Fabulous evening last night at 'Sarum Lights: Lost Worlds' at salisburycathedral.bsky.social, Wiltshire, UK. Included myths and legends like #KingAuthur. Content and soundscape by luxmuralis.bsky.social.

Timeline cleanse. Mamdani listening in order to understand. Asking clarification questions. Not looking down on someone with a disability - getting down to their level. Not attempting to make a general political point, rather answering their specific questions.

‘International Research Cooperation in a Fragmented World’ Tune now to the Science Summit and #FallingWalls2025 in Berlin with Maria Leptin among the speakers. Find out more: forschungsgipfel.de/2025/english Livestream: m.youtube.com/watch?v=j8cO...

No different to Chinese solar firms beings able to monitor and control equipment remotely from China.

"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency." New analysis by @lgilbert.co ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Easier for EU & UK to make a deal when there is a shared objective, say long term defence of Europe. Even agreement is made for UK participation in SAFE, the UK will not get access to SAFE loans- just bidding on joint procurements. UK borrowing rate higher than EU's - another Brexit disbenefit.

Israeli Govt and IDF think it is proportionate to commit urbicide because houses were being used to launch RPGs and as sniper positions 🤢 There is also the matter of physical destruction of Gaza's cultural heritage by construction of earthworks on Tell Ali Muntar.

Good piece by @edconway.bsky.social. Key omission - charts and analysis that show progression of debt and debt interest costs. At ~£85Bn/yr it's bigger than the defence budget ! Debt interest costs & interest rates may only be set on ↘️ path if Govt goes big. What outcomes is Govt aiming for ?

The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is launching soon and will help us understand our oceans even better 🌊 In this video, experts from @mercatorocean.bsky.social & GEO Blue Planet explain how satellite observations are key to understanding & protecting our planet’s future. Watch now: bit.ly/47WdMNf

SWOOSH! 🧹 When a meteoroid struck Mars, it triggered ~100 dust avalanches down an ancient volcano's slopes. @esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

‘New reality’: #HurricaneMelissa strength multiplied by #climatecrisis, study finds - Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the global heating, research says @wwattribution.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The @centreforcities.bsky.social's Climbing the Summit report said "Making our big cities simply average would go a long way to bridge the prosperity gap..." @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social shows can be done. What can other regions learn from their experience ? www.centreforcities.org/blog/the-uk-...

@jdportes.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @vsmacdonald.bsky.social How does this approach save tax payers money ? Personal interest before that of residents ? Did councillor make declaration in register of financial interests ? Did they vote ? Are owners and shareholders profiteering ?

New emergency management project from @zooniverse.bsky.social Classify data for Hurricane Melissa 2025 response www.zooniverse.org/projects/ali...

'More recent graduates from Europe and Australia can apply to work in the UK after the government doubled the number of global universities whose alumni can be eligible for a High Potential Individual visa.' Graduates of 80 universities now eligible; only 42 were in 2024. 1/2

House of Lords select committee takes up my Number 1 argument for reform of the UK's approach to science and technology. We need to retain our fastest-growing firms here in the UK. Now it's up to Peter Kyle to explain how he intends to achieve that.

Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.

This enormous landslide occurred at the Mae Moh mine in Thailand at about 3 am on 4 November 2025. The trigger appears to have been heavy rainfall. Mae Moh is an enormous mine site at [18.3422, 99.7279]. The image was released by the operator, EGAT.

A great article by the @washingtonpost.com which I’m excited to have contributed to!💦💨 It has really powerful interactive visualisations of how a warming planet is also a moistening planet on which more precipitation-induced disasters strike regions all around the globe🌎 wapo.st/4oklfvh

One for the trade experts, say @davidheniguk.bsky.social @coppetainpu.bsky.social. No wonder US biz are in a low-hire low-fire regime, they can't develop long term plans when tariffs change this much. Likely will feed through to US prices and inflation soon enough.

🌍 Together with the African Space Agency #AfSA we have taken another significant step in strengthening cooperation between Europe and Africa in space by jointly supporting the Space Systems Engineering Training Course. 🛰️ 🔗 www.esa.int/Education/ES...

Interesting paper that uses a digital elevation model (DEM) to assess possible transport/communication routes over 2000 years ago. Using slope cut offs and least cost modelling does assume that there haven't been and major changes in topography over this period, say due to earthquakes/landslides.

