Prof Chris Jackson
@seismatters.bsky.social
Geoscientist👨🏾🔬 | Visiting Professor at Imperial College | Ex-Academic | 🏃🏾♂️🚴🏾♂️ 🧗🏾♀️🎸🍺| he/him | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| I do all my own stunts | “Self-declared King of Geotwitter” (Palin, 2022) | Professional (East)Midlander 😎| Co-founder of @EarthArxiv
Ah, the Lando Norris riches to riches story:
“The 26-year-old, whose father Adam is a multimillionaire who made his fortune as a pensions trader, started racing karts at the age of eight, and was on pole position for his first national event…”
🥰
“The 26-year-old, whose father Adam is a multimillionaire who made his fortune as a pensions trader, started racing karts at the age of eight, and was on pole position for his first national event…”
🥰
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ah, the Lando Norris riches to riches story:
“The 26-year-old, whose father Adam is a multimillionaire who made his fortune as a pensions trader, started racing karts at the age of eight, and was on pole position for his first national event…”
🥰
“The 26-year-old, whose father Adam is a multimillionaire who made his fortune as a pensions trader, started racing karts at the age of eight, and was on pole position for his first national event…”
🥰
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Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nigel Farage won't apologise for his history of racism because "if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too,'" a Reform source tells the Times.
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
So essentially he was a racist and he believes his supporters are racists too
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We're all immigrants. Almost the entire British Isles were under ice 12,000 years ago.
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We're all immigrants. Almost the entire British Isles were under ice 12,000 years ago.
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this is a real thing where the media jumps behind parents who are grieving & rightfully looking for answers, but the stomp right over experts as they gain momentum
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this is a real thing where the media jumps behind parents who are grieving & rightfully looking for answers, but the stomp right over experts as they gain momentum
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What could possibly go wrong... Most of these kids probably understand the technology better than their parents and how to use it. Especially at a time where these kids feel entitled to it and it's tied to their identity building.
December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What could possibly go wrong... Most of these kids probably understand the technology better than their parents and how to use it. Especially at a time where these kids feel entitled to it and it's tied to their identity building.
Thoughts and prayers to Australia 🙏🏾
Can you ban kids from social media? Australia is about to try to
Can you ban kids from social media? Australia is about to try to
The law comes into effect this week but critics worry it can't be enforced - and shouldn't be either.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thoughts and prayers to Australia 🙏🏾
This is the first page from “Middle England”, by Jonathan Coe 📖
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is the first page from “Middle England”, by Jonathan Coe 📖
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It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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How quaint and how untrue like most myths .. as we now know the dangers are in the downstream around the "home" counties where weird supremacy mingles with othering and other characteristics of GB human sewage ..
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How quaint and how untrue like most myths .. as we now know the dangers are in the downstream around the "home" counties where weird supremacy mingles with othering and other characteristics of GB human sewage ..
🎶 All I want for Christmas…is YOOOOOOOUUUUUU 🎶
December 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🎶 All I want for Christmas…is YOOOOOOOUUUUUU 🎶
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The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.
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Doorbell cameras are an absolute nightmare. Cannot understand why you would ever want one www.ft.com/content/3437...
I’ve been caught out by a Ring doorbell — have you?
Doorstep surveillance devices are part of modern life whether we like it or not
www.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Doorbell cameras are an absolute nightmare. Cannot understand why you would ever want one www.ft.com/content/3437...
I'm not fundamentally opposed to having a toilet-shower combo.
But I am fundamentally opposed to paying >$400 per night for it.
But I am fundamentally opposed to paying >$400 per night for it.
I am staying at a place with the toilet in the shower and it is >$400 per night
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'm not fundamentally opposed to having a toilet-shower combo.
But I am fundamentally opposed to paying >$400 per night for it.
But I am fundamentally opposed to paying >$400 per night for it.
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In what country do hospitals have to raise money through charity?!
Great to see how much got raised for the Stepping Hill charity at the fab gala they held last week. Well done to everyone who made this happen.
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£25,000 raised for Stockport NHS Charity at glamorous Pyramid gala
Stockport Royal Nawaab Pyramid hosted a fundraising gala on 27 November in aid of the Stockport NHS Charity
stockport.nub.news
December 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In what country do hospitals have to raise money through charity?!
L: Triple Burst Citra IPA, currently looking to be around 9%. An expensive brew, given the abundant use of (costly) Citra hops. 16 litres.
R: “Frankenbrew”, made from odds & ends, but shaping up to be a brown ale. Should be around 4.5%. 20 litres.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
R: “Frankenbrew”, made from odds & ends, but shaping up to be a brown ale. Should be around 4.5%. 20 litres.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
L: Triple Burst Citra IPA, currently looking to be around 9%. An expensive brew, given the abundant use of (costly) Citra hops. 16 litres.
R: “Frankenbrew”, made from odds & ends, but shaping up to be a brown ale. Should be around 4.5%. 20 litres.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
R: “Frankenbrew”, made from odds & ends, but shaping up to be a brown ale. Should be around 4.5%. 20 litres.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
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The latest Eruptions newsletter is out! This week I talk about the Hayli Gubbi eruption, new activity at Puracé in Colombia, some candidates for volcanoes that may have started the cascades of events leading to the Black Death and Bob & Doug McKenzie: eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...
Eruptions Newsletter #24 for December 5, 2025
The aftermath of the Hayli Gubbi eruption, volcanoes may have triggered the Black Death in Europe and a beer in a tree.
eruptions.beehiiv.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The latest Eruptions newsletter is out! This week I talk about the Hayli Gubbi eruption, new activity at Puracé in Colombia, some candidates for volcanoes that may have started the cascades of events leading to the Black Death and Bob & Doug McKenzie: eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...
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The penny has dropped FINALLY
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The penny has dropped FINALLY
I’ve spent a decent amount of the last two days researching primary academies and the general process of school academisation.
It’s been about a joyful as you can imagine.
It’s been about a joyful as you can imagine.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I’ve spent a decent amount of the last two days researching primary academies and the general process of school academisation.
It’s been about a joyful as you can imagine.
It’s been about a joyful as you can imagine.
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Another piece of good news: the conversion therapist Susan Evans’s challenge against GenderPlus was dismissed by the High Court, and she has now been refused permission to appeal.
Judgment: www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ev...
Judgment: www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ev...
Evans -v- Care Quality Commission (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Neutral citation number: [2025] EWCA Civ 1556 Case number: CA-2025-002399 In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)On appeal from the High Court (King’s Bench Division)The Honourable Mrs Justice Eady DB...
www.judiciary.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Another piece of good news: the conversion therapist Susan Evans’s challenge against GenderPlus was dismissed by the High Court, and she has now been refused permission to appeal.
Judgment: www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ev...
Judgment: www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ev...
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Come and see me give a talk about something I’ve not decided on yet 😅
Nine Lessons 2025 is just a few weeks away. If you’re new to the Shambles-verse allow us to try to explain what @robinince.bsky.social's pioneering show that mashes up science & culture is via a clip from the doc Curious People.
Tickets for this year’s shows at www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/nin...
Tickets for this year’s shows at www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/nin...
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Come and see me give a talk about something I’ve not decided on yet 😅