A new JWST image, showing the star-forming region Sagittarius B2.
Open up the image and lose yourself in the stars...
24.09.2025 17:31 β π 194 π 52 π¬ 3 π 6
BEYOND DOUBT: The Putin regime runs a state-sponsored program to assassinate political opponents with military-grade chemical weapons.
π§΅ Navalny's death was part of it, and the Dossier Center findings suggest his 2020 poisoner finished the job in prison
22.09.2025 17:36 β π 70 π 28 π¬ 2 π 0
Photo pf a large group of women in blue football strips posing together on a grass field, some wonen standing in a row while others are sitting on the ground in front
The Afghan women's football/soccer team, who relocated to the UK to escape the Taliban's removal of female rights, including exclusion from all public life #WomensArt #AfghanWomen
30.08.2025 07:12 β π 4996 π 841 π¬ 0 π 49
A large Ukraine flag featuring blue and yellow colors displays the words "Alaska Stands With Ukraine." Trees and a cloudy sky are visible in the background.
Massive flag in support of Ukraine unveiled in Alaska.
"Alaska Stands With Ukraine." #3E #StandWithUkraine #AlaskaWithUkraine
15.08.2025 14:31 β π 3441 π 778 π¬ 56 π 44
A rally in support of Ukraine was held in Anchorage, Alaska, with several hundred participants reported. Another pro-Ukrainian demonstration is planned today to coincide with the US-Russia summit.
15.08.2025 06:51 β π 373 π 54 π¬ 6 π 2
COSIG logo:
COSIG (Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides)
Now available at cosig.net!
Anyone can do post-publication peer review.
Anyone can be a steward of the scientific literature.
Anyone can do forensic metascience.
Anyone can sleuth.
That's why we are launching COSIG: the Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides, an open source resource for all of the above.
cosig.net
04.06.2025 13:32 β π 102 π 58 π¬ 4 π 8
A clip for #RomanSiteSaturday of Inchtuthill, the short-lived #Roman fortress on the banks of the Tay, near Blairgowrie, Perth & Kinross, #Scotland. It iwas occupied by the XX Valeria Victrix legion. This was a major fort covering 53 acres, completed in AD82/83.
17.05.2025 15:30 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
βWe are so grateful to the people of Shetlandβ β skippers praise warm welcome from all
THE SKIPPERS of the historic vessels in the Liberation Convoy have praised Shetland for the exceptionally warm welcome they have received during their...
The Liberation Convoy has landed safely in Lerwick. The five historic vessels β some of which took part in βShetland Busβ operations in World War II β remain open to the public today and tomorrow.
08.05.2025 16:40 β π 36 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0
Petition: Funding for Hyperemesis Gravidarum care
We call on the UK Government to provide funding to improve physical and mental healthcare for sufferers, increase training, eliminate inequities in access and treatment as well as ensure HG sufferers ...
UK people, please consider signing this Parliamentary petition asking for better care for those experiencing hyperemesis gravidarum - my dear daughter-in-law suffered during both her pregnancies & it's a horrible thing, with inadequate support: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
04.05.2025 13:01 β π 210 π 71 π¬ 17 π 3
A lot of Americans don't know this, but the winner of the Canadian election will be required live in a small cottage located in the backyard of the palace where the viceroy to the King of England lives.
The cottage just recently got a new wifi router, which was very exciting for all Canadians.
28.04.2025 12:24 β π 1763 π 403 π¬ 102 π 219
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
25.04.2025 19:17 β π 1885 π 571 π¬ 74 π 76
This was an incredibly excellent talk by Eliot.
26.04.2025 12:09 β π 50 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0
In the pre-sunrise Orkney light (05.30), a cold brisk wind doesn't stop the curlews calling
21.04.2025 06:13 β π 32 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
An apartment block burns
Kherson, as Putinβs βEaster ceasefireβ gets underway.
Donβt let your media outlets lie to you.
19.04.2025 16:27 β π 258 π 120 π¬ 3 π 4
We should all be concerned about mental health of young people whose distress is expressed through gender identity.
But they need reassurance re the #SupremeCourt judgment, not alarming rhetoric.
Not hostility & prejudice but support.
And the best mental health care we can offer.
