Dan Ridley-Ellis

Professional woodwhisperer, some sort of academic. FlyingQuercus Blue Sky.
🔎 Trees timber wood forestry science engineering research, public engagement, scicom

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

"Would you know a tree if you saw one?"
(a 3 minute presentation at #napres19)
Sing-along twitter thread with bonus content (1/15)
https://t.co/f2JiY4Y1e8

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

Did @RCE_Official write this wikipedia article?

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

New research, in partnership with @EdinburghNapier, suggests that European silver fir, Pacific silver fir, and Serbian spruce could be blended into the British spruce C16 market, offering promising alternatives for future timber production.

These species demonstrated strong potential in meeting C16 strength class requirements, supporting efforts to diversify species in British forests.

🔗 https://t.co/2dZE1bfx9m

#ForestResearch #SustainableForestry #TimberInnovation #TreeDiversity #WoodProperties

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@TheCiderShedPod @SallyHo17454000 Event insurance premiums in the surrounding area must be huge considering the number of things that get cancelled due to plot ever other week.

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@Mr_Minchin You can also make objects in windows 3d builder and put them in PowerPoint slides. I've been doing that and intimating their orientation with the morph transtion just as you showed. (I have been using morph extensively since I learned about it from one of your posts!)

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

I read up a little on the "Sexy Handaxe
Theory" thing and honestly surprised that it would seem weird to anyone that there would be a lot of unnecessarily nice axes that seem barely used.

[Dr. James Dilley @ancientcraftUK]

Often labelled as a multi-function tool for cutting, digging, smashing bones or even displays of sexual prowess; its likely handaxes were primarily used as butchery tools, working like a bread knife, with a sawing action.

https://t.co/pvymKZWFn3

📷 @emmalouwynjones

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@SebLaanLomas Might be useful
https://t.co/oPCgpulPFy

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@andyheald @fsWoodLab No lies detected

[Colm Faulkner @ColmFaulkner]

Great to see innovative use of timber in a university teaching/learning environment, in “the egg” iconic Lindsay Stewart Lecture Theatre, @EdinburghNapier for #WSE2024 hosted via @FlyingQuercus & colleagues.

[Des @desotoole1]

Launch of 2 key reports supporting the increased use of wood in construction and the education and training of our future design practitioners @_FIIreland @coilltenews
https://t.co/GllzQI8pUl

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

We're hosting the WSE2024 conference. For this, my colleague Marlene Cramer has made an excellent audio walking guide so you can have a technical tour at your convenience even if not attending the conference. Big thanks to Marlene & all who contributed.
https://t.co/2dVaMgPn9Z

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

A consultation on "Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy" is open and I cannot help but notice art in this figure. (Also the spelling of advanatge but we've all been there). Bit concerning that the Net Zero stuff is only about energy though.
https://t.co/VXwGysVyeU

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@PaulBrannenNE @JCDrinkwater @JoeGiddings4 I have a copy (obviously) but as an academic working in the UK the last thing I seem to have any time for is reading a book. I will say it is good and light to carry around and not have time to read. People who have read it tell me they liked it.

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@CallumGRobinson @andyheald Reading it on the train to Logie Timber Festival. (Not quite Haida Gwaii I know)

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@jon_lauderdale @duolingo Same. A poor reward for finishing. I am getting excellent at announcing I have two old trumpets and three new bagpipes - I just don't think it will come up much in conversation. By the way, did you know the United States of America is not next to Malaysia? I sure do now.

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@JamieBGall Wondering if I can trick you into giving my workshop on scientific conference posters tomorrow

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@ninabake2 Sometimes it helps to read it with the unintended original meaning of "that which must be endured."

[Timber Development UK @TimberDevUK]

The Government has announced that CE Marking will continue to be accepted beyond 30 June 2025 in Great Britain.

Read about it here: https://t.co/Z2Zvecq4Yv

#cemarking #ukca #uk

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

@OllyCombe That's mostly still a work in progress - but for now you can look at historical data. It's likely not far off for comparisons.
https://t.co/5BiiBIVuIV

[Dan Ridley-Ellis @FlyingQuercus]

UK-grown birch going bang at about 60 N/mm2

[Institute of Chartered Foresters @TheICF]

We have partnered with @ForestryComm to bring you this webinar series that will examine the top issues facing our sector, set out in @Forestry_OUP's 50-year horizon scan paper in 2023, and how we can respond.

📅15 Oct 2024 - 11 Feb 2025

Register now: https://t.co/HxVCdBBLdI