Green aurora seen from the International Space Station, 400 km high. The ISS orbits within the auroral display itself, where excited atomic oxygen causes the emerald glow. Credit: NASA/ APOD

New stuff in the MaxFunStore: @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social turns Sonny Ross's iconic "And I'm Gay" art into a poster, while @gofactyourpod.bsky.social debuts the long-rumored but heretofore undiscovered T-shaped Shirt! P.S. Members, grab those keychains before they disappear... maxfunstore.com

SUNDAY SALFORD SHOUT OUT I’m doing my kid’s comedy show in Salford this half term and ticket sales are S-L-O-O-O-O-W so if you know any North West families who want something fun to do in a fortnight, please share this with them! O x www.thelowry.com/whats-on/ola...

It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece

Today the memorial for the Belfast workhouse burial ground was unveiled. Huge thanks to all those who have worked with me in making this happen. There are tens of thousands of people buried here and now their resting place is finally marked.

Printing with Trees: Cyanotype Workshop - Make bold blue sunprints using leaves and branches while exploring tree shapes and identification at Art Hub Studios, led by local artist Sarah Garrod. (18+)

Double launch tomorrow night (7 May 6—9pm)! New digs on Bedford St and a new exhibition ‘Mayday Mayday’ to honour International Workers’ Day. Part of Late Night Art - this is your new stop on the LNA route, see you then! 62 Bedford St Belfast BT2 7GP

Each soft moonbeam remembers you, each star bends nearer to the sea, and all my heart, like rain on heather, falls where you are meant to be. #vss365

I am starting a PhD and am looking for grassland restoration/rewilding sites in Northern Ireland! Please forward this flier to anyone who might be interested in having their land surveyed for fungi!

🆕 EU Longest Train Journey 🆕 Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 - Lagos 🇵🇹 🦅 Geodesic: 4088.33km 🛤️ Route-km: 6251.5km ⏱️Trip time: 87 hours 29 minutes 🚆Trains: 16 💶 Cost: around €400, with Interrail All mapped and explained here 👇 eulongesttrainjourney.jonworth.eu

I made a short film! It’s called ‘DUCKS’ (Music and Sound by the incredible Megalithic Sound, everything else by me) youtu.be/L8vZbIeAdAw?... #animation #ducks #shortfilm #independentfilm #3d #cgi

City of Derry Jazz Festival 2026 lights up the Walled City this May Bank Holiday weekend, Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May 2026. 🔗 More info: [Link in Bio] @derrynow.bsky.social #jazzireland #jazz #DerryJazzFest #VisitDerry #whatsonDS www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/...

Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt

What is your take on Frank Holleman, who runs the very popular 'Fork Ranger' account and does lego comparisons of various carbon footprints? www.linkedin.com/posts/hollem...

We've got £40,000 up for grabs for energy researchers turning data into Net Zero solutions .💰 If you're working on data-driven solutions in electricity or gas, the SENSE (Smart Energy Data Service) programme wants to hear from you.

Green cliffs of Dover The Port of Dover has become the first UK port to reach net zero emissions for its own operations, years ahead of national targets. www.businessgreen.com/news/452827...

Small gaps that make a huge difference: this is a hedgehog highway 🦔 Hedgehogs can walk up to two miles a night looking for food or a mate, but their natural highways are blocked by fences and walls. Creating safe corridors from your garden to the one next door lends hedghogs a huge helping hand.

Léon Krier, architect from Luxembourg, describes motorized traffic in big cities as “wastage of human and chemical energy”.

We've had a big influx of new followers lately - it turns out people like the sound of clean, community-owned energy! To all our new followers - welcome! Still not entirely sure what community energy involves? Check out our explainer 👇 younity.coop/blogs/blog/w...

Preach:

As Trump prepares to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, it’s worth knowing a staggering stat about the gas that comes through there: If all LNG coming down the Strait in 2025 had been used for electricity, it would have been less that what was generated by solar power newly INSTALLED that year 🧵🧵 1/5

Brasilidade’s Night is back this month with a special edition celebrating Choro Day and Elis Regina's Music at The International Bar on Wednesday #jazzireland #jazz www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/...

Just to crib Jan's great chart here a little bit - here are just a few of the headlines that came out when growth somewhat slowed in 2024 Many, many media outlets do not really know how to handle technological change like this

If anyone knows any LEEDS families, please share this with them. I have one more Easter holidays family comedy show and it’s Tuesday 14th. Ticket sales are currently low 😢 so any help spreading the word will be met with eternal gratitude! leedsheritagetheatres.com/whats-on/ola...

