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tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social · 7h

So, apparently Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are now anti-semitic...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

UK government ‘deeply saddened’ as Maccabi Tel Aviv decline any Aston Villa tickets

The Israeli side’s fans have been blocked from attending, with the club saying in a statement: ‘The wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount’

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 1d

A guy walked up to me yesterday and asked where I’m from. I said, “Just over the road”. He gave me a thumbs up and left. I guess I had the “right” answer—and “right” accent. This is just the world now? Solidarity with those who have to deal with what comes when you don’t have the “right” answer

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EquineTechnical42 @42ndhumanbeing.bsky.social · 2d

The taste is also lovely, highly recommended.

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tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social · 2d

Boosting this to the science feed🧪

tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social · Sep 9

very much enjoyed a great article by @maxcavitch.bsky.social in @tamarindlit.co.uk just now, in which he talks about his collection of rocks, and how they all .....taste different?!
You can read it online...but in print, its a very beautiful thing:

a book cover, featuring a pretty and colourful display of fruits and leaves

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tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social · 2d

The sort of day where I feel justified in re-sharing this: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-the-...

Fiction | The Wettest Town in Ireland by Tom Tierney - The London Magazine

Tom Tierney The Wettest Town in Ireland This is the town. A mixture of faded cream and dirty white for the shops and houses and the archways leading to the back yards; the uniformity of the street bro...

thelondonmagazine.org

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tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social · 4d

🧪bumping for the science feed....

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 4d

One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish. It's also available as a print at www.tomgauld.com/

A view of the International Space Station floating in the stars above the earth. A cat in a space suit floats outside. An astronaut within the station looks out of a window and says "In? But I just let you out."

Text underneath reads:
From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - Order it at www.tomgauld.com

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tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social · 7d

October 13, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 13, 2025

Last Tuesday, President Donald J.

open.substack.com

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Cedar Lounge Revolution @clrevolution.bsky.social · 9d

Sunday and other stupid statements from this week

All examples welcome. A potential candidate for the Presidency who could not get sufficient nominations writes: A significant spoiled vote would embarrass the Government internationally This, I think, is what Fintan O’Toole understood when he…

Sunday and other stupid statements from this week

All examples welcome. A potential candidate for the Presidency who could not get sufficient nominations writes: A significant spoiled vote would embarrass the Government internationally This, I think, is what Fintan O’Toole understood when he called for a conservative candidate to be nominated, so that, win or lose, conservative voters would consent to the outcome. Democracy requires “buy-in” by the people, and at present many feel “locked out” by the establishment.

cedarlounge.wordpress.com

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Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social · 10d

Absurdly, this also went live yesterday, the result of me and the brilliant @drnollid.bsky.social trudging through the fog on Ardmore clifftop spitepress.co.uk/product/all-... but just the pre-order this time: out in spring 2026

All things that are passing - Spite Press

All Things that are Passing is a poem in verse and photos about holy wells in Ardmore, Co Waterford and their builder-custodians; in particular Hugh Byrne (fl.1800) and J. P. Rahilly (c.1870-1953), wh...

spitepress.co.uk

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 13d

Sigh...trip over own laces again....

A meme for a recursive function. In the first frame a man says "I am writing a recursive function". In the next a woman replies "You remembered the exit condition first right?". The whole meme is repeated in the bottom right corner...and in the bottom right corner of that and so on...

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Greg Rank @gregrank.us · 15d

as you reduce the distance of the mass (the books) from the axis of rotation, your rotational inertia decreases. To conserve angular momentum, your angular velocity must increase, resulting in a faster spin. This is the same principle used by ice skaters to spin faster when they pull their arms in.

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Greg Rank @gregrank.us · 15d

Sit on the chair, which can rotate freely, and hold one book in each hand with your arms fully extended. Begin spinning slowly. Then, pull your arms in toward your body. You will notice that your spinning speed increases significantly.

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tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social · 15d

🧪do you have a good idea to demonstrate a concept in physics? Even a half-formed idea?
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/science...

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