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Former accountant, then carer, now adjusting to being a singleton. Enjoy #art #streetart #crypticcrosswords #coffee #tea #realale #worldcinema , #BBC6music #nonfiction #Science #ManchesterCity #procycling. I live in #Manchester UK and i'm a bit left wing #GTTO

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Why I left the editorial board of the prestigious scientific journal NeuroImage — and helped start something new

Scientists like Shella Keiholz are beginning to rebel against the unjustifiable waste of resources by traditional scientific research journals.

STAT

Excellent.

I usually follow back, and really appreciate boosts.

#Ice #Signs

Alt text - street art depicting a flying insect and spiderman, I think
#streetart #art outside #Manchester Arndale today, by Mikey

Good morning. I am accompanying my mother toe de toediatrist toeday.

They’re a nice lot there, chatty and friendly.

What are your plans?
#JoinIn

The Lib Dem’s are now touting themselves as the Tory Removal Party.
That’s the same Liberal Democrats that rushed into supporting the Tories after the 2010 election, got themselves a few ministerial positions and voted in support of all the Tory austerity cuts in exchange for a 5 pence tax on plastic shopping bags.
Not worth a bucket of cold spit.

#Manchester news

Greens restaurant in West Didsbury has closed after 33 years citing a 35% rent increase as a reason.I think it was owned by Simon Rimmer

Another nearby cafe/bar also closed Xmas Eve, again due to a rent hike.

A depressing start to the year

I didn't really understand the motivation behind using #webp instead of #jpeg until my wife gave me a 3MB image she wanted me to put onto her web site for her, and I said, "Woah, wait a minute, that's rude to the viewer, let's see if we can shrink it down a bit," and converted it to webp and it shrank to 109KB without any visible loss in fidelity in the browser.
#WebDev

TRUMP’S ‘TOE PADS’ SPARK SOCIAL MEDIA FIRESTORM: ‘WHAT AN ALPHA MALE’

Speculation has erupted over why the former president uses two black rectangular pads under his feet

Trump's people put pads under his feet to counter balance his Frontotemporal Dementia leaning forward.

#trump #FrontotemporalDementia #FootPads

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trumps-toe-pads-shoe-smells-b2469246.html

Trump’s ‘toe pads’ spark social media firestorm: ‘What an alpha male’

Speculation has erupted over why the former president uses two black rectangular pads under his feet

The Independent
If #Rwanda is so safe, can anyone explain to me why the UK accepted 41 asylum seekers FROM that country