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beyondearthsky.bsky.social @beyondearthsky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lift-off of Sputnik 8K71PS rocket with Sputnik 1.

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not a Hollywood effect or an AI-generated image... This is the current eruption occurring on Kilauea in Hawaii...

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm pitching this immediately

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just back from the awesome Public Service Broadcasting at Ally Pally! @psbhq.bsky.social

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nation shall speak peas unto nation...

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I want to highlight segments of #MarkCarney ‘s speech at the EU today. Apparently Carney wrote the speech. Which is not the case for most leaders. It can’t be described as anything but historic. These clips are not necessarily in order. This part was especially important & powerful. #cdnpoli

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

<Sigh> We buy a lot of Lego. We're retired; we already have a lot of bricks... But I guess, come 1st October, we'll have another 4711 to add to that collection... ideas.lego.com/blog/ee9af03...

ideas.lego.com

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social We're attending the Star Trek event at the Science Museum in London... The queue is around the corner!

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This can only be one place in the Alpha Quadrant...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Stunned to find this Art Deco Chapel earlier today. Frank Lloyd Wright? New England? Neither. Quite literally a (trebuchet-flung) stone's throw over from Caerphilly Castle in Wales...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Huh? Leavitt is only 28!?!? I had her as at least 42...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Typhoons at RAF Coningsby heading out to catch the total eclipse?

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@chrislintott.bsky.social I thought we weren't supposed to have a total eclipse here in the UK!?!

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Northern Powerhouse" seems like the wrong term for today...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Why do I even listen... BBC News has just proclaimed that the SpaceX booster crashed into the Moon at "7 times the speed of sound"... I'm going for a lie down...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Currently sitting 468m above sea level, and the foil on the Pringles tube is reflecting that...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Currently in Hunstanton. The only place on Britain's East coast where the sun sets over the ocean.

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#FIFA Watching paint dry... More exciting...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I had to double-take the flags that the New Jersey police were flying in the build-up to the World Cup final... For a moment, they read as "Police State"...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It was ramping up for another warm afternoon on the golf course, when the smoke from a nearby heathland fire drifted in and blocked the sun...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Hold on... Argentina vs Switzerland... Isn't that just Germany vs Germany?

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

@paulbernal.bsky.social How come Count Binface isn't standing against Andy Burnham for the Labour leadership??? Oh! Unless, of course, Andy Burnham *is* Count Binface!!!

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Cor! Drama in the park behind us... A maroon helicopter of the King's Flight landed and disgorged one of the older members of the royal family. Apparently, she is visiting the local Citizens' Advice Bureau - something about a troublesome brother apparently...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Yes. Find a 1.95m berserker who grins at his opponents as he slams the ball into the net.

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Celebrations worldwide thank you Belgium you made my day

Tin Tin crew celebrating their victory over USA in the World Cup .Donald Trump in a baby high chair on the left

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Our late cat made clear where his allegiance lay for this #BRAJPN match

A light ginger, full-grown, Maine Coon cat wearing a Japanese headscarf around his body that features the stylised Japanese flag (red circle, white background) and Japanese characters printed in black. The cat is standing on a cream coloured tiled floor and in front of some beige kitchen cupboards.

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

South Africa are playing for penalties!!

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Every time the commentator says "Bobb", I hear Blackadder's pronunciation of "Bob".

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Wow! What joy! Audio on ITV (via Virgin) keeps dropping out! 2 seconds, then gone for 5 minutes! Bliss!

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

37 years to the day since I persuaded (almost) everyone to invoke their inner Fred Astaire...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Oh gawd. They fixed Micah's mike.

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Where's Ally McCoist, now that his country needs him?

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

No one was booked, so the ref should leave the pitch for 60 seconds...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Give the writer of this headline a raise!

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bwildered2 🚩 @bwildered2.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Aberdeen FC. Bravo. 👏

An ironic statement about Southampton’s expulsion.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Ok I'm bored and want to procrastinate work so let's do a thread instead. Wanna hear a story? Alright then, story it is. So gather around, children, because now we're going to talk about the most important science book you've probably never heard of. Ready? Off we go, then.

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matthewcr @matthewcr.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Here's an account in the Daily Express on the 27th

IF THIS was the most adventurous Christmas TV ever, it had little to do with the programme planners but everything to do with the three men making rings around the moon, and it produced the biggest gaffe the B.B.C. has ever committed.

They missed it-the vital moment when the world was watching for the astronauts to emerge from their first orbit of the moon. The B.B.C. switched away from the moon shot, while Houston Control must have been going crazy because for the first time they had lost the moon ship.

We all sat and wondered whether the rocket motor had failed. Here was the most exciting moment of our times, but while all this was going on we were watching Ted Ray read a fairy story on " Jackanory." It was four minutes and hundreds of infuriated telephone calls later that the B.B.C. interrupted the children's programme to say that Colonel Bor-man and his crew had safely gone round the moon.

Ridiculous

While the world held its breath, the B.B.C. made the most ridiculous excuses. "We had to keep faith with the children. they said.

As if the children were not more interested in the fate of Apollo 8...

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

@chrislintott.bsky.social Please chide the BBC team covering Artemis II (via your S@N connections, perhaps?) for the misinformation on the BBC website that Jim Lovell named a crater after his wife, Marilyn. He, rather famously, named a peak Mount Marilyn.

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I'm certain we were all mesmerised by the launch of Artemis II, but go back and watch it again - are those the pad Egress gondolas leaving the tower, too? @chrislintott.bsky.social @andysaunders-1.bsky.social @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social @gertjanbartelds.nl

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social I know you're partial to a bit of my 'tax' contributions (i.e. BBC Radio 3), but thank you for yours! I've greatly enjoyed the Artemis II launch - long may it continue!

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@chrislintott.bsky.social Most people won't appreciate it, but after 40 minutes of flight, Artemis II is already 3x higher than any Space Shuttle ever reached. It's already the highest US flight since Apollo 17.

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If I were a world-class striker, reaching that point in my career where I don't have many seasons left to play in the UCL, I'd also use this moment to announce my departure at the end of the season from a team that I don't believe will be playing Wednesday night football next season... #salahgone

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Kev Holmes @arborealbirch.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

At this rate, this will be the quickest Tudor reign since Lady Jane Grey.

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