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Ubi crustulam ibi gaudium est.
Ubi crustulam ibi gaudium est.
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The first image of #3IAtlas from ESA's JUICE mission is in!
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The first image of #3IAtlas from ESA's JUICE mission is in!
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
I reprocessed the image to remove hot pixels (left) and the stars (right) to make the tail easier to see.
Credit: ESA/Juice/NavCam
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
Okay, stargazers. If it's clear, then forget the 'supermoon'. Two-a-penny. Look east. See that bright object? Yeah? That's Jupiter. Grab some binos (this lazy astronomer dusted off his 10x42s). What did I see? Big yellow disk & all 4 Galilean moons lined up, 2 NE of J, 2 SW of J. 🔭
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Okay, stargazers. If it's clear, then forget the 'supermoon'. Two-a-penny. Look east. See that bright object? Yeah? That's Jupiter. Grab some binos (this lazy astronomer dusted off his 10x42s). What did I see? Big yellow disk & all 4 Galilean moons lined up, 2 NE of J, 2 SW of J. 🔭
I think we can be fairly sure that the pope is a catholic. Also, bears definitely shit in the woods. But...
'Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
'Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28
Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I think we can be fairly sure that the pope is a catholic. Also, bears definitely shit in the woods. But...
'Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
'Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Started reading this. Gave up. Life is too short.
Also, WTF is corrupt FIFA playing at? Did I hear it's considering giving tRump a peace award?
Never mind Eurovision, we should boycott World Cup.
BBC >> World Cup draw 2026: Format, start time, seeding, pot (lots of it)
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Also, WTF is corrupt FIFA playing at? Did I hear it's considering giving tRump a peace award?
Never mind Eurovision, we should boycott World Cup.
BBC >> World Cup draw 2026: Format, start time, seeding, pot (lots of it)
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup draw 2026: Format, start time, seeding, pots & dates
Pots, quadrants, confederation constraints, group position grids ... the World Cup draw is not going to be straightforward.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Started reading this. Gave up. Life is too short.
Also, WTF is corrupt FIFA playing at? Did I hear it's considering giving tRump a peace award?
Never mind Eurovision, we should boycott World Cup.
BBC >> World Cup draw 2026: Format, start time, seeding, pot (lots of it)
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Also, WTF is corrupt FIFA playing at? Did I hear it's considering giving tRump a peace award?
Never mind Eurovision, we should boycott World Cup.
BBC >> World Cup draw 2026: Format, start time, seeding, pot (lots of it)
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Required listening.
The Briefing Room - Are the old robbing the young?
My god, I'm a boomer apparently (I thought it was pre-1960, but no!). However, I am not one of the top third that have squirrelled away most of the wealth. Honest.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Briefing Room - Are the old robbing the young?
My god, I'm a boomer apparently (I thought it was pre-1960, but no!). However, I am not one of the top third that have squirrelled away most of the wealth. Honest.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Briefing Room - Are the old robbing the young? - BBC Sounds
Are we seeing inter-generational economic injustice?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Required listening.
The Briefing Room - Are the old robbing the young?
My god, I'm a boomer apparently (I thought it was pre-1960, but no!). However, I am not one of the top third that have squirrelled away most of the wealth. Honest.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Briefing Room - Are the old robbing the young?
My god, I'm a boomer apparently (I thought it was pre-1960, but no!). However, I am not one of the top third that have squirrelled away most of the wealth. Honest.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Cryptocurrency, like Reform UK, like Farage, is a scam.
Expat 'crypto investor' donates record £9m to Reform UK
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Expat 'crypto investor' donates record £9m to Reform UK
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK
The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Cryptocurrency, like Reform UK, like Farage, is a scam.
Expat 'crypto investor' donates record £9m to Reform UK
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Expat 'crypto investor' donates record £9m to Reform UK
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I am pleased to report that one of our local climate action bods @suaclimate.bsky.social has clarified matters by responding in this week's Stratford Herald, and - yes - I think we're in close agreement, just walking on parallel paths.
In other news...
I have a letter in this week's Stratford Herald 🎉 re the South Warwickshire Local Plan & questioning the logic of a local climate action bod. (No, I've not suddenly gone all Trump -y!)
Not reproducing here (yet) as it's not good form. You'll just have to buy one or subscribe.
I have a letter in this week's Stratford Herald 🎉 re the South Warwickshire Local Plan & questioning the logic of a local climate action bod. (No, I've not suddenly gone all Trump -y!)
Not reproducing here (yet) as it's not good form. You'll just have to buy one or subscribe.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I am pleased to report that one of our local climate action bods @suaclimate.bsky.social has clarified matters by responding in this week's Stratford Herald, and - yes - I think we're in close agreement, just walking on parallel paths.
On grey winter mornings I often think how fortunate I am, & what a privilege it is to be alive at this moment in the whole approx. 13.8 billion years of the universe, & wander around chez #OhMG with a mug of coffee like Arthur Dent waiting for something to happen.
Is that the bin lorry I hear?
Is that the bin lorry I hear?
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
On grey winter mornings I often think how fortunate I am, & what a privilege it is to be alive at this moment in the whole approx. 13.8 billion years of the universe, & wander around chez #OhMG with a mug of coffee like Arthur Dent waiting for something to happen.
