Hilary Forbes
@nightowlhils.bsky.social
Drinks a lot of Yorkshire Tea... 🫖☕writes on https://medium.com/@hilary.forbes20 about astronomy, ancient astronomy, maths, ancient maths, teaching maths, being autistic, theology, random things, also blogs at https://theclassicalastronomer.wordpress.com.
Happy little teeny oak trees... I have 7 in total, nearly 5 months old now I hope to - plant them with permission in a suitable place when they're strong enough...along with many others from a tree planting group...
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Happy little teeny oak trees... I have 7 in total, nearly 5 months old now I hope to - plant them with permission in a suitable place when they're strong enough...along with many others from a tree planting group...
The Kingdom of God ✝️🛐 is like the Tardis, it often looks mundane and insignificant from the outside, but on the inside it's huge, multidimensional and saving the universe daily
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The Kingdom of God ✝️🛐 is like the Tardis, it often looks mundane and insignificant from the outside, but on the inside it's huge, multidimensional and saving the universe daily
A new (brilliant) app created by Dr. Cora Beth Fraser and FRAUT team, for autistic adults in the workplace... It's free... Workplace also obviously applies to academic institutions, students and staff... I recommend it to all...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
fraut | workplace - Apps on Google Play
Tips and resources for autistic people in the workplace - by autistic people.
play.google.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
A new (brilliant) app created by Dr. Cora Beth Fraser and FRAUT team, for autistic adults in the workplace... It's free... Workplace also obviously applies to academic institutions, students and staff... I recommend it to all...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Indeed...
January 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Indeed...
Suddenly realising that I will be one of those who will have lived through and got up to watch on tv, both the Apollo missions and Artemis missions...
Every journey, even one of 685,000 miles, starts with a single step.
Artemis II is rolling out to the pad.
It's happening!
(Photo via Reid Wiseman)
Artemis II is rolling out to the pad.
It's happening!
(Photo via Reid Wiseman)
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Suddenly realising that I will be one of those who will have lived through and got up to watch on tv, both the Apollo missions and Artemis missions...
Exactly this...
What an Autistic Brain Is Doing During a “Simple” Chat With a Neurotypical Person
www.thearticulateautistic.com/what-an-auti...
#Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AutismMom #AutismDad #AutismParent #Neurodivergent
www.thearticulateautistic.com/what-an-auti...
#Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AutismMom #AutismDad #AutismParent #Neurodivergent
What an Autistic Brain Is Doing During a “Simple” Chat With a Neurotypical Person - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
How do autistic people experience conversation? Is it different than how neurotypical people communicate? Better understand what's happening.
www.thearticulateautistic.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Exactly this...
My brother is in a Christmas movie today, he plays the King of Fredonia, the father of the Prince in the image below... It's a lovely movie...it's on at 1:40pm, on '5Christmas' , which you find by going to 'liveTV' on Channel 5.
December 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
My brother is in a Christmas movie today, he plays the King of Fredonia, the father of the Prince in the image below... It's a lovely movie...it's on at 1:40pm, on '5Christmas' , which you find by going to 'liveTV' on Channel 5.
I love thinking about this sort of thing 😄
www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-...
Is the Klein Bottle the Perfect Holiday Gift for Math Fans?
In geometry, there are surfaces that do without an inside or outside—and some need at least four dimensions to exist
www.scientificamerican.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I love thinking about this sort of thing 😄
www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-...
I planted this acorn around the end of October just over 6 weeks ago... emerging as a teenyweenytiny Oak Tree.
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I planted this acorn around the end of October just over 6 weeks ago... emerging as a teenyweenytiny Oak Tree.
After 2 days of major upheaval with a new boiler and one radiator replacement, (courtesy of a gov scheme for which I am grateful beyond words), I treated myself to a little book haul from visiting my go-to place along the road, Little Morton Hall...a little foray into cryptic crosswords 😃
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
After 2 days of major upheaval with a new boiler and one radiator replacement, (courtesy of a gov scheme for which I am grateful beyond words), I treated myself to a little book haul from visiting my go-to place along the road, Little Morton Hall...a little foray into cryptic crosswords 😃
Impressive and slightly scary somehow,
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November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Impressive and slightly scary somehow,
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Local bin I walked past today - hope everyone takes heed and doesn't try to force it to do more than 23 mph...
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Local bin I walked past today - hope everyone takes heed and doesn't try to force it to do more than 23 mph...
@gladlib.bsky.social have you seen this...
LOVELY! You should submit to booktraces-public.lib.virginia.edu/about
Book Traces
booktraces-public.lib.virginia.edu
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
@gladlib.bsky.social have you seen this...
Brilliant! 🤣
He doesn't mind!!
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Brilliant! 🤣
Reposted by Hilary Forbes
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Hilary Forbes
Mysterious downlink signals from SpaceX’s classified Starshield satellites in a frequency band reserved for uplinks — raising concerns over spectrum rules and possible interference with other satellites. 🧵⬇️
www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...
A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal
An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.
www.npr.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Mysterious downlink signals from SpaceX’s classified Starshield satellites in a frequency band reserved for uplinks — raising concerns over spectrum rules and possible interference with other satellites. 🧵⬇️
www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...
First time with no mistakes 🤣
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September 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
First time with no mistakes 🤣
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On a planet not too far away...
A beautiful view of a partly cloudy Martian sky as seen by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on Sept. 25, 2025 (Sol 1635) | Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
On a planet not too far away...
Reposted by Hilary Forbes
Poster for the Kyiv Book Fair, Ukraine (2023)
September 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Poster for the Kyiv Book Fair, Ukraine (2023)
My reading over the last couple of days...and Aristophanes Wasps...these were all my Dad's books...
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My reading over the last couple of days...and Aristophanes Wasps...these were all my Dad's books...
Reposted by Hilary Forbes
When I started A Meeting With Your Writing in Sept 2012, I had no idea if anyone would register. They did. And many of them stayed for years. Are you looking for a supportive academic community to help you write? academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
When I started A Meeting With Your Writing in Sept 2012, I had no idea if anyone would register. They did. And many of them stayed for years. Are you looking for a supportive academic community to help you write? academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...
So important to read this...
I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine - Volume 1
www.cambridge.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So important to read this...