Adrian Nightingale

Empty stage, with the opening slide for 2026's Ocean Sciences Meeting.

In Glasgow and ready to go. #OSM26

Very nice!

Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice

YouTube video by Matt Berry - Topic Solstice

Happy solstice. (Musical treat 2)
youtu.be/_Ev0xiOKvZI?...

Happy Solstice. youtu.be/ZzpRwnTNE4Y?...

I misread that as "toilet trouble"!

The Womble and The Clanger in the style of The Omen and The Exorcist

🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster

That'll be plenty near enough for my purposes. Many thanks again!

Fabulous, many thanks. I'll add this in to the lecture slides and make sure to credit you!

That would be amazing yes please! a.nightingale@soton.ac.uk

Do you know where it was situated and what year this advert was taken from? I ask 'cos I mention ammonia refrigeration in 2nd year thermodynamics, would be good to slip this is in as a nice local example of ammonia refrigeration and the inherent risks of ammonia.

With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

No joke, mince pies have been available in my local Sainsburys since August.

I also enjoyed the description of scientific instruments as icebergs, with the capital cost the bit you can see, and the running costs and required infrastructure as the larger hidden piece underneath.

You're going to be amazing, go smash it!

I listen to episodes of "Night Tracks" from Radio 3 on BBC Sounds. Lyric free (bar the odd choral latin), gentle, varied, and gives the odd new musical discovery.

Sounds like a challenge!

AI can now generate fake microscopy images that are nearly impossible to detect. A serious threat to scientific integrity—and we’re not prepared for it.

Commentary in @natnano.nature.com

#nanotechnology

Nailed it!

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Philomena Cunk reading in a chair. "The first three pages of the novel extend over three pages, which reflects how the protagonist feels trapped"

Philomena Cunk in a room full of armaments. "1931 was a time in between two different world wars"

Philomena Cunk in front of the Globe. "Othello's passion for Desdemona is powerful enough to prevent him from killing her, except that he finally does"

Philomena Cunk summing up. "The reality could not be further from the truth"

Another batch

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

Can't wait to read it!

Deadline for applications is 28 February 2025. Do get in touch if you have any questions.

A map showing South West England and Wales, labelled "Graph of British Rivers". Two river courses are shown, labelled 'Wye axis' and 'Exe axis'. Does anyone read these descriptions, or am I wasting my time?

Graph of British Rivers

Nice!