Out observing and thought I would finish with a quick look at Jupiter. Was delighted to see that I had caught, unaware, Callisto transiting the planet! So chuffed. PS my @unistellar.bsky.social scope is designed for DSOs, hence the planets are imaged less clearly. But still very pleased.

Such a great book. I reread Strange Beasts before reading the new Wayward Souls. They are both such intricate, carefully crafted stories. Great reads and I can’t wait for the next one! 🙏

Oh those crazy greenies. Well, it turns out that solar and wind need not pass the Hormuz strait. Strategic autonomy in action. The most self-destructive thing Europe could do now is abandon the green transition. And that’s only on geopolitical grounds. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"But it’s important to remember: The oil industry is spending $7 billion a year telling you oil is inevitable not because it’s true, but because it desperately needs everyone to believe it. If everyone does not believe this, they are screwed."

If you haven’t read this report, please do. @ketanjoshi.co does a great job looking at the claim that generative AI can help climate change. ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b...

It's easy to hide what this means behind words. But the President of the United States is threatening (over one million) lives to secure minerals. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

🍀 Wishing our Irish community a happy St Patrick’s Day.🇮🇪 Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh!

If you haven’t watched this before, you really should. The brilliant Dr. Carl Sagan testifying before the United States Congress in 1985 on #ClimateChange. We should have listened then. Will we now? Remember, climate change isn’t an on & off switch. It’s an exponential dial. We’re making it worse.

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Mark Carney and The Cool Kids - What the Actual News?

" Once you've got your solar panel there's no cost for the sun." "With a stroke," says @kingsmillbond.bsky.social, "this war has dramatically increased the power and the influence of those who want to go down the solar route." Here's why countries are glad they invested in solar, batteries+ EVs ⬇️

This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on March 16, 1963.

This is not a solar panel. This is an anti-war, anti-collapse-global-economy, pro-peace device.

🎶🎶 Gull of Kintyre Oh, fish rolling in from The sea, my desire Is always to eat them Oh, Gull of Kintyre Far have I traveled, and much did I shit I saw a Tesla and rained down upon it That guy shouldn't have been in my line of fire As I flew overhead As a gull of Kintyre 🎶

Equilux meaning equal light is the day when daylight and darkness are closest to being exactly 12 hours each This year, the Vernal Equilux occurs on the 17th March for UK locations roughly south of Norwich, and on the 18th March for locations generally north of Norwich.

If we're all talking about Colossal and direwolves again: As I wrote almost exactly a year ago: Wouldn’t the enthusiasm and resources be better devoted to protecting the animals and planet we already have? www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

We will not be sending forces to the Hormuz Strait. The world does not need an emperor telling us what to do, and your emergency is not our calamity. Figure it out. -PM Maccormicki

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The new wind and solar capacity contracted at the UK's latest renewable auction will avoid the need for 78 LNG tankers-worth of imports each year, worth roughly £4bn at current gas prices www.carbonbrief.org/...

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europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

Kier Starmer: "What gives us control is renewables. Our own home-grown energy which is then more secure and more independent. That’s why I think we should go further and faster on renewables. Let’s get control of our own energy…so we don’t have to keep worrying that our bills are going to go up"

more from Simon Stiell at UNFCCC #climatecrisis “Some responses to the fossil fuel crisis – incredibly – argue for doubling-down on the cause of the problem and slowing the shift to renewable energy. Even though it is clearly cheaper, safer, and faster to market. This is completely delusional.”

friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?

CONAN: “For the first time since 2012 no British people are nominated for Best actor or best Actress… a British spokesperson commented, ‘Yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.’" #Oscars

We promise, this is a better film than Melania. And it’s 7 free minutes of entertainment, which is also a better deal than the real Melania. www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2026/he...

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Fusion energy collector Stellar flux harvester Helios tax collector Photonic skim board Starshine siphon Sunbeam monetiser Solar revenue rectangle Daylight saving device Solar panel

Just a casual reminder that today is the Ides of March. 🗡️

Happiness does not come closer to you when you chase it, because chasing assumes it is missing. When your mind keeps asking, "Did I get enough?" peace and joy cannot stay. You enjoy what comes, but you do not depend on it. Pleasure visits. Pain visits. You welcome both.

Welcome to our world

I am so glad that I and all the men I am friends with are not part of this embarrassing ‘masculinity’ and I hope my daughter never meets one of these ‘men’.

Ever wondered why you can see underwater bubbles: invisible air in invisible water? It's because light bends slightly at the boundary between air & water, so light coming from behind the bubble is diverted away from your eye. The resulting dark line shows you the bubble must be there. Beautiful!

I’m looking forward to a time when countries around the world aren’t drowning in the news and trickle down result of US Wars, US Tariffs, and US Pedophilia. We would much rather watch them compete in hot dog eating competitions or laugh at their plastic surgeries, and leave us be. -Sen. Beakly

I realize that to people outside the PNW this is just an interesting news item, but if you're in the PNW, where tracking orca pods is a local religion, this is basically like being visited by alien gods

We’re #recruiting a Learning & Teaching Librarian! Core responsibilities will include handling enquiries and collaborating with other teams to grow digital capabilities and integrate Library content into the curriculum. More info👉 https://ow.ly/e6lN50YttyR#recruiting Closing Date: 1 April 2026 #LibraryJobs

Immigration - What The Actual News?

tušāma ina urri iššira damiqtī arḫu innammaru inammira šamšī "Perhaps, at daybreak, good things will come to me A new moon will appear, my sun will shine." A couplet from Babylonian poem, Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, whose protagonist hopes for better days. A lengthy, beautiful, bizarre work of literature.

Explore the fantastical fauna of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, brought to life by Paul Kidby! Featuring survival advice by an expert in the field (Rincewind) the Discworld Bestiary is your ultimate guide to the creatures of the Disc! 🦔🦆🦧🐙 Pre-order today! www.discworldemporium.com/product/the-...

You've all heard of the Resource Curse: countries are impoverished by rich resources in their territories, as these trigger colonial looting. Now we see the Base Curse: if you host a US base, you don't enhance your security. You make yourself a target.

President Macron making the case for renewables in light of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, "Everything we do to move towards transition is also about reducing our dependence and therefore our exposure to geopolitical risks"

The Discworld Bestiary to be published this October! terrypratchett.com/news/the-dis...

This is a great project between @gov.je and Jersey Electricity - solar on the roofs of public buildings. All that roof space can now be put to good use and help the Island’s energy independence. www.jec.co.uk/the-energy-b...

The dramatic effects of high oil prices are less proof of how important or irreplaceable oil is than they are proof of a completely outdated energy system with quaint single points of failure.

How Paris beat the car www.ft.com/content/882e...

My bike commute to work has gotten so expensive since the war started. Just kidding, it's free.

I'll take "Things that disprove global warming is caused by Urban Heat Island effects for 1000 Alex" [The map shows the long-term trends in temperature change over the period from 1948 to 2024 at the regional level, in Canada.]

Media & police commonly report that “speed wasn’t a factor in a crash.” What they mean is the driver wasn’t technically breaking the speed limit, or at least not too much. But speed is ALWAYS a factor, in how much distance is needed to stop, how well crash victims can be seen, and whether they die.

If it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that's because there isn’t one. My column on the politicians, journalists and junktanks using the Iran crisis as an excuse to extract our remaining gas and oil. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