Andy Bates

Brexit was an attempted counter-revolution against many of the changes this country has gone through since 1945. It has turned out to be a failure with elements of farce. This has driven many people on the Right completely mad.

Sometimes a painting will do it.

A black and white photo of Paul Dirac in his early 20s. He is looking directly at the camera, and while not smiling he does look pleased. Dirac is wearing a dark jacket and white collared shirt. His tie sports a stairstep strip pattern. Dirac has a thin mustache.

A black and white photo of Ernest Lawrence working on part of his cyclotron. Despite working in the lab he is wearing a pinstripe suit with a double-breasted jacket -- a very formal affair by today's standards, totally lab-to-evening wear. There is a white handkerchief in the breast pocket of his jacket. Lawrence his looking away from the camera, at the apparatus that he is working on. He is wearing glasses and his hair is slicked back. The apparatus appears to be two large cylinders (probably supporting magnets) with machinery situated between them.

A color photo of Roger Penrose, presumably from the late 60s or early 70s based on the butterfly collar of his light green shirt. He is also wearing a dark sport coat. His head is tilted slightly, looking at the camera. There are sun-dappled tree branches and foliage in the background.

Paul Dirac (1902, discovered the relativistic equation for fermion wave functions), Ernest Lawrence (1901, invented the cyclotron), and Roger Penrose (1931, developed global view of spacetime and much of what we know about spacetime singularities) were all born #OTD. Pretty good day for physics. 🧪 ⚛️

Occam's Razor: to cut or not to cut? On the elegance - and the temptations - of simple explanations

Occam’s Razor: Hear hooves, assume horses.
Education: “It’s probably a zebra on stilts wearing a horse costume.” open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Can't help but be reminded of how author Jonathan Miller schooled Enoch Powell on same.

In Trump’s game of chicken, the EU cannot afford to back down | Nathalie Tocci When threatened with US tariffs, Europe was initially bullish. But the influence of nationalist leaders sympathetic to Trump has caused a split, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

In 1991, Belgian Mark Eyskens described Europe as an economic giant but a military worm.

Europe is now finding out that being a "military worm" - decades of poor coordination. & underinvestment in defence - has grave economic and political consequences.

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Miliband gives ‘State of the Climate’ address to Commons Net Zero sceptics challenged by ‘radical truth-telling’ as Miliband addresses the Met Office’s State of UK Climate Report

Miliband gives ‘State of the Climate’ address to Commons.

Net Zero sceptics challenged by ‘radical truth-telling’ as Miliband addresses the Met Office’s State of UK Climate Report.

YouTube video by Shakespeare on Toast Ben Crystal | Pt 6: AYLI & R3 in OP | Speaking the bright & beautiful English of Shakespeare

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Cheated of feature by dissembling nature.

YouTube video by PGE 334 Reservoir Geomechanics Cauchy tetrahedron and stress

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Very nice explanation.

🔥 DENIRO AT CANNES: “In my country we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted… Art looks for truth, embraces diversity — that’s why we are a threat to autocrats and fascists.” 🇺🇸

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YouTube video by Marshall Bruner Phased Arrays - Steering and the Antenna Pattern | An Animated Intro to Phased Arrays

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Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.

Please repost if you want it restored.

The Huygens Enigma The seventeenth century produced a large number of excellent scientific researches and mathematicians in Europe, several of whom have been elevated to the status of giants of science or even gods o…

Dutch, astronomer and physicist, Christiaan Huygens, was born 14 April 1629 #histsci
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Very beautiful

Ta!!

What a day. What a country! 💪

Rather wonderful.

Last night I dreamt I went to Mrs Dalloway again.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds The presidential hopeful was found guilty in a case that could see her banned from standing in the 2027 election.

La loi is mightier than Le Pen (for the moment, at least):

On and on, with ships for spears they fought.

Outstanding!

This is the "Flawed Solution Implementation" stage, for those keeping track.

If there ever was a time surely this is it?

Time to put our shoes on our head and back humbly from the room.

It’ll be in bits.

Shelley suits our times well enough:
I met Murder on the way –
He had a mask like Castlereagh –
Very smooth he looked, yet grim;
Seven blood-hounds followed him:

In these times, probably Cicero: The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.

Making Philosophy Cool Again, Part 1: Euthyphro, The Spirit of Liberty, TV Lawyers (and more) - Teri Kanefield Last month, I talked about a philosophical journey for perspective on today’s politics. Plato is always a good place to start. If you’ve never delved into Plato, you’re in for a treat. I’ll try to be ...

Hi, Bluesky Peeps,

I have my blog post ready.
terikanefield.com/chapter-1/

Last month, I talked about a philosophical journey for perspective on today’s politics.

Plato is always a good place to start.

I’ll also talk about TV lawyers and the spirit of liberty because . . . it follows.

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