Michael Gross @[email protected]

Science writer covering nano to astro via bio. Making noise on cello, flute, recorders, tenor sax, saw. Obsessing about family history and old photos.

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

eight months after the exodus, I'm now getting a lot more engagement for my #science content on the pachyderm site than I ever had here. I occasionally come back here to rage against cars and other machines. https://t.co/bikiEA0AO3 strange that eg #WNBR comms are still here.

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

while I'm here, have some #cello goodness: https://t.co/eBLu0Vcmqy

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

@TV5MONDE @RTBF still none the wiser as to why @TV5MONDE keeps showing the evening news from @RTBF in the slot that in the programme schedule clearly says it should be the #20h from #France2

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

.@TV5MONDE in the UK normally broadcasts a half-hour edit of the evening news of #France2 (Journal de #20h) at 7:30 pm UK time. On Wed24th the news ended abruptly after 10 mins without explanation. From Thu it was replaced by the equivalent Belgian news. Still no explanation

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

@TV5MONDE @RTBF no response from @TV5MONDE

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

@xo_planets not really using X any more but do love your user name ... have you tried mast*don? I am now getting more engagement there than I ever had on twitter.

[Howard Stanbury @Howard_S]

@michaelgrr @LeonardoLoredan @OxfordshireCC @DSRoofing It's a vehicle with form. See https://t.co/oPl8OAdChO

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

only dropping by very rarely when I need to to file complaints - otherwise find me on Mastodon.

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

@LeonardoLoredan @OxfordshireCC @DSRoofing last night (31.7.) it was still there

[Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps]

FIERCE MEDITERRANEAN HEAT both West and East

Up to 44.6C in SPAIN with some records of hot nights
In FRANCE up to 41C and 9 monthly records of stations with short POR (1990-). Hotter tomorrow.

ALBANIA :41.8 Durres all time record

[WNBR Seattle @WNBRseattle]

Next up… Full Moon Ride

#WNBR rides with @SeaBikeDisco
Friday August 16th

https://t.co/5f3SEPv4e0

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Did you know Paris has a 5-Year Pedestrian Plan?
- 300 million € to be invested by 2026
- 100 new hectares of pedestrian space
- 100 more “streets for kids”
- New focus on 0 pedestrian deaths #VisionZero
- Longer pedestrian cross times geared to seniors

Does YOUR city have one?

[Michael Gross @[email protected] @michaelgrr]

while I'm here: this is rather important stuff on #motonormativity and #carBrain : https://t.co/5zge8wub9j

[Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps]

HISTORIC HEAT IN BARCELONA OBSERVATORY
Today the centenarian Fabra Observatory (located on a hill above the city) recorded 40.0C its HOTTEST DAY IN HISTORY (data since 1914).

On the Alps also records:
15.0 Plateau Rosa 🇮🇹
tmin 14.3 Ulrichen 🇨🇭 (27th)

[Leonardo Loredan @LeonardoLoredan]

Hi @OxfordshireCC - can you fine @DSRoofing for dumping their advertising van on the verge outside South Patk?

[Oxford Clarion @OxfordClarion]

Construction is underway on 40 affordable homes off Butts Lane, New Marston. Long-established Oxford firm Lucy Developments and @OxfordCity’s housing arm OX Place are building 26 houses and 14 flats. Completion is expected in November.

[Oxford Clarion @OxfordClarion]

Oxford–Banbury–Birmingham train services are being cut again. Train operator CrossCountry is withdrawing 8 services each day on the Reading–Newcastle route via Oxford. The cuts will reduce the service to broadly hourly, with no trains in the evening peak between 16.40 and 18.12.

[Flight Free UK @FlightFreeUK]

A Dutch court ruled that KLM adverts mislead the public about how sustainable flying is. Now 17 airlines have received legal warnings not to make claims on SAF and offsetting.

If you see airline adverts using these terms, write to the ASA.
https://t.co/EGi8aHBtvq