Sam
@samdolan.bsky.social
Dad and son. Lecturer in Sheffield, UK. Physics, astronomy, maths, football (#ITFC), folk, fun and anti-fascism. D&D. Black holes and gravitational waves.
Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
tfw the rogue datapoint - the one which ruins your hypothesis - turns out to be a fleck of chocolate on the laptop screen 😅
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
tfw the rogue datapoint - the one which ruins your hypothesis - turns out to be a fleck of chocolate on the laptop screen 😅
The people who say "I bet you're fun at parties" are not fun at parties.
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The people who say "I bet you're fun at parties" are not fun at parties.
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Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means
Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
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I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
Just said “what are you doing here?” to a woman wearing the same New Balances and coat as my partner, but crucially, who was not my partner on the Tube, so I did the responsible thing, which was apologise and immediately leave the train.
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Shocking.
AI chatbots clearly pose a risk to post-partum mothers - and will encourage angry or absent fathers to express themselves through violence.
AI chatbots clearly pose a risk to post-partum mothers - and will encourage angry or absent fathers to express themselves through violence.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Shocking.
AI chatbots clearly pose a risk to post-partum mothers - and will encourage angry or absent fathers to express themselves through violence.
AI chatbots clearly pose a risk to post-partum mothers - and will encourage angry or absent fathers to express themselves through violence.
it's a Centrist fallacy to believe that you can "halt the rise of the Far Right" by appeasing them or acceding to their demands.
Take one step back, they take one step forward.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Take one step back, they take one step forward.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
it's a Centrist fallacy to believe that you can "halt the rise of the Far Right" by appeasing them or acceding to their demands.
Take one step back, they take one step forward.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Take one step back, they take one step forward.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
is your child a revolutionary communist?
kids are using the meme "6 7" to secretly commerate 1967, the year in which Andreas Baader met Ulrike Meinhof in a local Hacky Sack league
kids are using the meme "6 7" to secretly commerate 1967, the year in which Andreas Baader met Ulrike Meinhof in a local Hacky Sack league
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
is your child a revolutionary communist?
kids are using the meme "6 7" to secretly commerate 1967, the year in which Andreas Baader met Ulrike Meinhof in a local Hacky Sack league
kids are using the meme "6 7" to secretly commerate 1967, the year in which Andreas Baader met Ulrike Meinhof in a local Hacky Sack league
judging by the reactions, the Obesity Tsar would be well advised to remember what happened to the actual Tsar
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
judging by the reactions, the Obesity Tsar would be well advised to remember what happened to the actual Tsar
Real Madrid down to 9 men, and losing 2 - 0 at home to Celta Vigo.
The first goal, a backheel by Swedberg, was nonchalance itself
The first goal, a backheel by Swedberg, was nonchalance itself
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Real Madrid down to 9 men, and losing 2 - 0 at home to Celta Vigo.
The first goal, a backheel by Swedberg, was nonchalance itself
The first goal, a backheel by Swedberg, was nonchalance itself
Next year I am going to improve my productivity by 27%.
My secret? Is it Chat-GPT, Gemini 3, side hustles and the grindset mentality?? No.
I'm going to wear my glasses on a string around my neck.
My secret? Is it Chat-GPT, Gemini 3, side hustles and the grindset mentality?? No.
I'm going to wear my glasses on a string around my neck.
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Next year I am going to improve my productivity by 27%.
My secret? Is it Chat-GPT, Gemini 3, side hustles and the grindset mentality?? No.
I'm going to wear my glasses on a string around my neck.
My secret? Is it Chat-GPT, Gemini 3, side hustles and the grindset mentality?? No.
I'm going to wear my glasses on a string around my neck.
the Labour Right have moved so far past Osbourne's "strivers and skivers" that they are now telling the entire working class that they are not welcome in Britain.
Horrible stuff from any political group, let alone a *Labour* party.
Horrible stuff from any political group, let alone a *Labour* party.
