Neil Taylor (digidol)

Great Scott!

Love this. #FluxCapacitorDay

That is fabulous. Happy Flux Capacitor Day! 🎉

Goodness, don’t they know that Christmas starts the day after Blow Things Up night?

😮😉 Both? Neither? The link has long been lost. Thankfully no ‘penny for guy’ menaces today - at least not here. Sadly, very few bonfires too 😢

Mental health & wellbeing matters: resources for those going through difficult times Just a few organisations and places that offer support - and please add any more you think we should have on the list.

Just a few organisations and places that offer support - and please add any more you think we should have on the list.
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🎉 Happy Flux Capacitor Day! On this day in Back to the Future film history (5th November 1955), Doc Emmett Brown had the idea for the Flux Capacitor.

The UK will be marking this day with fireworks across the land this evening*.

#BackToTheFuture #BonfireNight #Fireworks

* oh, and bonfire night.

Cheeky Haggis tonight. If you haven’t had a haggis in a while, a cold, wet, windy November night is a good excuse. Tasty.

What makes a city? This Insight examines how a place becomes a city, whether ceremonial and local government structures signify a city status, and how city status can be lost.

Just preparing to lobby Charles. He studied here. One hopes he would look favourably on an application for city status. Just don’t mention the eggy greeting some gave to his mother.

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Avoid and report internet scams and phishing How internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing, HMRC scams, immigration scams.

For UK citizens, did you know that you can “Report misleading websites, emails, phone numbers, phone calls or text messages you think may be suspicious” to the government?

The information is passed to the National Cyber Security Centre for investigation.

www.gov.uk/report-suspi...

It was tastier than the Mr Fusion device at the end of the film.

Enjoyed a cheeky Delorean cocktail in the cinema bar beforehand.

Poster for Back to Future 40th anniversary release

Great Scott! The restored 40th anniversary print of Back to the Future is an absolute treat. Watched it tonight at Commodore Cinema. The film moves at pace. I don’t think there is a wasted scene. Great script, excellent performances from the cast and the music pops. Seek this out at the cinema. 🍿🎥🎞️

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

“[we must] change course in order to make sure that the overshoot is as short as possible and as low in intensity as possible to avoid tipping points like the Amazon. [this] is a real risk […] if we don’t make a dramatic decrease of emissions [now]
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Picture of visitors to an Open Day, starting at the meeting point in the Arts Centre. In the foreground, you can see the Your Open Day Guide that is provided to all visitors.

Join us for our next Open Day on 8 November 🗓️. Find out about studying Computer Science at Aberystwyth, and student life. #AberOpenDay #ComputerScience #UniversityLife #Aberystwyth

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I Swear | How a Facebook note kickstarted the movie How a note on Facebook from writer/director Kirk Jones set the movie of I Swear into motion. More on the story here.

How a note on Facebook from writer-director Kirk Jones set the movie of I Swear into motion. More on the story here:
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Image showing some features of Antarctica. The penguins drawn in the image are bigger than the highest mountain.

There are several in Antarctica around the 1,100 to 1,500m range, and other larger ones too. Dig out you digital map and head for a browse.

If this image is anything to go by… the Penguins are even bigger. Yikes. 😂 (image from www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...). 2/2

TIL that there are many more mountains in Antarctica than I had ever thought about. The largest is Mount Vinson, about 4,892m high; for comparison, Snowden is 1,085m, Ben Nevis is about 1,300m and Everest is about 8,800m. Mount Vinson is 8th highest in the world. 1/2

Three student ambassadors are walking and talking outside the arts centre

Welcome to everyone coming to open day today // Croeso i bawb sy'n dod i'r diwrnod agored heddiw

Nostalgic sound. Haven’t heard that in a long time. Farewell dial-up. You were an important step to today’s connectivity.

Not me 😀

I think there was a knitted bee or ladybird in each room. I think it was there as an activity for children to find all of the creatures.

Fun day out at this @nationaltrust.org.uk property. Pleased to report that the scones were also delicious.

Tree in the orchard, with red apples with the Mary Queen variety.

Picture of fountain with mansion in background.

We picked apples from the orchard - lots of different varieties. The one we gave tried so far is delicious. Also, the walled garden has a new garden area next to it, which has a water fountain.

Window shapes in wall of the courtyard. Showing view of landscape.

View of mansion from the lakeside.

Courtyard behind the mansion included a wall with window shapes, allowing a view of the sweeping landscape. Large estate, so we walked around lake and saw swans and a heron.

Mansion. Stairs rise up to the entrance. Columns surround entrance. Brown stone building. Bright blue sky.

Standing on stairs in hall, looking down to the doors entering the hall.

Looking from the floor, up past the stairs, to see the dome and blue sky.

Two figures showing costume designs of the day. One figure is holding a knitted bee.

Wonderful staircase in centre, with some above to flood the hall with light. Chance to see costumes from the period.

Panoramic view of Berrington Hall, with landscape.

Went to Berrington Hall today, a National Trust property near Leominster. Great day. Some more photos next.

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Happy second breakfast feast.

It is a good proportion of us, most days. But we get by. Thankfully.

Monochrome image of a deer jumping across a track in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.

An image of mine from the distant past - the early 1970s.
On film, before autofocus, and without a motor drive...

TIL that the UK’s Office for National Statistics has a life expectancy calculator. Interesting.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...