@kitwallace

Yachtsman, hacker, datasmith, local historian,tree hugger,aspiring potter @kitwallace@mastodon.social

 Bristol, UK
kitwallace.co.uk
Joined April 2008
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The beauty of sound .. of music, and of the voice A water hose attached to a speaker system -> observable sound vibrations in the water (using a 24 fps camera) Different sound vibration frequencies -> different water patterns edgarciancio885 xitter.cf/isabelvalenibi/status/…
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the hat trick 12 pentagons and 60 hats come together to create an extremely satisfying sphere
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Today Elon took my Blue Tick away. As an experiment to see if my reach has been affected, can you please do me a favour?🙏 If you follow me, and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it.♥️ To make it worth sharing, here's my photo of a rare Black Redstart after a fly🐦
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We have asked @MarvinJRees to correct the Local Plan Policies Map so that those other SNCIs threatened with development are given full planning protection: bristoltreeforum.files.wordp… Hopefully a motion to do this will be brought forward to Full Council Meeting on 9 May.
Bristol Tree Forum 🍃💚🍃@BristolTreeFora17 Apr 2023
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We must fight to try to save the SNCIs that are still threatened with development. The council has the power to reverse this both by passing a resolution now to correct the SNCI maps on the LP Policies Map and, with the LP review, by removing them altogether as Site Allocations.
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Have loved Christopher Alexander and co's A Pattern Language for more than 20 years. Finally have a chance to apply it in my own life in helping design a small hamlet in rural France. Love to hear of anyone else's experience in practical applications.
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...and yet we keep on chopping...Forgetting that we too stand in the same tree.
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‘Climbing Home’, Simon Palmer, watercolour with ink and gouache, 2019. rathergoodart.co.uk/product/…
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pleased with this solution to showing bi-variate data on a map: regions (LSOAs) are coloured according to the tree canopy with an inner circle coloured according to the level of social deprivation
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Finally, we have had formal confirmation that the whole site, including its species rich hedgerows, is within the Yew Tree Farm SNCI! – at Bristol, England
Phil Sturgeon@philsturgeon3 Apr 2023
Some developers tried to cut down an ancient hedgerow, in breeding season, with outdated permission that failed to mention a hedgerow, in an area that recently became an SNCI. We just sent them packing. Brilliant job @BristolTreeFora @DanicaPriest @Cathrinmachin and everyone.
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Hanging out at the hedgerow that lives to see another day. Listen to those birds 🥰@Catherinewith11 @philsturgeon @BristolTreeFora
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Urgent!!!! Contractors have shown up to rip up hedgerows at Yew Tree Farm!! They don’t have planning permission but claim they can rip out ancient hedgerows because there’s no TPO. We need everyone to help stop this ASAP! Please spread this message. @Catherinewith11 needs you.
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Soon, most developments will be obliged to achieve at least 10% biodiversity net gain. This article explains how this can be used to protect and benefit our precious urban trees by making sure that it is properly applied. bristoltreeforum.org/2023/04…

Biodiversity Metric 4.0: what’s it all about?

On 24 March 2023 Natural England published Biodiversity Metric 4.0. This revised metric will revolutionise the way we value urban tree habitats, making it clearer than ever that they are a very imp…

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bristol247.com/news-and-feat… It was @BristolTreeFora that applied for the trees on the site to be protected by a TPO. If @BristolZooGdns 'worked with the Council' to secure this TPO, it was because they had no choice. Here is our June 2021 request: bristoltreeforum.files.wordp…

Campaign groups demand protection for all trees on zoo site

Bristol Zoological Society stress that at least two new trees will be planted in place of each tree removed for housing

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"In short plastic lawns are an environmental nightmare, green in colour only. Every time you put one down, you’re saying: ‘I know we’re all worried about climate change, but guess what, I’m going to contribute to it” theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

‘It would survive nuclear Armageddon’: should plastic grass be banned?

Artificial lawns are more popular than ever – but they are also an environmental nightmare. Will the campaign to stop them be successful?

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#OpenSCAD code for the hat and turtle aperiodic tiles which supports the full range of parametric tiles - discussed here kitwallace.tumblr.com/post/7… with cusomiser on Thingiverse

An aperiodic tiling discovery

Much excitement last week with the publication by David Smith, Joseph Myers, Craig Kaplan and Chaim Goodman-Strauss of their discovery of a single tile which tiles aperiodically. Not only that but...

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Years in the making, and truly a collaborative effort... Soooo glad to see this launched today 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳
Treework@TreeworkUK27 Mar 2023
Launched today: updated #CAVAT Full Method with brand new fully illustrated Guide for Practitioners and survey spreadsheet. Further info & free download of the Guide & the spreadsheet are at ltoa.org.uk/resources/cavat @LTOA33 For training register by email: [email protected]
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Over the last two years, I’ve been researching, and writing up, accounts of great trees in Britain and Ireland. I’m very relieved to say that I’ve finally completed this task, and the manuscript is now with the publishers. Find out more 🌳👇🌲 thestreettree.com/2023/03/18…

Great Urban Trees of Britain and Ireland – A Milestone 

Over the last two years, I’ve been researching, and writing up, accounts of great trees in Britain and Ireland. I’m very relieved to say that I’ve finally completed this task, and the manuscript is…

thestreettree.com
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Where have all the trees gone...oh, when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn. 😢 ‘A disgrace’: More than 100 trees cut down in Plymouth despite local opposition theguardian.com/environment/…

‘A disgrace’: more than 100 trees cut down in Plymouth despite local opposition

Scores of trees destroyed in hours on Tuesday despite petition signed by 16,000 people

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