#PaisleyDaze
lol @ "They" BBC !
'And on the Today Programme this morning we have a scientist, and, for balance, Nigel Lawson being given equal time to pretend he knows what he's talking about (because he gets paid mountains for doing so).'
PS: See also the BBC and economics of Brexit.
There is no sugarcoating or calling spade big spoon here 🤣 I like it..
Turn off the microphone! Vietnam Gas President boldly slams Kenya's poor leadership
https://www.citizen.digital/news/turn-off-the-microphone-vietnam-gas-president-boldly-slams-kenyas-poor-leadership-n361650
Vietnam Gas President Doanh Chau has taken a rather bold swipe at African leadership - and especially Kenya, accusing them of lacking long-term vision and a serious execution culture that continues to stall the continent’s development.
A new ‘poem song’ with the fab Catenary Wires is out today: Every Song on the Radio Reminds Me of You.
We’ve even made an accompanying video, in which I do some very good walking around with a radio, plus bonus knob twiddling.
from the other side of the pond:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0084sbp
which i mention because Chris Packham currently has a petition going to get the UK parliament to debate a ban fossil fuel advertising:
We just need to turn the negative productivity of research scientists at NASA and forner auditors at the IRS that DOGE fired to gainfully making shoes in Nike factories reshored from Vietnam.
This is the groundbreaking economic thinking of communist purges from Mao to Pol Pot with a sprinkle of American Exceptionalism.
How are international conferences dealing with the fact that some people are now afraid or unwilling to enter the US? Are they holding conferences elsewhere, encouraging remote participation, ignoring the issue, or what?
If you're helping run an international conference (like me), or even just going to one, I'd like to know what you're seeing.
https://www.science.org/content/article/international-scientists-rethink-us-conference-attendance