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Ubi crustulam ibi gaudium est.
Ubi crustulam ibi gaudium est.
I present the crappiest image of Jupiter & its four Galilean moons taken tonight by holding my mobile phone against the eyepiece of my 20x80 binos! Nightmare. But see ...
Imagine what you could achieve with a tripod and one of those mobile phone sttachment thingies. 🔭
Imagine what you could achieve with a tripod and one of those mobile phone sttachment thingies. 🔭
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I present the crappiest image of Jupiter & its four Galilean moons taken tonight by holding my mobile phone against the eyepiece of my 20x80 binos! Nightmare. But see ...
Imagine what you could achieve with a tripod and one of those mobile phone sttachment thingies. 🔭
Imagine what you could achieve with a tripod and one of those mobile phone sttachment thingies. 🔭
This screen shot is taken from the web (theskylive.com/galilean-moons). You won't see this level of detail through a modest pair of binos without a sturdy tripod and one of those phone camera attachments (that I also need). But it's good for IDing the moons. (Other apps are available!) 🔭
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This screen shot is taken from the web (theskylive.com/galilean-moons). You won't see this level of detail through a modest pair of binos without a sturdy tripod and one of those phone camera attachments (that I also need). But it's good for IDing the moons. (Other apps are available!) 🔭
Not another BBC scandal. How many more?
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Not another BBC scandal. How many more?
Absorption spectrum reveals that cranberry juice is absorbed at short wavelengths in the atmosphere of the planet Sainos. 🔭
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Absorption spectrum reveals that cranberry juice is absorbed at short wavelengths in the atmosphere of the planet Sainos. 🔭
People who believe in phrenology need their heads feeling.
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
People who believe in phrenology need their heads feeling.
I knew it!
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I knew it!
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
A month ago I 'binned' a novel by Japanese crime writer Seichi Yokomizo.
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A month ago I 'binned' a novel by Japanese crime writer Seichi Yokomizo.
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
Same selection they have on the filling station forecourt any time of the year. They just change the sign now and then.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Same selection they have on the filling station forecourt any time of the year. They just change the sign now and then.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
BBC News - Farage the UK traitor whose fanaticism is costing the country £4bn a year says:
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
BBC News - Farage the UK traitor whose fanaticism is costing the country £4bn a year says:
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
One delicious lunch later... as you can see from this picture of University Church of St Mary the Virgin it was a glorious late autumn afternoon.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One delicious lunch later... as you can see from this picture of University Church of St Mary the Virgin it was a glorious late autumn afternoon.
Yellow car.
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yellow car.
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
Trump: UKRAINE 'LEADERSHIP' HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS...
If there were such a place as hell, then Donald Trump would win the golden ticket.
Grade A arsehole.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
If there were such a place as hell, then Donald Trump would win the golden ticket.
Grade A arsehole.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Trump: UKRAINE 'LEADERSHIP' HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS...
If there were such a place as hell, then Donald Trump would win the golden ticket.
Grade A arsehole.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
If there were such a place as hell, then Donald Trump would win the golden ticket.
Grade A arsehole.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Next off the shelf is🥁
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar, by Tom Holland (2015). Picks up where Rubicon (2003) left off. Featuring Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Expect violence & scenes of a sexual nature. A 24 hour help line is available, blah, blah, blah...
💙📚💡
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar, by Tom Holland (2015). Picks up where Rubicon (2003) left off. Featuring Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Expect violence & scenes of a sexual nature. A 24 hour help line is available, blah, blah, blah...
💙📚💡
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Next off the shelf is🥁
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar, by Tom Holland (2015). Picks up where Rubicon (2003) left off. Featuring Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Expect violence & scenes of a sexual nature. A 24 hour help line is available, blah, blah, blah...
💙📚💡
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar, by Tom Holland (2015). Picks up where Rubicon (2003) left off. Featuring Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Expect violence & scenes of a sexual nature. A 24 hour help line is available, blah, blah, blah...
💙📚💡
JWST mirror 'selfie' illustrating cumulative damage to the mirror by micrometeoroids. These generally appear as black dots bracketed by alternate dark and light bands. The ripples are generally nanometre defects/warps in mirror elements, in- or post-manufacture.
Image credits in Alt. 🔭🧪
Image credits in Alt. 🔭🧪
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
JWST mirror 'selfie' illustrating cumulative damage to the mirror by micrometeoroids. These generally appear as black dots bracketed by alternate dark and light bands. The ripples are generally nanometre defects/warps in mirror elements, in- or post-manufacture.
Image credits in Alt. 🔭🧪
Image credits in Alt. 🔭🧪
What a glorious late autumn day.
More please.
More please.
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
What a glorious late autumn day.
More please.
More please.
⚠️Construction zone.⚠️
Pud in progress. (More details in Alt)
Pud in progress. (More details in Alt)
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
⚠️Construction zone.⚠️
Pud in progress. (More details in Alt)
Pud in progress. (More details in Alt)
Good start to the day.
7/7 on the BBC Quiz.
7/7 on the BBC Quiz.
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Good start to the day.
7/7 on the BBC Quiz.
7/7 on the BBC Quiz.
Not while I'm trying to do this crossword, please.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Not while I'm trying to do this crossword, please.
This morning I stumbled into a garden centre packed to the rafters with post-Christmas landfill. It's barely mid-November FFS.
Nobody, but nobody needs one of these.
Keep your 5 year-olds close, or risk kidnapping by Santa's elves, to be refabricated & programmed for some deviant's festive lair.
Nobody, but nobody needs one of these.
Keep your 5 year-olds close, or risk kidnapping by Santa's elves, to be refabricated & programmed for some deviant's festive lair.
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This morning I stumbled into a garden centre packed to the rafters with post-Christmas landfill. It's barely mid-November FFS.
Nobody, but nobody needs one of these.
Keep your 5 year-olds close, or risk kidnapping by Santa's elves, to be refabricated & programmed for some deviant's festive lair.
Nobody, but nobody needs one of these.
Keep your 5 year-olds close, or risk kidnapping by Santa's elves, to be refabricated & programmed for some deviant's festive lair.
🎶It's 19:15. This performance of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades on BBC Sounds expires at 20:30, & I'm barely an hour in.🎵
We're not going make it, captain.
🤣
We're not going make it, captain.
🤣
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🎶It's 19:15. This performance of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades on BBC Sounds expires at 20:30, & I'm barely an hour in.🎵
We're not going make it, captain.
🤣
We're not going make it, captain.
🤣
Share a TV series from the 1960s you love.
My choice: Mission: Impossible.
(I have not seen ANY of the films. Don't judge me.)
My choice: Mission: Impossible.
(I have not seen ANY of the films. Don't judge me.)
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Share a TV series from the 1960s you love.
My choice: Mission: Impossible.
(I have not seen ANY of the films. Don't judge me.)
My choice: Mission: Impossible.
(I have not seen ANY of the films. Don't judge me.)