At last! Something to counter the kids' Star Wars sets!

@wilwheaton.net How does it feel to be a minifig?

@paulbernal.bsky.social Some years ago, I didn't place an early bet on a US presidential election and missed out on a nice little return. I'm thinking who might be on the Dems ticket for 2028, but just can't work out who Mamdani's running mate might be... Any suggestions?

What better than a Saturday matinee at the Barbican... Public Service Broadcasting.

Postecoglou @ NF = 39 days. Nuno @ WHU = ? days... Or could that be hours... #givethenewguyachance

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social 'The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left—the King of England, the King of Spades, the King of Clubs, the King of Hearts and the King of Diamonds.' King Farouk of Egypt, 1952. We quite like ours, but wouldn't wish one on anybody else...

Unchained melody? @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @gertjanbartelds.nl www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtZa...

I see Rammstein's "Next Generation" stage effects have reached an advanced stage of testing!

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social - Not a Flagstaff, AZ -type of problem, but one I think you might enjoy phmuseum.com/projects/the...

#publicservicebroadcasting The plane that carried Neville Chamberlain to and from Berlin on the famous "Peace in our time" trip was a Lockheed Electra...

Well, exactly 60 years ago, we would have been coming to the end of the first-ever broadcast of Thunderbirds. It would have been watched on a very grainy, monochrome, rented TV, but I wouldn't have fallen asleep for hours. #stillthebest www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Excellent morning, I went to the National Aerospace Library, which is just 10 minutes down the road! Only lived in the area for 35 years, and there it is! (I think the kids'll be pleased that I've found somewhere to bequeath my Space shelf to.)

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Were you aware of this? www.flickr.com/photos/ordna...

Ridiculous Instructions #47 This monster covers the installation of a PIR sensor in 13 languages and measures 842x650mm (33x25peppercorns in old money) Of course, to improve readability, they thoughtfully printed it in grey ink. And no, there is no online version.

@andysaunders-1.bsky.social Super-sealed package containing Gemini and Mercury Remastered has arrived. Now my problem is finding the cotton gloves and bookstand before opening it!

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Problems when you all live too close to each other...

Here's something you don't see every day...

Kite Incident xkcd.com/3121/

With hosepipe bans in place across most of the south of England, the local cricket pitch has taken a novel approach to irrigation

I'm just amazed that security managed to keep the Orange One away from the #Lionnesses trophy presentation!

Live drone coverage of today's eruption in Iceland. Awesome! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hbx...

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Damn! Iceland. (I missed it by 3 weeks!) www.vedur.is/um-vi/fretti...

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @gertjanbartelds.nl 75% through our 2-week tour of Iceland and we check into our hotel for the night in the northern town of Husavik. Directly across the road from our room is a commemorative display. Caron swears that she hadn't known about it beforehand!

How's your week been? Mine's been pretty good.

Tomorrow's weather here is forecast to be sunny. From 3 AM.

Iceland! No, the volcano's not kicked off again, instead we've arrived for a two-week trip around the island. Plus some golf. Immediate impression? Damn, this place is bloody bleak! We're going to try to count how many trees we see outside of the populated areas...

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social WRT your resend for protectNPS... Despite not being US residents, we've held annual NPS passes at least 3 times. Instead of touring Europe, we elected to head back year after year... Because the land is beautiful... And because the NPS was the US at its absolute best.

Loving the repetition of the adverts on Sky Sports' coverage of the @usopengolf.bsky.social golf. Only day 1, but already resolved to avoid those advertisers for the coming year

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @gertjanbartelds.nl One of the nice things about the BBC is that tickets for program recordings are free. Tonight, we were at Infinite Monkey Cage, sitting under the Museum of the Moon exhibit at the Harwell Campus. Radio is much easier to watch by the light of the Moon!

UK offer: Receive the FREE stunning UHD digital wallpaper pack and a chance to win a framed 30" Limited Edition print and a pair of annual tickets to @jodrellbank.bsky.social! Details here: tinyurl.com/mstb42hr Non-US / UK pre-orders can also receive the wallpaper pack (see link)

@paulbernal.bsky.social This Cunha, is he any good? (Just asking for a friend...) ;-)

@gertjanbartelds.nl Watching?

A couple of weeks ago, we went up to watch the recording of this episode of Later... with Jools Holland. It broadcasts (and appears online) at 10 p.m. on Sunday. If nothing else, it's worth watching for Cynthia Erivo's fabulous rendition of "God Only Knows."

Only a small thing, but my wife and I managed to land our first combined win in a competition at our golf club today.

First visit to the spiritual home of the BBC. Auntie Beeb has arranged a free gig, I wonder who we'll get!

A perfect example of why drivers don't trust motorway signboards: Eastbound sign "! 50 Slow down" for no apparent reason. Two miles after the all-clear, opposite carriageway closed by police cars (+4 more on side road) for someone sitting on the ledge of a bridge. Their signs? "! 50 Slow down"

Whatever happened to Easter Biscuits?

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Iceland www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqud...

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Oh course, the Holmes family does astronomical events differently to everyone else!

@psbhq.bsky.social See you tomorrow!

C'mon Scotland!

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social "Flagstaff is kinda cutoff from the world right now" And that's a bad thing, is it? ;-)

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social Hope the snow clouds have cleared for you to catch the Moon as it passes Mars

Up until midnight GMT today - it's your last chance to submit questions to the TRFS = 10 anniversary Q&A. Have at it here if you want (my favourite so far is definitely 'do you like space?'): publicservicebroadcasting.os.fan/the-race-for...

@ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social Nice shirt! (As seen on the BBC News channel)

The crew of Apollo 14 found it difficult to sleep - partly due to the angle at which they landed. They felt they were slipping down into a crater, and Ed Mitchell would regularly lift the blinds to check they were not. Wonderful clarity in this small section of the full panorama.

Just completed bookings for a trip to Iceland in June. But I am beginning to worry that POTUS and his military don't know the difference between that and Greenland... @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @gertjanbartelds.nl

58 Years Ago: #Apollo1 #AS204 The crew of #Apollo1 crossing the access arm to the CM-012 on the day of the fire, January 27, 1967. This is the last photo taken of them. (Photo signed by Walt Cunningham, Apollo 1 Backup Pilot) contactlight.de forallmankind.de