🛰️ Geomagnetic storm forecast - 18th March 2026 Assuming clear dark skies, there is an increased chance of seeing the aurora between 19 and 21 March. Those in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland have the best chance. Full forecast available below👇 geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service...

Another normal day at work

Love having a telegraph pole directly outside my bedroom window because every now and then I open my curtains and a man just is directly outside my bedroom window 🙃

“Kermit sits upon the Trinity. Within yet without. Timeless, ageless, immortal. He alone witnesses all beginnings and all ends.” — @shadow298.bsky.social ‬ bsky.app/profile/madd...

"You will read no more relevant field guide to that wisdom than this book." Currently reading On Tyranny and every page feels so important. Highly recommended. www.theguardian.com/books/2017/m...

Sorry, I can't come into the office because my cat would be sad.

🚨 Aurora alert! 🚨 A geomagnetic storm is expected over the next 48 hours due to the expected arrival of a coronal mass ejection that left the Sun on 18th January. View the full forecast: geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service... 📷 Aurora borealis over Aviemore - credit: J Orsi

Lemme tell you, getting locked out of my @letterboxd.social account because of a glitch in their system is annoying enough but the "it's probably due to human error" message I get when I try to reset my password has me seething with rage.

A Thursday night spent researching EU online hate initiatives with my smol son.

Listening to Enshittification on audiobook and genuinely would like all audiobooks to be narrated by Cory Doctorow, please.

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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm. Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.

Today is my Christmas day! It's the start of @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social! Which is the weekend in my calendar I look forward to most. This year is my 14th year, so I'm going to do a little rundown of my two favourite films of each year, covering the past 14 years

"Optimising public life through data". This is a fascinating piece. We used AI to analyse three cities. It’s true: we now walk more quickly and socialise less | Carlo Ratti www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I felt this article in my very bones. The act of choosing holiday reads, to me is a sacred death match. My lists boil down fiction (dutiful), fiction (fun), and non-fiction. I always hunt out a book about the place I'm visiting too. A neverending, joyful activity. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...

Kamchatka earthquake highlights the advances in tsunami early warning systems 🌊 🛰️ BGS Prof David Tappin, Marine Geologist & tsunami expert explains how the Kamchatka event highlighted the improved mitigation measures now in place. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/kamchat...

Tickets booked for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social. Cannot overstate how much I enjoy sitting in a cinema screen for 4 straight days, which inevitably results in me hallucinating I am in a movie. It is, without a doubt, my favourite weekend of the year.

BGS win best STEM Campaign at #CIPRexcel Awards! 🏆🔥 Brilliant recognition for our 'Quake It Off' campaign which brought geoscience to life for a younger generation by tying seismic science to Taylor Swift's UK #ErasTour.

"Some people... were afraid to even go into ankle-deep ocean water the summer Jaws came out... Around the same time, Star Wars came out, and no one was afraid that the Death Star was going to blow up Earth." The lasting impact of the 'Jaws effect': www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com

New research by BGS and @uniofnottingham.bsky.social shows that modern pesticides used in agriculture and veterinary medicines have been found for the first time in English rivers and could pose a threat to aquatic life. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/modern-...

Keep your eyes peeled tonight 👀

Listen to my maniacal laughter, and how Armageddon inspired Alessandro's love of geoscience in BGS' new podcast: Core Questions.

Went to see this gem of a film tonight. It's an instant cult classic, that I highly recommend you see on the big screen. Can't tell you anymore than that because it's one of those films you need to go into blind. Well OK, the soundtrack is excellent too.

Beautiful Polish film posters here, used as a "tool for visual defiance" under communism. This is an exhibition I need to get to! deadline.com/gallery/poli...

Really enjoyed this talk on quantum technologies at Lakeside tonight. I'm becoming increasingly fascinated QT, especially the opportunities and threats of quantum computing.

Delighted to have been shortlisted TWICE in the 2025 @prmoment.bsky.social Awards for our 'Quake it off' campaign. 🎉 Best use of content 🎉 Public sector campaign of the year Swifties and seismology are a potent combination! #PRmomentAwards

The pure, unbridled joy I feel about being a student again, sitting in the library, learning. It's just a bit lovely, really.

I shared this in my work social chat once and someone was like 'woah! no way' and I didn't know what to do next

I absolutely agree with this article. I was apprehensive to watch GBTWYCF, but this is exactly the format needed to reach a wide audience and spark real debate. Uncomfortable watching at times, but ultimately important. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This aids my goal as Nottingham's next top competitive jigsaw puzzler

Calling all keen puzzlers! We have three stunning 1000-piece geological jigsaws to choose from: 🗺️ Bedrock geology of Great Britain 🧲 A magnetic field model 📜 William Smith’s 1820 map Shop now! ow.ly/ClLX50UQgCk

Just went to the international team's poster session at @britgeosurvey.bsky.social. Forever grateful to work somewhere that constantly inspires me and puts out so much great science into the world 🔬

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

📰 More UK mines needed to secure critical minerals Gavin Mudd, BGS Director of the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre has been featured in the @financialtimes.com this week discussing the vulnerability of the UK to shocks in the mineral supply chain. www.ft.com/content/b139...

Hard to even process, even more so from above I think

Love researching an essay on climate change and seeing my old Angry Robot author, @ramez.bsky.social, pop up again and again 🤗

Really glad I did this to my laptop 9 days before I have 3 x assignments due. Really glad.

Not a bad place to spend the holidays.

Cool. Cool cool cool. So that's how assignment deadlines feel. Forgot about those. Send crisps.

@monstrousflesh.bsky.social first follower 😍☠️

One of my favourite bits of Nottingham lore.

HI! Hunting for moots seems very Facebook circa 2007 but here we go. I'm into *horror films *travel *geoscience *degrowth *international relations *global communications *rewilding *indie pop and rock *feminism *animals *fungi and slime mould *world food *weirdana & the gothic *having a nice time