Tim O'Brien
@proftimob.bsky.social
Astrophysics professor, Director Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, exploding stars, science bluedot festival, red, two dogs rule the roost.
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If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an astronomer, this #LovellLecture is for you! ✨
Join Prof. René Breton in our interactive ‘Be The Astronomer’ lecture, where you'll investigate an astronomical transient from the thrill of discovery to follow-up observations: https://ow.ly/a28550XFGor
Join Prof. René Breton in our interactive ‘Be The Astronomer’ lecture, where you'll investigate an astronomical transient from the thrill of discovery to follow-up observations: https://ow.ly/a28550XFGor
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an astronomer, this #LovellLecture is for you! ✨
Join Prof. René Breton in our interactive ‘Be The Astronomer’ lecture, where you'll investigate an astronomical transient from the thrill of discovery to follow-up observations: https://ow.ly/a28550XFGor
Join Prof. René Breton in our interactive ‘Be The Astronomer’ lecture, where you'll investigate an astronomical transient from the thrill of discovery to follow-up observations: https://ow.ly/a28550XFGor
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🧵 To mark 80 years of discovery, we invited the public to join us in a celebratory project – Cosmic Threads – a community quilt inspired by Jodrell Bank’s rich legacy.
Now, we’re delighted to share the results with you in a brand-new exhibition: https://ow.ly/lv6N50XCNyM
Now, we’re delighted to share the results with you in a brand-new exhibition: https://ow.ly/lv6N50XCNyM
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🧵 To mark 80 years of discovery, we invited the public to join us in a celebratory project – Cosmic Threads – a community quilt inspired by Jodrell Bank’s rich legacy.
Now, we’re delighted to share the results with you in a brand-new exhibition: https://ow.ly/lv6N50XCNyM
Now, we’re delighted to share the results with you in a brand-new exhibition: https://ow.ly/lv6N50XCNyM
These day-night matches are great - no need to get up early to watch England collapse 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
These day-night matches are great - no need to get up early to watch England collapse 🫣
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The natural state of capitalism is "trickle-up". The only way to counter the "trickle-up" is taxes.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The natural state of capitalism is "trickle-up". The only way to counter the "trickle-up" is taxes.
Volume training needed: "his meter readings had been recorded in cubic feet rather than cubic metres which means he has potentially been billed more than three times what he should have been." www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
UK energy suppliers’ customer service: a tragedy (and a farce) in three acts
Weird tales of meter mix-ups, incomprehensible bills, and to foment the drama, a teenager threatened with a trashed credit rating
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Volume training needed: "his meter readings had been recorded in cubic feet rather than cubic metres which means he has potentially been billed more than three times what he should have been." www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
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Lovely article by Nicky Jenner in the latest issue of Astronomy Now all about 80 years of @jodrellbank.bsky.social.
Other great pieces about the latest interstellar visitor & planets beyond Neptune too.
@proftimob.bsky.social
@teresa-anderson.bsky.social
#JodrellBank
Other great pieces about the latest interstellar visitor & planets beyond Neptune too.
@proftimob.bsky.social
@teresa-anderson.bsky.social
#JodrellBank
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lovely article by Nicky Jenner in the latest issue of Astronomy Now all about 80 years of @jodrellbank.bsky.social.
Other great pieces about the latest interstellar visitor & planets beyond Neptune too.
@proftimob.bsky.social
@teresa-anderson.bsky.social
#JodrellBank
Other great pieces about the latest interstellar visitor & planets beyond Neptune too.
@proftimob.bsky.social
@teresa-anderson.bsky.social
#JodrellBank
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It’s been a wonderful afternoon celebrating in the lead up to the Observatory’s 80th anniversary this December, joined by current staff, alumni, researchers, and special friends of Jodrell Bank both old and new! 💫
#JodrellAt80
#JodrellAt80
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s been a wonderful afternoon celebrating in the lead up to the Observatory’s 80th anniversary this December, joined by current staff, alumni, researchers, and special friends of Jodrell Bank both old and new! 💫
#JodrellAt80
#JodrellAt80
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Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Abstracts submitted to LPSC 2026 are required to comply with White House (non-legally binding) executive orders forbidding mention of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
At least USRA/LPI isn't hiding it.
