Veil nebula (Cygnus, the Swan). Shot using narrowband SHO filters (Cooled IMX585 astro camera) to give the so-called 'Hubble Palette'. Central london 19.12.25 1h26m total exposure.

Ahhh snow! Those were the days...!

I always forget about the joy of live feeds. SO MANY DEER www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLu...

The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails ‘enormous benefits’ of EU membership www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...

Labour slowly crawling their way out of their Brexit denial. “We have taken a massive economic hit from Brexit”

Happy winter solstice everyone! At approx. 15:03GMT (London) the Earths axial tilt is at its maximum away from the Sun (in the Northern hemisphere that is). And hence the “shortest day”…

I read somewhere that the secret key to postwar British history is that in any incident, meeting, whatever, there’s a high chance that most participants are a bit tipsy and someone round the table is absolutely steaming drunk.

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

And it made front page

The penny has dropped FINALLY

Amazing footage!!!

BRAND NEW 🍏 How Do You Like Them Apples? 🍎 From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/70jw... 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

"Never, ever say ‘nice to meet you’. To anyone. There’s a high percentage chance that you have met them" This is true. I mess this up all the time

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

LibDem Calum Miller, "The biggest opportunity the UK has to grow is to restore our relationship with the European Union" "The National Bureau Of Economic Research in the US says the UK loses £90 billion a year in tax revenue" #RejoinEU #BBCQT

The Crab Nebula (M1): Taken across 4 nights in October/November 2025, totaling 12h 8m exposure. The remains of an exploded star that went supernova in 1054.

Featuring a Wokie Dokie that I also spotted! So, it must be great 😂 What was it...? You'll just have to listen to... the mighty @quietriotpod.bsky.social Xx

We need to move away from First Past the Post. 🗳️ #PR #ProportionalRepresentation #FairElections Full article: https://loom.ly/ojnMd-A

Misty and drizzly day in South London...

Saw this on the Instagrams, but it is soooooooo true:

Dear Britain: Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR. ➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74) 🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110) 🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38) 🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55) 🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10) 🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2) 🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)

Putting this together was actually a HUGE amount of fun. Feel free to share it - here or on whatever platform and with whichever friend or family member you think would enjoy our vibe and the gorgeous community we have become.

Have a listen to my conversation with @emilythornberry.bsky.social

The best just got better! Way to go, guys! 👍

This series is going to be Epic, Fab, Fun, Thoughful, Educational.... huge recommend... if you didn't catch series one try it out...!

SELfE's legendary EUROMETER hits Bromley

The Wonderful Lord Heseltine "He walked slowly to the lectern, one hand on the rail, the other behind his back. A 92-year-old Lord Heseltine at London’s Ministry of Sound isn’t an image you expect to see. But there he was at the Next Gen 2025 conference" observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

This is insane. And yet there are still climate change deniers that walk amongst us...

Fantasic news!

🗡️ NEW Sunday School: Well Plaid! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Caerphilly result - what it means; what it doesn't 🌹 Lucy Powell is elected deputy Labour leader ☠️ Celebrity Traitors; or Why Clever Folks Can Be Total Idiots 😂 Kenny & Alex get the giggles. 🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/6A0r... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... New podcast find of the day. And the first episode is titled 'procrastination'. Perfect.

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago. So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year? Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share! 1/

Quite the spectacle to see media outlets who've cheered on austerity saying 'oh god, SEND spending is out of control'. Well, if you gut councils, fail to provide local special school spaces, collapse SureStart and leave public/collective transport to rot, that's what happens. Cuts are expensive

Telling poll showing majority of Brits preferring the pre-Brexit immigration system, incl. 37% of (confused) Reform voters. Not necessarily a wish to go back to free movement, but certainly an acknowledgement that Brexit did not only not solve the issue but created new problems.

Andromeda galaxy. Amazing what you can image, even from central London... #astrophotography

Lord Heseltine, "Brexit is now having a debilitating effect on the UK.. It will be reversed, not it, when..The deception of Brexit has exposed Britain"

The physics of sinking boats (thanks Kenny. Sigh), porn in public and the "drag queen theory" of interviewing... quite the journey in today's @quietriotpod.bsky.social! oh, and some politics as well 😂

Another must watch from Sabine: youtu.be/5UsKzOkOn-c?...

Podyssey Season 2 @alexpodyssey.bsky.social is now very close to reality - threshold is being able to pay production costs and expert contributors for 10 episodes (season will be 20 episodes, but will pick up numbers/support as it goes). Please, become a monthly supporter. www.ko-fi.com/podyssey

Comet C/2025 Lemmon. Not the best shot... moving target and all that. Still, not a bad effort... #astrophotography

The Eagle Nebula, featuring the "pillars of creation". Taken last week from Malaga using an 80mm telescope, around 3.5 hours total exposure time. #astrophotography

The M33 galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. Taken last week from outside Malaga, Spain. 3.5 hours total exposure time.

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

New paper! The last of Eloïse Bretagne's PhD papers is out! Here we generalize our models for permeability to magma mush at any melt fraction. Take a look if you want to model percolative flow of melt through a magma mush and if you want to account for crystal shape. OA: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Nice to see my former colleague Daniel talk about this important issue. But I fear the damage is already done. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Verrückter Fakt des Tages: #vfdt Uranus stinkt. Natürlich hat kein Mensch jemals die Uranus-Atmosphäre gerochen, aber Messungen zeigen, dass sich dort Schwefelwasserstoff befindet, der auch verdorbenen Eiern ihren charakteristischen Geruch gibt.

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Last week for @ftweekend.com and @financialtimes.com I took you on a tour of three classic bars. This week: three classic restaurants, namely Rules, Quo Vadis and Bentleys. You want edgy? You’ve come to the wrong place. And to access my FT reviews head to the LinkTree in bio.