The Implementation Dialogue on Space is not about repeating what we already know. It is about identifying how we can do better — how we can make Europe’s space policy not only visionary but also executable, efficient and future-proof. Remarks ➡️🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p... #EUSpace

🌊 Today is World Tsunami Awareness Day! We can't stop tsunamis, but we can prevent them from becoming disasters 💪 🔗 https://bit.ly/3J4saJO

🌊 Today is #WorldTsunamiAwarenessDay While 5 Nov is known for Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, globally it’s a day to raise awareness of tsunami risk. At NOC, we're advancing detection & resilience, from tide gauges to fibre optic sensing. Discover more lnkd.in/gEfxCrSF #GetToHigherGround #TsunamiDay

Interesting lecture by @anandmenon.bsky.social. How politics have shaped the narrative over the last 10-20 years. He talks about people wanting change, but doesn't go into what change they want - maybe citizens don't know. If we need a sense of direction what's it to be ? Ending child poverty ?

NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found. Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US. www.ft.com/content/231d...

"The European Commission on Friday expressed confidence that a deal to allow the UK to take part in one of the EU's flagship defence programmes will be concluded over the next two weeks with enough time for member states to adjust their rearmament plans" #Europe www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Which objectives to drop ? Which to aim for ? How to build consensus ? Accustomed norms are usually embedded in national and organisational culture. The UK is risk averse. Coming up with new ways of working requires learning, but existing power/political structures may hinder that as well.

Farage “knows he has to moderate his tone and get across some budget details. But attention to detail [isn’t] his thing and responsibility bores him”…and makes a bore of him. His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The #CopernicusEU Sentinel-1 mission welcomes a new member: Sentinel-1D, launched at 21:02 GMT/22:02 CET from Kourou on Ariane 6 #VA265. www.esa.int/Applications... @cnes.fr @euspa.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social @transport.esa.int

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Remember remember the 5th of November! Did you know, Bonfire Night is also World Tsunami Awareness day? The date is chosen in honour of Hamaguchi Goryo, who in 1854 set fire to his crop to warn villagers nearby to evacuate from the oncoming wave. tsunamiday.undrr.org

Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS. They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I listened to Rachel Reeves' speech. Mainly directed at the markets ? Too late to talk about damage from Brexit ? Impact of Trump's tariffs ? No. Things can get better. But mortgage rates and debt interest won't come down of their own accord. Hard decisions required. We must all play our part.

UK has been through a number of economic shocks over the last 10 years. UK has an ageing society. We all want better public services. Commentators at BBC, Sky ... need to make it clear what outcomes higher taxes could deliver: - Debt interest payments ↘️ - Mortgage interest rates ↘️ - Investment ↗️

Monitoring #Antarctica from #space. A great use of EU #Copernicus #Sentinel1 space based radar. The latest of the satellites - Sentinel-1D - is expected to launch today November 4, 2025 at 22:02 CET from Kourou, French Guiana.

If car park solar works for South Korea and other countries then why not here in UK ? electrek.co/2025/11/02/n... @janrosenow.bsky.social @dpcarrington.bsky.social

In case you missed it ... The largest number of foreign doctors working in the German health sector are now Syrians who came to Germany as refugees 10 years ago.

I recently signed an Implementing Arrangement between @esa.int and the State Space Agency of Ukraine. This agreement launches our first joint projects, opening the door for Ukrainian scientists, engineers and companies to work alongside ESA Member States.

For imports and exports, geography really does matter. It's not the number of trade deals you have that matters - it's what they enable that counts. Will we see this level of detail on trade stats from UK Govt ?

Join us for a webinar on the #DestinationEarth Data Lake! On Wed 5 Nov 12:30–14:00 🌟Discover the mission and vision of the #DestinE Data Lake 🌟Explore the Harmonised Data Access service 🌟Get hands-on with JupyterLab 🌟Investigate a real use case Register at destination-earth.eu/event/webina... 🧵[1/2]

I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed. He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.

Holy moly - this glacier detachment in Tajikistan is WILD. It appears that there was a large piece of glacier ice much farther down the valley from a first detachment which then got pushed by a second soon thereafter. 🧵@planet.com @davepetley.bsky.social 🧪⚒️

New @uk-comet.bsky.social webinar now available online Dr Jin Fang, a COMET Research Fellow from the University of Leeds: "Satellite Geodetic Constraints on the Kinematics of the Tibetan Plateau" www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuhd...

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik

"The EU received a record number of applications for its top research and innovation grants this year, including a tripling of US bids for a key fund compared with 2024." on.ft.com/4373uHt

2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world. That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today. So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based. Image by HEO (from above!) 🔭🧪

UK #ITVx #TriggerPoint - great binge watch. www.itv.com/watch/trigge...

🎃No tricks, just treats – SNAP 13 is here!🌍 With support for the BIOMASS commissioning phase products and ECOSTRESS Collection 2, improved ICEYE reader, S3 reader and OLCI O2A harmonization. Plus: Naive-Bayes, new Spectral Indices and LERC support. 👉 step.esa.int/main/downloa... #SNAP#RemoteSensing