The Detail is looking to commission freelance journalists in (or with an interest in) northern Ireland. If that's you, drop me a DM or email me at [email protected]

Times are tough so I've put a load more of my children up for sale. Mixed media original drawings in pencil, biro, marker, pastel and ink on heavy craft paper. www.ebay.co.uk/usr/happytoast

Dock Street Jazz Club: Next Generation Sounds at The American Bar, Belfast on Sunday - Weekly jazz club curated by MOBO nominated drummer David Lyttle. Music from 8:30pm. Advanced booking recommended. #jazzireland #jazz www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/...

And all I can do tonight is follow new artists, musicians and writers on Bluesky because they are the only ones who can change anything

Belfast Cathedral Quarter Binvestigation.

Last week, I encountered THE biggest wild native Irish tree of my life: the Brian Boru Oak, once part of Galway and Clare's mighty Slieve Aughty rainforest. (Zoom in to see Sonia of the Woodland League for scale.) Can you even imagine when this sort of magnificence was nothing special?

As thousands prepare to enjoy the outdoors over Easter, police and wildlife experts are urging the public to take care around some of NI’s most vulnerable bird species. Disturbance at this critical breeding time could have devastating consequences for already declining populations. More below.

It's #TickBitePreventionWeek. Would you know how to spot one and why are they so harmful? Ticks aren't just a summer problem anymore. Due to warmer winters, these tiny beasties can be active all year. 🐾 💬 Have you spotted any ticks yet? Let’s stay vigilant and protect ourselves and our loved ones!

The Thick of It. Series 4. Episode 2. 16-16.20min. Pure genius.

Met @lenniesaurus.bsky.social last night at Crescent Arts Centre with @imaginebelfast.bsky.social. I am now officially about 1000% cooler than I was yesterday. Great feeling. And great festival!

A small island off the Antrim coast has made global conservation history. Rathlin is now officially ferret free—offering new hope for over 250,000 seabirds and a powerful boost for the local community. More below.

🌳 ART OPEN CALL 🌳 Urban Tree Festival 2026 Submit work for the Urban Forest Exhibition (London, 9–17 May) All disciplines welcome Install: 6 May | Collect: 17 May Deadline: 10 April Apply: tinyurl.com/yk3c65vp

Join Barry McCormack & Hugh Buckley on Monday for an evening of Bossa Nova, Blue Note, and more at The Blind Pig Speakeasy! #jazzireland #jazz #LiveJazz #BarryMcCormack #HughBuckley #DublinEvents www.jazzireland.ie/jazz-events/...

Good news! The final ENTSO-E report into the Spain blackout is out A complex stew of different factors, but "too much solar" is simply not even among them, let alone a major component. As always: the narrative built by fossil/nuke advocates was wrong www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...

✒️ Join poet and activist Len Pennie for an evening at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast on 23 March from 7:30pm - 9:00pm. Part of the Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics and presented in association with Poetry Ireland. More details: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/poy...

You have to wonder what's in the milk if this is what Avonmore think people at a parade look like... #aislop

We're delighted to announce our new lecture series, Geology of the Belfast Hills! This short lecture series explores the story of our planet using the Belfast Hills as a local case study. Tickets cost £20 (£15 concession) & are available at 10am tomorrow morning belfasthills.org/events/geolo...

Morning! I am going to be in Belfast City hospital screen printing this design onto tote bags for the hospital workers. I am sure if you are not a worker you could blag one though :) Happy St Patrick's Day one and all.

we have an emergency webinar coming up @instituteforgovernment.org.uk - the Chancellor wants to protect households and the public finances. Can she? - great line-up Emma Pinchbeck @thecccuk.bsky.social @acjsissons.bsky.social @nestauk.bsky.social our own @danhaile.bsky.social and Nick Butler

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one. #NoBrainer www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

Fun fact, authors get money if you get their books from the library so dont feel bad if you can't buy one, get borrowing!

Yesterday was even better, with 92GWh from renewables equal to 74% of the day's electricity demand. This resulted in average grid carbon intensity of just 105gCO₂/KWh which is not only exceptionally low for a March day but also one of the lowest daily averages we've *ever* seen.

This chart compares the screen time of characters in the Lord of the Rings movies with their mentions in the books. Overall, the movies stayed pretty close to the original text.

Weaving class! Saturday 28th March @imaginebelfast.bsky.social imaginebelfast.com/event/bookma...

Analysis published today by the UK Climate Change Committee shows that decarbonising the UK by 2050 would cost less than than keeping the system as is if just one 2022 style price shock happened again. This analysis took place before the current price shock by the way.