Is that the bin lorry I hear?
Is that the bin lorry I hear?
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For the reading list! great new paper on the impact of satellite megaconstellations. 🔭
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For the reading list! great new paper on the impact of satellite megaconstellations. 🔭
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A touch of #NorthernLights over #Orkney earlier this evening.
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A touch of #NorthernLights over #Orkney earlier this evening.
Not another BBC scandal. How many more?
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Not another BBC scandal. How many more?
Someone, sometime, somewhere is going to write a dissertation on the physics behind the fact that (more often than not) a duvet cover will swallow the pillowcases at some point during the wash cycle.
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Someone, sometime, somewhere is going to write a dissertation on the physics behind the fact that (more often than not) a duvet cover will swallow the pillowcases at some point during the wash cycle.
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The staff at Stromness Library are getting all set for #Christmas with this brilliantly snowy Spot's Magical Christmas window which was painted by Stephanie. ❄️🌨🎿🐕
#LoveLibraries #Christmas 🎄❤️
#LoveLibraries #Christmas 🎄❤️
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The staff at Stromness Library are getting all set for #Christmas with this brilliantly snowy Spot's Magical Christmas window which was painted by Stephanie. ❄️🌨🎿🐕
#LoveLibraries #Christmas 🎄❤️
#LoveLibraries #Christmas 🎄❤️
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This evening I attended my second lecture at the Stratford upon Avon Astronomical Society. My takeaway is that Stonehenge is a wonderful engineering/architectural/cultural achievement, but is pants when it comes to being an astronomical/religious calendar.
So f*** the druids.
So f*** the druids.
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This evening I attended my second lecture at the Stratford upon Avon Astronomical Society. My takeaway is that Stonehenge is a wonderful engineering/architectural/cultural achievement, but is pants when it comes to being an astronomical/religious calendar.
So f*** the druids.
So f*** the druids.
Che gelida manina!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Italian town freezes Pavarotti statue knee-deep in Christmas ice rink, angering widow
The opera legend's widow said the town had made an
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Che gelida manina!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absorption spectrum reveals that cranberry juice is absorbed at short wavelengths in the atmosphere of the planet Sainos. 🔭
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Absorption spectrum reveals that cranberry juice is absorbed at short wavelengths in the atmosphere of the planet Sainos. 🔭
People who believe in phrenology need their heads feeling.
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
People who believe in phrenology need their heads feeling.
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THE GREAT DRUG WAR CON: WHY TRUMP’S “WAR ON DRUGS” SMELLS LIKE CRUDE OIL AND BULLSHIT
By The Unredacted Bastard — The Bastard • The Scourge • The Problem You Should’ve Foreseen
open.substack.com/pub/theunred...
By The Unredacted Bastard — The Bastard • The Scourge • The Problem You Should’ve Foreseen
open.substack.com/pub/theunred...
THE GREAT DRUG WAR CON: WHY TRUMP’S “WAR ON DRUGS” SMELLS LIKE CRUDE OIL AND BULLSHIT
By The Unredacted Bastard — The Bastard • The Scourge • The Problem You Should’ve Foreseen
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
THE GREAT DRUG WAR CON: WHY TRUMP’S “WAR ON DRUGS” SMELLS LIKE CRUDE OIL AND BULLSHIT
By The Unredacted Bastard — The Bastard • The Scourge • The Problem You Should’ve Foreseen
open.substack.com/pub/theunred...
By The Unredacted Bastard — The Bastard • The Scourge • The Problem You Should’ve Foreseen
open.substack.com/pub/theunred...
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I just bought a Jehovah’s Witness advent calendar. Every time you open a door someone tells you to go away.
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I just bought a Jehovah’s Witness advent calendar. Every time you open a door someone tells you to go away.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Guide to Dream Interpretation:
Flying - Hungry. Time to get up for breakfast.
Wading though thick mud - As above.
Insulted by a talking badger - Ditto.
Night of passion with old school friend you bumped into at recycling centre - Ibid.
Trying to find a working toilet - Same (but need to pee first).
Flying - Hungry. Time to get up for breakfast.
Wading though thick mud - As above.
Insulted by a talking badger - Ditto.
Night of passion with old school friend you bumped into at recycling centre - Ibid.
Trying to find a working toilet - Same (but need to pee first).
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Guide to Dream Interpretation:
Flying - Hungry. Time to get up for breakfast.
Wading though thick mud - As above.
Insulted by a talking badger - Ditto.
Night of passion with old school friend you bumped into at recycling centre - Ibid.
Trying to find a working toilet - Same (but need to pee first).
Flying - Hungry. Time to get up for breakfast.
Wading though thick mud - As above.
Insulted by a talking badger - Ditto.
Night of passion with old school friend you bumped into at recycling centre - Ibid.
Trying to find a working toilet - Same (but need to pee first).
ICYMI (I did!) 🚀 🧪
Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform - Ars Technica share.google/WBJmqu0UY941...
Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform - Ars Technica share.google/WBJmqu0UY941...
Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform
“We are going to learn just how important the ISS is to leadership.”…
share.google
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
ICYMI (I did!) 🚀 🧪
Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform - Ars Technica share.google/WBJmqu0UY941...
Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform - Ars Technica share.google/WBJmqu0UY941...