h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

Leeks! The only winter vegetable that hasn't died on me. Sow in March or April, harvest all winter. Makes a nice leek and potato soup.

Home-made Christmas decoration. If Dulux are wondering where their paint colour cards are, don't tell them.

Blind and partially sighted voters use the tactile to voting template to vote in secret. Vote Thursday. https://www.rnib.org.uk/campaigning-current-campaigns-accessible-information-campaign/voting-and-elections

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#braille

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