18.04.2025 17:51 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
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Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz WojczyΕski focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
β‘οΈ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
π π§ͺ #galactic
17.04.2025 22:22 β π 3072 π 662 π¬ 101 π 58
This is high art
06.04.2025 21:37 β π 26509 π 7606 π¬ 534 π 1017
Inside Mousa Broch on the now uninhabited island of Mousa in Shetland. The image shows the interior of the stone tower with flagstones at its base and a group of four people standing an looking around. The doorway is on the far side of the structure.
Inside Mousa Broch on the now uninhabited island of Mousa in Shetland. Mousa Broch rises to 13m high and is both magnificent and awe inspiring. It is also by some margin the best preserved of Scotland's 500 or so brochs. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...
#Scotland #Shetland #MousaBroch
26.12.2024 07:16 β π 40 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1
The inside of Mousa Broch - The finest preserved example of a Iron Age broch or round tower. Built in 100 BC it is one of the best preserved ancient buildings in Europe.
Island of Mousa, Shetland, Scotland.
13.08.2024 17:56 β π 69 π 13 π¬ 1 π 0
Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
03.04.2025 18:33 β π 5825 π 1288 π¬ 100 π 114
Antarctic Tern on Heard Island
Heard Island Delegate to the UN: βWe condemn this economic pressure in the strongest possible Ternsβ
05.04.2025 14:32 β π 1329 π 224 π¬ 32 π 13
04.04.2025 20:28 β π 230 π 20 π¬ 9 π 6
Howls have the power to make the whole world smile π
23.03.2025 00:08 β π 5920 π 838 π¬ 99 π 55
A portrait of ancient Scots pine trees on an atmospheric morning. I love the moment when the light starts to interact with the morning fog.
#landscapephotography #scotspine #nature #woodland
19.03.2025 17:16 β π 530 π 41 π¬ 10 π 2
Cow habitat
18.03.2025 21:00 β π 221 π 12 π¬ 6 π 0
Beth Robertson Fiddes
Artist
Land and seascapes inspired by my surroundings in the north west of Scotland.
Artist sketching the beautiful city of Edinburgh. This is my sketch blog including family, art, news and events from the city.
We love sharing our passion for astronomy. We've been holding meetings in Edinburgh since 1924. Come to one of our meetings, in person or online - visitors are always welcome.
#astronomyedinburgh #edinburgh #scotland
www.astronomyedinburgh.org
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Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. Louis β’ Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Director β’ Planetary Bastard β’ he/him/Sir
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RDW Glass - Rich Welsh, Keira Mclean, Caireen Stuart.
www.stainedglass.scot
Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Professor at UCL, writer, broadcaster. Author of Storm in a Teacup and Blue Machine https://linktr.ee/helenczerski Co-host of BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth
Writer: Inside Job β’ Close Enough β’ Brooklyn 99 β’ Late Night with Seth Meyers β’ Several Well Meaning Yet Cancelled Shows β’ The Emmys Once
Physics Prof at UCL. Sun & space. Vice pesident @popastro. Book: http://amzn.to/2nitfmi
That maths guy from the internet.
Fellow with Carnegieβs Nuclear Policy Program and Associate with Harvardβs Managing the Atom | PhD from Oxford | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
Dutch journalist (ret). Was defence editor at Radio Netherlands. Studied Russian. First job: Amnesty spokesman in the Netherlands. Then 3 decades in journalism. My Cold War spy story: https://hansdevreij.com/2017/01/24/russian-spy-and-i-2/
#Radfem shop. not the fun kind.
Run by Angela Wild
#Terf before it was cool, Dyke, Witch,
Dangerous Organisation
Survived and escaped X
#ThisWitchDoesntBurn #xx
#FeministsAgainstRacism #4b
AntiTrump
pronouns: Her/Ladyship
A unique museum dedicated to Roman & Iron Age Scotland.
πThistle Awards Winner
Melrose, Scottish Borders
πhttps://linktr.ee/trimontiumtrust
One travellerβs overly-ambitious and ultimately unachievable walking project to visit all the beaches of Scotland. Also on the other place (for now). See all beaches at:
http://www.scottishbeachproject.com
Shining a light on the UK's role in corruption at home and abroad
https://linktr.ee/endcorruptionuk
Exploring Scotlandβs past through archaeology at National Trust for Scotland sites. Follow for updates on digs, discoveries, and history! #ForTheLoveOfScotland. Where we are and what we're doing.