advocating either because trying to halt this decline is, itself, seen as toxic.

#Introduction time!

We're Butser Ancient Farm, a world-renowned experimental archaeology site covering over 10,000 years of human history -- we recreate ancient buildings from real UK archaeology to test theories about how they were built and lived in!

We're part of the #TwitterMigration & we talk about #archaeology #history #nature #conservation #education and #TraditionalSkills 💚

Part of the #PrehistoricNotPrimitive brigade!

I am 100% not shitting you when I say scientists named mastodons after their teeth which they thought looked like nipples. “Mastos” as in breast. “odont” as in tooth.
We’re on a website that, in Greek, literally means “Booby Tooth.”

I'll weigh in on the subject of artists promoting their work and #art and #crafts since it's a discussion at the moment. I say PLEASE DO. Obviously, we want more than just shop fronts, we want communities. But I LOVE seeing art on my timeline. I'll boost and occasionally probably buy. So, share away. Artists must support artists, and that means enabling a living wage. Art can't be created in poverty. And art should NOT be the preserve of the rich.

This individual had such a remarkable history. I'm genuinely baffled that he remained alone his entire life, despite the urge to mate. Perhaps the initial highway crossings were so difficult he didn't want to attempt them again? Or maybe the access to food and space was more compelling than mating? Anyway, RIP to a very interesting cat.

#P22 #wildlife #cougar #mountainlion

P-22, the celebrity mountain lion of Los Angeles, has died - Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-17/p22-obituary-celebrity-mountain-lion-cougar-puma-griffith-park-california

"neurodivergence is extremely common, affecting between 15% and 20% of the global population"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04248-5

What's a climate policy or investment that most people don't think of as a climate policy or investment?

For example voting rights, since the same communities tend to face barriers to voting and the impacts of fossil fuel pollution. For example polling consistently shows people of color are more supportive of climate action than white people).

What's your favorite not obvious climate policy?

Dutch PM apologises for the Netherlands’ role in the slave trade, noting the state ‘enabled, encouraged and profited from slavery’ for centuries, perpetrating a crime against humanity. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/19/dutch-pm-apologises-for-netherlands-role-in-slave-trade

Christmas decorations are going up! You’ve got the tree, lights, asbestos… Wait, what?

For decades, asbestos was sold as artificial snow. It could be bought in boxes to be sprinkled onto trees, ornaments, nativity scenes, etc. It was so popular, many older ornaments still have traces of asbestos.

It was also used in film. The most famous scene with asbestos snow is in Wizard of Oz (1939), when snow falls on Dorothy and her friends, waking them up.

#histodons @histodons #christmas

Another night in a crumbling empire, waiting for the oceans to rise, doing our little skin care routines

There may be no clearer materialization of the idea that globalization facilitates the flow of goods while limiting the flow of people than a (illegal) border wall constructed out of shipping containers.

reposting this, with original author sign.

I actually remembered to get my holiday supply of meds the other day.
If you take medication on a daily basis this is a nudge to make sure you've got enough for over the short holiday period you may not be able to get your script filled

Masks: Hi! Hi there everyone! We are here, we are cheap, we can help prevent death, disability, and general misery.

Society and media:

Bikes: Hello world. We are so happy to be here, fighting climate change, helping people stay healthy, making cities less congested.

Society and media:

Fusion experiment: Hello. For a split second we had a sort of breakthrough that will take decades to grow to enough scale to displace fossil fuels.

Society and media:🎉 🎆 👏 🎉 🎆 👏🎉 🎆 👏