So, I got interviewed by my old school on my tendency to make things up.... open.spotify.com/episode/2yen...

🧪captured this very improbable phenomenon this evening in my house....

🧪How to build quantum computers.... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/iop-tyn...

I think about this tweet a lot

We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.

🧪aurora berryalis! www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

Coursework rules (2026) for L Cert Students... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/sec-cou...

It is either perfect timing or terrible timing. Either way, our new Noisy Piggy slot machine has just arrived on the casino floor.

Camera movement has existed longer than we might think, with pans becoming common in the 1900s. Early filmmakers also simulated movement. This 1908 fairy tale THE GRATEFUL LITTLE MICE gives the illusion of a zoom by pulling the performers and prop book toward the camera. It's nearly seamless.

Astonishingly, in World Cup qualifying, Ireland bettered Portugal over two games on goal difference, bettered Hungary on points and on goal difference but only matched Armenia - and that means they only get to finish second in their group! #HUNIRL

For anybody following #HUNIRL, its worth remembering my rule about all Irish teams: they always make you believe before breaking your heart....

🧪Drilling into numbers of students in Ireland studying a science to Leaving Cert (end of High School) level.... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/gender-...

Drilling into numbers of students in Ireland studying a science to Leaving Cert (end of High School) level.... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/gender-...

🧪https://www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/gender-divide-leaving-cert-sciences

Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.

🧪This is a lovely piece of writing, that says so much about Watson - but also (perhaps) about the hero-focussed view of scientific advancement in general. Maybe if Watson wasn't so obsessed with being seen as a genius, he would have been happier. shared by @samthielman.com earlier.

🧪looking back at a century of physics papers in the Irish Leaving Cert (end of High School), we have this from 1925... I had to look up what an Atwood's machine was, and Fletcher's Trolley..... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/leaving...

All my zebras lined up having a drink on a waterhole at Jamala Madikwe, South Africa in August 2025.

There's a Pat Ingoldsby book launch tomorrow night in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social . It is for the collection that Vivienne Baillie crowd funded. I'm just looking forward to being in a room full of people who loved him and his work again . Tickets on eventbrite.

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

The most scary thing about this is how measured and reasonable it is..... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🧪 sharing to the science feed....shocking stuff.

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

...aaaaaand coming in at number one on our list of "Things That Give You 'Call of the Void' Vibes..."

Silent Valley reservoir, Ireland

Silent Valley, Co. Down, Ireland

Wet leaves on a rainy day.

So, apparently Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are now anti-semitic... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A guy walked up to me yesterday and asked where I’m from. I said, “Just over the road”. He gave me a thumbs up and left. I guess I had the “right” answer—and “right” accent. This is just the world now? Solidarity with those who have to deal with what comes when you don’t have the “right” answer

The taste is also lovely, highly recommended.

Boosting this to the science feed🧪

The sort of day where I feel justified in re-sharing this: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-the-...

🧪bumping for the science feed....

October 13, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Sunday and other stupid statements from this week All examples welcome. A potential candidate for the Presidency who could not get sufficient nominations writes: A significant spoiled vote would embarrass the Government internationally This, I think, is what Fintan O’Toole understood when he…

Absurdly, this also went live yesterday, the result of me and the brilliant @drnollid.bsky.social trudging through the fog on Ardmore clifftop spitepress.co.uk/product/all-... but just the pre-order this time: out in spring 2026

Sigh...trip over own laces again....

🧪do you have a good idea to demonstrate a concept in physics? Even a half-formed idea? www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/science...

🧪 a fascinating book, about music, physics and maths... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/in-perf...

🧪 a fascinating book, about music, physics and maths... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/in-perf...

I was talking to a kid reader about penguins and mentioned that a "penguin scientist" had found some ancient fossils and the kid said PENGUINS CAN BE SCIENTISTS?! Naturally it reminded me of this pic, which I had to reshare with you all.

🧪Physics in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and beyond... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/iop-phy...

Sample AAC (coursework) for Irish LC 🧪Physics published..... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/sample-...

Your occasional reminder that Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip K. Dick were in the same year in the same high school, liked each other’s writing, but never met in person.

🧪https://www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/esero-conference-sept-27th

Physics PLE days starting next week .... www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/physics...