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
the Labour Right have moved so far past Osbourne's "strivers and skivers" that they are now telling the entire working class that they are not welcome in Britain.
Horrible stuff from any political group, let alone a *Labour* party.
Horrible stuff from any political group, let alone a *Labour* party.
just found out my son has passed his Grade 3 piano (with Merit) and my heart is bursting with pride 🙂
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
just found out my son has passed his Grade 3 piano (with Merit) and my heart is bursting with pride 🙂
A four-foot box, a foot for every year.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A four-foot box, a foot for every year.
This is what makes the Perth and Brisbane results so disappointing for England fans. This time around I thought we had a chance, a genuine chance. But this will become the 15th Test match England have lost in Oz since they last tasted victory in 2011.
Australia are missing their captain and two-thirds of their seam attack; they've inexplicably dropped their spinner; and they're choosing openers basically at random.
And yet.
Amazing how, after all these years, something so familiar can still feel so surprising.
And yet.
Amazing how, after all these years, something so familiar can still feel so surprising.
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is what makes the Perth and Brisbane results so disappointing for England fans. This time around I thought we had a chance, a genuine chance. But this will become the 15th Test match England have lost in Oz since they last tasted victory in 2011.
whisper it, but Villa are bona fide title contenders
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
whisper it, but Villa are bona fide title contenders
hilariously corrupt
“The US president will be present at today's draw for the 2026 World Cup and will receive the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize. The creation of the award was announced a month ago, but FIFA has kept the recipient's name secret until now”.
😅🤣😂
😅🤣😂
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
hilariously corrupt
Today it's Cloudflare ... tomorrow it could be AI, or sharks, or whatever Microsoft is doing
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Today it's Cloudflare ... tomorrow it could be AI, or sharks, or whatever Microsoft is doing
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The day’s play finishes with England 325/9 🏏
A wonderful innings from Joe Root who ends the day with 134 and an unexpected gift of 32 valuable runs from Jofra!
#TheAshes
A wonderful innings from Joe Root who ends the day with 134 and an unexpected gift of 32 valuable runs from Jofra!
#TheAshes
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The day’s play finishes with England 325/9 🏏
A wonderful innings from Joe Root who ends the day with 134 and an unexpected gift of 32 valuable runs from Jofra!
#TheAshes
A wonderful innings from Joe Root who ends the day with 134 and an unexpected gift of 32 valuable runs from Jofra!
#TheAshes
Roooooooooooooot!
This has been a gripping session
This has been a gripping session
December 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Roooooooooooooot!
This has been a gripping session
This has been a gripping session
Trump sits bolt upright in the coffin: "SLATTERNS"
Two thousand fawning Republicans: "Masterful gambit Sir!"
Two thousand fawning Republicans: "Masterful gambit Sir!"
Oval office completely packed shoulder to shoulder like the world's worst rave as he zaps awake and mumbles a slur not heard in half a century.
He falls asleep again before 5 minute standing ovation has even started.
He falls asleep again before 5 minute standing ovation has even started.
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump sits bolt upright in the coffin: "SLATTERNS"
Two thousand fawning Republicans: "Masterful gambit Sir!"
Two thousand fawning Republicans: "Masterful gambit Sir!"
My Spotify rapped:
MIKE D: Daniel Ek is an old bald COOT
AD-ROCK: Check ya head, your point is MOOT
MIKE D: Daniel Ek is an old bald COOT
AD-ROCK: Check ya head, your point is MOOT
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My Spotify rapped:
MIKE D: Daniel Ek is an old bald COOT
AD-ROCK: Check ya head, your point is MOOT
MIKE D: Daniel Ek is an old bald COOT
AD-ROCK: Check ya head, your point is MOOT
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I am so fucking angry about the guides and the WI. A country where trans girls and women aren't allowed to join hobby groups is in the absolute toilet.
The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I am so fucking angry about the guides and the WI. A country where trans girls and women aren't allowed to join hobby groups is in the absolute toilet.