One of the best reads of my life. I remember devouring this book in the mornings before setting off for school.
07.07.2025 06:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@onlyif.bsky.social
Unskilled Labourer. Interests are science, art, music, literature, history, sane politics. Mad about books, cats, astronomy...& Deep Purple. Also wine & craft ale. π¬π§ πΊπ¦ πͺπΊ
One of the best reads of my life. I remember devouring this book in the mornings before setting off for school.
07.07.2025 06:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've always liked the bass work on Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, especially Snake Charmer.
15.06.2025 07:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A short film from my old mate Mark. Marking D-Day in Dorchester.
youtube.com/watch?v=JDR6...
Read both The Bone Chests and River Kings by Dr Cat Jarman. Both of them are excellent books. I find detective work in history endlessly fascinating: a satisfying narrative approach which reminds me of science authors following the evidence in science literature.
13.04.2025 17:09 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love it when an expert articulates about contemporary events in a way that matches how I feel about those events: Brexit in the context of the European security crisis. π¬π§πΊπ¦πͺπΊ
08.03.2025 09:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Slava Ukraini.
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Exactly this.
28.02.2025 07:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Stunning observations on the atmosphere of an exoplanet. Foretaste of knowledge to come.
www.eso.org/public/unite...
NATO is dead. Europe must look within and unite. The alternative is to be picked off one by one by Moscow.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
I do hope this is true...!
29.01.2025 12:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The strange death of centre right politics. Since the 2008 market collapse the traditional right seems lost without purpose. In Blighty, 2008 begat austerity which begat Brexit. For many right wingers the rabbit-hole of ethno-nationalism now beckons.
stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
Ed Davey gets it right.
06.01.2025 21:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some people in recent days have alleged a βcover-upβ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a βnationalβ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW hereβs a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrsβ¦
Fascinating observations on what could be pre-Life. Begs lots of questions on the origins of life.
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
First image of a multi-planet system by ESO. The image features 2 giant exoplanets.
I remember as a child in the seventies reading astronomy books (thanks Patrick Moore!) and being sad that I wouldn't live long enough to know or see other solar systems. Yet here we are!
www.eso.org/public/image...
Neighbour on our road has an ornament of the Lion Man in their front garden. Always smile when I pass it.
11.12.2024 08:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One tyrant down.
08.12.2024 12:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My favourite Whitesnake album. Opening track made for a good single; Ain't Gonna Cry No More was the highlight; She's A Woman saw Jon Lord let loose.
03.12.2024 19:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think we all know this but somehow there appears little momentum in dealing with it...a dangerous lack of leadership and unity plus too many wannabe tyrants taking advantage.
02.12.2024 08:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One eye to Georgia.
30.11.2024 20:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Death of Star vs Birth of Cell
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25.11.2024 08:37 β π 5077 π 563 π¬ 73 π 28The optimism that letting Putin keep part of Ukraine will be the end of it all seems to be based on ignoring everything he does and everything he says.
24.11.2024 12:16 β π 153 π 36 π¬ 9 π 1Hi, Iβm God.
Jesus said he wants you all to have free healthcare.
Love,
God
A week off work so it snowed.
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