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Why do we allow 1 of the most important prices in the economy to be set by financiers gambling with borrowed money in a global casino, rather than on the basis of economic fundamentals (like cost of production)? That's how most provinces price electricity; we can learn from that.

For a primer on the financialized insanity of oil futures markets, read our report 'Counting the Costs', that reviews the history and consequences of the 2022 oil price spike (see esp. pp. 11-16). This price shock will likely be worse than 2022. centreforfuturework.ca/wp-content/u... /4

On avg, open futures contracts cover 10bil bbls (100 days of world supply) each day. Most are cancelled long before delivery; only 1% of contracts actually result in delivery of physical oil. Therefore, shifts in speculative sentiment dominate market movements, producing this: /3

Ever wonder why the price of oil falls $10/bbl in minutes, then rises $10/bbl a few minutes later? Cuz that price is set on a market that trades paper, not oil. Oil futures markets trade paper contracts for over 500bil bbls of oil/year. The entire world produces only 37bil. /2

Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease By watching Alzheimer’s-related protein clumping unfold second by second, researchers have uncovered new clues about the role of metal ions.

This amazing scientific advance may one day lead to either more effective treatments or dare I say perhaps a cure.
This is why it is vitally important to fund basic scientific research.
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Snow over the Potteries, painting by Edith Le Breton ((1912-92).

Reality

Plausible. After all, ours likes the lights on the computer so she often goes and stands on it in the dead of night & switches on.

You're Dead to Me - Geoffrey Chaucer: the medieval father of English literature - BBC Sounds Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the life of medieval author Geoffrey Chaucer.

I knew a bit about Chaucer, but learned loads from this! He coined lots of new words "so newfangled he invented the word newfangled" and was the first to use an early form of iambic pentameter and I did NOT know Katherine Swynford was his sister-in-law.

Half finished pastel picture of a view down a street to the sea at sunset. The top half is alright. The bottom half needs work.

My pic from today. Something gone a bit wrong with the perspective on the RHS house & I smudged the red door, so maybe eventually this'll be on the end of a rainy, wet day.

A card with a line drawing of an hourglass with a night sky in it. Beside it is written: "It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you DO NOT STOP."

There's a lady in our town has set up this wee women's group. It's just once a month to get together & do something that is different from what's available otherwise, & where we can see what we want to do as we go along.

Today we did art - paints and pastels & I drew this card, which I love.

Nope - just spotted number 8.

...but the kids are still walking on the wrong side.

Nope - just spotted number 8.

...but the kids are still walking on the wrong side.

I'm struggling for the 8th one? - Unless it's that the children are walking on the wrong side of the road & that's the hidden message like when we were little?

Fave has to be either the height the hen is flying, or the washing on the overhead cables.

I'm struggling for the 8th one? - Unless it's that the children are walking on the wrong side of the road & that's the hidden message like when we were little?

Fave has to be either the height the hen is flying, or the washing on the overhead cables.

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The Black Death’s counterintuitive effect: as human numbers fell, so did plant diversity New study finds that plant biodiversity collapsed in landscapes where arable production was abandoned during and after the Black Death era.

Very interesting! Thank you @beccyscottuk.bsky.social

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A golden sunset at the bottom of the frame with small contrasting clouds tapering upwards from the middle to top of the frame.

This amazing weather has produced exceptional warm days for early March. Sunsets to match.
#sunset #photography #golden #sky #dramaticlight #clouds

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Nicely done.

Also, "Is it okay to bully..." - nope. Absolutely not. Ever. - Most 2-5 year olds have a solid grasp on that one mate. Did you forget?

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So, which do we think the government is engaged in?

1) Massively overburdening one of the most spread thin groups of strategically marginalised professionals in the industry?

2) Not anticipating any disabled professionals in the industry would have anything to contribute?

As well as the currently running public consultation on Cost of Disability (which has a laughably tight window & extremely limited hours 2 days a week to ring for access help - that has no answerphone), there's now also this one on Culture & Arts Infrastructure:

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My cartoon bird (from the Finch App) wears a black sweater with a rainbow on it, & carries a bubble wand this week (in honour of Sis' poem in the Crawley poetry walk). The affirmation underneath in white text on blue reads: "I am grateful for lessons that make me stronger"

I kinda like this affirmation that keeps coming up for me on @finchcare lately.

On the good days, it works. On the bad days, at least it makes me laugh.

As Pierre de Beaumarchais said:
"Je me presse de rire de tout, de peur d'être obligé d'en pleurer"

#RoughAndSmooth #LaughAtIt #DarkHumour

Seven-spot Ladybird seen on a window frame in Cheshire today.

Sometimes the world sucks. ...and then sometimes, something beautiful hits you right in the morning & brings a brief moment of delight.

Well done @privateeyenews.bsky.social

For #WorldBookDay, we asked a few of our regular Library users what's on their shelves this month.

⬆️For more on using our collections to expand your own reading list, use the link in our bio.

👇To share what's already on your shelf, comment below!
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #BookSky #WBD26

Fabulous! They look like they were deliriously happy that day.

Oh wow, as early as that?!

What's the story? Who are these folks?