h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

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Remember the old orange square hazard pictograms for toxic, flammable, etc? They got replaced by red and white GHS pictograms way back in 2008 (EC 1272/2008), but only fully disappeared in 2017. Standardization is great, but I miss the attention-grabbing orange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hazard_symbols#Former_hazard_pictograms #chemistry

19 October. Join me and up to one million friends in demanding an end to brexit.

Liquid chromatography in beer glass. Draw line in felt-tip 2cm from the bottom of kitchen towel. Place in 1cm deep water. Water carries felt-tip mark upwards. Chemicals have different friction from paper, so colours separate. #chemistry

Up close with NeNe Geese at #london wetland centre

Wonder why your screws never go in straight? Make a pilot hole using pin punch and mallet first! #woodwork #maker

Vote for a pro-eu party: Lib Dem, Green or Change UK.

Where: https://wheredoivote.co.uk/

If you want to vote tactically: https://medium.com/@Metatone/a-strawman-on-ep-election-tactical-voting-for-remainers-9b17edcdbcfd

#vote #ukpol #ep2019

What happened to the buses, now that Hammersmith Bridge is closed? https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2019/05/route-533.html #london #map

Local election day today. If you have elections today, vote! https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/ #ukpol #vote

Home made pizza. Secret ingredient: Lloyd Grossman Tomato and Basil sauce. Yeah, it's supposed to be for pasta, but it works really well as a tomato sauce here too. #cooking

Re-potted a blueberry plant, which is picky about needing acidic soil (ericaceous). Mixed elemental sulfur with some compost: bacteria slowly convert the sulfur into sulfuric acid, making it acidic. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=82 #plants #chemistry​

The video on https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-47680979/brexit-people-s-vote-march-to-parliament-square-sped-up shows the ridiculous size of the anti #brexit protest. I'm in there, somewhere.

#book review: A Fire Upon The Deep by Verner Vinge. Reads like a timeless sci-fi classic, with lots of space given to showing off the world and its ideas. But it's also well paced and builds up to be a proper page-turner by the end.

I'm in Seville! There is sunshine, seville oranges and seven-hundred year old buildings. ☀

A #map of how long it takes to travel to any part of #London https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/urban-planning-and-construction/planning-with-webcat/webcat?type=Tim

For the vegan in your life: fake cheese that really does taste like cheese #violife