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@gothwin.bsky.social

Saganist, lapsed mathematician/theoretical physicist and lapsed goth. PhD in time travel. Mostly post about science, sci-fi and 'alternative' music. Favourite bands: New Model Army, Heilung, Wardruna, ACTORS, The Sisters of Mercy, Paradise Lost…

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Down to my last 10 boxes of mince pies.

18.01.2026 16:54 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First read of 2026 is Slow Gods by Claire North

01.01.2026 10:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Wardruna - Hertan (Heart) Official Music Video
YouTube video by wardruna Wardruna - Hertan (Heart) Official Music Video

This year Wardruna topped my personal 'most played album' (Birna), 'most played song' (Hertan), 'most played band' and 'most seen live' charts. This was my most played song of 2025. What was yours? www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfiZ...

01.01.2026 07:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Kalandra - Ghosts (Visualizer)
YouTube video by kalandramusic Kalandra - Ghosts (Visualizer)

Perfect song for this time of year from Kalandra - playing this EP a lot at the moment #solstice #wintersolstice #winter #kalandra www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrcN...

21.12.2025 07:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fancy that @scifiscavenger.bsky.social

06.12.2025 17:49 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Book haul feat. @tomgauld.bsky.social @jamesbluecat.bsky.social @dennisetaylor.bsky.social

28.11.2025 18:13 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Do I even bother trying to sleep tonight? #fireworks

05.11.2025 19:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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That was fun. Forgot the flour though IYKYK. #fieldsofthenephilim #goth

02.11.2025 06:49 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Building the Adam Nevill collection. Becoming one of my favourite modern horror authors.

30.10.2025 17:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New books this week. @foliosociety.bsky.social @greatdismal.bsky.social @brianclegg.bsky.social @alekskrotoski.bsky.social @jimbaggott.bsky.social @markcooperjones.bsky.social @jayforeman.bsky.social

28.10.2025 19:13 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Excellent, and yes it will be great to finally meet in person 🙂

16.10.2025 20:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you. At least I’ll get to catch them both in Bradford in December! You going to that one?

16.10.2025 19:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Missing @newmodelarmy.bsky.social and Paradise Lost gigs this week due to COVID so I’ll have to listen to these instead and party like it’s 2020

16.10.2025 17:35 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Loved Cunning Folk, The Ritual and All of Fiends of Hell by Nevill.

04.10.2025 16:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week’s new books. Definitely getting read for #spooktober #spookyseason #halloween @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @caimhmc.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social

04.10.2025 13:12 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Finished (and enjoyed) Scuttler’s Cove this morning and purchased Withered Hill yesterday.

03.10.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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New books!📚

22.09.2025 16:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I must get round to reading some Baxter. Got The Thousand Earths on the shelf.

06.09.2025 18:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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New books from @johnlangan.bsky.social and others

06.09.2025 10:16 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Kalandra - Borders (Official Live Performance @ Castlefest 2024)
YouTube video by Castlefest Kalandra - Borders (Official Live Performance @ Castlefest 2024)

Most of my new favourite bands seem to be Scandinavian. Today's earworm is from Kalandra. Gorgeous track #MusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OrR...

25.08.2025 09:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Modest bank holiday weekend book haul @weirdwalk.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social
@andysaunders-1.bsky.social

24.08.2025 16:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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First big book haul in a while. Nice selection I think @karenhao.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social

15.08.2025 12:19 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Black Sabbath - "War Pigs" - Live in Paris 1970 [HD] [Remastered]
YouTube video by SKEvil Black Sabbath - "War Pigs" - Live in Paris 1970 [HD] [Remastered]

RIP Ozzy 🙁 Black Sabbath were certainly a formative band for me. One of my favourites in my early teens. I remember being blown away by this when I saw it late at night on BBC2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2I...

22.07.2025 18:23 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Human - Series 1: 1. The First of Us The extraordinary story of how the human species, Homo sapiens, first emerged, where the discoveries of recent years are revolutionising the understanding of humanity's origin story.

Looking forward to watching this later...esp as it features some of the work done by the very excellent @elliescerri.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

14.07.2025 17:05 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Unlocking Our Ecological History New discoveries from Côte D'Ivoire place ecosystem diversity at the roots of our species.

How deep are humanity’s roots in African rainforests? Eleanor Scerri details her team’s research published in Nature about the discovery of tools in Côte d’Ivoire dating back to 150,000 years ago, which places ecosystem diversity at the roots of our species. #Academicsky 🏺 🧪

08.06.2025 01:21 — 👍 57    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1

How odd. My copy is thankfully romantasy free!

28.06.2025 19:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was, but very good.

28.06.2025 19:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My favourite read of 2025 so far #stonelands @stonelands.bsky.social

28.06.2025 15:38 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal - Nature Analysis of species distribution models in a pan-African database comprising chronometrically dated archaeological sites over the past 120,000 years shows major expansion in the human niche from 70 ka...

1/5 Why do all non-Africans descended from a group that left Africa 50k ago? In @nature.com we model 120k years of human niche dynamics. From 70ka, a big expansion of the human niche in Africa likely equipped later OOA dispersals with a unique ecological flexibilty.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

18.06.2025 15:10 — 👍 121    🔁 39    💬 7    📌 3

Gift article about our work that also mentions our recently published paper in @nature.com on rainforests as well! Thank you @carlzimmer.com!

18.06.2025 15:24 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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