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Science Communicator, Public Engagement person, Geeky McNerderson, sweary and woke. Swoke? If you want a science talk or show about your favourite Sci-Fi, get in touch - I'm your carbon based life form! He/Him

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If only...

05.12.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy - Nature Rapidly growing satellite constellations pose a substantial threat to astronomical observations, with projections indicating that future space telescopes will have more than 96% of their exposures aff...

Full paper in nature here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

04.12.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

He's A FUCKING NAZI.

I know none of the little Musk bros will bother responding, but these are serious issues about a racist weirdo with too much money who hasn't actually created anything, beyond lies and broken promises.

05.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He has wasted $3,000,000,000 SO FAR on his ridiculous, exploding Starship, that can't even get a banana into orbit. Money that should have been used to develop a working Human Landing System. Massively over budget, massively behind schedule, and a system that all evidence points to being unworkable

05.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He's funding far right, racist groups around the world to damage democracy.

Twitter is damaging democracy further with it's mis- and disinformation.

He literally created a racist, sexist, bigoted LLM designed to parrot his views and lie.

He corrupted the US elections

He makes badly made cars

05.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A serious question to any Musk fans even though I know none of you cowards will actually answer.

Is there anything he cannot fuck up?

He's directly responsible for at least 400,000 child deaths so far.

He's ruining astronomy with his satellites. Telescopes are being blinded by them.

05.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A warning to everyone.
I've been told by LG that the unrepairable, 3.5 year old fridge freezer that cost me nearly Β£1000 can't be replaced by them because their machines are, and I quote "...unpredictable and [can] develop an issue at any point during their lifetime".

05.12.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now? It's just another grimdark terrible future. It has badly written, idiotic characters and stories, written by scientifically illiterate hacks.

I condemn the abuse leveled at the actors. It is not their fault.

But the writers and showrunners can rot in Gre'Thor with the other dishonorables

05.12.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Star Trek was the one sci-fi series that showed a future of hope. Where humanity had overcome its problems and made it out the other side.

It was morality tales. It was thoughtful. It used silly headed aliens to make you think about real world problems. Occasionally it was very, very silly.

05.12.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

..dislike Star Trek or don't care about anything that's gone before.

If that's the case JUST MAKE A NEW SHOW NOT IN THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE. Slapping a Starfleet skin on a teen drama does not Star Trek make.

05.12.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

SNW had some episodes I enjoyed, but the drop in quality last season was deeply disappointing. What I've seen of Lower Decks has been quite funny. And the new Academy series looks... Well it doesn't look like Star Trek.

Most of the new shows seem to be written an ran by people who actively

05.12.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I envy you, I really do πŸ˜‚

I REALLY tried to like Discovery, but it was so stupid and I found most of the characters utterly unlikeable. I REALLY tried to like Picard (TBF I did enjoy s3). Section31 was one of the most embarrassing things I've seen. The Abrams movies ranged from stupid to egregious

05.12.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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US vaccine panel votes to end universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns The group said babies born to mothers who don't have the virus should make "individual-based" decisions.

Children are going to die. Others will be forced to live with life long liver problems.

This decision looks to be driven by vaccine misinformation and disinformation, voted on by a panel filled with anti-science contrarians put in place by RFK.

Absolutely heartbreaking

www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.12.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are delightful! Virus snowflakes FTW!!

05.12.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a man 's face in front of a red curtain Alt: a close up of a Star Trek's Mr Spock looking diappointed in front of a red curtain

I first saw Star Trek in June 1984 and I was hooked.

I built myself a Borg suit at 14 & have an unhealthy crush on the Borg Queen.
Today I wore a Star Trek Christmas jumper.

And I have to resign myself to the fact that it's getting increasingly unlikely I'll get anymore Star Trek made for me.

05.12.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When the murder machine disentegrates you, the quantum clone that is reconstructed gets set to the new timezone.

05.12.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hadn't watched #BBCQT in a while. Fiona Bruce's insane bias to the right wing reminded me why it's so frustrating.

Allows the Greens and LD to be constantly shouted over, interrupting them constantly herself, while letting the Reform sociopath insult the audience and lie through his teeth.

04.12.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Zia Yusuf really is an odious little turd. A rude, arrogant, compassionless liar.

An unelected prick spouting xenophobic bullshit for his racist, fascist boss.

That Reform Party- a party of racist, sexist, traitorous grifters is doing so well in the polls, is deeply depressing.

#QuestionTime

04.12.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Question time just opening with the racists tonight

04.12.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a second worm has hit the brain meat

04.12.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know what a Scott Galloway is, but it Seems like a creepy fucking weirdo who seems unable to view women as people. "A good Jordan Petersen" is the same as "a good venereal disease"- oxymoronic, and something you don't want anywhere near you.

04.12.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Random man who has done no actual research, but has plenty of money writes book about masculinity"

04.12.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And when you view the scene in the wider a heme of things it makes the opening Ep IV seem ridiculous, and is another example of Star Wars trying as hard as possible to make the star wars universe as small and parochial as possible.

04.12.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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bugs bunny says nooo while looking at something Alt: bugs bunny says nooo while looking at something

Oh no. Oh no no no no no.

04.12.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What the actual fuck

04.12.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Girl Guides of Canada Inclusion makes Girl Guides of Canada stronger. It ensures that girls and youth have a place to build confidence, develop the skills to thrive and connect with a community that sees them for who they truly are. Girl Guides of Canada welcomes all girls - cisgender and transgender - as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that focus on and are driven by the experience of girls. Learn more about our commitment to inclusivity and accessibility at girlguides.ca/inclusivity

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Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

04.12.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2309    πŸ” 767    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 68

Witless dipshit calls people pointing out how wrong he is "witless dipshits". Delightful.

04.12.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Johann Lamont is a nasty, vicious, bigoted arsehole. She's not happy just banning old women from making cakes and girls from taking part in outdoor activities with peers. No, she's upset the organisations aren't praising her and her fellow bigots for forcing them to exclude trans women and girls.

04.12.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important to mention that recent British TERF Demands included "Why is a trans woman on Only Connect!?!?!?". What they want is impossible. They want trans people to not exist and for everyone who they drove away with their bigotry to crawl back to them and grovel for forgiveness. Give them nothing.

04.12.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a whiney, evil bastard she is.

04.12.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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