Keir Allen

Personal account. Nuclear arms control (verification) and other interesting things.

[Heather Williams @heatherwilly]

It’s HERE! Congratulations to @McgeeAidan @DublinerBoston @barguyboston for opening a beautiful restaurant w delicious food, amazing people, and #bestguinnessinboston

[Simon Coveney @simoncoveney]

Spoke with @trussliz.
UK Govt now proposing to set aside Int Law, reject a partnership approach, ignore majority in NI & deliberately ratchet up tension with an EU seeking compromise.
We remain open to dialogue to find agreement but his approach adds to instability & is no fix.

[Keir Allen @KeirAllen]

@heatherwilly @CSIS @csisponi @csis_isp @K_Hartigan @s_claeys4 @RejaYounis @NonproJoe @NikoAdamopoulos @jess_llink @ghackman28 Congratulations Heather!

[Keir Allen @KeirAllen]

#Norway #Eurovision

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Akhal-Teke horse breed is thought to be one of oldest existing horse breeds in the world.

Originally from Turkmenistan, there are currently about 6600 Akhal-Tekes in the world. Shiny coat of breed led to their nickname "Golden Horses".

#archaeohistories

[History Defined @historydefined]

2000 year-old Roman face cream/lotion. Dating back to II AD. Object was found in the temple complex dedicated to Mars. It's world's oldest cosmetic face cream and it has finger marks in the lid.

[History Defined @historydefined]

A 3,000-year-old Assyrian relief of a soldier diving under a river using an inflatable goatskin bag.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

A reconstruction of what world's first modern humans looked like from around 300,000 years ago. It was made based on remains of homo sapiens found at Jebel Irhoud archaeological site in Morocco.

Moesgaard Museum in Denmark
(Kennis & Kennis Reconstruction)

#archaeohistories

[Capybaras @CapybaraCountry]

Pelican trying to eat a whole ass capybara

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

The politics of the Channel 4 thing are baffling. Because they don't like C4 news we're going to have a lengthy row about something that is a priority for no one except those who are strongly opposed? And it might not even sell?

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

A simultaneous 30°C anomaly in the Arctic and 40°C anomaly in the Antarctic, among the most terrifying events scientists have recorded, was a footnote in the bulletins.
One celeb slapping another: headlines everywhere.
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a bant.

[Michael Morgan @mikecmorgan]

Imagine being detained by the Police because you are…checks notes: “…not dressed for the climate” Jesus…of…Nazareth!

[Keir Allen @KeirAllen]

The nuclear challenge presented by DPRK is serious. At the same time, this is seriously funny.

[Tom Karako @tomkarako]

This graph was made in part to counter confusion and hype about “hypersonic” missiles like the Kinzhal ALBM.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

30°C above normal in the Arctic today.
40°C above normal in the Antarctic today.
It would be unbelievable if it were not true.
And it is terrifying beyond words.
The war we have waged against the natural world has, in climatic terms, just gone nuclear.

[Donald Tusk @donaldtuskEPP]

Boris Johnson likens Ukrainians’ fight to British people voting for Brexit. I can still remember the enthusiasm of Putin and Trump after the referendum. Boris, your words offend Ukrainians, the British and common sense.

[Russell Garwood @RussellGarwood]

Go home evolution, you're drunk.

[Keir Allen @KeirAllen]

Interesting stuff

[Masao Dahlgren @masao_dahlgren]

Thread on Russian missile defense countermeasures I couldn't find a home for. According to V.C. Belous, Soviet design bureaus began development of balloon decoys and dipole chaff in the early 1960s; projects dubbed "Willow," "Cactus," and "Mole."

(Belous 2002)

[Keir Allen @KeirAllen]

@TheKrattBros, my son loves Wildkratts (as do I). Today he asked me why there’s not a Dinokratts too. Ever thought about exploring creatures from other time periods?

[Keir Allen @KeirAllen]

@MajorDamo @joinClubhouse Seems like Houseparty but where potentially anyone can join any conversation. Open, online Tedtalks?