#moreorless — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #moreorless, aggregated by home.social.
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#AndyBurnham #UlamSpirals #AirCon #Whales #WernerHerzog
Examining the numbers behind Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchester Miracle’
More or Less
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week:
(00:23) Andy Burnham may not be Prime Minister yet, but he’s setting out his economic agenda, and its based on his old stomping ground, Greater Manchester. We ask whether the official figures that seem to show an economic miracle can be fully believed, and how much credit he deserves.
(10:09) As our towns and cities get hotter, would turning to air conditioning really drive outside temperatures up by 10 to 12 degrees celcius? We learn about the fascinating world of ‘urban heat islands’.
(15:40) We turn to homophones in an attempt to continue a running joke. This week, we follow six items about Wales with an item about whales - are our cetacean friends the carbon sinks of our dreams? Will we ever write a stranger paragraph?
(22:10) Cult director and maths fanboy Werner Herzog has been waxing lyrical about the intruiging mysteries of prime numbers. Tim cracks out a surprisingly decent impression and we learn about one of the most inscrutable problems in mathematics - what’s not to like?
More or Less is the programme that looks at numbers and statistics in news and in life. We’re always looking for questions from listeners - you can contact us on [email protected].
Guests:
Paul Swinney - Chief Economist at The Data City
Liam Sides - Associate Director at Oxford Economics
Dimple Rana - Heat Resilience Leader at Arup
Sue Grimmond - Professor of Meteorology, University of Reading
Dr Olaf Meynecke - Marine Ecologist, Griffith University
James Grime - Mathematician and star of YouTube channel NumberphileSpecial Guest Appearance:
The Voice of Werner HerzogPresenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Tom Colls
Reporter: Nathan Gower
Producers: Josh McMinn, Lizzy McNeill
Editor: Richard Vadon
Programme Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Engineer: James Beard -
Interesting episode of More or Less this week, particularly factchecking the greenwash around the “carbon capture” from restoring whale populations (which we should do because it is good to do regardless, not for bullshit financial/monetised benefits).
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"more than half of all capital gains in any given year go to about 5,000 people."
That's a hell of UK tax stat
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More or Less Maddy: A Novel “Some people will say she has bipolar, while others will say she is bipolar” Sale: $19 to $1.99 by Lisa Genova Rating: 4.4/5 (2,861 Reviews) #MoreOrLess #Books #Bipolar #MentalHealth #Fiction #NewAdult #Comedy #BookSky
More or Less Maddy: A Novel -
BBC Worldillä parhaillaan #MoreOrLess -ohjelma, jossa aiheena tuore #tutkimus siitä, miten #kotityöt jakautuvat.
Kun heteropariskuntien kohdalla jopa #lastenhoito poistetaan, tekevät #naiset silti kaksi kertaa enemmän kotitöitä VAIKKA ovat perheen leivän tuoja - siis tienaavat enemmän kuin miehensä.
Oli myös vertailu lesbopariskuntiin, mutta missasin sen kohdan.
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Comment needed from friendly "malacologist" (me!) on the speed of snails in relation to the Ukraine-Russia war. I would have been wary of doing this interview if I was not already familiar with Tim Harford and BBC Radio 4 "More or Less" programme https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002j5tq (~24 minutes in). #UoN #snails #BBC #moreorless
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Am I hallucinating or was there a segment on a recent episode of BBC radio 4 More or Less about what percentage of the oceans is whale semen. Am I getting my wires crossed with a similar topic? Genuine question. #moreorless #bbcr4 #bbcr4moreorless
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Did Tim Harford just quote Black Adder?!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00msxfl
#MooCowMilk #statistics #MoreOrLess -
Anyone not listening to More Or Less at this stage is part of the problem.
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87 different shows, 1081 episodes, 30 days 4 hours 52 minutes in total. RA Podcast was my most listened show. Completion rate this year was 94%.
https://marginaa.li/2024/12/31/my-pocket-casts-playback-2024/
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@xahteiwi Cautionary Tales FTW. Or really anything with Tim Harford #MoreOrLess
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"...hand-waving dismissal of the climate challenges posed by Tim’s economic cure is reminiscent of the partisan political nonsense that Skint claims to have risen above" - As a fellow-fan of #MoreOrLess, disappointed to read this review from
@kevinclimate
#channel4 #ClimateBreakdown
https://climateuncensored.com/skint-a-political-doctrine-masquerading-as-data-driven-analysis/ -
China builds enough #solar + wind to cover the UK power use; #India's population overtakes #China, regression to the mean and #chatGPT - a fun + enlightening episode of #MoreOrLess
More or Less: Behind the Stats: Numbers of the year 2023
Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h11w6l
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#So... #BackToTheStory...
#DrivingHome I notice a slight #Flashing / #Shimmer from the #Headlights of the #OncomingTraffic approx. 500-metres ahead that #Suggested that #SomethingStrange was #Happening...
I #GentlySlow to #ImpulsePropulsion and, on #DoingSo, noticed the #Presence of #TwoHorses #GallopingAhead of the #OncomingTraffic, which itself was #MoreOrLess at a #DeadStop...
#IKnow this #MayNotSeem #Important; but, it is #Germane to #WhatHappenedNext...
#StayTuned...
🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🎈🦹🍪🦄🍪🦹🎈
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#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingBiscuitTimeNotNews... #NotNearly24... #MoreOrLess... #SometimesFewer...
#BigThanks goes out to #MyFollowers, we seem to have #MadeIT through an #InstanceMigration:
#Stronger;
#Faster; and, with
#WindowsForWerewolves...#WellDoneUs...!
#LetsSee what #TheFuture brings...
🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | ☕🎠🍪🦄🍪🎠☕
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(Continued...)
Link to #Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/JamieSale/status/1569360531110375424
#BBC #MoreOrLess #Podcast on this: https://pca.st/nz6bymr1 (start at 7m20)
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#MoreorLess absolutely savaging our corrupt Tory government this morning - I'm amazed Tory donor and BBC Chairman Richard Sharp hasn't pulled the emergency plug! I guess he's busy with his own worries right now.
#BBCRadio4 #ToryCorruption #ToryCriminals -
Coffee with the Chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers, and toilet paper...
#MoreOrLess on #BBCRadio4 at 9am today then on #BBCSounds
"We fact check Jeremy Hunt’s pledge in a recent social media video to halve inflation..."
25th January 2023
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@vitaminsludge Are you familiar with @TimHarford and his prog on #bbcradio4 #MoreorLess about numbers and statistics? Very good. He’s doing a thing today on whether there are more Irish pubs in Ireland or rest of World. I’m sure you’ve been in most of them. Anyway, perhaps you can get on #BBCSounds
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This might be a super small Venn diagram but....if you're into #Politics #Numbers and #Statistics and enjoy #Podcasts that entwine those subjects into one surprisingly light listen, I can't recommend the BBCs '#MoreOrLess'.
I don't listen to nearly as many podcasts as I used to, but More or Less is still essential listening for me.
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Tonight's podcast listening includes #ABC (australian) #RearVision, #NPR #ShortWave, #UniverseToday, #BBC #MoreOrLess, and then backlog #TheHistoryOfHannibal.
