75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.

Hot chicks in your barn right now. At least, pleasantly warm, incredibly fluffy chicks.

Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies. Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]

I keep thinking "surely today is the last day I'll get the goats out in the electronet pasture" and then the snow melts and the weather gets (somewhat) nicer again. Not a whole lot of grass left, but the goats (and dogs and llama) definitely do appreciate a change of scenery.

Went for a walk around Westport lake on #StokeOnTrent today. An amazing haven for wildlife given it's in the middle of an industrial landscape. Walking alone the canal we were admiring a couple of grey wagtails when a kingfisher flashed past with a fish in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Spent allll day outside, fixing things, cleaning up, getting the farm and house ready for Real Canadian Winter, and hanging out with my animals. It was pretty good.

I found this little fella dazed on a path in the garden. So brought him into the warm to recover for an hour, and I'm happy to say that he recovered well and eventually flew off towards the trees. Bluetit #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography […] [Original post on ohai.social]

It's a lovely sunny day! If you're out for a walk, please take some photos of memorial benches and add them to https://openbenches.org/ We're *very* close to thirty-nine *thousand* benches mapped 😃

My bed is looking very cosy this #caturday morning. Not for me, obviously, there's clearly no room, but very cosy nonetheless😁

"HMRC likely to have breached privacy laws in stopping child benefit" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/01/hmrc-likely-to-have-breached-privacy-laws-in-stopping-child-benefit-experts?CMP=Share_Mastodon_Other

This is fucking amazing

I wrote a paper https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AJ....163...21L/abstract a few years ago with Aaron Boley and @hannorein and our horrifying predictions for light pollution from satellites are matching up perfectly, Lemmon was low in the northwest for this video […]

The astrophotographer I worked with earlier this month, Jeanine Holowatiuk https://www.instagram.com/jeanine.holowatuik/ https://northernescapephotography.com/about/ sent me some horrifying (Halloween-levels of scary) time lapse movies she took of Comet Lemmon. Why horrifying? Starlink.

The goats would like you to know that they are not happy about their grass getting covered up by a bit of snow (even though it was getting kind of iffy from repeated frosts). The dogs, however, would like you to know that snow is the BEST and they are very happy.

Ok interview done! Will be on Quirks and Quarks this Saturday! (Feels like that was not my best interview ever, they had rather restrictive questions...hopefully they edit it well! And hopefully lots of people will be angry about this)

Peace.

Going to add some pretty things to this thread. Because today is Quirks and Quarks interview day(!!!), and at this point I'm about equal parts INCREDIBLY EXCITED to be on that show, and SUPER PISSED OFF that instead of getting to talk about cool astronomy research, I have to talk about a […]

I wish I could curl up with them, this ##whiskerswednesday...unfortunately I have to work to fund their dreamies habit!

Just got an email from a astronomer colleague who got asked by their local CBC station to do an interview tomorrow. "Do you know anything about Reflect Orbital?" Hahah, sorry dude, it's sort of my fault that you have to talk about it. The campaign to reach out to journalists to educate the […]

women use exclamation marks in communication three times more often than men do, something rooted in their realisation that society will reject them as cold and unfriendly if they don’t go out of their way to appear enthusiastic!? […]

The stars are still there, behind the clouds, satellites and light pollution, waiting for us.

Finally got a 30 chain single crochet that looks reasonably good. Still not keeping consistent tension but now I'm noticing and try to correct as I go. #crochet

Your moment of zen

Walking from Kington YHA to Gladestry ( and back) along Offa's dike yesterday. Lots of sunshine and showers but a lovely walk and a good pub at the half way point! #walking #youthhostel

They're SO CUTE. Little puffballs! And now they are in a nice warm room with a heat lamp. Yay I guess. And I've been thinking about the mass-to-area ratio of falling space debris so much that now I can't stop thinking about a terminal velocity calculation […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Just texted my partner "There are CHICKS in the CEILING" and I will just leave this here as a teaser for a future hilarious post.

Terrible traffic on my bike ride earlier.

Every once in awhile, I think of my favorite “…the fuck did you just say?” phraseology, which is from Homer’s Iliad, proving we have never, ever changed as a species, only less fancily inclined. “What nonsense has escaped the barrier of your teeth now?”

Goats and the very last of the pretty fall leaves. (Winter is coming...)

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution. This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Work in progress, watercolour autumn, for my sister. 80x60cm. The paintbrush on the ceramic rest and the leaf to the right of them are real, given away by their shadows. Painted leaves will all have painted shadows to pop them out of the paper and bring them to life, or in this case, senescence.

I am exposing Pica‘s dark secret. Many people think because she has big eyes and a small button nose she also has a “cute little mouth.” This is a lie. Pica‘s mouth goes all the way back to the corners of her head, practically to her ears and she can hinge her […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

hm. i wonder what this may cause

Enough grumping about space debris. More goats!

I've gotten lots of notes from people today about 2 potential space debris falls. One looks like a Chinese rocket stage that fell on Australia (https://nitter.net/RaviHJagtiani/status/1979900950199386410 and https://satobs.org/seesat/Oct-2025/0078.html) And one is a suspiciously high altitude […]

Hellooo more auroras! And helloooo Milky Way! And oh WOW hellooooo Andromeda Galaxy!! Helloooo Pleides!! And fuck you again for good measure, Starlink.

Shout out to people who love ebooks but hate Amazon: Bookshop.org has started doing eBooks! They have an app! They have classics for free! They have daily 99p deals! Much excite! #books #bookstodon

Jay Rayner turned down a commission from Saudi Arabia. Michelin Guides didn’t. https://bsky.app/profile/jayrayner1.bsky.social/post/3m3hm7bagws2b

I'm really excited to eventually see this film, "Shifting Baselines", that I'm in! It looks SO COOL from the trailer, and there's a big picture of me on IMDB for it, haha weird. (But honestly, it's pretty hard to tell it's me because it was -25C or so when […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Hi! I'm back from 3 nights in extremely dark places that were also completely cloudy. But it's ok, I got to chat with a bunch of really interesting people, see some REALLY neat parts of Saskatchewan, learn a lot about astrophotography from a professional, and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I stumbled across this while going through old sceenshots. Some Lesser-Known Collective Nouns by @brianbilston

Did you know long-time member @SwanseaBayNews also federates their full news stories directly to the Fediverse? This is an amazing way for local publishers to talk directly with their audience, give them a follow! Search for @[email protected] to pull in the latest covering […]

Today’s supervisor would like everyone to know that she does enjoy belly pats. #dogsofmastodon #fedidogs