For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Very cute inhabitant of Schiphol’s Terminal E #AMS

'The best conspiracy books of 2025' for @theguardian.com

This is my flag. It stands for unity, freedom, peace, democracy, equality, civilization, diversity, rule of law, science, beauty and strength. There is nothing more important to fight for. #eu #europe

Hey @gwr.com. Today I had a lovely chat with Jonny who did the trolley service on the 14.54 from Castle Cary to Paddington. With his car out of action, he walked 2hrs from Burnham to Slough at 2am to start his shift. Many would have thrown a sickie, probs me included. You have a hero in your ranks.

Clouds on late afternoon - sol 3043 - From Thomas Appéré (thomasappere.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kFu94b

Your transient receptor potential (TRP) vanilloid 1 receptor mediates your response to capsaicin, but mustard oil and wasabi go through the TRP ankyrin 1 receptor 🥵 🧪

@mithu.bsky.social , a German author, wrote an interesting polemic in today's Guardian, excoriating the German government's decision to reintroduce conscription in view of the escalating threat from Russia. While completely ignoring the benefits of military service n/1

Hat jemand Tipps für Restaurants in #dresden? Nicht zu fein, aber lecker! Nur selbst gegessene Empfehlungen bitte 🤗 #FragFedi

For those of us participating in #BOINC, a new paper based on our contributions is always welcome: Einstein@Home Searches for Gamma-Ray Pulsars in the Inner Galaxy iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

We are very pleased to hear Canada's strengthened support to ESA in the upcoming years.🍁 Projects like HydRON, optical satellite communications, are possible thanks to collaboration and investment from Canadian industry. 🇨🇦

I don't understand what this means but I'm willing to find out

Just heard that Richard Darbyshire has passed away at 65. Very sad, one of my favourite male voices. Godspeed, and thanks for the cracking tunes.

1 beer: What a nice day 2 beers: Love my friends! 3 beers: I could probably drive a forklift 4+ beers: I'm too handsome to work

Flooding reported in Bantry this morning and the OPW river level sensor shows highest water level since sensor started 3 years ago. Water level has dropped now.

So, goodbye MTV. I will miss you. I watched you in awe in the early eighties when I visited the States, and I remember how excited I was when the advent of cable zapped it directly into my room in continental Europe. Ray Cokes and Kristiane Backer were my VJ heroes, 1/2

Writing about what the presidential vote means in Irish Examiner today. Green shoots for the left, bad news for the government and warning signs from a potentially undemocratic far-right. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Happy to share a new peer-reviewed study on PubMed. Blessing eggs creates bigger and tastier chickens (p < 0.001). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41035978/

Cosmologists! We have a faculty job going here in Oxford - happy to answer questions. Brief version is that this remains a great & collaborative place to do science and the students are superb. 🔭 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP628/a...

Mariner 9 - Olympus Mons Caldera - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/22JUAxQ

Good morning Bluesky. Little query: what do you feel are the live radio streams most conducive to a happy relaxed working environment in the home office? Let's limit it to French, Dutch, English and German language stations.

This is rather remarkable.

The amount of organisational memory and scientific knowledge shed in US academia at present is staggering and hard to comprehend. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...

I continue to not understand the current American administration’s war on science. Do you make America great again by dismantling the most impressive scientific machine ever? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

This is a shock, Jane Goodall (1934-2025) has died. One of my dad’s cousins knew her & would regularly give me updates on her adventures & chimps. She was a great force for good & part of my childhood. 91 is a good age, but it’s personal when your heroes die. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam

Maybe all the energy & water use would be worth it if we were getting major benefits like cures for diseases and saving endangered species But we're wasting our drinking water and paying higher electricity bills for deepfake revenge porn, shitty ad voiceovers, cheating on term papers, & MechaHitler

Most people with DLD don't even know they have DLD! Often they were told as children that they'd grow out of it. But DLD is a lifelong difficulty with understanding and using words and sentences. Be part of the change! #DLDday #DevLangDis radld.org

Excellent long read on the effects of a fibre glass cable being destroyed in a remote and infrastructurally challenged part of the world. Recommended read. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Excellent interview with Gerald Knaus about the ultra-right's *pan-European* (& US-American) approach to destroy the democratic institutions that have secured peace & prosperity for 80 years. It's all the same problem. The same approach. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIAu...

In 1971, a late 4th century AD mosaic was found at #Halstock in #Dorset This painting, by Stephen Cosh, was made for the @antiquaries.bsky.social (Roman mosaics of Britain vol II 2005) The original was reburied and sadly can no longer be seen A lost little masterpiece for #MosaicMonday

A small Texas charter network has paid its superintendent up to $870,000 annually over the last three years. Board members have voted to increase his pay or other financial benefits in 14 of their 24 meetings since 2021. (Published March)

WHO statement on autism-related issues The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

Someone on Medreddit just predicted the rate of NSAID-related birth defects to go through the roof. Quite likely and so unnecessary.

You can say what you want about Reddit, but no other site features such important stories.

Whoever did the original extended 7:59 remix of Whitney Houston's 'Love Will Save The Day' (and no, I am not looking at you, Jellybean): you did an awesome job. And thank you for letting us hear the full Ray Ayers vibraphone solo.

This is utterly lovely. Many thanks @shattenstone.bsky.social . Great read. www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-int...

The Disney brand, and the USA brand, sinking together. Parody from Dutch TV www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

This is just devastating. Public Heath in the hands of amateurs. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/o...

Today I read that 110,000 people gathered in London to suggest getting rid of their fellow humans with some more pigmentation in England. I wonder whether they are back in London protesting to replace their pharmacists, doctors, civil servants, social workers and nurses once they are gone.