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Comic strip story about Victoria Drummond

So well known in her day that she featured in several children's magazines.

The reading age for The Sun is 7. True fact.

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I saw this done in Cyprus in the 1980s and that was the first time I realised that the cocoons are boiled alive to get the silk off them.

Sigh. Unsurprised.

I heard that some of the Palestinians released from Israeli jails were not released to Palestinian territories but to 3rd countries.

No one in our family drives so we have been car-free since leaving our parental homes some 50 years ago. People have told me to my face that it was cruel to our kids to have brought them up that way. But, guess what? They are wrong and we are right - it works for us.

Of course not. The 2 least trustworthy men imaginable have it in their grasp and their first instinct will be to kill people if the slightest thing goes wrong.

Rather a waste of precious ammo I would have thought.

In the footsteps of giants - BBC News One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quarry near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.

Presumably apropos this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Ramjets are another thing that has to get going to get going.
I have a degree in engineering and am still convinced that ramjets are witchcraft and/or perpetual motion machines......

Now THIS is what I call 'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State'.

Ann Saunders essay prize for 2026
At the suggestion of members, the Council of the London Topographical Society decided to fund a prize in honour of Dr Ann Saunders (1930-2019)
Entries for the 2026 prize should be sent by 1 April 2026.
londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...

Feeling super virtuous: I have finally completed a book review which has been waiting my reluctant attention for several months. It is hard to write a review about something that is at best meh.

We did that the other way around and had a wonderful time, a few years ago. I would love to do more but am waiting for the Orange One to leave.

As a visiting Brit, I have always enjoyed Amtrak journeys. The long distance trains are such fun, lovely staff, excellent food, although the rolling stock could do with some renovation.
The suburban transit systems also seem good although I have only used the excellent ones in NY & SF areas.

You lost me, appetite-wise, at 2 cups of turkey salad.

It is not essential to have read any of the English classic authors in order to be a well-rounded person.

Ilse Knott-ter Meer in B&W head and shoulders photo from 1930 #WomenInSTEM

Ilse Knott-ter Meer 1 of 1st #German women engineering graduates Tech Uni of Munich. Worked as sanitary engineer. 1930 org'd 1st formal meeting of German women engineers @ World Power Conference #Berlin. @wes1919.bsky.social memb 2 buildings & street named for her. b. #OTD 14 Oct 1899 bit.ly/3bYKk9k

Lotten von Plomgren later C19th B&W photograph printed inside an drawn oval frame with her name in a ribbon banner. plaited hair coiled on top of head.

Lotten von Plomgren Swedish civil defence activist. 1884 1 of founders of Svenska kvinnoföreningen för fosterlandets försvar (Swedish Women's Assoc for Defence of Fatherland) president 1884-1914. Supported military defence, raised money 4 military. b #OTD 13 Oct 1831 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotten_...

Memorials of The Lineage Early Life Education and Development of the Genius of James Watt

1856.
Memorials of The Lineage Early Life Education and Development of the Genius of James Watt

Billboard up in Dalston for the next couple of weeks!

Maria Artini in close up B&W headshot of striking young woman with serious expression

Maria Artini 1894-1951 #Italian engineer 1918 1st woman electrical engineering uni graduate in Italy 2nd woman graduate @ Polytec Uni of Milan. Worked 4 Edison energy @ #Milan helped design & construct country's 1st high-voltage (130 kV) power line in Brugherio-Parma en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_A...

Virginia Hogan in B&W headshot photo from 1976

Virginia Hogan US chemist, specialist in pyrotechnics, 1949 BSc chemistry @ St Johns Uni, MSc chemistry @ Fordham Uni. 1963 was "the only woman research chemist at Picatinny Arsenal" large US Army installation in New Jersey where she worked 47 yrs. d #OTD 13 Oct 2004 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgini...

Two years of worse pain for Gaza.

Hey folks - no birthday on our lists for today so instead we're just going to remind y'all that our series of books on the history of #WomenInSTEM are out there and available, and that all proceeds go to keeping the Archive funded and free to access for Everybody!

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Ships with wheels!
Contender for the ugly medal?

It is down to appalling plumbing design: the pancreas and gallbladder both have exits at the same part of the gut.