Richard Walker

Tweeting about science, technology, medicine, politics, economics, society, onions and carrots - anything that has made me think. Better if counter-intuitive.

[Richard Walker @rwalker1501]

Here's the first post from "Letterrs to My Friends". What do I mean when I say I', "On the left". How do I square that with my other, more philosophical ideas? What does Lao Tse have to say to Karl Marx?

https://t.co/JCC2o0eOyu

[Richard Walker @rwalker1501]

I've started a blog: . Longish, very personal, letters to friends on big questions in politics and philosophy. Not the sort of thing you read for university. Click here if you're curious.

https://t.co/5HSLC9oGL9

[Richard Walker @rwalker1501]

Rethinking Ivy League Admissions https://t.co/PAbt3CBzT1

[Aella @Aella_Girl]

do trad ppl who want to make civilization return to 1950's values not realize that trad culture is unstable? The thing that came after the 1950's was the 1960s, and it happened for a reason.

[Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby]

The philosophy section at the train station bookshop in Florence

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏😀
To make it worth sharing, here's the moment a Swallow zooms out of a hole in a shed door! 😍
Thank you very much! 😊♥️

[Plastic Pollutes @PlasticPollutes]

We're all in this together. 🌳🦋🧍🏽🌿🫎🐍🐻🐢🐳🦚

#NoPlanetB #MotherEarth #PlasticPollutes #ClimateCrisis

[Eiko Fried @EikoFried]

Two days ago, a lawfirm filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against 6 commercial publishers (incl Elsevier & Wiley) in the federal district court in New York.

They allege a 3-part scheme on part of publishers. 🧵

https://t.co/BswKVg5l5G

[Richard Walker @rwalker1501]

@J_my_sci We'd all do it that way, except the journal guidelines force us to put the figures at the end....

[Richard Walker @rwalker1501]

@giuliaevolvi Done a lot of those. And not much science came out of them. A question for anyone who knows: how do the Chinese do their science? Do they have the WPs, the deliverables, the milestones, the GANTT charts...? Or do they do it differently?

[peaklass @peaklass1]

Perfect peace, waiting for the sunrise on #peakdistrict country lanes. There's an expectant hush, a cool freshness to the air before it warms for the day. Every single dawn is different to the one before; the play of light, shadow and mist never falls in just the same way again.

[Ricky Davila @TheRickyDavila]

As Former President Jimmy Carter approaches 100 years old, he told his family this week that his goal is to “make it to vote for Kamala Harris” for President. I couldn’t love this amazing man any more than I already do. 💙🙏

[Richard Walker @rwalker1501]

@Helenreflects Thank you. Very nice...

[Max Bai @baixx062]

Even in my wildest dream, I did not think that my game could make it to the homepage of Nature🤯. Very excited to launch it soon!
https://t.co/gCjjsYa80z

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Memes are getting very naughty!

[Richard Walker @rwalker1501]

@dumbhead_x @Helenreflects I think you're right. We talk about

Thatcher (not Margaret)
Meier (not Golda)
Merkel (not Angela)

First name men anyone?

[Joshua Siegel @realJoshSiegel]

After a high dose of psilocybin, the brain desynchronizes at a massive scale, causing loss of our sense of self, time, and space. This may drive the burst of plasticity caused by psychedelics. The next day, brain activity has largely returned to normal, but an echo remains – a reset of circuits critical to the sense of self.

Our study is out today in @Nature https://t.co/PjACA6nkAy

[Richard Whitters @WhittersRichard]

The Japanese Snow Fairy, is one of the deadliest predatory birds ever designed by, well, the Devil I assume!

Its claws exude a terrifying 0.000000013 foot pounds of pressure, and its razor sharp beak can puncture nearly any light paper bag, if the bag is wetted first.

Doom!

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Liz Truss - awarded a six-figure prime ministerial pension at the age of 46 for just 49 days' work - wants to raise the pension age to 80. For other people, that is.