Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
Philosopher of Mind and Perception at @UniOslo. Citizen of the world, father of #littlehuman. For #philosophy tweets, see @drkeithwilson. 🇪🇺🇳🇴🏳️🌈 he/him
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Cummings is wrong about the BBC, it’s not a ‘Westminster bubble’ issue
Talking or thinking about Dominic Cummings for any length of time gives me the feeling I’ve met him before, even though I haven’t.This weekend I identified the reason: because he reminds me so
Human compost funerals 'better for environment'
A US firm claims the service it offers saves more than a tonne of carbon, after a pilot study.
Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
Human composting 🌱
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This USB-C charger packs more computing power than NASA’s first moon rocket — Cult of Mac
Even today’s simplest accessories include more powerful computers than were used decades ago. To demonstrate, an engineer set out to prove that a USB-C charger from accessory-maker Anker includes a more capable CPU than the one that guided Apollo 11...
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Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
Apollo 11 Guidance Computer surpassed by USB charger. (I love these comparisons. Perhaps an AGC should be the basic unit of computing power? 😁)
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Concerns about judges' powers must be heeded - Cox
The Attorney General says people are right to worry elected politicians are being usurped by the courts.
Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
@SteveCooke This is part of the government’s ongoing offensive against the judiciary. See also
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These three post-Brexit bills bulldoze a hole through environmental protections | Fiona Harvey
Wildlife, air quality and fish stocks are all at risk, says Guardian journalist Fiona Harvey
Universities should be ranked by 'wellbeing' and not just earnings, say vice-chancellors
Ministers accused of 'lacking nuance' when considering the value of higher education
Queensferry Crossing could be shut until Wednesday
The bridge across the Firth of Forth is closed as wintry weather continues to disrupt transport in Scotland.
Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
Bridge that was supposed to remain open in all weather closed because of bad weather. #QueensferryCrossing
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Jamaica deportation flight goes ahead despite court battle
A planned deportation flight to Jamaica has gone ahead despite a court battle between the government and campaigners.
May kept Brexit 'out of hands' of Johnson
Ex-cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt says it was to stop the Foreign Office taking charge of talks.
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Mistake to put David Davis or Boris Johnson in charge of anything, concedes Lidlington. #BrexitShambles
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Christopher Eccleston: ‘I really felt that I was going to die’
After depression, the collapse of his marriage and decades of anorexia, the actor spent his 52nd birthday on a psychiatric ward. He talks about how he found his way back
Boris Johnson's bridge to Ireland: Experts explain why it will never happen
Boris Johnson has ordered a project into the feasibility of building a bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland. But these engineering experts explained why it's never going to happen.
EU officials report SNP 'Europe loves Scotland' projection to police — The Independent
EU Commission officials reported a Brexit-eve stunt by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Brussels to the police, the body has said.
Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
Oops. I thought this looked fishy at the time, but it seems that the projection was an SNP stunt…
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Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge idea investigated
Number 10 says "a range of government officials" are looking at the idea of a linking bridge.
Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
It’s a crazy idea, but could be handy once Scotland and Northern Ireland leave the UK…
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Chasing climate change
In Norway, way up by the Arctic circle, global warming is already affecting people and nature. Here's how.
Sajid Javid: The only thing leaving the EU guarantees is a lost decade for British business
I was somewhere in West London, meeting with one of the area’s many television companies, when the EU Single Market really began to make more sense.
Win for British farm as cabbages allowed into Malaysia
Lincolnshire cabbages can now be enjoyed by Malaysian consumers.
Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
Huge relief at Department for International Trade as Malaysian cabbage exports are secured. That’ll show the EU! 🤦♂️
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Russian pro-Putin leader praises ‘brave’ Trump and offers to fly entire political party to Mar-a-Lago — The Independent
The leader of a nationalist party in Russia has offered to fly his members out to Donald Trump’s private Florida residence in order to celebrate the US president’s impeachment “victory”.
Britain's buy-to-let boom is over - we should rejoice | Patrick Collinson — the guardian
The number of landlords with multiple properties is falling as cuts to tax relief bite
Keith Wilson 🇪🇺
I’m not sure we should be celebrating making private letting unaffordable. A decrease in the number of properties available will only push up rents further.
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