Physicist and writer Dr Francis Sedgemore. Visit my website, subscribe to my Substack, and connect with me on LinkedIn.
Public Key
npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm
Profile Code
nprofile1qqspuj7n03z8n2fv8kqzt608pstspnxp94a0qeq4xeg2jjqsuv7enfgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qpd4c55
Author Public Key
npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm Show more details
Published at
2023-11-09T17:20:35+01:00 Event JSON
{
"id": "609dd112d8be114605553e0cb0caf67c31327db88a7e2ea5411430bf1dcbdb57" ,
"pubkey": "1e4bd37c4479a92c3d8025e9e70c1700ccc12d7af064153650a94810e33d99a5" ,
"created_at": 1699546835 ,
"kind": 0 ,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mstdn.media/users/hesgen",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "{\"name\":\"hesgen\",\"about\":\"Physicist and writer Dr Francis Sedgemore. Visit my website, subscribe to my Substack, and connect with me on LinkedIn.\\n\\nInterests: Earth and space science; traditional and fine arts; natural and social ecology; radio communication; Green Party policy wonkery.\\n\\nOn the waves as m0xbq.\\n\\nBorn at 319.65ppm.\\n\\nRoysia | Anglia | Europa | Terra\",\"picture\":\"https://files.mstdn.media/accounts/avatars/109/670/048/178/110/010/original/78eb881c1c8f2169.jpg\",\"banner\":\"https://files.mstdn.media/accounts/headers/109/670/048/178/110/010/original/dd1580e11621a903.jpg\",\"nip05\":\"[email protected] \"}" ,
"sig": "a4a6cbd24a1fd33820255bbe00d6b35f203b3a50351470a8382ffee2754564713d1d9255f1d968df8ed4ada547972a2893d811fd03af16b2dcd7472cf09de9fc"
}
Last Notes npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @[email protected] [email protected] . npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen That it's possible to write an obituary of the next Labour government, and do so convincingly, is a damning indictment of the state of English politics. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Given that my Mastodon server mstdn.media is shutting down on 3 December, I've created a new account - @npub1vnf…radw - and will shortly move my followers and following lists over to the new server. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible to copy the content from this instance, only archive it. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "London Gaza rally: Braverman accuses Met of bias over Gaza marches" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen A not implausible scenario... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Sunak accused of ‘silly posturing’ by ex-Tory minister over pro-Palestine rally" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1dgc…4yrt There's no shortage of multipoint data from the magnetosphere that have yet to be analysed. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1dgc…4yrt As a former co-investigator for two of the instruments on ESA's Cluster mission to the magnetosphere, I would rank M-Matisse and Theseus over the proposed magnetosphere mission. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub145u…qe4x npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1hw7…aq99 Maybe Commissioner Rowley will put a snatch order on Are Tommeh when the little scrote turns up on Whitehall looking for trouble. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Wanted: driver for 800mph car" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Nazis guarding London's Cenotaph war memorial is beyond irony. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Donald Trump praises his 'wonderful, beautiful daughter' Ivanka as she is due to take the stand TODAY in his $250m NYC fraud trial 'at the direction of Letitia Peekaboo James' | Daily Mail Online npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Met chief Mark Rowley has been summoned to Number 10. It looks like they are leaning on him to ban the Armistice Day march. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Remaining Carbon Budget... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub16ml…wyvu npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub16ml…wyvu npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen The slow death of Britain's local and regional press is turning into a mass cull. The social media techbros will be rubbing their hands in glee. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub16ml…wyvu npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "An Insane Number of Gen Zers Support Hamas's Slaughter of Innocent Israelis" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Today is Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day, for those who celebrate*. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Peterborough mushroom man bush becomes local landmark" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "UK may demand tech world tell it about upcoming security features" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "The European Space Agency may have a bullying problem" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen A good explanation and fact check on heat pumps, with myths dispelled. .. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Israel’s attempt to destroy Hamas will breed more radicalisation, UN expert says" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "We cannot turn away from suffering, but I can no longer watch the news coverage from Israel and Gaza | Simon Jenkins" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Oh do shut up, Brian! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "British Jews should beware illiberal allies," says Hugo Rifkind in an excellent commentary on rising antisemitism in Britain. It's sad that British Jews must also beware a large section of the left. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "I will embrace my differences," says Caster Semenya. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "A deadly cascade: how secret Hamas attack orders were passed down at last minute" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1e7d…skfm Braverman was born in Harrow, which makes her English. She cannot be deported. She's our problem. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Petition against Braverman plan to criminalise charities that hand out tents to rough sleepers. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Northern Lights: What is Steve and why is it different to an aurora borealis?" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Michelle Mone admits involvement with ‘VIP lane’ PPE company" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Cambs cat reunited with owners in London after being missing for 7 months" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1aqx…4004 A wee devil, maybe. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "German vice-chancellor Habeck hits out against rising antisemitism" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1g0t…tvm4 On behalf of witches everywhere, I do protest! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen It appears that the hate monger sometimes known as JK Rowling has gone full Glinner. