Hugh Pumphrey
@hughpumphrey.bsky.social
Reader in Atmospheric Sci, Sch. of GeoSciences, Uni. of Edinburgh, UK. Works on https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/ . Walking, singing, Linux, bellringing, astronomy, geology, geophysics and meteorology. Dislikes extreme right or leftwing politics and nationalism.
I didn't feel it, but the @raspishake.bsky.social at the University of #Edinburgh did.
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I didn't feel it, but the @raspishake.bsky.social at the University of #Edinburgh did.
She has been awesome most weeks. The cha cha did not agree with her.
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
She has been awesome most weeks. The cha cha did not agree with her.
I am massively of this opinion. The meeja should also stop referring to the chancellor of the exchequer as "Rachel".
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am massively of this opinion. The meeja should also stop referring to the chancellor of the exchequer as "Rachel".
CS Lewis was wrong.
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
CS Lewis was wrong.
What do these £1100 phones do that my £150 motorola doesn't?
(One answer is "play resource-intensive games" but if you don't do that, why are you buying an expensive phone?)
(One answer is "play resource-intensive games" but if you don't do that, why are you buying an expensive phone?)
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What do these £1100 phones do that my £150 motorola doesn't?
(One answer is "play resource-intensive games" but if you don't do that, why are you buying an expensive phone?)
(One answer is "play resource-intensive games" but if you don't do that, why are you buying an expensive phone?)
I am beginning to get the impression that #BBCAQ on #BBCRadio4 is far less of a Reform-UK platforming exercise than #BBCQT on television. Has anyone done the stats on this? Are Reform-UK voters too thick to listen to #BBCRadio4?
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I am beginning to get the impression that #BBCAQ on #BBCRadio4 is far less of a Reform-UK platforming exercise than #BBCQT on television. Has anyone done the stats on this? Are Reform-UK voters too thick to listen to #BBCRadio4?
Paging @stevebrusatte.bsky.social . . .
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Paging @stevebrusatte.bsky.social . . .
To me it is 99.99973% astrological bullshit. I am allegedly a "boomer" but my wife (9 months younger, same school year) is "GenX". Is that why we do not always see eye to eye on stuff? Duh, no.
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
To me it is 99.99973% astrological bullshit. I am allegedly a "boomer" but my wife (9 months younger, same school year) is "GenX". Is that why we do not always see eye to eye on stuff? Duh, no.
Seconded. Well played, General.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Seconded. Well played, General.
Yeah, @number10cat.bsky.social, why don't you point that out to your housemates?
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Yeah, @number10cat.bsky.social, why don't you point that out to your housemates?
I had thought that, followed by "I learned the Arabic script but can never read those very-stylised inscriptions, I am not going to try."
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I had thought that, followed by "I learned the Arabic script but can never read those very-stylised inscriptions, I am not going to try."
Once he has finished watching the video, maybe he could send some texts with the keyboard click sound turned right up.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Once he has finished watching the video, maybe he could send some texts with the keyboard click sound turned right up.
Why is there no data for the 1st vigintile? There must be 1/20 of the population in it, by definition.
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Why is there no data for the 1st vigintile? There must be 1/20 of the population in it, by definition.
(a) TIL that "vigintile" is a word
(b) Why are there no data (and presumably no people) in the first vigintile? Surely the point of n-tiles is that they all have the same number of people in them.
(b) Why are there no data (and presumably no people) in the first vigintile? Surely the point of n-tiles is that they all have the same number of people in them.
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(a) TIL that "vigintile" is a word
(b) Why are there no data (and presumably no people) in the first vigintile? Surely the point of n-tiles is that they all have the same number of people in them.
(b) Why are there no data (and presumably no people) in the first vigintile? Surely the point of n-tiles is that they all have the same number of people in them.
It would be hard to defend 40GS when the Crew, Grant, Sanderson and Ashworth buildings (1920s-ish) are built as if they were worried about cannon-fire and look as if they will be there for the foreseeable future.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It would be hard to defend 40GS when the Crew, Grant, Sanderson and Ashworth buildings (1920s-ish) are built as if they were worried about cannon-fire and look as if they will be there for the foreseeable future.
Same on all fronts. I am beginning to think that I will cease to take any further interest in this sportsball business.
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Same on all fronts. I am beginning to think that I will cease to take any further interest in this sportsball business.
Quite pleased with a birdie, given the unpromising start.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Quite pleased with a birdie, given the unpromising start.
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Important practical notes:
(1) You are entitled to have a trade union rep in a protected conversation with you.
(2) You might not find out that a meeting is a protected conversation until you are in it, in which case you can refuse to continue until you have a trade union rep join you.
(1) You are entitled to have a trade union rep in a protected conversation with you.
(2) You might not find out that a meeting is a protected conversation until you are in it, in which case you can refuse to continue until you have a trade union rep join you.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Important practical notes:
(1) You are entitled to have a trade union rep in a protected conversation with you.
(2) You might not find out that a meeting is a protected conversation until you are in it, in which case you can refuse to continue until you have a trade union rep join you.
(1) You are entitled to have a trade union rep in a protected conversation with you.
(2) You might not find out that a meeting is a protected conversation until you are in it, in which case you can refuse to continue until you have a trade union rep join you.
. . . and proper sunrise going on when I reached the University of #Edinburgh Kings Buildings. (3/3)
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
. . . and proper sunrise going on when I reached the University of #Edinburgh Kings Buildings. (3/3)
Still quite dark when I got to the Meadows . . . (2/3)
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Still quite dark when I got to the Meadows . . . (2/3)
They would need a hologram of that Mr. Andrew Preview as well . . .
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
They would need a hologram of that Mr. Andrew Preview as well . . .