Dr Mike Ward
@schroedinger99
Retired data-modeller with background in genetics & philosophy of science. grandfather, sceptic, deracinated cosmopolitan, citizen of nowhere, & angry old man.
That's all the potatoes I've harvested (the plants above ground had completely died back) from about 3 sq m of ground. I worry for this year's crops ☹️
In the garden yesterday. Very tame. Looked a bit unkempt, but maybe that's what they look like at this time of year? I've only ever seen robins before in winter.
I have similar problems with this: Does this kill 99.9% of all the known *species* of germs completely and none of the 0.1%? Or does it kill 99.9% of the germs it is applied to no matter what species they are? This is a version of the type/token problem I suppose.
On a slightly different (though vaguely related) note, does this mean that the oil is entirely made with olives sourced from Greece? Or that the olive used are each 100% Greek - i.e. not (say) hybrid olives with Lebanese and Greek ancestry (like Michael Vlamis)? And should I care?
4) In other words, I can find no evidence whatsoever of a second edition on Amazon. I asked MG (giving him the chance to retort that he had put out a new *digital* edition, or that the corrections were so minor, he has merely issued a reprint with the same ISBN number) but answer came there none.
1) Meanwhile, over on Twitter: Since not everything Matt Goodwin writes can be relied on, I thought I' go over to Amazon and check ....
Moon rise - in Rodos (where it's very hot, but still about 6 ° cooler than Yorkshire was when I left)
That opening all the windows at night and closing windows and curtains during the day malarkey really seems to help. But 31.4° at 1000 feet in West Yorkshire is a bit scary 😰
But ... [ www.gci.org.uk/Documents/Ga... p58 et seq] I mean I haven't (re) read the whole thing yet, but I can't see anywhere obvious where G really acknowledges that C has similar problems.
And finally... Roots: Rainbow carrots and radishes, and normal white parsnips. The radishes have been in a bit and already started to grow. Was planning more rows but I think I'll quit while I'm ahead.
You are talking to a man from the Rhubarb Triangle! Today's crop: (You have a point mind. You have to be into oxalates to enjoy it.)
Brassicas (sort of) in: kale, rocket, mustard + lollo rossa and spinach. No point in trying to grow cabbage I've decided. The local lepidoptera eat them all before we get chance to.
So, I've got my alliums in: garlic (planted late last year), shallots, Spanish white onions, and French pink onions:
Just got this from PayPal. Though it has every appearance of a phish, it seems to be genuine (not that I'd ever respond to such an email or click on such a button). But why oh why oh why do banks and related financial firms do this kind of thing and thereby encourage customers to fall for scams?
mailchi.mp/the3million/... Quite a climb down from the Home Office. They had hitherto insisted that you couldn't keep your settled status if you had dual citizenship. This offers another welcome workaround for some hit by the HO's daft new rules.
Nobody seems to remember that the USA has waged war before against a far less technologically advanced country (with an authoritarian government) - torturing and carpet-bombing civilians (often with napalm) and breaking international law on a scale that would give Pete Hegseth a hard-on - and lost.
Got this out for GrandSon2. Note hanging star, moon, & cloud. GS2 (who'd not seen this since he was a baby) asked where the faces had gone.