It's International Women in Science Day ♀️, and I want to talk briefly about Rosalind Franklin. A conventional choice for unconventional reasons: Dr. Franklin was one of the FIRST STRUCTURAL VIROLOGISTS. Let's talk about her work outside of the Crick & Watson debacle.

I also came home from seeing Bugonia, talked about it to my wife at some length then said "no it's definitely not for you." For the record I loved it, but not for everyone. youtu.be/q_OBGb3XxJo?...

I love an overcoat but it's just never cold enough to need one any more. Mine - 1980s British Rail uniform - didn't even come out of the wardrobe last year. I miss it.

Well, after three years without them I am a speccy once again. Bit annoying but not the end of the world, it'll just be for driving and so on. Still very glad indeed that I got LASEK but wish I'd done it a bit sooner, would have been nice to have a bit more time without glasses.

Star Trek TNG, S5E19: Captain Picard yells at Wesley do to the right thing and Nick Lorcano* yells at Wesley to do the wrong thing, and Wes has to decide who he's more afraid of *legally distinct from Tom Paris 8/10 cool story, shame none of this will ever come up again

This B5 rewatch takes on new resonance all the time. Seeing B5 security taken over by Night Watch while stories about ICE are coming out of the USA... This was an allegory in the 90s, it looks like an awful warning today.

The data continues piling up from non-sophisticated anecdotes, to sophisticated anecdotes (this one), right up to fleet telematics data that the battery management systems in EVs have solved battery degradation (at least to a level that keeps the vehicle on the road)...

This is a place that's very important to me, and a vital part of Hastings seafront. I really hope it can be saved. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This has been doing the rounds for a day or so now and I don't think it's a thing? That "rude" setting was always there, I've just checked my moderation settings and they're exactly how I left them. I don't think Bluesky is changing our settings behind our backs.

Just back from seeing Bugonia, which I enjoyed much more than Peter Bradshaw did. I thought it said a lot about conspiracy theories and how sad, angry people (ok, men) can be drawn into them. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

The UK press has seemingly panicked about solar panel fires over the last few days How concerned do we need to be? The numbers suggest... not very 🧵

There should be a Bake Off contestant that doesn't have any friends. No family to show up at the end, no anecdotes about their grandad's old leather suitcase or whatever. A contestant with a dark and tragic past who never smiles and swigs brown liquor as they bake

Horrifying and somehow unsurprising.

"You may be wondering why I 'ave zis ridiculous get up on. It is because I 'ave just 'eard the Nazis are terrified of the smell of onions."

This is joyous.

Save the Dolls; save the world.

Fireworks have started.

@scarredforlife.bsky.social I've been meaning to write in with my scar of seeing The Woman In Black at the Bromley Churchill when I was young enough to be one of the children who might die. Funny to hear Archie Maddocks felt exactly the same! I wonder if it was the same production even.

This is excellent. I got 60% but honestly I was just guessing. When I first became aware of how bad transphobia is at the moment I was struck by how much of it was warmed-over homophobic tropes from the 90s, it's horrifying but good to see I'm not the only one who noticed.

I like this. I've often used "does this put people over money, or money over people?" as a test. I think that's roughly what George means.

@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @jonnelledge.bsky.social It's very strange to hear you guys saying Bonfire Night doesn't happen any more from here in Sussex! Get yourselves to Lewes if you have the opportunity - it's deeply weird but should be experienced once in a lifetime.

This was excellent on the Renters' Rights Act, well worth a listen.

I'm very fond of Underfall Yard - my grandma lived in one of those houses overlooking it - so I'm really pleased to see that work's about to begin. BBC News - Historic boatyard damaged in arson attack hits key milestone in restoration - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This will be incredible.

If you didn't ditch O2 over their price rise this is another excellent reason to do so.

Slightly bizarrely I used to know enthusiasts of these, I never got to drive one but I've sat in one. Even the people who love and preserve them acknowledge that they were total death traps and a thinly-veiled insult to disabled people.

Movie night!

I bounce between this position and despair, largely depending on my mood. I feel like I keep saying "we know how to do this, we're just not doing it fast enough." Just as one stupid example I'm about to see a new gas boiler installed next door, why is that legal?

