The worst EU leader is out, Orban has lost the Hungarian election, good riddance to a pal of Putin and Trump, may he never darken Hungary and Europe again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

Star Trek Academy:Opening title sequence is a burst of shiny meaningless cgi, you wouldnt know its Star Trek until you see the Academy badge. I thought Enterprise titles were bad, they look and sound positively great compared to this. www.imdb.com/title/tt8622...

Star Trek Academy: The stories suck, everything interesting about the Star Trek universe has been extracted, the so called burn was a strategic mistake, dont mention the spore drive shit, feels like every series is getting dumber. www.imdb.com/title/tt8622...

Star Trek Academy: Overly shiny cgi, the ship, the galaxy star shots, the weapons, the alien space ships, alien worlds, its making me think the practical effects look better, more authentic, the production companies have gone too far, make it look real, not shiny. www.imdb.com/title/tt8622...

Star Trek Academy: only ep 10 is the slightest bit interesting, there is a Trek series hiding in there somewhere, the previous 9 eps are more like a school drama written by people who watched Star Trek and thought DS9:Move along Home was the best episode ever. www.imdb.com/title/tt8622...

One of the principle problems with Star Trek Academy is that there are no interesting characters, even the Doctor, who is great on Voyager, is degraded to uttering banalities. As for the villain, meaningless scenery chewing phrases devoid of reason. www.imdb.com/title/tt8622...

The principle issue with the sound track on Star Trek Academy is that it insists on using mediocre orchestral music all the time, not just dramatic moments, it does not have the sounds of the ship, the instruments or the engines, i guess it must be cheaper to do. www.imdb.com/title/tt8622...

Monarch:Legacy of Monsters Review: Its fun, it has monsters in it, it has Kirt Russell in it, but the script is pretty clunky, the musical track is really annoying and the cgi is sometimes below par. www.imdb.com/title/tt1722...

Why has the US attacked Iran? James O'Brien cant make sense of it, this may be the point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1rV...

After 8 eps StarFleet Academy, this is the worst start to any star trek series, every episode feels like DS9 Move Along Home in its unimportance. The acting is tepid, characters dull, cgi is too shiny, stories poor and, the worst sin of all, i feel bored. IGN being kind. www.ign.com/articles/sta...

Somerset Earth Science Center open day, saturday, 14th feb, 11.00am. Also known as me in my natural environment surrounded by rocks and fossils. www.facebook.com/events/12597...

If you havnt seen the new Melania film yet (god help you if you have) then listen to Mark Kermode who has. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...

One the one hand its hilarious the new Melania movie is as shit as expected, on the other had its North Korean level of sycophancy and propaganda it got made in the first place. Fuck off with this shit. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/melania/re...

Having seen every Star Trek episode so far, had to watch new Star Trek Star Fleet Academy series, a new take on the formula, whips along at fair pace, has a sense of fun. Poor star ship design, annoying overly dramatic sound track, shiny cgi, lots of historic references. www.ign.com/articles/sta...

Bit stormy in Cornwall tonight. weather.metoffice.gov.uk/forecast/gbu...

For those people that have been trying to understand the complicated geology of the Lizard peninsula for many years, this is an excellent explanation. Apologies, but it is still complicated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Bf...

If you like Cornish granites, watch this new youtube video by some professors from Oxford University, you will learn a lot of mineral names by the end of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Dp...

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.

Just discovered GeoGirl on Youtube, she has lots of educational videos about geology on there, well worth a watch and listen. www.youtube.com/@GEOGIRL

Look at this stunning diverse assemblage of fauna found in the Wenlock Limestone! What fossils can you spot? #FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum

Short update on the recent M7.6 EQ off the coast of Japan by geologist Shaun Wilsey, this size and nature of EQ is not uncommon for this area of Japan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMi...

Live feed on the erupting Kilauae volcano, huge lava fountain, appears to have taken out one of the cameras. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uojM...

