aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoWhy did the Welsh language survive but Gaelic did not?What makes some languages survive and others fade away? The oldest language in Britain, Welsh, is thriving, but…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoSocial mobility in BritainIt's fashionable to claim that social mobility is dead and "inequality" rules. Inequality and social mobility are…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoIs Britain a shambolic state or a competent state?Yesterday's police report of the men suspected of the Novichok poisonings of the Skripals and two bystanders was…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoGermany was responsible for Russia turning SovietI was reading the biography of Winston Churchill by Dr Martin Gilbert, and had got to volume IV (yes, Churchill's life…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoIs Brtain really that great at spying?Apparently the EU thinks so. According to the Daily Telegraph , the EU's deputy negotiator Sabine Weyand thinks…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoCountries without allies usually collapseThere is a myth that Cortes defeated the Aztec Empire with just 500 men and superior weapons. The only problem is that…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoThe heatwave and food productionEurope has been on fire this summer as the following map from a few days ago shows: And it's not just Europe -…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoA cautionary tale: how Saudi depleted it's water tableYou can survive droughts if you have a carefully managed water table. But if you don't manage your water table you end…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoDid Obama's Iran deal trigger the European migrant crisis?Let's recap what actually happened. In April 2015 a deal was reached between the Iranian government on the one hand…aenor (60)in #busy • 2 years agoWhere does the freedom to say whatever you like in Parliament without being arrested or sued come from?The UK Parliament has something called "Parliamentary Privilege" which allows MPs to say whatever they want in…aenor (60)in #bust • 2 years agoDid homo-sapiens have an aquatic phase in their evolution? We know that homo-sapiens and our earlier homonid predecesors evolved from woodland apes. The fossil and DNA record…aenor (60)in #steem • 3 years agoI think we can now buy stuff on Overstock using SteemOverstock was one of the first online retailers to enable payment by Bitcoin. They've now announced a partnership…aenor (60)in #bitcoin • 3 years agoThe following exchanges are going to provide bitcoin cash to anyone who has bitcoin in their accountThe information has been taken from If you haven't a wallet of your own, sending your coins to an exchange that…aenor (60)in #poloniex • 3 years agoDoes anyone know why Poloniex's Steem wallet is temporarily disabled?It's been like that for days. Does anyone know why? I am assuming that there is no problem on Steem's side - is…aenor resteemedrose98734 (58)in #moonbows • 3 years agoWhat are Moonbows?They are lunar rainbows, in other words rainbows created by moonlight, not sunlight. You don't see them in daylight…aenor resteemedalyssas (60)in #health • 3 years agoHow to change your gut bacteria to improve your healthThere have been several recent studies showing that people who have inflamatory diseases, those with conditions like…aenor (60)in #finance • 3 years agoWill an ETF ever be approved?The Winklevoss ETF was not the only bitcoin ETF waiting for SEC approval. Two other ETFs, the SolidX Bitcoin Trust…aenor (60)in #steemit • 3 years agoAll the arguments about curation and distribution of the daily pot of Steem are missing the pointIn the last few weeks there have been a number of interesting and provocative articles written by Steemers discussing…aenor resteemedonetree (68)in #auction • 3 years agoAuction Finds - All The Pretties...!We've got lots of what I like to call the (stunning, lovely, beautiful, etc) when I list the item for sale on my…aenor resteemedteatree (60)in #finance • 4 years agoA look at the major British banks to see how vulnerable they areDeutsche Bank has been in the news, with it's share price falling like a stone, because the market believes it is in…
