Mrs Ying Hsi Yuan #Chinese #CivilEngineer 1930s trained @ #Peiping worked in bridge design in #China b4 taking postgrad degree @ Uni of Liverpool @livuninews.bsky.social in 1940s. Attended @wes1919.bsky.social 1944 conference & joined organisation. Later worked in #architecture in #HongKong
Share good news too! And this is Labour doing what it said, and what it should.
Govt’s Pride in Place targets areas with economic deprivation and weaker social infrastructure. Yet, our analysis reveals 2 challenges.
We find 430 doubly disadvantaged neighbourhoods in England (home to approx 3.5 million people) are unfunded, incl many ranked as facing the greatest challenges 1/3
The major difference between me as a young adult and me as a middle-aged person? Probably replacing a hypnotised belief that possessions enhance your life with a definite belief that what truly enhances your life is good health, love, the natural world and not being constantly terrified about money.
When Lindsey Butler broke open the 1500m at the USATF Indoor Champs and narrowly missed making the world championship team, it became clear that a many running fans didn't know who she was.
She's a first-year pro, does not have a sponsor, and supports herself by working as an industrial engineer.
I genuinely think schools should do basic fire safety and first aid courses as part of the curriculum. People often want to help and don’t know what to do!
#LoveLD - love #creativeHE - and looking forward to Harnessing Scattered Energy... a creativeHE and #ICRSC meetup (19 March 26) creativehecommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/h... - please join us! #LTHEchat #EdChat #studychat
I haven't been for a while, so hopefully still intact!
Having similar thoughts about fire risks of car sales and storage vs Vapes ... www.honestjohn.co.uk/the-latest-c...
A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year
And given that we know that, I think it’s important to make sure that the conversation remains centred around the actual risk: that austerity and budget cuts and lack of regulation means fire safety improvements get skipped, again and again and again until this happens.
One member of the Clerk of Works’ team used to carry an angel’s foot around with her. Said foot fell from the heavens (aka ceiling) and she hoped this concrete example would demonstrate the urgency of repairs.
Didn’t help.
Agreed - the suggestion seemed to be a relaxed attitude to for prevention where an incident might be convenient.
The Glasgow Central fire seems to be very different, in a busy building and with impacts exacerbated by location :(
There looks to be some analysis from last year ... bsky.app/profile/jona...
Info on the history of the lost building: www.trove.scot/designation/...
Smiling, and planning a return to Tintern - Lewis is a long way, and the wrong side of Glasgow for me! howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/t...
Quite an image on the BBC live page (www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...; no photographer credited).
Sounds as if they've saved the station and the hotel, and more importantly, without loss of life.
Citizens; heroes.
Standing firefighter at Glasgow Central a statue
The Green party is full of strong inspirational women, and has mostly been built by them. We have strong clear policy for ensuring women are represented, and we have an inclusive definition of women that supports trans rights. Happy International Women's Day
Just another Monday…
A Roman mosaic depicting a somewhat whimsical owl 🦉, found in Uzès, southern France, dating second half of the 1st century BC.
📷 Denis Gliksman, Inrap
🏺 #MosaicMonday
holy shit
Legal structures as well as building structures need consideration, but we should match the ambition of the town gas to natural gas switch, not presume a need for demolition
rapidtransition.org/stories/the-...
I grew up in a mansion flat - a dozen street doors each serving a dozen flats in our block alone. Mum worked for the management company in the 90s; many residents needed permission for bathroom refits - and often a rethink if they hadn't realised one corner was a boarded-over coal shaft.
“Recent studies have shown that when satellites reach the end of their lives and burn up upon reentry, they leave behind metals like aluminum and lithium.
The consequences of this are not yet known. But that's [only one thing that] concerns scientists…”
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
A map of the many burnings of Glasgow's historic buildings www.glasgowbell.co.uk/tinderbox-fi...
I am also shocked by the lack of coverage of this fire. It’s so far only affecting the Union Street buildings, but one of those has partially collapsed, from what I can tell backwards into the station. And it’s not yet contained. This is major and more than halfway down BBC’s homepage.
Really shocked! Shared story at 1830 with a 'thank goodness you decided to travel Monday ...' note.
Thoughts with Glasgow, and especially the firefighters, tonight
