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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · 2d

Was great fun to help organise and co-chair this special discussion meeting at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Thank you to all of the speakers and attendees that made it such a great day!

#astro #AGNOutflows

Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 3d

First up in our black hole discussion meeting is a talk by Prof Debora Sijacki. 💫⚫

She says the field is moving in a "very exciting" direction, citing a "pioneering idea that black holes in dwarf galaxies could be driving powerful, fast outflows that could influence their star formation rates".

Professor Debora Sijacki gives a talk at the Geological Society during a Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion Meeting.

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · 18d

Oh! Well isn’t this adorable ☺️

#pokemon #TCG #Shuckle

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · 18d

Remember getting Pokémon Red as a kid when it came out and the “MissingNo. Glitch” 😅.

Suddenly feeling very old 👴

#pokemon #gaming #gameboy

Pokémon game and memorabilia on display in a museum

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · 19d

Well brunch from Love at First Bite certainly provides ample reason for further #Berlin visits 😋

A plate of French toast with fruit and cream

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Sep 6

On my way to see Arsenal vs London City Lionesses in the WSL today

#ArsenalWomen #COYG

Me (guy with a beard) sat on a train wearing an Arsenal shirt

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 1

Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Aug 29

This diagram is excellent and 100000% correct.

Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · Aug 25

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

Diagram titled 'Possible causes of your problems'. On the left hand side, subtitled 'Yes': Funding removed from local councils, growing gap between rich and poor, multinational companies not paying their taxes, lack of new affordable housing, government not investing sufficiently in schools and healthcare. On the right hand side, subtitled 'No': Picture of small boat, with arrow; 'People fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine'.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · Aug 25

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Aug 27

Surely an opportunity for “live long and paws-per” 🐾

Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s #InternationalDogDay

Thanks for always being such a good boy, Otis! ❤️🐶

Me and Otis the beagle posing for a selfie

Otis the beagle laying looking out of the door

Otis the beagle posing in front of the Rad Cam in Oxford

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Aug 20

If, for any reason, you’d like to spend 30 minutes listening to me ramble on about my research, my talk from the “Unveiling a Universe of Black Holes: The Next Generation of AGN Surveys” workshop at MIAPbP is now on YouTube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z488...

#astro #cosmology

Simulating supermassive black holes from event horizon to cosmic web and back again by Martin Bourne

YouTube video by MIAPbP

www.youtube.com

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Aug 11

Quite possibly my new favourite Pokémon TCG card design ⭐️

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thank you Dubrovnik and Rome (especially the cats) for what has been a wonderful (if a little hot) week 🇮🇹 🇭🇷 🐈

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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yet again, a Green Party chooses gardening (environmentalism without socialism)

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · Jul 30

🚨NEW | Green leader candidates Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns say they want trans women **banned** from women's spaces + sports.

In a Q&A, they said "gender and biological sex are not the same" and claimed "evidence" was needed for trans women to be allowed into women's spaces

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 31

Could this new left-wing party transform British politics?

I sat down with @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social to discuss what's currently known as 'Your Party' - and what the future could bring.

Watch here 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=49jp...

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jul 7

Please join us for the Royal Astronomical Society Special discussion on AGN-driven multiphase outflows: Toward Consensus between Theory and Observation

10th October 2025 at Burlington House, London.

Details/abstract submission: ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...

@royalastrosoc.bsky.social

#astro

AGN-Driven Multiphase Outflows: Toward Consensus Between Theory and Observation

RAS Meetings | Friday, 10 of October 2025 - 10:30 | AGN-Driven Multiphase Outflows: Toward Consensus Between Theory and Observation

ras.ac.uk

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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · Jul 21

"I’m afraid once again the Royal Society has failed to stand by its own code of conduct, which must now be regarded as a meaningless document." @scurry.bsky.social

Story by Nicola Davis.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship

Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla owner’s role in Trump administration’s attacks on research

www.theguardian.com

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jul 17

Another reason for loving workshops in Sesto ⛰️ 🏔️

The science has been great too 😄

Some guy (me) standing in front of a mountain view

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jul 14

I rue the day that someone told me that weissbier tastes like bananas… 🍌

Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jul 13

I wonder why I love coming to Sesto for workshops 😋

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jul 7

Please join us for the Royal Astronomical Society Special discussion on AGN-driven multiphase outflows: Toward Consensus between Theory and Observation

10th October 2025 at Burlington House, London.

Details/abstract submission: ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...

@royalastrosoc.bsky.social

#astro

AGN-Driven Multiphase Outflows: Toward Consensus Between Theory and Observation

RAS Meetings | Friday, 10 of October 2025 - 10:30 | AGN-Driven Multiphase Outflows: Toward Consensus Between Theory and Observation

ras.ac.uk

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jul 6

Was an amazing day!

Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · Jul 5

the Uni of Herts showed out today at London Pride 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️💖

@uhlgbtqstaff.bsky.social

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jun 24

NB: The background image is adapted from simulations of a jet interacting with a gas disc performed by Rosie Talbot in Talbot, Bourne & Sijacki 2021 (doi.org/10.1093/mnra...)

Blandford–Znajek jets in galaxy formation simulations: method and implementation

ABSTRACT. Jets launched by active galactic nuclei (AGN) are believed to play a significant role in shaping the properties of galaxies and provide an energe

doi.org

Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jun 23

On my way to this year’s @eas-meeting.bsky.social I promise my slides will be ready in time!

#EAS2025Cork #astro

Title slide for talk simulating multiphase outflows

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Martin Bourne 🏳️‍🌈 @astromartin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Perfect for a sunny Sunday afternoon 😋

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