Professor Agust Gundmundsson talks about the faults and fractures in the rocks of the Bristol Channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-80d...

For the curious: sciencenotes.org/aurora-color...

Why am I doing this? Well, climate talk has dropped like a rock since January. And fewer invites mean less support for my small but mighty Talking Climate team. But silence isn’t an option: so I'm stepping it UP! If you believe climate conversations matter too, please subscribe and share 💚💬🌎

Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.

How does Roman concrete last 2,000 years? www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJdN...

School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.

⚒️ 🧪 Today, Science released a special issue about the M7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar in March. We were invited to write a perspective about the four research papers in the special issue. Find our post, including the text of our perspective, here:

Wow. I did not know that Alfred Russell Wallace (co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection) wrote a book in 1904 about the biological potential for life on other planets, and I've just found this extraordinary paragraph setting out the insanity of atmospheric pollution [1/3]. In 1904!

Geologist Shane Willsey and a meteorologist discuss the very powerful hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica at the moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQax...

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

AWOOOOOO!!! For some (likely rabbits, moles, and other small mammals) hearing that famous wolf howl will send shivers down their spine, but for us, it’s nothing short of magic. Happy Wolf Awareness Week! 🐺 Check out our website for more about wolves: dfnd.us/47t9EnH ⬅️

This was a lot of fun to write for the BBC - the joys of 'urban geology': fossil-hunting and more in the buildings of central London with @pavementgeology.bsky.social. She even showed me a possible dinosaur bone! #urbangeology www.bbc.com/future/artic...

There may not be obvious parallels with Jan 6th, conduct-wise, but the message is identical: laws are to be abused in pursuit of Trump’s foes & ignored in relation to his allies. He is telling his base that they can commit crimes with impunity. Fascism 101.

KPop Demon Hunters is a brilliant film, but it’s also lovely seeing its voice actors, songwriters, and singers become stars after years of struggling in the industry It’s pretty bonkers this is not a real band, and EJAE (lead vocals) hadn’t performed in a decade until this youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

Interesting youtube talk on the historical arguments that eventually led to the theory of plate tectonics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmYy...

423.84 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 13-Sep-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Netflix movie, seems to be rather popular, review by Mark Kermode, Kpop Demon Hunters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC8V...

⚒️ 🧪 If you've seen breathless reporting about a seismic swarm near a "supervolcano" in northern Nevada, don't worry: that is just where Yellowstone was, 15 million years ago. There is no supervolcano there now. But the swarm, and the geology here, is pretty neat! Read about it in our latest post:

Imagine if BBC spent as much time on the dangers of climate collapse as they do on immigration. Imagine the public response when they realise what the real danger is to our children & who is causing it. Instead of anger at refugees there’d be anger at oil companies, media bosses, politicians & BBC.

The world and I miss Freddy Mercury, a detailed analysis of his voice on Bohemian Rhapsody by a voice scientist explains why. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGcq...

28 years later movie, i like zombie films, but this is terrible, undiluted drivel, its really stupid. Dunno what film the critics were watching, but i hated it. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/28_years_l...

Rare copy of JRR Tolkiens The Hobbit 1st editionsells for 43,000 pounds, discovered in excellent condition at a house clearance, no dust cover, but still. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AC/DC, River Plate, 2009, possibly the greatest rock concert of all time, that crowd is unbelievable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCC8...

Fascinating and devastating flood/debris flow/mud flow in Indian Himalayas after heavy rain, the initial debris flows takes out a lot of buildings. Unfortunately, not everyone appears to have got out of the way in time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhaQ...

Review of soon to be released Alien: Earth tv series, after they messed up the movie franchise after Aliens has a tv series stepped up and filled the xenomorph void? www.ign.com/articles/ali...

424.92 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 03-Aug-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Dartmoor, Hay Tor, some rather splendid megacrystic alkali feldspars in th4e granite that are very visible on the highest part of the Tor.