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niblick-iii.bsky.social
Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s:

www.rigb.org/christmas-le...

I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive
Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.
www.rigb.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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davidbflower.bsky.social
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). 30 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
The Andromeda galaxy at centre. Galaxy M110 above. Many star dots.
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
A stunning late #Roman glass goblet

Probably made in Egypt around AD 400

Found buried as a grave good at Highdown hillfort West #Sussex and now in Worthing @wtm.uk

📷 May 2024

An inscription around the vessel in Greek reads *use me and good health to you* 🥂

#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
A fine, wide brimmed decorated green glass goblet held in place with a black metal stand on display in a museum case
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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pchipsta.bsky.social
I don't know if @dieworkwear.bsky.social knows who on earth Morcambe & Wise are (legendary in the UK) but you gotta say those suits are a delight.
waltydunlop.bsky.social waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · Nov 28
Genuinely had no idea this record existed until two minutes ago but now... I covet.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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garius.bsky.social
Meet the destroyer HMS Glowworm. In April 1940 she was forced to fight the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper, ten times her size, and Hipper's destroyer escorts.

Her extraordinary last stand earned her captain the first Victoria Cross of WW2. In part because THE GERMANS nominated him for one /1 🧵
side view of a British destroyer, with two funnels, at sea.
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
grump5.bsky.social
Aurora visible to the naked eye near Cambridge, as a pale red / purple glow across the northern horizon. An 8 second camera exposure reveals more detail of the structure. First time I've seen this, an amazing sight.
A view of the northern sky looking across the silhouette of trees and rooftops. Green aurora glows across the horizon, with vertical rays visible just above the trees. At the centre of the image Jupiter shines bright in the eastern sky. To the left a red ribbon of aurora rises vertically from the horizon to the top of the image. A faint green glow is visible across the horizon. The image is framed to the right by the dark silhouette of the house.
October 11, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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tessafisher.bsky.social
Today I was introduced to what was described as the Worst Plot In Exoplanet Science, and frankly, it is a work of art
A hellishly confusing plot that combines the mass-radius ratio, surface flux, composition, and surface temperature of exoplanets, plus a couple of other things I can't even identify, all crammed on top of each other in a single space.
April 26, 2024 at 12:33 AM