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I'm sure this is often the case too. I agree.

Why does no one ever mention the oil industry in all this?

This to me is a real and serious issue. We cannot be experts in everything. The reality is that in life, we sometimes have to place trust in others. Like you say, where do you draw the line? For me, authority is corrupted by two things; ideology and the prospect of gaining money. Both of these...

COVID vaccines are in 'phase 4' trials which is effectively the real-world monitoring that takes place for medicines and vaccines post market. ONS published reports on this for the UK, and I think the world health organisation collated and published ongoing trial data to help with strategic...

I would love to. Unfortunately east Anglia has not been blessed with snow, and it's a fair old trek to the hills.

This is my field and I remember these concerns. I looked into this at the time, gave benefit of the doubt to what people claimed, as I wondered, 'what if what people say is true?' Without exception I found the concerns to be based on misunderstandings or misinterpretations of the process of...

I respect the point that you're making. But Hitler was an individual who was a master orator, influencer and a master of disinformation. He created an infrastructure that was bent to his own will. The great thing about the present day scientific community is that it self regulates, self...

Climate change since the industrial revolution is overwhelmingly caused by human emissions, not by natural climate chnage. Period. Scientific consensus on this is near unanimous and I think it's worth stating this clearly; this isn't my opinion, it's the conclusion of almost all climate...

I'd love to have a go making flint tools. There's tonnes of the stuff in my area and when I have the time I'll find a course and give it a go. I was also struck by the differences in skills between the folk that lived pre-ice age, on the tundra, and those later inhabiting a woodland...

I've been revisiting History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver, currently three episodes in. I watched it a long time ago but for some reason it's really hit home this time round. I don't think I fully appreciated two things: The first is just how few people were around in the Mesolithic eras...

I planted tomatoes and beans a while ago. Inexplicably, what has sprouted in their place is something completely different. I believe one is figleaved goosefoot and the other is another sort of orache or goosefoot. Not easy plants to identify on an individual basis, but my understanding is that...

Do you reckon the root is more effective than the leaves?

There's some figwort in our area. Not so much meadowsweet, unless I take to the canoe. I do actually have wood avens in the garden though. Ive been cultivating the useful 'weeds' over the last few years. This isn't proving popular in my household but I find it highly satisfying :) Well, I tried...

Thanks all, that's brilliant. I've never heard of using onion like that. I'll be giving that a go!

I've got two plants in my garden which according to my notes, may help with sore throat: self-heal (prunella vulgaris) and ribwort plantain (plantago lanceolate). I imagine these are taken as teas (leaves and or flowers) or gargles of the tea. Does anyone use these or have more info on their...

Whole thing sounds like a deficit of common sense and decency on both sides.

Had a brief stroll through a Caledonian forest in the Cairngorms yesterday. I was absolutely blown away by it. Seemed to be mostly spruce, larch, Scott's pine, with an understory containing plenty of bilberry among other things. I found penny buns and chanterelle withing minutes of being there...

Well I've had time to give it a test. 500 ml water (at 15c) boiled in 8.5 mins, on 20 mL methylated spirits. Seems reasonable I think? Flame was fairly yellow though, and sooted my pot. What I didn't realise is that methylated spirits is not the same as methanol. It's not something I'd really...

I thought I'd share this little setup, for the stove tinkerers among you. It's a toaks titanium siphon paired with a cheap mini wood stove. I've inverted the wood stove, with the toaks siphon resting on the floor. My 750 mL lixada pot then nestles happily on the inverted base, offering...

I'll give another recommendation for the TBS boar folder. It has become my go to for carving, I find it very comfortable and I like the blade length. I have average sized hands, I would say if you had mallets for hands it might be a touch small.