tom t
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on physics, science writing, books, teaching, football, drama, life in Ireland.....
🧪This is a lovely piece of writing, that says so much about Watson - but also (perhaps) about the hero-focussed view of scientific advancement in general. Maybe if Watson wasn't so obsessed with being seen as a genius, he would have been happier.
shared by @samthielman.com earlier.
shared by @samthielman.com earlier.
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🧪This is a lovely piece of writing, that says so much about Watson - but also (perhaps) about the hero-focussed view of scientific advancement in general. Maybe if Watson wasn't so obsessed with being seen as a genius, he would have been happier.
shared by @samthielman.com earlier.
shared by @samthielman.com earlier.
🧪looking back at a century of physics papers in the Irish Leaving Cert (end of High School), we have this from 1925... I had to look up what an Atwood's machine was, and Fletcher's Trolley.....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/leaving...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/leaving...
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🧪looking back at a century of physics papers in the Irish Leaving Cert (end of High School), we have this from 1925... I had to look up what an Atwood's machine was, and Fletcher's Trolley.....
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/leaving...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/leaving...
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All my zebras lined up having a drink on a waterhole at Jamala Madikwe, South Africa in August 2025.
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
All my zebras lined up having a drink on a waterhole at Jamala Madikwe, South Africa in August 2025.
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There's a Pat Ingoldsby book launch tomorrow night in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social . It is for the collection that Vivienne Baillie crowd funded. I'm just looking forward to being in a room full of people who loved him and his work again . Tickets on eventbrite.
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There's a Pat Ingoldsby book launch tomorrow night in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social . It is for the collection that Vivienne Baillie crowd funded. I'm just looking forward to being in a room full of people who loved him and his work again . Tickets on eventbrite.
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
The most scary thing about this is how measured and reasonable it is.....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles | Owen Jones
We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The most scary thing about this is how measured and reasonable it is.....
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🧪 sharing to the science feed....shocking stuff.
Hurrican Melissa had a central pressure of 892 millibars (about 88% of sea level) when it made landfall, which is incredible; the lower the pressure the stronger the air is drawn in and the stronger the winds.
So much power.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
So much power.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Science of How Hurricane Melissa Became So Extreme
A nearly perfect alignment of factors has enabled Hurricane Melissa to become one of the most intense Atlantic storms ever recorded
www.scientificamerican.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🧪 sharing to the science feed....shocking stuff.
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makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
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...aaaaaand coming in at number one on our list of "Things That Give You 'Call of the Void' Vibes..."
October 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
...aaaaaand coming in at number one on our list of "Things That Give You 'Call of the Void' Vibes..."
Silent Valley reservoir, Ireland
October 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Silent Valley reservoir, Ireland
Silent Valley, Co. Down, Ireland
October 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Silent Valley, Co. Down, Ireland
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Wet leaves on a rainy day.
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Wet leaves on a rainy day.
So, apparently Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are now anti-semitic...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
So, apparently Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are now anti-semitic...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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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
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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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The taste is also lovely, highly recommended.
October 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The taste is also lovely, highly recommended.
Boosting this to the science feed🧪
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:
You can read it online...but in print, its a very beautiful thing:
October 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Boosting this to the science feed🧪
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
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The sort of day where I feel justified in re-sharing this: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-the-...
🧪bumping for the science feed....
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/
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🧪bumping for the science feed....
October 13, 2025
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 13, 2025
Last Tuesday, President Donald J.
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
October 13, 2025
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open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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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…
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
October 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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…
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…
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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
October 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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
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Sigh...trip over own laces again....
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sigh...trip over own laces again....
🧪do you have a good idea to demonstrate a concept in physics? Even a half-formed idea?
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/science...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/science...
October 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🧪do you have a good idea to demonstrate a concept in physics? Even a half-formed idea?
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/science...
www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/science...