Dr Sam

It's all fascinating.

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@DawFfraw The amount of deeply online self referential nested shitposts is like a balm on my soul.

Like, absolutely noone I know will understand why I just laughed at .goatzeTrympy's post and it would take a week to explain

Just like old times...

Oh fuck, here's a Temu ad, never mind

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@macrodawson @edzitron The inevitable fucking swoosh chart 🤬

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Illegal sewage outfalls are a major issue on the River Roding, as they are around much of the country. The EA has not brought any prosecutions for illegal sewage discharges on the Roding this century.

In 2022, I discovered an illegal sewage outfall on the Aldersbrook discharging raw shit into the river. I reported it to the EA, who did absolutely nothing. I then had to campaign in my spare time for 3 years to get the outfall fixed, attending meetings with the council & Thames Water & dealing with journalists. Eventually, the campaign worked & Thames Water spent £1 million fixing the outfall.

Subsequently, I realised that the EA had no idea where all the illegal sewage outfalls on the river were, or which were most harmful. I therefore went out on the river myself with a bucket, in a pair of waders to find & analyse all the illegal outfalls on the river. I found dozens of them, spilling over a billion litres of raw sewage illegally into the river every year. I have given the exact locations of all the illegal outfalls to the EA & they’ve done sweet FA. Raw sewage continues to pour into the river illegally & unchecked every minute of every day of the year, & parts of the river are now ecologically dead, as well as having e-coli levels more than 250 times the safe limit.

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Dear @EnvAgency.

In February this year, after 4 years of asking you to look after the Aldersbrook, I led a team of volunteers to do your job for you & clean out tonnes of silt & leaves, as well as hundreds of bags of rubbish. Through the effort of community volunteers & donations, & at zero cost to the taxpayer, we turned a forgotten silted up ditch back into a river again.

Last nights intense rain storm showed why our actions are the very definition of “strengthening water resilience”. A huge amount of rain fell in a short time, but the restored section of the Aldersbrook has been able to hold 100’s of thousands of litres more water, stopping this water running into the Roding, & thereby *reducing* local flood risk. The first photograph below is of the Aldersbrook after the rains this morning- a big contrast to the area before we did the work.

Perhaps more importantly, this water, instead of running straight off into the Roding & hence the sea is now being held in the Aldersbrook & gradually released so it can be used by nature. It is feeding marshes, trees & wildlife, topping up groundwater & helping to reduce our flood/drought cycle. If you want to strengthen water resilience, we need thousands more projects like the Aldersbrook around the country.

So the question I ask you, Environment Agency, is why you are threatening me with two years imprisonment, rather than offering to meet & discuss how we can work together to restore the Roding & its tributaries, which could become a blueprint for you cooperating with local river guardians nationwide?

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@Impitoyable @portraitinflesh @xkcd They do have hazards just like that - they're called midfielders.

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@LotsaSisu @Kwen_C Strewth, mate, what's that aboot?

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@Keg767 @poorrichard @_ZachGriff @tylercowen This is the same route as Tokyo-London and yeah the internet used to go out once you got too far north - but now they've plugged the polar gaps. (assuming Starlink)

[Sam @SamCKx]

The replies to this post have put absolutely beyond doubt that the hatred for Keir Starmer is 99% based on misinformation. Just read through them, people spouting the same misinformation they have been repeatedly fed over the last year or so, disproven countless times, but still believed and amplified by so many. This is how easy it is to brainwash millions of people if you have the resources. This is how societies are destroyed.

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@DavidSn04250275 @springhare3 @savebutterflies @ScotWildlife Well yeah that's just a hawk moth caterpillar I happen to have on the camera roll. However stick to my guns that hummingbird hawk moth ones are cool. Check that characteristic horn - gorgeous!

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

Oh the potential hilarity...

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@DavidSn04250275 @springhare3 @savebutterflies @ScotWildlife Suffolk - literally stumbled over an Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar in Norfolk

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

This article is an absolute, unalloyed delight - wonderfully written

[Ryan Moulton @moultano]

I spent the last month obsessed with finding colors that can't be displayed on a conventional screen. This is what I found. https://t.co/JEn05RLN0S

[Sam @SamCKx]

If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated.

On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades.

After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced.

We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@Rocky33497570 @BoSinn69420 @TheSnowDreamer No we didn't. It was half that. And the highest temperature recorded was 35.9C

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@merepiff @smbond14 @_laurabee_x @TheRealCatsir @goosetooths That's the sort of practical idea that my driving instructor also gave me (30 years ago), in order to be keeping safely with the flow of traffic. However, as she said at the time, is not the legal position.

[Dr. Vin Gupta @VinGuptaMD]

Watching a flu outbreak sweep through a major military training installation after @PeteHegseth pointlessly politicized the vaccine requirement is a reminder that viruses are unimpressed by amateur political theater.

https://t.co/Aj4qfsUbUZ

[Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel]

EXLCUSIVE: An analysis by two MIT researchers shows how Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missile actually works.

And guys, it's not pretty. 🚀☢️🤢🧵

https://t.co/7vltIw9VAK

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@gbrumfiel @whatisnuclear @ArmsControlWonk The radiation measurements from Proved Pluto suggested that it would sterilise everything down to the roaches under its flight path. Good to see the Russians respecting history... 😬

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@W98AB @bauhiniacapital There was a localised storm in Suffolk a few years back that dumped 180mm of rain in 1hr 3/4. Ask me how I know...

The storm became a bit of a (niche) celebrity after the splendid @danholley_ wrote a paper on it

https://t.co/UKJv22h9r1

[Dr Sam @PerryWadeSam]

@danholley_ @UKWX_ Sorry, meant to add that one of our neighbours has a rain gauge that recorded 100mm in an hour.

Apparently someone in Brettenham recorded 180mm in about 1 hr 40 mins.

This was the result on the road outside. Huge chunks of tarmac lifted up and tossed about.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Tonight England play in the World Cup. And tomorrow the by-election will decide the next British Prime Minister. So at this crucial moment in the nation's history, I have written an open letter to you all, Dear Makerfield: https://t.co/wBddDhAvUD