But is this what our community wants? Or deserves? I don't think so.
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🎟️ Last chance to get livestream tickets!
Travel back in time in this Thursday's Heritage Lecture, where Professor Tim O'Brien, Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, will share the fascinating – and unlikely – story of how the observatory came to be: https://ow.ly/Fgu350Xq3iv
Travel back in time in this Thursday's Heritage Lecture, where Professor Tim O'Brien, Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, will share the fascinating – and unlikely – story of how the observatory came to be: https://ow.ly/Fgu350Xq3iv
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎟️ Last chance to get livestream tickets!
Travel back in time in this Thursday's Heritage Lecture, where Professor Tim O'Brien, Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, will share the fascinating – and unlikely – story of how the observatory came to be: https://ow.ly/Fgu350Xq3iv
Travel back in time in this Thursday's Heritage Lecture, where Professor Tim O'Brien, Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, will share the fascinating – and unlikely – story of how the observatory came to be: https://ow.ly/Fgu350Xq3iv
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🎧 Did you catch our special anniversary broadcast on BBC Radio 4?
Sharing stories from the BBC archive and beyond, ‘Jodrell Bank at 80’ is a fascinating look at our site’s heritage and legacy!
Listen: https://ow.ly/6a6I50XonAO
#JodrellBank
Sharing stories from the BBC archive and beyond, ‘Jodrell Bank at 80’ is a fascinating look at our site’s heritage and legacy!
Listen: https://ow.ly/6a6I50XonAO
#JodrellBank
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Jodrell Bank at 80
Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎧 Did you catch our special anniversary broadcast on BBC Radio 4?
Sharing stories from the BBC archive and beyond, ‘Jodrell Bank at 80’ is a fascinating look at our site’s heritage and legacy!
Listen: https://ow.ly/6a6I50XonAO
#JodrellBank
Sharing stories from the BBC archive and beyond, ‘Jodrell Bank at 80’ is a fascinating look at our site’s heritage and legacy!
Listen: https://ow.ly/6a6I50XonAO
#JodrellBank
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Just listened to JODRELL BANK AT 80 from Radio 4 (now on BBC Sounds).
This is a *wonderful* prog celebrating JB & Bernard Lovell, with fab interviews & archive stuff.
Hannah Peel is a great presenter, suitably awestruck by the telescope, & her specially-written piece is hauntingly beautiful...
This is a *wonderful* prog celebrating JB & Bernard Lovell, with fab interviews & archive stuff.
Hannah Peel is a great presenter, suitably awestruck by the telescope, & her specially-written piece is hauntingly beautiful...
Archive on 4 - Jodrell Bank at 80 - BBC Sounds
Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just listened to JODRELL BANK AT 80 from Radio 4 (now on BBC Sounds).
This is a *wonderful* prog celebrating JB & Bernard Lovell, with fab interviews & archive stuff.
Hannah Peel is a great presenter, suitably awestruck by the telescope, & her specially-written piece is hauntingly beautiful...
This is a *wonderful* prog celebrating JB & Bernard Lovell, with fab interviews & archive stuff.
Hannah Peel is a great presenter, suitably awestruck by the telescope, & her specially-written piece is hauntingly beautiful...
Bloody midweek bonfire night means fireworks go on for well over a week freaking out the poor dogs 😔🤫🐕🐕
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Bloody midweek bonfire night means fireworks go on for well over a week freaking out the poor dogs 😔🤫🐕🐕
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Wes Streeting's comments on the racism experienced by health workers reminds me of the research by colleagues here at Manchester on the crucial role that immigrants have played since the inception of the NHS.
doi.org/10.1258/jrsm...
doi.org/10.1258/jrsm...