This is a great result. I never achieve this as I have to physically go up in the loft to change the settings on the inverter. If you're getting a solar/battery system installed make sure it can be controlled from inside the house! I just assumed I'd be able to do it from the app but no...

“Basically, no matter what anyone tells you, a plug in hybrid is just a more complex petrol car. You are always either hauling a useless engine around or hauling a useless battery around. It will require the same amount of servicing as any petrol or diesel vehicle, it has 1000s more components…

Bit of local history I'd never heard of before!

This thread is why I've pretty much stopped using Facebook entirely and yes it does make me sad. When it was new it was a great way to keep in touch with people I knew in real life. I miss it.

IT'S TOO DARK THIS IS BULLSHIT

Willett is still celebrated locally, for reasons I can't begin to understand. He's the reason you're jet-lagged twice a year without the benefit of having a holiday.

Emmas was 2 years above me at secondary school, her death at such a young age is unbearably sad. Aside from donating, there is a petition in the article for more funding for brain tumour research. My dad died of the same type in 2018 - please consider signing braintumourresearch.org/blogs/in-our...

This is a shame - I do think meat replacements will have a strong role in reducing meat consumption. Don't think I've tried Beyond but we love the Moving Mountains burgers and meatballs, and the Vivera shawarma.

This is how I learn this news - no BBC news alert - and it's genuinely brought me to tears. I suffered these things several times in my 20s and they were evil. I'm so glad to hear of this.

The Delhi air really is something else. Not just the heat and humidity, but the air pollution hits you at the back of your throat, you feel your lungs crying out with every breath you take. Driving around in a tuktuk you cross the river and the smell of sulphur hits you and just adds to the mix.

This episode was quite the ride - strongly agreed with much of it, disagreed with some, some went further than I'd dare! I certainly agree with the general premise though - clean tech is ready to go, we just need to figure out how to get people to understand that and willingly adopt it.

Niche telecoms humour here.

The main cause of the noise is something that will, sooner or later, hit every part of the network: “rail corrugation”. You aren’t imagining it: London's Tube is getting louder.

Disappointed by this week's #GrandDesigns Sold an eco home, which ended up with bottled gas, a wood burner and a biomass boiler. Sorry but off-grid isn't the answer, a simple connection to the electricity grid could have let it deliver what it promised.

This is a brilliant piece. The image caught my eye - my first modem was one of those! - I was on Amigas rather than Macs and the internet was too difficult and too expensive for teenage me, but my experience of BBSs and FidoNet was very similar to this.

This was the post that broke the duck - I didn't "turn the heating off" as such this year, just let the thermostat do its thing. Heating came on this afternoon for the first time this winter - it was already warmer at home than in the office though, insulation does matter!

This is a lot better than I was expecting! Nothing like the description on the box, more of a road movie (a genre that I have an inexplicable love for). Some really funny moments, and Karen Allen is great in it. www.imdb.com/title/tt0088...

I'm up to The Undiscovered Country in the current rewatch. I was only 11 when it came out but I do remember seeing it at the cinema. Watching as an adult I get something new every time - WoK will always be my favourite but this is objectively a better film. Every line resonates with the Cold War.

🧵Quarterly post that is actually about energy policy: There was an NAO report out today about big failures of a scheme introduced by the previous government to reduce households' CO2 emissions. The scheme, ECO, obligated energy companies to pay installers to fit heat pumps, solar, insulation etc.

#Lewes buddies should go to the flood exhibition at Fitzroy if you get the chance. I found it very moving; I wasn't here in 2000 but I have experienced flooding (Godalming 2013) so the personal testimonies and photos felt very familiar to me. Well worth seeing.

Had lunch and did some food shopping here today. I wasn't expecting much - on an industrial estate outside #Newhaven - but it was amazing. Really delicious focaccia sandwiches and the deli has some great Italian products. Highly recommended 🍜 isolabuona.co.uk

I was in Paris today and went to a brilliant exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet about Parisians in the 1920s and 1930s. Especially liked … www.carnavalet.paris.fr/en/exhibitio...