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@nasaproplus.bsky.social

Sports quant, science writer, cosmology PhD. Works at Botsphere. Ex science ed at BBC magazines. Represented by Curious Minds literary agency.

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A new week - and a new huge milestone!

@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!

We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

13.10.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1624    ๐Ÿ” 359    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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Jane Goodall said sheโ€™d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. ๐Ÿš€

05.10.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 760    ๐Ÿ” 261    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

A mug and a sausage?

29.09.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didn't know that - interesting, thanks๐Ÿ‘

25.09.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isn't the animal precursor to a human virus normally identified within a few months of the human outbreak?

24.09.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As someone with autism, Iโ€™m tired
of hearing the same false โ€œcausesโ€ over
and over Tylenol, vaccines, you name it.
#Autism isnโ€™t a conspiracy or a mystery
to scare people about. If you want to
understand, start by listening to us.

22.09.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 938    ๐Ÿ” 175    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Here's a better idea: every data centre you build, you build enough renewable energy to power it, and you supply the waste heat from your cooling system to power homes and businesses nearby. Simple. Common sense. And fair.

18.09.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 406    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Gregg Wallace is available

11.09.2025 10:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All those deaths of innocent people that receive silence and yet so many feel that one death of someone who spoke against empathy and for the necessary death of innocent people to ensure the right to be armed and so many feel they must be public in their condolences and compassion for this one life

11.09.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 310    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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two men standing next to each other with the words the power of christ compels you on the bottom ALT: two men standing next to each other with the words the power of christ compels you on the bottom
11.09.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.

And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

07.09.2025 05:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3275    ๐Ÿ” 1313    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 209
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Another day where elderly people who are against genocide are the villains and far right thugs have โ€œlegitimate concernsโ€

Robinince.com

06.09.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 157    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Good day to be a newt

05.09.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'This country needs migrants'

Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration

03.09.2025 06:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1720    ๐Ÿ” 498    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 74
Comic. A snake slithers around a hypercube. No two non-consecutive parts of its coils can be on adjacent corners. [Three small 4-dimensional hypercubes showing disallowed options with one large cube with snake wrapped around it. Dimensions = 4. Max Length - 7.] Snake(N) = Longest snake that can fit in an n-dimensional hypercube. Snake(N=1, 2, 3โ€ฆ8) = 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 26, 50, 98. Snake(N>8) = UNSOLVED. [caption] It turns out every scientific field has a key thought experiment that involves putting a cute animal in a weird box for no reason. So far, quantum mechanics and graph theory have found theirs, but most other fields are still working on it.

Comic. A snake slithers around a hypercube. No two non-consecutive parts of its coils can be on adjacent corners. [Three small 4-dimensional hypercubes showing disallowed options with one large cube with snake wrapped around it. Dimensions = 4. Max Length - 7.] Snake(N) = Longest snake that can fit in an n-dimensional hypercube. Snake(N=1, 2, 3โ€ฆ8) = 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 26, 50, 98. Snake(N>8) = UNSOLVED. [caption] It turns out every scientific field has a key thought experiment that involves putting a cute animal in a weird box for no reason. So far, quantum mechanics and graph theory have found theirs, but most other fields are still working on it.

Snake-in-the-Box Problem

xkcd.com/3125/

08.08.2025 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3986    ๐Ÿ” 546    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Angela Rayner: Hands off our allotments | We Own It

Sign the petition against the UK government sell-off of allotment land #allotmentlife

07.08.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.

Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.

22.07.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1690    ๐Ÿ” 812    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

UN Human Rights Office: At least 798 people have been killed since the end of May while seeking food at distribution points operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and other humanitarian convoys.

11.07.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

12.07.2025 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6396    ๐Ÿ” 1467    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 238    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78

Caerbannog... ๐Ÿ‡

10.07.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nice to see more butterflies around this year, after next to none last season. I believe this is a peacock, taking a breather on my beetroot plants!

06.07.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mind you, 28 minutes could be a lot of Slayer songs!

05.07.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.

02.07.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2370    ๐Ÿ” 643    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
3-panel comic. (1) PERSON WITH SHORT HAIR to Person 2: Shining laser pointers at planes is a federal crime. Itโ€™s incredibly dangerous. PERSON 2: Oh, because it can blind the pilot? SHORT HAIR: Thatโ€™s one reasonโ€ฆ (2) [Laser pointed at flying airplane] (3) [Cat close to the size of the plane pouncing on airplane and taking it down]

3-panel comic. (1) PERSON WITH SHORT HAIR to Person 2: Shining laser pointers at planes is a federal crime. Itโ€™s incredibly dangerous. PERSON 2: Oh, because it can blind the pilot? SHORT HAIR: Thatโ€™s one reasonโ€ฆ (2) [Laser pointed at flying airplane] (3) [Cat close to the size of the plane pouncing on airplane and taking it down]

Laser Danger

xkcd.com/3108/

01.07.2025 02:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5339    ๐Ÿ” 1116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

Chanting โŒ; Genocide โœ”๏ธ

29.06.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why does this always feel like a threat?

19.06.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iran is reeling from Israel's attack - and it is only the start Israel's Operation Rising Lion is more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, says Frank Gardner
14.06.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Leeks and strawberries, the classic combo #allotmentlife

05.06.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I watched this happen on the morning of 4 June 1989 in Changโ€™an Avenue, near Tiananmen Square, the morning after the nightโ€™s massacre. Donโ€™t believe the propaganda lie that no massacre took place: I saw 40 people killed in front of me before giving up counting in despair. pic.x.com/zhqZhT6iPB

03.06.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 325    ๐Ÿ” 130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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