I controlled the playlist at Christmas so we didn’t listen to Fairytale of New York once, best Christmas ever!

31 and already suffering from ageism

I thought I was the cool uncle but I’m really not up to date with what’s been going on with Roblox, but rest assured I’m getting a crash course from 5 niblings.

Merry Christmas from everyone at Exeter College. 🎄✨ #ExeterCollegeOxford #OxfordUniversity

Happy Christmas to all 🎅🏻

We got an email today telling us we can leave work early because it’s close to Christmas, so thoughtful. I, however, have been out of office for over a week. It was a lovely email though.

Why is it when you start eating biscuits you can’t stop? This is the reason why I don’t keep snacks in my flat. Mum, however, has plenty of snacks.

I hope you have all done your liver exercises to prepare for the next week

Just tried and failed to open a jar of pasta sauce for my mum, so that’s where I am at in life, she’s now talking about asking a neighbour for help

Someone I know who graduated with a degree in history became a Senior AI advisor for No 10, it’s like me finishing my degree in astrophysics and becoming a senior healthcare advisor. Does the civil service not want experts? Is this why they spend so much on external consultants?

Right, watching the TV show Scandal because I need something more realistic than whatever is going on right now

I’m so happy it’s the time of year for the Christmas edition of University Challenge!

Trump got a question about the Epstein files and is talking about tariffs and pills, did he forget what the question was whilst speaking ?

Trump just announced he is building AI powered battleships with lasers that can destroy anything on impact, huh?!

When Trump gives a speech it’s like he is trying to reach the word count of an essay but he ran out of things to say with 1000 words to go

I’m excited for the posts in the new year from gym people moaning about people going to the gym for their New Year’s resolution.

Take me back to the time when all I cared about was playing The Sims: Makin’ Magic on a big back computer.

I wonder if K2-18b will be mentioned 👀

Netflix are removing movies and shows that were the sole reason for having it. Harry Potter says “leaving soon”, Friends gone, The Big Bang Theory says “leaving soon”. They don’t renew their own shows, leaving them on cliff hangers, what’s the point of Netflix anymore…

NASA ADS appears to be rebranding as SciX? The Elon-ification of science needs to stop! I really don’t want to use something that looks like an Elon science search engine.

As Wes Streeting and other MPs who demonised doctors put their feet up for Christmas, those same doctors will be working hard in the hospitals to look after the public.

I don’t understand how people generate fake citations I literally copy and paste every citation from NASA ADS

It’s fascinating to me that Trump has been talking about fake news attacking him for years, only to be now weaponising fake news for his benefit surrounding the Epstein files.

Where is our generation’s Deep Throat? We need you!

When they say they redacted the Epstein files to “protect the victims” I’m guessing they also mean the perpetrators, because the perpetrators probably now think they are victims of a “witch hunt”

Oxford hosted the first “Afternoon of Astrophysics” with talks by Prof Aigrain (@airbornegrain.bsky.social) & Prof Birkby (@jaynebirkby.bsky.social), followed by a panel with Dr Taylor (@astrojake.bsky.social) & Prof Lintott (@chrislintott.bsky.social), watch on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Back in my day it was 64 zoo lane

Physics professors are getting murdered in their homes now? What is happening to the world?!

Ahead of 3I/ATLAS's closest approach to Earth (at nearly 2 au) tomorrow, here's our Elaine P. Snowden Fellow @astrohopkins.bsky.social on how we determined 3I's age 🇳🇿☄️🔭

Sometimes the glee version is better than the original

During COVID, the government got the public to clap for people working in the NHS every week, to show appreciation. Now they are trying to turn the public against doctors for wanting better conditions for everyone. It’s madness. Support the doctor’s strike!

Exoplanet folks: we now have a separate Bluesky account for the BOWIE+ Seminar Series ( @bowieseminar.bsky.social ). If you are interested in links to videos of the talks and other updates going forward, give it a follow. #exoplanets #astronomy

I’m home for Christmas and my niblings are singing “we wish you a merry six seven”

Omg bsky.app/profile/astr...

📢 Exeter College is delighted to announce a generous pledge from alumnus David Flowerdew (1996, Mathematics) to endow a Tutorial Fellowship in Mathematics, securing the future of maths teaching at Exeter. 🔗Read more via the News link in bio #ExeterCollegeOxford #FloreatExon

I feel like “slop” should have been the word of the year, maybe next year

My GP surgery usually text me to book an appointment for the flu vaccine (I’m in an at risk group), but despite the rise in flu cases, they haven’t texted me yet 👀

I love Christmas because it’s one of the few times a year we teach children that it is a good thing to leave offerings for a deity. We don’t give offerings to deities like we used to…

It’s a matter of urgency that I watch the Canadian ice hockey tv show but it’s not streaming in the uk

Me: right I need to go to Tesco to get washing up liquid, milk, bread, and tea bags. Me: left Tesco with a meal deal, beans, baking soda, and a pukka pie.

Some have argued to me strongly that even if Loeb is wrong, he’s getting people interested in 3I/ATLAS and that’s a good thing for science. But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997. sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...

I hope my Nintendog is doing ok

I got an email from Netflix about their acquisition of Warner Bros and in the email it mentioned that this adds to their iconic franchises such as Friends. Netflix literally just announced Friends is leaving Netflix. Can’t trust them, I’m worried for the future of entertainment.

As someone who has had multiple MRI scans, on different parts of my body, there is no way you do not know what body part they are scanning

What a night Saturday was—700 years of Exeter’s history lighting up Front Quad ✨ Now it’s Giving Day! With £65k in match & challenge funding, your gift goes even further. Make your gift via the link in our bio 💗 #trexeter #exetergivingday #ourstory #trexeter #exetergivingday #ourstory

Oooooft, what a start! I've been catching up with students, trying the chapel piano and soaking up all the excitement - it's been roar-some 🦖🎉 Huge thanks to the 61 supporters already on board! With lots still to unlock, every gift goes further. Click the link in bio to give 💗

We need to reset the calendar, with BC referring to “before covid”, we are on year 6 of the new world.

We need to cultivate and encourage normal intelligence before we layer things with artificial intelligence.

I think it would be so good if Trump announces aliens because then hopefully governments would invest more funding into my research area

Great Astrophysics colloquium today given by Prof Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social about interstellar objects and what we know so far about 3I/ATLAS