Fabulous Giant Ichneumon wasp appeared in the shed today...😮😍 ##nowthatswhaticallanovipositor

Sir Bernard Lovell, founder of @jodrellbank, died in August 2012. That autumn we planted bluebells in his memory in the gardens here, quite near to the #FirstLightPavilion that tells his story and the story of the Observatory. Now, in 2025, they're doing well and looking lovely 😊 RIP Sir B❤️📡

Somehow I forgot to post that the Sky at Night is back - and were thinking about asteroids (& a bit about football #tufc) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Wild garlic, green garlic, apple mint 😋 #growyourown #springveg

The UK grid right now.

☀️ Celebrate the partial solar eclipse with us this Saturday! We’ll be opening our doors from 9.30am, where guests can join us at the First Light Pavilion for an early breakfast and (weather permitting!) outdoor solar observing: www.jodrellbank.net/events/parti... #eclipse

Basket of Plums and Basket of Strawberries, 1632 by Louise Moillon, French Baroque era painter #WomensArt

Standing by on Radio 4 to talk about today’s solar eclipse. Get your tea strainers and colanders out to see the Moon hide the Sun from 10.15 UK time.

Not sure where to go on your Easter holidays? How about outer space! ✨ 🧸 On Wednesday 9 and 16 April, sing your way across the Solar System with interplanetary explorer Ted and his loyal companion, Plant, in our popular ‘Ted’s Space Adventure’ Space Dome show: www.jodrellbank.net/events/teds-...

Spring day and camelia on @uniofmanchester.bsky.social main campus 😍

I have had the privilege of working here @jodrellbank.bsky.social fie almost 20 years- and this sight is still awe-inspiring every day😊

Thrilled to say that the Royal School of Needlework is hosting its first ever academic conference, in conjunction with @pasoldresearchfund.bsky.social! Here is the call for papers for “Stitched Together,” which will be held on 21-22 August at Hampton Court Palace. Please share!

Mountain hare, by Peak District photographer Tesni Ward.

Life, death and disease in the Middle Ages - in paperback!

🚀 Blast off to Jodrell Bank this February #halfterm for an out-of-this-world adventure the whole family will enjoy! 🎟️ www.jodrellbank.net/events/febru...

So, living in Dayton Ohio, a large part of our history is the Wright Brothers and the invention of the airplane. I just learned something a few minutes ago. A formerly enslaved man from Louisiana named Charles Page received a patent for his "airship" months before the Wright bros Rabbit hole time

We built @zooniverse.bsky.social and maintain it largely with US federal funding.

We’re really proud to be supporting Greater Manchester’s growth plans through research and development, skills development, and our pioneering new innovation capability, Unit M. Learn more about the ambitious plans for the city-region⬇️ www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/news/greater...

...also pointed out ISS visibility atm. Good ones this evening 5.45pm and 7.21pm, see www.astroviewer.net/iss/en/obser...

Lectureship in Cosmic Microwave Background Instrumentation www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🌟EYES ON THE SKIES🔭 Tomorrow six of the seven planets will align in a remarkable display, weather permitting!🪐 Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn will be clearly visible! To see the elusive Neptune & Uranus, bring your binoculars Ideal #planetparade views 21 Jan, sunset - 2100 🔭

Telescopes parked, pointing at the zenith, due to the strong winds today.

Met Office: Atmospheric CO2 rise now exceeding IPCC 1.5C pathways ✍️ By @richardabetts.bsky.social from @metoffice.bsky.social Read here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4hjNiHm

If you are in New York, you can now see the warming stripes at a special exhibition at MoMA!

I keep finding these in one particular spot. It’s on the Southbank where there were once several glassworks. Are they something to do with glass making or something else? #mudlarkingfinds #mudlark #mudlarking

If there’s Nina Simone on the timeline, I’m going to be reposting. She’s got me through many rough patches of my life. As a classically trained pianist, I think her live shows must have been amazing. Here she is live at the Antibes Jazz Fest in 1969: youtu.be/LymNICNvaH8

Morning Blueys x Coffee?

Beloved in this house - incl by our canine companions...

You can never have enough Jan Pieńkowski! Here's a tribute I wrote to his work, when he won the @booktrust.bsky.social Lifetime Achievement Award: www.sfsaid.com/2019/05/jan-...

Another Puffin Post magazine with a beautiful cover by Jan Pieńkowski

Colima Volcano Photo by Sergio Tapiro #Volcano, #Eruption, #ColimaVolcano, #Lightning

In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically. rdcu.be/dbFbB

Job alert: the National Library of Scotland is looking to recruit a permanent, F/T curator of early modern books and other printed material. Please share widely! nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

Delighted to be joining the Board of Trustees of Royal Museums Greenwich! www.gov.uk/government/n...

@proftimob.bsky.social 's Famous Solstice Buns & gløgg Happy Solstice everyone😋

Happy Solstice everybody! #NewgrangeSolstice

Happy Solstice everyone! The amazing livestream from Newgrainge is an annual celebration in our house www.gov.ie/en/press-rel...

Next week! Going full Rogue at Joe’s Pub with the mighty Paul Muldoon, come see us for a sneak preview of our new album! "Join Paul Muldoon and Rogue Oliphant for an exclusive pre-release performance of their new LP, Visible From Space, produced by Tony Visconti”💚 publictheater.org/productions/...

Bluesky starter packs... blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

Happy Fenton 13th anniversary to those of you celebrate youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

We spend a lot of time looking up. Our speciality is radio astronomy but we also love the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum, particles and gravitational waves. Still got a lot to learn.

Thinking about unfinished work today so am mulling over this picture embroidered by 15-year-old Lucy Palmer in 1757 (in Colonial Williamsburg's collection). I love seeing her stitching process and her original frame. I wish we knew why Lucy, who lived to 96 years old, never finished her embroidery

Am very humbled to be a #NationalLottery30 'Gamechanger' More here: www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/gamechangers

inews.co.uk/inews-lifest... My column in the i about Parkinson’s stereotypes and how the Movers and Shakers podcast and the We Will Survive video are trying to change things

Moving to bluesky 😊