
Derek Young
@mrdegsy
Policy Manager, liberal, humanist, @AyrUnitedFC @MCFC @Bengals fan, dad to Ailsa & Iona, married to @louisealyoung. I š§” JKR. Views expressed all mine.
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Turns out even the Republican Senate wouldnāt confirm a sexual predator who vowed retribution against political enemies to the US Cabinet. By the same standard, if President were a confirmable position, Donald J. Trump wouldnāt be allowed to assume office either.


At the Education Scotland Curriculum Improvement Cycle meeting of the 100-strong Sciences Collaboration Group for IOPScotland. We need a knowledge-based curriculum which prepares young people for work and further study in the 21st century. #SciencesCIC


Titans of Science returns with Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell who discovered pulsars in 1967. We chart Jocelyn's remarkable career University of Glasgow, Cambridge University, Royal Astronomical Society, Institute of Physics and Department of Physics at University of Oxford University of Oxford. thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nakedā¦

There is something of a game on at Somerset Park today in the #Championship, which at one point involved four goals in six minutes - one for the team reduced to 10 men (Falkirk FC) against the 11 of the hosts (Ayr United) BBC Radio Scotland BBC Off The Ball Voice of Reason


Feels like a significant get-right game for the Cincinnati Bengals defense today, at the last gasp opportunity Locked On Bengals Bengals Talk Jake Liscow James Rapien Goodberry mike Dave Lapham "In The Trenches" Podcast/Videocast Solomon Wilcots

Given the single high coverage from the Steelers and Burrow's time-to-throw, this game looks even more of a miss for Jermaine Burton than a normal one would have been. Jake Liscow James Rapien Goodberry mike Locked On Bengals




At #ScotLab25 conference, Leader Anas Sarwar promises a clean energy revolution, including jobs and investment from new nuclear developments, and clear lines of sight between school subjects like #physics and the job and career opportunities they open up.


Energy Minister Michael Shanks MP addresses clean power and climate ambitions, including decarbonising the electricity system by 2030, and just transition for the NE Scotland economy at the #ScotLab25 Net Zero Technology Centre fringe event. Huge need for #physics knowledge, skills and innovation.


Prime Minister Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister says at #ScotLab25 that clean energy revolution is a huge opportunity for Scotland and the UK: pledges £200m to make the Grangemouth complex a hub for future energy needs including biofuels and hydrogen. #physics




Morning walk to IOPScotland Girls Into #Physics and Engineering event at University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre through Kelvingrove Park



I watched the Supreme Court ruling on women & biological sex unfold from the other side of the world. My thoughts for ā¦The New Statesman, including Labourās embarrassing attempts to rewrite history & the power of ordinary women to achieve the extraordinary magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/04/23/labā¦

Lord David Willetts opens the The Foundation for Science and Technology event at Bayes Centre in Edinburgh on exascale computing, #quantum, AI and Net Zero. #Physics underpins all supercomputing especially quantum computing which will help solve the most complex data problems.
