Quote from your friendly neighborhood asteroid scientist.

🎧 Did you catch our special anniversary broadcast on BBC Radio 4? Sharing stories from the BBC archive and beyond, ‘Jodrell Bank at 80’ is a fascinating look at our site’s heritage and legacy! Listen: https://ow.ly/6a6I50XonAO #JodrellBank

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We’re snail posting, post your snails

A Sunday morning drive under skies that felt alive 🥰

Ah, yes. The three genders. (From, of all things, my Bluetooth headphones' app!)

Great to see a new product made from beverage production leftovers (better than the banana skin skirt I wanted to make as a child!) @richardblackburn.bsky.social at @universityofleeds.bsky.social also mentioned for fibres made from another food processing byproduct

#Hackaday #Supercon through the lens of my Googly Eye Camera

How the creation of a school insect collection project, led to the discovery of Amblycheila cylindriformis in Montana… bioone.org/journals/the... Marian Kirst reminds us of the value of being a “filthy generalist” and the importance of building strong local connections. #ECN2025

Could not be more excited to receive a proof of the remarkable Up by @drlucyrogers.com - it’s out in April. Get it pre-ordered!

Science Teachers! If you’re interested in using ”non-fiction November“ to get your students reading a bit more, “Why Don’t Things Fall Up?” is one of the few non-fiction titles on this “Year 10 recommended reading list”. It‘s a book that brings school science together into a coherent story

I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging! I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org : dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...

🔋🐝💾Hello! Im lee. I make: zines about electronics, fancy alligator clips, hardware stickers, and custom fidget rings. You may remember me from organizing such conferences as @oshwassociation.bsky.social, @dinacon.bsky.social and more. I run a lil non profit called Radio Snack and am an artist.

i was wondering if anyone had any specific thoughts on what these capacitors might taste like? wrong answers only.

Let's ruin the night sky some more... www.scientificamerican.com/article/alar...

My lab is a quiet storm of dragons.

Here’s Mr Eastern Towhee looking just as gorgeous #birds 🌿

And here’s the crowdfunding link if you want to contribute or share www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

Most science degrees never require students to learn how to communicate their work to the public. That gap fuels confusion, mistrust, and missed opportunities to protect lives. Let's change it. Sign the petition to make communication + public engagement training a degree requirement. bit.ly/3LbnfHB

Bravo to Lancaster City Council for colour-coordinating the bin liner with the crocuses in Greaves Park.

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Pushing a 555 to the Limit

If you're out doing your @webs-gsmp.bsky.social counts this weekend, remember to record & report any dead or sick birds you find (info in the link). Bird flu cases are rising. www.bto.org/our-work/new... 📷 Dead Whooper Swan, by Kane Brides #UKbirding

Hi! If you’re going to @sciencewriters.org I am pleased to see you and if I am looking at your badge it is because honestly I’m super bad at faces and I only know most of you from the Internet where you icon is like a pusheen plushie. A+ for dressing as a pusheen tho if you do.

through the round window.... #thoseofacertainage #canalboatlife #narrowboatlife #EnglishCanals #bluesky

I’ve just seen a narrowboat that looks like it’s entirely crewed by cats, and it’s not even 10am

How did I not know that this actually exists??? robotwars.fandom.com/wiki/Celebri... thank you @drlucyrogers.com!

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

on the phone with my Mom last night. “look at the moon, can you see it, in the east?” i asked. “yes!” a pause. “we’re looking at the same moon,” she added, lovingly.

Fractal yak shaving status: Annotating the disassembly of an operating system at well past my bedtime.

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

Applications are open for the free NERC short course "Integrative biodiversity discovery" at the Natural History Museum, London from 2-6 March 2026. Deadline: 1 December 2025. More info: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/integrative-biodiversity-discovery.html #course

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” -Lou Holtz

I write books. They might not be your sort of thing but maybe you know someone who’d like them. They’re about middle-aged people falling in love. I also work on other people’s books. The one on the right I am particularly proud of. I post about writing, editing, and rocks, amongst other stuff.

It's also the anniversary of Parihaka, so there is a degree of effort to have that discussed instead nzhistory.govt.nz/te-ra-o-te-p...

A long time ago, a family member being pestered to buy promotional pencils with the company name on sighed and said they'd take a gross (i.e. one box of 144 pencils). They received 144 boxes of 144 pencils

📻 My BBC World Service documentary is out today!!! 🦠 If you want to hear about bacterial suicide bombers, willing cannibalism victims, faecal transplants and resurrecting Ancient Egyptian diseases, then have I got the programme for you. bbc.com/audio/play/p... or search 'BBC The Documentary'

There's fireworks. In New Zealand. Tonight.

I’ve gone back to mostly analogue buying/making. I watch my local wastesaver groups and my local bric-à-brac auctions like a hawk now that I’ve given up paid work to become a freelancer STEAM practitioner. ‘6x vintage microscopes in pieces for £20 cash? HELL YES!’. (Downside: My house is a tip!)

Or the time I asked for 20 buzzers, and we accidentally ordered 20 packs. Of 50 each.

When you want to make a @robives.bsky.social peg dipper but the pegs you buy are not what you thought you had ordered ...

New dino (lizard) has landed! Now to connect to a #RaspberryPi and then an #Arduino :) / @andysc.bsky.social

What small inventions did you think we'd have by now? I'm not talking personal jetpacks or holographic TV. I'm talking hydrophobic ketchup bottles that get out every drop. Or something more durable than velcro. What is our future missing?

Your guide to the November night skies courtesy of @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social. Wishing you all clear skies and lots of lovely #Leonid 'shooting stars' (meteor shower peaks on the 17th)! 🤞🧪🔭🤩

@alomshaha.bsky.social are you always awake at this hour!?

New dino (lizard) has landed! Now to connect to a #RaspberryPi and then an #Arduino :) / @andysc.bsky.social

It took me about three months to get here but... Here's a 🪶 for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions. 10,151 species. #dataviz #birds #data

Bluesky readers, I need books please. Here are authors I love. Can you recommend anyone similar? Fantasy: T Kingfisher, VE Schwab, Katherine Addison SciFi: Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie Romance: KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Courtney Milan Here’s an enchanting scene to say thank you!

Bland castles? What a lovely idea to get everyone thinking about urban design ... (watch the video) www.peterandpaul.co.uk/projects/hum...