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Gareth Edwards

@g-eds.bsky.social

Made to pick berries from shrubs and to fear the moon. "If you choose not to laugh at farts, your life will contain less laughter but still the same amount of farts." Uses cookies to improve performance.

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Hugh Jones@hbsj.bsky.social · 13h ago

And now a discussion and conversion chart for linear measurement. Here the key measure is a Thorburn, which is 64.2 m (70'8.5") long, named for Paul Thorburn's world record successful penalty kick for Wales v Scotland in 1986

Hugh Jones@hbsj.bsky.social · 2d ago

Here's another conversion chart: 1 Wales = 20,782 km2 1 Kilowales = 20,782,000 km2 1 Megawales = 20,782,000,000 km2 The world has only 510,072,000 km2 surface area in total (land and sea) which is about 24.5 Kilowales, so the Megawales is really only used for planetary science

Hugh Jones@hbsj.bsky.social · 3d ago

A handy conversion chart: 1 Wales = 20,782 km2 1 Deciwales = 2,078.2 km2 1 Centiwales = 207.8 km2 1 Milliwales = 20.8 km2 1 Microwales = .021 km2 or 20,782 m2 1 Nanowales = 20.782 m2 1 Picowales = 0.21 m2 1 football pitch = roughly 344 nanowaleses

Æthelred the UnPreddy@ready4preddy.bsky.social · last wk.

Printers are finicky because they are portals between a digital world and a physical world which defies all of God's will and should never have been built should never have been built so yet require constant and consistent sacrifice to satisfy the weak bonds that tether the two planes.

Gareth Edwards@g-eds.bsky.social · 2w ago

Randomly found photographs from 2004 of school things from far earlier, and wondering what life might look like for the alternate me suggested by this comment from a teacher... Also, "stern"?!

Well what can I say, under that stern, quiet, pensive shell lurks a budding star of the footlights stage. Keep that sense of humour. Keep on singing and try not to be so serious. Enjoy secondary school.
Jack Tindale@jacktindale.bsky.social · 2w ago

Andy Burnham is currently being given the access codes for the national computer. It was designed by Charles Babbage inn 1867, is made out of zinc, crystal, and the heart of Lord Nelson, and is located seven miles below the crypt of Westminster Abbey.

Rosie (she/her)@airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 3w ago

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of: improved recognition changing help-seeking behaviour institutional incentives pressures within existing service pathways Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including: real increases in distress in some groups improved recognition of previously unmet need changing expectations about support systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need. In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services. The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.
Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · last mo.

Chris Addison has a wonderful riff about art. You can enter an opera house from two doors. The foyer leads you through gilt and red velvet to an opulent space to see magic. The stage door reveals nails and ropes and gaffer tape and greasepaint and mess. >>

Gareth Edwards@g-eds.bsky.social · last mo.

WHO considers the Hantavirus outbreak over? SHAFT! #youredamnright

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus@drtedros.who.int · last mo.

Today, the final contact of a person exposed to #hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius completed their quarantine period, tested negative and returned home. No further cases have been reported since the 25th of May. Therefore, @who.int considers the hantavirus outbreak over.

Wil Eelsing@wileelsing.bsky.social · last mo.

Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia

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