Solarnum

Scientist. Academic. Sweary. Cat Lady.

[Climate Science Breakthrough @ClimateSciBreak]

"If people like me have to get involved, you know we're in deep shit"

Watch and share Jo Brand explaining the #ClimateCrisis with the unrestrained swearing it demands 🔥

🚨NEW UNCUT (pretty frank) VERSION!🚨

#COP28 #ClimateActionNow #Comedy @ProfMarkMaslin

[Solarnum @solarnum]

@sophhorton

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Man was left critically ill with sepsis after paddle in River Kennet."

Did I mention the River Kennet between Hungerford and Newbury has been downgraded to 'Poor' ecological status?

The Kennet is a chalk stream, 1 of only 225 in the entire world.

https://t.co/GP5T59DVig

[kmanfe @k_manfe]

@SoVeryBritish Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

[Ben Armstrong @nnyyr_4ur]

@SoVeryBritish These cows are small, those cows are far away. Small, far away.

To be fair, there are actually loads of Ted ones.

I’ve had my fun, and that’s all that matters.
The cliffs are closed
Down with this sort of thing.
I heard you’re racist now?

[some internet thingys @internetthingys]

@SoVeryBritish “I have a cunning plan”

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

What’s a random quote from British comedy that you can’t help but say every now and then?

Mine is: “God, I'm bored. Might as well be listening to Genesis” (Rick, The Young Ones)

[GeoNet @geonet]

The 1848 earthquake also greatly disturbed the landscape rupturing the ground over more than 105 km along the Awatere Fault and triggering landslides as far away as the south-east coast of the Wairarapa and in the Remutaka ranges. 2/3

[GeoNet @geonet]

175 years ago, today an M7.4 earthquake struck Marlborough destroying houses in the nearby valleys. Wellington & Nelson also suffered significant damage to brick and stone buildings, and many houses in the Wairarapa suffered chimney damage. 1/3

[Solarnum @solarnum]

@cheesybelle Those last 3 minutes felt like an hour!

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

In the Middle Ages, Oxford students were so violent that they made the city England’s ‘murder capital’. The murder rate was about 50 times higher than in English cities today.

[Darragh Ennis @bones_giles]

Katalin Kariko, who won a Nobel prize yesterday, has regularly been overlooked for funding and career progression. So IMO either the Nobel prizes are awarded to the wrong people or the scientific research and funding system isn't fit for purpose.

[GeoNet @geonet]

We can now confirm this evenings Kermadec earthquake as M6.9 and 665 km north-east of Whakatane. Over 4700 people reported feeling shaking around the North Island. Remember to Drop, cover and hold in an earthquake and if you are near the coast, remember Long or Strong, Get Gone.

[Solarnum @solarnum]

@sophhorton

[Solarnum @solarnum]

@theirishfor @twisteddoodles @sophhorton

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

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[Dr Andrew Digby @takapodigs]

There’s a new wild population of #takahe in NZ! With Ngāi Tahu and supported by Fulton Hogan we’ve released 18 takahē to the Greenstone Valley near Queenstown - a site where they haven’t lived for over a century. Here’s the last pair heading off to their new home. #conservation

[Las Vegas Issues @VegasIssues]

The Vegas Strip is currently a river.

[Emmalene Blake @emmaleneblake]

A woman walked by while I was painting this and gave out to me for making her look so angry. She said it would be “much nicer with her looking happy.” I replied that she had a lot to be angry about.