1) A thread A tale of two PPE suppliers. The company set up on 12 May 2020 by an associate of a Conservative Peer. The family business in Knowsley, with over 50 years proven track record. One was given a contract for £122 million. The other was given the run around.

what Britain loses as a result of Boris Johnson's "comprehensive, Canada-style, free-trade deal" with the EU. Handy side-by-side chart from European Commission

This berthub.eu/articles/posts… is a great write up, clever clever stuff!! Thanks Former account of @bert_hu_bert

About Dr. Kenneth Kuttler, this lovely gentleman has very kindly decided to give away his Maths text books klkuttler.com Can't thank him enough.

It is bloody amazing that we flew a 🚀 to Mars, launched a rocket drone carrying a car sized rover, which parachuted to 300m above the surface and lowered the rover down to the ground. And we got back photos of Mars minutes later. It's just incredible science and engineering. ❤️

On this day in 2256, construction is completed on space station Babylon 5. - Jamie

Thanks for the great talk about F# last night at Isaac Abraham ! It is a really lovely language! Thanks to dotnetYork for the organising too!

Today Bank of England releases a new £50 note on the 109th anniversary of mathematician , logician , cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing’s birthday GCHQ Bletchley Park #AlanTuring

The endless reproduction of the idea that it is Europe facing a migrant crisis and in need of protection, and not the migrants themselves who might be experiencing a crisis

This thread needs reading. And he's not being unfair.

#NASAWebb’s @Ariane5 rocket is now on internal power and in its final launch configuration. We’ve had a final weather forecast, and all systems are go for launch to #UnfoldTheUniverse in less than 10 minutes at 7:20 am ET (12:20 UTC): go.nasa.gov/3z1jsCz

“Seriously I can just come out and say it? Call him a liar?” asks Jonathan Pie, a fictional broadcast reporter created and performed by comedian Tom Walker, in a satirical video about Britain’s Prime Minister. “God bless America.” nyti.ms/3306M3q

This was by far the most striking finding: Hundreds of Britons are now using crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe to pay for private medical expenses. Yes that’s the *UK*, not the US. This is one of the most shocking charts I’ve made, even in the context of the last two years.

This is what underpins the libellous attempts to smear Jack Monroe. FIFTY times as many people use food banks today than when the Tories came to power in 2010. That's an increase of 40k to 2 million people. What a truly despicable track record.

Check out Daniels, @dec0de_me_ new podcast The Engineer Experience open.spotify.com/show/7p3m4Hcfy… Conversations from the world of Software Engineering.

Wow!!!

as long as there are flying bison i’m happy

Some solid physics today on #TheLifeScientific on BBC Radio 4. My guest is the fantastic Clifford Johnson Clifford Johnson, renown expert on string theory and black holes as well as advisor on Hollywood sci-fi movies. Forget Dr Strange - I give you... Professor Weird.

This is brilliant - utterly brilliant . Watch it and follow Climate Science Breakthrough & the superb Jonathan Pie & get to London for #TheBigOne from the 21st April . Please RT !

“Positive Outcomes for Engineering Managers = state_of_mind * mode_of_operation + environment” by ⁦Daniel Woolfson⁩ link.medium.com/bUEOs1PTTzb