Reposted by Bob Dowling watertigernyc @watertigernyc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Everyone go home. We have a winner. 32010
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Damn. Beer drinking makes me even more of a mosquito magnet. phys.org/news/2026-05...phys.orgWhy are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emergingEver felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these dis... 000
Reposted by Bob Dowling Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Want to age better for longer? Visit a monument or a museum. At the Offa’s Dyke centre in Knighton you can do both! And for balance there is also excellent cake and coffee.theguardian.comArts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes 04411
Reposted by Bob Dowling Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/01/2026Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain: “Firms do need support with energy costs, but the easiest and most effective way to grow the UK economy remains urgently improving Britain’s trade links with our closest and largest market" Britain needs growth. And the EU is the place to find it.bestforbritain.orgUrgently improving UK-EU trade links best way to grow economyUrgently improving the UK's trade links with the EU is the easiest and most effective way to grow the UK economy, campai 06821
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This is an image from an unfortunate claustrophobe who suffered a panic attack mid-CT scan but ... ALBUM COVER! 010
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Don’t threaten me with a good time! (And look up the definitions of “stalinist” in your dictionary before you use the word.) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01... 000
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 27/12/2025US copyright expiries to look forward to in 2026, courtesy of Duke Law: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh9f...youtube.comDuke Law | Public Domain Day 2026YouTube video by Duke University School of Law 000
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Edgar Rice Burroughs was not a fan of complex numbers. “I saw that argument was useless and said no more; there is no use arguing with a man who can multiply anything by the square root of minus one.” Edgar Rice Burroughs - Pirates of Venus - Final sentence of chapter IV: To the House of the King 000
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Remember those cheesy 1950's and 60's mutant insect horror movies? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comRadioactive wasp nest found at site where U.S. once made nuclear bombsThe nest at a site in South Carolina had a radiation level 10 times what is allowed by federal regulations, but it does not present a danger, officials said. 000
Reposted by Bob Dowling Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/07/2025In honor of the extremely clever Tom Lehrer, who has died, here is his song about religion that was rather controversial. It is also very funny. youtu.be/pvhYqeGp_Do?...youtu.beTom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag - fabulous version - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel 63999225
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 22/07/2025RIP Ozzy Ozbourne. I wasn’t a fan of the music, but I have a soft spot for any artist for whom the question “why the hell haven’t the drugs killed you yet?” leads to the discovery of genetic mutations and variant metabolic pathways. www.discovermagazine.com/health/genes...discovermagazine.comGene's Addiction, or Why Ozzy Osbourne Is Still AliveOur genes might play a role in influencing who falls prey to addiction. 000
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Another boost for VPN sales as CivitAI declares it can no longer safely allow access from the UK. How long it will be before HuggingFace goes the same way? Will the UK end up cutting itself off from AI development? 010
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Dragons breathing fire are completely unrealistic. But what about lasers? www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgThese tiny lasers are completely edibleEdible sensors made of glowing droplets could improve food and drug monitoring 000
Reposted by Bob Dowling Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 14/06/2025EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE Another historic day with 37.7 in France, 35.5 in Germany and hundreds of stations at record levels for mid June. Widespread tropical nights with even some records for June highest Minimums in Germany 22.5 Gevelsberg 21.8 Waldems 21.2 Lüdenscheid Tbc tomorrow 07439
Reposted by Bob Dowling NBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/05/2025Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement. 527330766741
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Today’s contestant for the ill-advised St Valentine’s Day branding award is Marks & Spencer. 020
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 11/02/2025“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -- Commonly misattributed to George Orwell Wikipedia prepares its defences: www.404media.co/wikipedia-pr...404media.coWikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His AlliesThe Wikimedia Foundation says it will likely roll out features previously used to protect editors in authoritarian countries more widely. 010
Reposted by Bob Dowling Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures! Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not! Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 661253717
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 05/02/2025An attempt to make GenAI engage with students has caused it to start tossing emojis into its text! It just launched an Undergraduate Maths Assistant persona with “🎓 Welcome to Finite Group Theory! 🎓” I didn’t even know there was a mortar board emoji. 000
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 20/01/2025You have a touching faith in the legal and administrative systems to stand up for the constitution. Naïve, but touching. 020
Reposted by Bob Dowling Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/01/2025The true cost of Brexit. Get all the stats 👉 bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact 22682248
Reposted by Bob Dowling Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Earth from Mars | NASA 301174124
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 31/12/2024“You are here.” When we choose to be great we can fly a helicopter on an alien planet, we can do geology on a world that is not “geo,” and we can point into the sky at a pale blue dot and say “that’s us; we did this.” When we choose to be great. 040
Reposted by Bob Dowling George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/12/2024I’m sure he wants the history of it all told his way. 18216034212576
Reposted by Bob Dowling Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/12/2024If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...newsweek.comElon Musk takes aim at WikipediaThe billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump. 420122156345
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Am I just a grumpy old man, or do today’s cartoons lack the charm of the ones I grew up on? 000
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 19/12/2024People being fatigued by false alarms is a real problem. Getting the balance right for everyone is impossible. I would be interested to know if the tannoy announcements made clear *why* the passengers were being instructed to leave. 000
Reposted by Bob Dowling Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/12/2024"The pioneer of our free trade accord with Brussels [Lord Frost] said: 'Labour’s unnecessary reset negotiation with the EU will achieve nothing useful.'" The five-yearly review of the trade deal is actually written into it, as negotiated by ... <checks notes> Huh! Says here: "Lord Frost". 😶 ~AA 1423777
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 16/12/2024We were ahead of you! We f***ed up when we voted for Brexit after a campaign of misinformation, media cowardice and racism. Sound familiar? 000
Reposted by Bob Dowling Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 27/11/2024would like to see a venn diagram of those who 1] signed the petition calling for a second 2024 election, and also 2] raged against the very idea of a Brexit second referendum 621142233
Bob Dowling @bobdowling.bsky.social · 21/11/2024“We give some Illustrations of the apparatus lately invented by Professor Alexander Graham Bell for the electronic transmission of distinctly articulate sounds to great distances.” It will never catch on. (The Illustrated London News, December 15th, 1877) 000
