Interesting. share.google/VGWvyVzjzo1g...

Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets - some thoughts

Pokemon Go and the recent game changes - an overview

I like this front page! ukmagazine.theweek.com/full_page_im...

Brilliant news! BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg... Election day live updates: Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race - BBC News

Let’s take a moment to revel in this incredible day before we jump back into the hard work ahead. The people have spoken. But one day & a few incredible wins won’t fix everything. But that’s the problem for tomorrow. Let’s celebrate today, recharge our batteries. Tomorrow the next phase begins!

Excited to be seeing Focus playing at the Bush Hall!

GBBF 2025 GBBF 2025 was much anticipated, especially as GBBF 2024 didn’t happen due to building work at Olympia, which was notified to the organisers too late to switch to a different venue. This was incredibly disappointing, as it is one of the fixed points of my year. It did however give CAMRA…

Has anyone here read/is reading the new Dan Brown book, The Secret of Secrets?

Study of the #PriceofaPint in 155 countries: the priciest pint is £9.95 in Doha, the cheapest 68p in Madagascar. Blighty comes in 11th, average cost £5.50 though you'll pay more in London. You'll need a time machine back to 1986 to pay 68p for a pint in the UK! #BskyBeer

I'm on Substack! Not many posts yet, but more will follow. robertjackson324903.substack.com

This is a ridiculous situation and totally unacceptable in my opinion. Thanks @rogerprotz.bsky.social for publicising it here.

Also CBoB Silver winner.

Saturday morning at the BeerFest, with the Penkhull Village Brass Band on stage. Much enjoyed by all.

Last day of our BeerFest today. Fingers crossed for a good turnout!

Some very good points from @rogerprotz.bsky.social

This is a reminder the abstract deadline for the 44th Christmas Meeting and Early Career Researcher (ECR) Meeting to be held at the University of Leeds on Monday 15 – Wednesday 17 December 2025 is Monday 3 November 2025 Full details of the submission process are available on the meeting website.

A sad day indeed.

If you live in the Potteries or nearby, do come and support our BeerFest which starts tomorrow!

Good news if it happens. share.google/FiYFkuZbsJ40...

This year's Nobel - commentary and background, with a few more bonus MOF pictures of my own:

Enjoying a pint of J W Lees Boddington cask. It's just like the original, and I am transported back 30+ years. @rogerprotz.bsky.social have you tried it yet?

BBC News - Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing www.bbc.com/news/article...

Me too.

Scary to say the least.

Enjoy if you are going!

What a splendid idea.

A good article, although there is the usual misunderstanding of the Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment. share.google/gfD0CrvqpRDR...

@angel-fhs.bsky.social Welcome to BlueSky!

The journal @solids-mdpi.bsky.social offers a travel award for research students and young and early career researchers. Details are in this link: www.mdpi.com/journal/soli.... Deadline is 31 October 2025/

Definitely a must! And l've contributed to it.

Here's another plug for the 40th Stoke Beer & Cider Festival, being held next month from 15-18 October. Tickets can be booked online (see poster) or purchased on the door (subject to availabilty). Hoping to see some of you there! @rogerprotz.bsky.social can you make it?

@mirror.co.uk welcomes the launch of 2026 @camraofficial.bsky.social Good Beer Guide but publishes a shocking list of 36 lost prized pubs featured in last year's Guide

Thanks to Mellards Bar for playing this and reminding me of it. Helping get Farage out of my head! www.shazam.com/track/247422...

Student visas dropped to a four year low. Trump also cuts spending on research by hundreds of billions on college campuses. This is how you end American exceptionalism. I gifted this article so you can read it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is seriously worrying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...