Oh no, a politician wears a white poppy (a symbol from the 1930s) to promote peace and remember all victims. What an outrage... (And I say this as someone who buys a red poppy every year)

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Empire of the Dawn is out?

Ohhh, #Pluribus is very, very good. Two episodes in and this could be favourite of the year. As expected, Rhea Seehorn is superb.

Don't often watch live commercial TV. Holy shit there's a lot of AI adverts

Watching Star Wars and oh that digital Jabba scene is worse every time. Nice to see the rest of his gang though

Gorgeous cover, looking forward to this

I would never have predicted that ending to #CelebrityTraitors, great fun

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

I wrote this article! 🙂 This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪

The Artemis II crew legitimately posted this: 😂😂😂

Neutrinos are the second mot common subatomic particles in the Universe, after photons. You live in a photon-and-neutrino universe. Hold up your thumb. 100 billion neutrinos are passing through your thumbnail every second. 8 1/2 minutes ago they were in the centre of the Sun.

Image of the Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos.

During tonight’s Trick-or-Treating, our 3-year-old got more and more excited. “More houses! More candy!” Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim): “Can I eat the moon!?” Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.

Watching Strange Days for the first time in decades and only just realising where Fat Boy Slim's Right Here Right Now quote came from

These revelations are coming soon

Here is the long and short of it.

I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires. There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.

Rewatching Interstellar and oh wow that wave

new visual allegory just dropped

Had a giggle at the first line of Connections today

My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

It’s been a minute since I shouted about it, but my Persian dieselpunk interactive novel is one year old today! You can play the first four chapters for free!

Look at those colours. Swoon

Local pub is having a gender reveal party that's going to release so much pink or blue powder they're asking customers not to park there in case they damage cars. (Instead they'll park in a field and have to cross a busy 60mph road with no crossing)

"But he retains the title 'prince' because he was born the son of a reigning queen" He also hasn't 'lost' the title of Duke of York, but it will no longer be used. So maybe stop saying Prince?

"I get it now, it's about working out the worst thing you can do to Nazis and hoping the dice let you do it" a paraphrased review of @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social 's Eat the Reich

Andy Serkis has titled his forthcoming memoir "My Pressures" which puts him streets ahead of the competition for "dad joke of the year" if nothing else. Wonderful.

Oh hi. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Changes due to poor cocoa harvests related to climate change...

Excellent news!

‘The joke is over.’ ‘The joke has only just begun!’ Killed me:)

Theres soon to be a test on whether those who opine about screening actually understand the principles on which screening programmes are based Get your revision done In the meantime here is a masterclass from Prof Baum (More advanced classes are available)

1/1 BREAKING🚨: It's Official. There's a Black hole on the loose in the Milky way galaxy Astronomers have officially confirmed the first-ever rogue black hole drifting through our Milky Way galaxy! Using data from Hubble and Gaia, scientists spotted this cosmic ghost not by its light (it emits none)

RIP Drew Struzan A master.

Physics teachers. The latest issue of Classroom Physics is now available to download #PhysicsEd #iTeachPhysics spark.iop.org/sites/defaul...

14yo wanted to watch The Matrix for the first time. Oh god it still looks so good. I remember watching it when it came out, it felt transformative. Glorious watching it as a trans allegory too...

This was great, do go and see it if you have the chance. Fascinating parts woven together into a compelling narrative that's surprisingly relevant 1500 years later. Plus a photo of a dig dog. What more do you need?

Half the audience going "hypocaust" has been my favourite part so far (alongside Jenrick criticism, wish is always welcome!)

We're out on a school night!

This has always been a extremely tiny screeching minority demanding that their bigotry dictate that no one else's children can learn of the existence of LGBTQ people.

I get that filming The Battle of Hastings is challenging: trying to balance individual combat with the big picture. But the dialogue in King and Conqueror is excruciating.

Love Tron, but I can't imagine anyone I'd less like to watch in a sequel than Jared Leto.

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

Today I & three friends were arrested under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act in Trafalgar Square for holding a sign I Oppose Genocide. I'm now banned from attending any Palestine Action demos. Whilst the real terrorists are free to continue a Genocide with impunity and govern in our Parliament

"it's over Anakin, I have the high ground"

Taking it easy this evening after my flu jab. Opted for Schwarzenegger's Total Recall