Not appearing in my garden, this Great British Birdwatch weekend... flic.kr/p/2gdcr9F #GBBW Posting this after that thread earlier about post a bird photo you took. #birds

The countdown is on and our final ‘10 birds’ guide is here... Spotting these on your patch? Now that’s lucky! 😍 Don't forget to sign up: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... #BigGardenBirdwatch

RED ALERT! AURORA NAKED EYE OVER THE UK NOW!

Seemed like a Celebrator evening. Even if not celebrating

Not only is this the best episode of @500songspodcast.bsky.social I've heard, it's probably the best music podcast I've heard by anybody

Was at the Guildford Astronomy Society tonight for a talk about radio astronomy by enthusiastic amateurs. Didn't realise amateurs could _do_ radio astronomy. Smaller scale than Jodrell, of course 📡

My Merlin app has started speaking to me in Portuguese 🤷 At least, I think it's Portuguese. Instead of "Save" it offered "Gravar", which is suspiciously close to the Swedish for graves. "Gravad lax" (cured salmon) is (almost) buried salmon. Does one bury data in Portuguese to save it?

Unsolicited writing advice: no. 678: It's fine to write just for pleasure. Writers who write just for pleasure are still writers. (Also applies to readers, and reading.)

Great advice for NYD. Visa från Utanmyra is just gorgeous. Here's an album stream. But seek out to own, as Andrew says, for loads of reasons. youtu.be/t2D5HlKLh34?...

Well, I for one miss your printed top 10, @sidsmith.bsky.social, but I'd guess Hedvig Mollestad Trio is in there. #np Bees In The Bonnet

In Sweden we're already done with the main Christmas festivities but as there, however, are a lot of countries celebrating on the 25th, I hereby present you with the part of NGC 2264 that is also known as the Christmas Tree Cluster. Happy holidays! 🎄

Today is the day to celebrate in Sweden* so, "God Jul!". It's fairly obvious that jul is cognate with Yule and yuletide is not far from juletid. But I didn't know until last month that jul is cognate with jolly. Satisfying. 🎄 *Not only, obvs

Lost Cocteau Twins album?

Unexpected thread in the photography area. Can any of my beer friends comment?

First of my small stash of this year's Swedish julöl (Christmas beers). This is from Remmarlöv in the very south.

At the checkout on @masterofmalt.com they have a button "I want more snowflakes". Yes, I did try pressing more than once ☃️

Hard to think of anywhere that shaped my musical and literary personality more strongly than Birmingham Central Library in the 1970s. Designed by John Madin in the Brutalist style, now sadly demolished. Great to see it being celebrated in these Christmas cards by @gailmyerscough.co.uk

Seriously great chance to get/complet the set. I mean, worth it for Volta alone 🤩 (Would've been on my Bandcamp Wra**ed for 2024, if such a thing existed.)

Excellent article by Alexis Petridis. Especially the two paragraphs below the photo of Cecil Taylor.

Happy World Linguistics Day! Celebratory days take off when groups of people decide to make them happen so... let's see how many different locations we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!

Hydrology (DiN94) is out on all streaming platforms and good record shops today via @ianboddy.bsky.social Worldwide customers can save on postage by buying from these places EU www.groove.nl/shop/loula-y... USA din7d.bandcamp.com/album/hydrol... 🌊🌊🌊🌊

@vivbnow.bsky.social Did you see this?

Sky at Night with added Hannah and Dara 😘👌

Fantastic astro photos with a Halloween theme.

The dust likes stars

Every Day (I Thank You). Live version with Jack de Johnette. But do listen to the studio version on 80/81, on whatever musical medium you prefer. One of my DiDs (often) youtu.be/th8KFRq3JkE?...

The pub I happened to be in (The Astronomer, Bishopsgate) had Fuller's Vintage on cask. Result! Went back for a second half, got a pint (and paid for it). Gave half away. Gorgeous, despite everything

Mjällby becoming Champions of Sweden is perhaps more unlikely than when Leicester won the Premier League. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Its that time again that we ask all non-musicians to do one thing to try and help the community out. Join Bandcamp. We're not saying spend money, but just joining and be open to streaming or following some new music is so important. Help be the change you want to see It's time to join Bandcamp

It's cinnamon bun day in Sweden. Here's one from last Sunday, bought from an artisan bakery in Keswick.

Lovely tribute.

Happy Autumn Equinox everyone. The Autumn Equinox is at 19:20 this evening in the UK. Astronomical Autumn has begun.

Visited The Lamb in Lambs Conduit Street, today. Probably not been there since I worked in Holborn, many years ago. Glad to say it's much the same, including the snob screens (I think they're called)

It might feel a bit early, but I’ve had so many requests already… My 2025 Christmas Cards are now available to pre-order www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...

Cracking article. Conveys the joys and tribulations of supporting an underdog football club and underdog breweries.

I can't hear you, Blackburn! @vivbnow.bsky.social

When did the Euston Tap change its layout? Not surprised they took the side beer fridges out. Slightly fewer taps now. Or is memory playing tricks? Just realised that "BBF" is "Bristol Beer Factory" 🤦

Playing the new @solobasssteve.bsky.social album because doing that always works 😊 Amsterdam music.stevelawson.net/track/aerial...

If you see headlines claiming NASA's found life on Mars - these are new studies of features in rocks which, if they were on Earth, look like the kind of thing caused by microorganisms. But they could very well - are most probably in fact - be caused by chemistry, not biology.

Amazing! Would probably buy this on Bandcamp if filed under #modularSynths

@firehead.bsky.social 🤯

Very happy to read about this. Not often it goes this way around

A little thread about cinema... Last night I went with my wife to catch a screening of Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' at the local multiplex. It's one of her favourite films. It's been over ten years since we caught it on the big screen, but we've seen it many times since on DVD. (1/7)

Very glad to see he made the Guardian.

Here it is! My @ft debut

Hi @bsky.app. Can we please have a draft option?

As I mentioned, @vivbnow.bsky.social. I wonder how many times I have run up these steps.