Saltaire Treasures

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Vintage and Antique Pop-Ups in Saltaire and Shipley, along with general musings

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I'm deeply unconvinced that a former Labour health secretary who privatised huge chunks of the NHS and has since made >£8m from the healthcare industry should be allowed to have opinions in public, let alone proposing to take money from unemployed young people 🤬

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Cut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan Milburn

theguardian.comCut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan MilburnExclusive: Former health secretary says upfront investment in support is needed ‘if we are going to end the Neet crisis’ Ministers should cut welfare spending to fund more employment support if it wants to end the youth Neet crisis, the author of a government-led review has said. Alan Milburn, the Tony Blair-era health secretary, told the Guardian he believed ministers should reduce benefits payments to help pay for more employment support, opening a potentially contentious debate within the Labour party over welfare cuts. Continue reading...
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An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨

Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea.

National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen
📷 by me

#Archaeology

My photo shows a small and ancient figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Danish Mesolithic period. The museum lighting makes the amber glow translucent orange against a dark display case background. The bear is displayed on a small metal stand viewed in profile facing right. The ears, muzzle, and mouth are defined. The neck has a polished groove suggesting it was once suspended on a cord. The characteristic shoulder hump of a brown bear is clearly defined. There are some finely incised horizontal lines along the belly. The legs are incomplete. Length 6.5cm. Amber has many properties which may have been associated with 'magic' for ancient peoples. For example, when rubbed against fur, amber produces static electricity which can give off sparks in the dark, make hair stand on end, and attract small things towards it. The bear was found in 1991 on a west coast beach of the Danish North Sea island of Fanø. It is one of a small number of amber animal figurines from the Baltic Sea region which have been assigned to the Mesolithic period by means of a typo-chronological approach and /or other contextual information.
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ELECTRIFICATION: Really striking chart showing that three-quarters of final energy demand can now be electrified "economically" (ie at lower lifetime cost) – and 90% electrification is technically possible

From the latest @ember-energy.org slidedeck by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and colleagues

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thinking about this tweet again, and the fact that it's got such a hold on me that I genuinely think about it whenever I write a feature because I don't want to do "the hot dog thing"

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🧵Situated on the River Aire, between Baildon and Shipley Hirst Mill dates to the 1740s and began as a a water-powered corn mill before later becoming a paper mill. In 1872, the mill was purchased by the prominent industrialist Sir Titus Salt. Rather than operating it himself, Salt leased the

Hirst Mill and Hirst Weir on the River Aire between Shipley and Baildon. Image: Tim Green CC BY 4.0