@chrisdornan.bsky.social one for you.

Post a banger that's not in English.

Don’t Be a Panican … Be a Panic*nt.

Your turn, @mark-carney.bsky.social.

This ‘the Stranger’s case’ should be projected - on repeat - onto the White House, the State Capitol and, sadly, our own Houses of Parliament. Though again, sadly, those ears that could understand the words would pretend deafness while to Trump & his coterie it would be unintelligible gibberish.

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John Candy and Catherine O'Hara made the world a better place. Canada and the world is a better place for them having existed.

Dr Glaucomflecken, an actual ophthalmologist, with helpful instructions for dealing with pepper spray to the face. youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...

There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason. Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse."

I feel so impotent watching what is going on but thought ‘Yeah - I could buy a book from this actual legend’. Except I can’t. Either because I’m in the UK or because his site is overwhelmed. But have to say his bookstore dreamhavenbooks.com looks AWESOME. I would’ve lived there when I was a kid.

Board of Peace - Season 1

Hockey … I’m talking about hockey.

Wow. What a maroon.

As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.

Canada’s Path. 🇨🇦

Also - why is Mexico not being targeted? What’s different (in Trump’s mind) between the populations of Greenland, Canada and Mexico?

This AI image posted by Trump features not just Greenland covered in a US flag but also Canada. 🇨🇦 Trump is a lunatic.

Hard to describe this thread - an unbelievably compelling antithesis of the movie Speed is the best I’ve got. I’m really hoping we get some further updates from the fallout for this.

A deranged narcissistic petulant child … who clearly is an idiot. America - you must be so proud.

There’s still time to send your name around the Moon: www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...

It is looking outrageously stupid to have left the EU (It always looked stupid, but now everyone can see it) Farage, Gove, Rees-Mogg (remember him?), & Johnson did this country an enormous disservice Yay, brexit !

The UK should have been at this too. But Brexit.

How's that going Nigel?

Reminder.

It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions. Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.

🚨🚨🚨 Deadline for applications to the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course @unistrathclyde.bsky.social extended to 30 January 2026! Details on how to apply are below 🔬 #microscope #ECRchat #Glasgow

Hello Bluesky! Calling all Early Career Researchers working in microscopy/image analysis or cytometry, want to gain recognition for your work and a chance to win a £100 cash prize? Just under a month to apply to our 2026 Early Career Award...

Just checking - so the first image IS insurrection but the second image ISN’T? Asking for a confused Europe.

A phenomenal body of work on its own &, while it’s not necessary to read forerunner ms to understand the follow up, I think the work is more complete contextually if you read them as a pair.

Our follow up paper on Sex: Differential neuronal survival defines a novel axis of sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila brain: Cell Genomics www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

News from the frontline : have alerted the Protein people in our School of Molecular Biosciences that it may be safe to return to their lab spaces. Sadly the RNA research teams must remain in hiding.

This may be a peculiarity of Scotland, but for eco friendly firewood I can't recommend old whisky barrels enough. They burn well & cleanly - have a lovely aroma (fermenting raspberries according to my daughters) - & you have the added bonus of playing a giant game of Jenga when they're delivered.

For the Americans out there (& Alannis Morrisette) this is known as ‘Irony’.

But … you’re a demented narcissistic lunatic … so… no restraint then?

Aside from all the other damning evidence - the ICE agent is clearly drawing his gun long before the victim in the car attempts to drive away. Which I would argue indicates intent prior to lethal action.

🪰 For #3DThursday, this #microCT scan of an adult #Drosphila (Schoborg et al.) captures the entire fly intact. Using #VR, we can teach anatomy by labeling the 3D fly from a 2D diagram. Spatial context changes everything. #SciComm 🔬: Bruker SkyScan 1172 🏛️: UWyoming 🎬: #syGlass, v2.5.0

There we go. That there’s a headline.

Sadly on Dec 30th we said goodbye to Teddy our 12 yr old rescue greyhound. We selfishly kept him with us for 1 last Xmas. He was a beautiful sweet gentle dog that in the 8+ years he was a part of our family made our lives a better happier place. He was my constant companion & I miss him terribly.

“Trump is failing in his job to "run" the United States. He should not be trying to "run" Venezuela.”

Those 44% and 100% are over the whole year. Today the UK was about 60% so guessing Scotland was net exporter today. Scotland does well cause onshore wind and hydro, England has most solar and increasingly huge amounts offshore wind (tho Scotland will have offshore too).

10% was solar at lunchtime.. overall UK is about 44% renewable.. by itself, Scotland is running about 100% of electric demand from renewable over the year (eg net exporter)..: though of course it can only do so by being part of a bigger grid, and earlier stuff (eg RO) was paid for by whole of UK.

1 January 1926 | A Polish Jew, Leon Weintraub, was born in Łódź. In #Auschwitz from August 1944. He was transferred to Groß-Rosen, Flossenbürg & Natzweiler-Struthof. He was liberated on 23 April 1945 near Donaueschingen. He became a doctor. Today he turns 100. Happy birthday!

#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

This is great. This year on Bluesky I wrote 152 posts & 265 replies. I received 784 likes, with 81 for most popular post, & apparently I love saying "not" (throwback to Wayne’s World) & 📌 (before we could Bookmark)! Though I also did use ~2.3K ‘unique’ words. www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

Penguin Projectile Pooping - the thread you didn’t know you had to read.

A moment of small cheer at the end of an otherwise bleak year. Roll on 2026 - here’s hoping for a better, brighter New Year!

“With over 4,000 episodes spanning nearly 30 years, the iconic show Mr. Dressup, starring Ernie Coombs, entertained generations of Canadian kids on CBC. “It didn’t matter what race you were, what language you spoke.” #CBC #Canada www.cbc.ca/television/w...

I did not know - but am unsurprised to find out - that Ernie Coombs (Mr Dressup) & Mr Rogers were good friends (to the extent that Roger’s was best man at Coombs’ wedding). As a child I was as influenced by Mr Dressup as I was by Sesame Street. In fact my two cats were called Casey & Finnegan.