Russ Swan

@russswan
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Writer of rongs

UK based freelance #journalist, #author, #editor. I write mostly about #science, #engineering, and #technology. My first #book is a pop science thing called The Physics Behind (Octopus for international edition, Firefly for N.America)

Bollocks to Brexit.

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Russ SwanJul 14

Blimey. That nearly fried my brain.

Wordle 1,486 2/6

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Russ SwanFeb 7
Hey folks, not really using Mastodon these days but you can find me on Bluesky: @russs.bsky.social
Russ SwanDec 12, 2024
Much as I enjoy Mastodon and dig the vibe here, I'm feeling more love on Bluesky and will probably concentrate there. Come find me @russs.bsky.social
Russ SwanDec 5, 2024
Another nail in the coffin for high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Already implicated in the western world’s obesity epidemic, this cheap nasty artificial sweetener is now shown to feed cancerous tumours – but not directly. Fructose is metabolised into lipids by the liver, and these are food for tumours. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08258-3
Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth indirectly via interorgan lipid transfer - Nature

Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth in animal models of melanoma, breast cancer and cervical cancer indirectly via metabolite transfer.

Nature
Show threadRuss SwanOct 10, 2024
Update: they made it through the night, thankfully, but too early for any assessment of damage. #climatechange
Russ SwanOct 9, 2024

Just received an email from a family member in St Petersburg #Florida. Too late to run from #hurricane #Milton and afraid of being trapped on the highway, so battening down the hatches in their wooden house. He believes god will intervene. He's an idiot (climate change denier and supporter of you-know-who) but we hope they make it.

I mean, ffs.

#StPete #climatechange

Russ SwanOct 9, 2024
Amber GriffithsOct 9, 2024
Noting the use of the word 'evacuees' for people fleeing Florida. Perhaps we could use the same word for folks fleeing climate induced extreme weather and its societal consequences on other continents.
Russ SwanOct 7, 2024
On holiday in #Devon last week, innocently taking a picture of a mildly amusing #sign, when this happened and I should be ashamed of myself but I'm not.
Russ SwanSep 15, 2024
I harvested this orange vegetable today. I call it Donald. #trump
Russ SwanAug 14, 2024
Utterly pissed off with my #Google #Pixel #phone and the obnoxious way it forces updates. Decline, decline, decline, oops it's done it anyway. Every time it rearranges things - most recently my filing system for photos, adding new layers of complexity and basically hiding my stuff. Fuck off Google, I will never ever have another one.