Lancashire council withdrawing a library service for refugees. Not even to save money or provide any extra services. It's just spiteful.

More rain, and spring tides this week. Keep an eye on your local flood warnings. bsky.app/profile/jowi...

Just been reminded of the phrase "Friend of Dorothy". My old college @wadhamcollege.bsky.social , founded by Dorothy Wadham whose statue stares over the quad, has a long and proud reputation as the queerest college in Oxford. Anyone know if this is just coincidence or is this the origin?

Bridge Watch is a charity whose volunteers patrol London’s bridges, supporting people in crisis and helping to prevent suicide. Colleagues from the PLA recently joined them on a patrol. (1/2)

The Roman Pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩 It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 me #Archaeology

Been asked to give a talk about LGBTQ+ people in STEM. If anyone has some resources or recent reports that would be massively helpful 🙏🏻

Happy Year of the Horse everyone! 🐎🧧 新年快樂，心想事成！祝大家今年步步高陞,龍馬精神，萬馬奔騰，萬事如意！ Tricky time finding a suitably "horse-y" invertebrate for y'all, but the Saddleback Catterpillar (𝘈𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘢 - photo by Mathew Orwat) is pretty close imo! 🏇 #LunarNewYear #YearoftheHorse #ChineseNewYear #春節 #Bugsky

Let me stress: banning over-60s from social media is a terrible idea. It's just not as terrible an idea as banning under-16s.

I was surprised to find I'd never had an mmr booster, because only one was offered to my cohort. I probably had measles as a kid but wasn't certain. It was very easy to get, just checked with gp receptionist and booked nhs appointment the same week. Free.

HEATHCLIFFFFE!!!

This works absolutely fine.

This tidal island legend is a new one to me - shout out to Bangor oceanography who are just along the strait. 🌊❤

Real shame the Beeb were faffing with interviews and didn't cut to the figure skating till after Shaidorov's turn. Hope they show it in the highlights!

Betty's routine journey to Lerwick as the sole passenger on board turned into a 9-day trial, during which she made a meagre few biscuits and a bottle of milk last Eventually the Columbine ran aground in Norway near Ålesund, where Betty was rescued by local fishermen 2/3 🖼️ The Graphic 13.3.1886

Recently added birds to my Birds Shop. (Most of the other birds are doves, but that makes for a peaceful atmosphere) www.chloecumming.com/birds Please share and support my stuff x (if you like)

At my school, girls were only allowed to play netball and hockey, boys: basketball and football. Both were allowed to play tennis, although not against each other?! Teen has never had gender segregated PE and has enjoyed learning all sorts from rugby to yoga, in mixed groups. Which is better.

BBC Radio 2 distracting me with the information that the Radio City Tower in Liverpool was first built as a chimney! 🤯 A landmark I've seen for decades and I never knew this. www.atlasobscura.com/places/st-jo...

We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica. More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!

Public service email to everyone heading into the UK at the end of this month who isn't a UK or Irish citizen. The ETA requirement for UK entry is coming and isn't receiving enough advanced coverage. Don't get caught in the ensuing chaos: homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/electronic-t...

Apparently it's listen to Women in Science day. It'd be a great day for @royalsociety.org to announce they're kicking out the fellow with sexual abuse app.

Reminded that when kid was small we'd got into Flanders and Swann, so nursery rhymes included the First & Second Law of Thermodynamics m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnbi...

💨 🌊 Strong currents can shrink hurricane waves #URIGSO researchers used advanced computer simulations to reveal how hurricane-driven ocean currents reduce both the height and dominant period of hurricane surface waves. 🔬 Read more: buff.ly/oADq5mN

Thank-you so much @samuel.fm for getting drafts working! Great for "ok, this is a complicated thread I need to get right" even more precious for "is this wise to send? Maybe later." 👏

#3: FMRI #OSM26 Town Hall Tue 24 Feb, 12:45-12:45 ▶️ Chair Justin Buck @noc.ac.uk ▶️ Speakers FMRI Senior Responsible Owner @clstorey.bsky.social, FMRI Technical Lead Alvaro Lorenzo Lopez ▶️ Lessons from @biocarbon-nerc.bsky.social w/ Prof Heather Bouman @ox.ac.uk 🔗 Read fmri.ac.uk/news/fmri-ho...

