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   Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2026 18:08:13 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

   Keir Starmer seems to be a slow learner;

   After he & his policies have once again been attacked by the Tangerine Tyrant, you'd think he might conclude his political future might be better if he did not yoke himself to the US President.

   In fairness in refusing to join the 'Board of Peace' (so far), Starmer may be realising that the (always mythical) 'special relationship' is now dead even in rhetorical terms.

   Let's hope he now turns more positively to face Europe!

   #politics #EU #UK

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   Randahl Fink (randahl@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-2025 21:35:04 JST Randahl Fink

   The most thought provoking article I have read this week:

   A Norwegian bus company wants to know if their buses could be abused by China in the case of war.

   So they drive two buses deep into a limestone mine to isolate them from the internet and forensically investigate how they work.

   In the mine, investigators discover a Chinese kill switch which could destroy all Chinese buses.

   In Denmark, that is 57 percent of the bus fleet.

   Source (Danish):

   https://www.zetland.dk/historie/svNwC3c5-aOPVxA4K-224e5

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   CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Jun-2025 02:22:02 JST CelloMom On Cars

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   Population growth varies across the planet. You can look it up for a specific place by searching for #TotalFertilityRate (the average number of babies per woman) for that place.

   The graph below shows that TFR is
   1.64 United States
   1.40 Canada
   1.28 China

   For a stable population, TFR = 2.1. Meaning, the US population is growing slightly only because of immigration.

   In South Korea, TFR = 0.84.