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Wes Streeting's comments on the racism experienced by health workers reminds me of the research by colleagues here at Manchester on the crucial role that immigrants have played since the inception of the NHS.
doi.org/10.1258/jrsm...
doi.org/10.1258/jrsm...
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A tiny bit of the BBC news piece that’s gone out today ✨🔭
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A tiny bit of the BBC news piece that’s gone out today ✨🔭
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
BBC 5 Live from 10am with @monicagrady.bsky.social answering questions about SPACE!
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
BBC 5 Live from 10am with @monicagrady.bsky.social answering questions about SPACE!
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Casey Handmer's rant on NASA's Orion capsule is worth a read. caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/n...
NASA’s Orion Space Capsule Is Flaming Garbage
For many years, readers have asked me a simple question: “Casey, why do you hate the SLS so much? Don’t you also hate Orion?” Yes, yes I do. But life is finite and my heart is mostly filled with lo…
caseyhandmer.wordpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Casey Handmer's rant on NASA's Orion capsule is worth a read. caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/n...
Very enjoyable evening last night @jodrellbank.bsky.social with @teresa-anderson.bsky.social and @hannahpeel.bsky.social discussing re-release of Hannah's Mary Casio and her new commission for BBC Radio 4 with BBC Philharmonic inspired by 80 years of Jodrell Bank.
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Very enjoyable evening last night @jodrellbank.bsky.social with @teresa-anderson.bsky.social and @hannahpeel.bsky.social discussing re-release of Hannah's Mary Casio and her new commission for BBC Radio 4 with BBC Philharmonic inspired by 80 years of Jodrell Bank.
Really worth visiting to see these amazing photographs recording the years when humans first ventured into space www.itv.com/news/granada...
www.itv.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Really worth visiting to see these amazing photographs recording the years when humans first ventured into space www.itv.com/news/granada...
This beatiful installation by Peter Androsch, which I worked on way back in 2009 in Linz, is on display again. This time in Vienna. I created the sounds of 672 pulsars. Each lives in a small drawer and plays when opened.
www.hdm.at/en/museum2/p...
www.hdm.at/en/museum2/p...
Polyphon Harmonia Mundi | House of Music | Where music comes alive
A sound and spatial installation by Peter Androsch.
www.hdm.at
October 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This beatiful installation by Peter Androsch, which I worked on way back in 2009 in Linz, is on display again. This time in Vienna. I created the sounds of 672 pulsars. Each lives in a small drawer and plays when opened.
www.hdm.at/en/museum2/p...
www.hdm.at/en/museum2/p...
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The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Tim O’Brien as the new Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement.
🔗 Find out more: https://ow.ly/eE1W50XbbtJ
#JodrellBank
🔗 Find out more: https://ow.ly/eE1W50XbbtJ
#JodrellBank
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Tim O’Brien as the new Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement.
🔗 Find out more: https://ow.ly/eE1W50XbbtJ
#JodrellBank
🔗 Find out more: https://ow.ly/eE1W50XbbtJ
#JodrellBank
Admit to being a bit disappointed that the age verification tool on here didn't tell me what age it thought I was from the scan of my face. 🤔😱
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Admit to being a bit disappointed that the age verification tool on here didn't tell me what age it thought I was from the scan of my face. 🤔😱
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
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Edgar Neufeld, who has died aged 92, was a Jewish refugee from the Nazis who did his PhD here before pursuing an illustrious career at IBM and working in education and social justice. He was here when we tracked the carrier rocket of Sputnik 1 in October 1957. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Edgar Neufeld obituary
Other lives: Scientist who began working at IBM in the early days of computers and rose to become the company’s director for Europe
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Edgar Neufeld, who has died aged 92, was a Jewish refugee from the Nazis who did his PhD here before pursuing an illustrious career at IBM and working in education and social justice. He was here when we tracked the carrier rocket of Sputnik 1 in October 1957. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...