People are asking it for tide times too, to their own detriment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cliffs might seem strong and safe but they can provide many hazards. Storms, prolonged periods of wet weather, cold snaps and heatwaves can trigger landslides. Check the image below to see if you can spot the cliff-based hazards in this scene. Answers here: www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-...

If you are waiting for the rest of Bridgerton to drop and wondering what it would be like with more evil scheming sorcery (but also funny) @tkingfisher.com has got it covered. Spot on timing to read this gem.

A new all-electric double-decker Climate Stripes bus has started taking passengers around Reading today. The bus shows the warming stripes for Reading back to the 1860s and will hopefully help start climate conversations amongst passengers. #ShowYourStripes

And using the dazzle camouflage ensures that you won’t see the Czechia team until it’s too late…

Looking for casual or seasonal work at a world class visitor attraction? We're looking for new Visitor Experience Team Members to join our world class Mary Rose Museum situated within Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Find out more at the link - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...

Yesterday was day 4 of our #RAPID expedition and we have been making fantastic progress recovering #AMOC moorings. And I got to see a HUGE pod of dolphins. Heaven! Every day is a school day – particularly for me - #Ocean #Science #ModellersAtSea www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIVx... 🌎 🌊

This is a nice little article from @channel4news.bsky.social , with lots of snippets showing shipboard operations for measurements in the Atlantic.

Groundwater flooding...the troubles are not over yet in the south of England. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date! Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4 ❄️

It could be a while before normal service resumes at Salthill Co Dublin. Rail services are currently suspended.

Selby et al present some new Holocene sea level indicators from the Isle of Mull in western Scotland. Relative sea level was a few meters above present for most of the Holocene. doi.org/10.1002/jqs....

We have been trialling underwater robotics in Loch Ness for nearly a decade, but this is the closest the team – or our underwater robots – have come to encountering Nessie. 🦕👀🎞️ Here's what happened next... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #BoatyMcBoatface #Nessie #LochNessMonster #LochNess

It will be rare that any of us ever encounter a need for Bereaved Partners’ Paternity Leave in our workplaces, and rarer yet an employer wouldn't be merciful and generous. But so important these people are supported in law. This. This is the difference.

Weeping with silent laughter at the lad on the call centre obviously on his first day on the job and having to check with the boss every button click. ~Is there anything else I can help you with? ~Yes chick, you should probably be taking payment details around now. Can you see a link for that?😀

Another comic I never bothered posting This one from 2023. Topical galileo humour apropos of precisely nothing at all

Uh-oh, tides getting a mention on the BBC weather forecast just now. Rain and waves and already high rivers, on top of spring tides. Keep an eye on local flood warnings and high tide times. check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk

🌊Are you attending Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 later this month? Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions? Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️

Shhh! This was the view when I was last in Glasgow. Admittedly it was August then, but I choose to believe that this is typical. (And will also be taking a good coat.) bsky.app/profile/jowi...

Those of you coming to the UK for #AGU #OSM26 in Glasgow (55.9N) later this month might be worried about the dark of a Scottish winter. But whilst on Sunday 22nd there'll be just 10 hours 10min of daylight, by Friday it'll be 23 minutes lighter already. 😎 www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/glasgow

Here in the UK it is cold and wet but there is at least the positive that the days are getting longer quite rapidly now. At 51 degrees north where I live we will gain an extra 24 minutes of daylight this week as this #dataviz shows.

Ok, positive scientific thing (for a change): We're going to talk about the work of Yale seismologist Maureen Long, because her work is focused on the most direct evidence of mantle flow and convection we can get. Her career essentially defines our direct knowledge of mantle flow.

Hey! We're Scripps Oceanography, and we want to connect with people interested in: 🔬 Marine Science 🌍 Earth Science 📈 Climate Change ⚠️ Hazards 🐟 Marine Life 💊 Biotechnology and Biomedicine 🌊 Oceanography 🪸 Coral Reef Ecology 🌧️ Atmospheric Science ➗ Geophysics ⚛️ Bioscience

Excited as we leave on the #RAPID expedition. I am really looking forward to spending some time at sea, getting involved in some of the science and really getting a feel for what observational oceanography is all about. #ModellersAtSea

Well, it's Groundhog Day...again... #caricature #art

🤔 Can you guess what “thalweg” means? This German term (literally "valley way") describes the deepest continuous line running along a #submarine valley or channel. 〰️ It's akin to a river's path on the seafloor - the route water and sediment often follow through deep-sea canyons and valleys.