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Revealed: plan to brand anyone ‘undermining’ UK as extremist" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen My Mastodon instance, mstdn.media, is shutting down on 3 December. Time to quickly find a new home in the fediverse. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1wcx…xyeu That's what I was thinking. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen When asked by Emily Maitlis what is a "hate march", England's most senior police officer, Mark Rowley, said,... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Nadine Dorries claims secretive Tory cabal called the ‘movement’ brought down Boris Johnson" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Ex-Danish defence minister and spy chief ‘relieved’ after charges dropped" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn Very well said! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Israel-Hamas War: How the IDF Plans to Defeat Hamas in Gaza" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Rishi Sunak's vain project to have England lead the world on AI has been torpedoed by an imbecilic techbro talking bollocks. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Most British people hold positive view of immigration, survey reveals" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Miggledy on the Israel-Hamas war... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Top tech firms to let governments vet AI tools" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Criminals and sanctions-busters exploiting UK secrecy loophole" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Storm Ciarán - Ffarwelio ag Aberystwyth heno? npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1xur…zdt5 England's Shitassic Coast innit. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Death cult obsessed with death shock!! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Normal service shall (hopefully) resume" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen 'Tree-hugging AI programmers could wipe out humanity,' wibbles Space Karen. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen A sustainable alternative to air conditioning. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Monitoring nuclear weapons stockpiles with radio waves" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen John Crace is rather too kind on Dominic Cummings... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen I face a two week wait for a GP appointment in Royston, for an urgent medication review. And then it's a phone consultation at any time between 8am and noon. This is the new normal for England's healthcare system, and low expectations have become normalised. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub14n9…9ykn For some, nothing would be sufficient. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen UN chief Guterres will likely be damned by Israel for his latest statement, excerpted here. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Boris Johnson favoured ‘older people accepting their fate’, Covid inquiry hears" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Speaking to the Covid Inquiry, Dominic Cummings acknowledged that he referred to certain cabinet ministers as “useless fuckpigs”, “morons” and “cunts”, adding that, if anything, he understated the problem. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Pandemic was wrong crisis for Boris Johnson, Lee Cain says" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen It's Calan Gaeaf, peeps. Don't let the ghostly bedbugs bite! npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Peatland, plastic and phasing-out coal: Here’s why Wales is our Green Country of the Month" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "We will not rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty." npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen A reminder that South Cambridgeshire - my neck of the woods - has long been a centre of witchery. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1pcu…8sxg npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub10kc…qjyy Knuckle-dragging base. The party's fear is of a near total wipeout. There will be more nuanced messages tailored to other demographics. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen 'LGB Alliance' conference - with evening entertainment provided by the bones of Vera Lynn. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen In the eyes of those ghastly specimens of humanity, Suella Braverman and Hamas cheerleaders, this pictorial statement will have me damned by both sides as a supporter of terrorism. Ho hum. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Rishi Sunak to ‘double down’ on anti-green policies in king’s speech" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Israel Gaza live news: 'Total chaos' in Gaza after Israel's heaviest night of bombing yet" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1vgt…z3z8 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Maybe police are working on a theory that an unspecified number of men are allegedly committing sexual offences as part of an elaborate plot to erode Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary majority." npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Minister denies ‘cultural issue’ among Tory MPs after Crispin Blunt’s arrest" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Reintroducing wildlife species 'not a priority'" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub180p…z4e6 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub180p…z4e6 npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Li Keqiang: Ex-Chinese premier sidelined by Xi dies at 68" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Fascinating" is not a word I should use in the context of suspected rape. Sorry. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "AI pioneer Daphne Koller sees generative AI leading to cancer breakthroughs" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen For Intersex Awareness Day 2023... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Omer and Omar: How two 4-year-olds were killed and social media denied it" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Cleethorpes: Chris Packham praises girl, 3, for saving starfish" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen Steve Coogan... npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen @npub1txd…txmn That was exactly my point. npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Bristol grandma climbed M25 gantry 'in climate emergency protest'" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Parliament adds nuclear to EU’s net-zero industry shortlist" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Yuval Noah Harari backs critique of leftist ‘indifference’ to Hamas atrocities" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen "Plan to send all-UK astronaut mission into orbit" npub1re9axlzy0x5jc0vqyh57wrqhqrxvztt67pjp2djs49yppceanxjs92ahcm hesgen From the speech by UN chief António Guterres that has been met with a hyperbolic reaction - a gross overreaction - from the State of Israel...
