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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The PDP8e was at school, complete with teletypes and paper tapes. The first machine I had at home was an Apple ][

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We got an upgrade in time for local maximum

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Using an improvised projection screen on a lamp post but then clouds!

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A local resident I spotted while walking along the canal this morning

A heron stands on a canal bank gazing into the water

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Poster from the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social about the disastrous cuts planned for fundamental physics research in the UK. Write to your MP about this!

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm there, as seen below. Oddly without the title and middle initial it can't find me at all.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

You can even make them aircraft carriers if you do it right - though this is doing it wrong.

Harrier jump jet that has landed badly on a container ship

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This morning’s breakfast haul

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

And so it begins… First strawberries from the garden.

A ramekin of freshly pick bright red alpine strawberries

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Not just a WW2 problem external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%...

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hotblack Desiato in contrast has more serious problems

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A friendly bird I found in the woods today

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today we helped build a polytunnel!

A newly completed polytunnel on Skye, just waiting for the doors & windows to be fitted.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Snowdrops are coming! Much needed sign in these difficult times that spring is on its way.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If you see this post an archer

David Archer from the famous BBC Radio 4 series, The Archers

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lots of ideas from the BBC circa 1970…

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

While they're making an important point about England and Wales you'd think a journalist who works for the FT and Telegraph would know that there are no A-levels in Scotland at all. Scotland has Highers, and a very different educational system. @helenbarrett.bsky.social

A BlueSky post from Helen Barrett that says: Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?" www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

A traffic warden with a bandaged face holds an assault rifle while buildings burn in the background.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Our latest rebranding cost at least half a million and all we got was a dreadful I

A white letter I on a dark blue background in a horrid serif font

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Universal healthcare systems are generally cheaper than the US system, so a shift from corporate for profit insurance to a state run system could save money and cover everyone

Bar graph showing the US has per capita spending on health in 2021 of $12318 per year with all rich nations much cheaper. The next most expensive is Germany at $7383 with the UK NHS at $5387.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Oh Nigel - I think we've peaked too early!

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Yes. Some of the small ones might *just* be portable enough to take on a march, but the contents won't last long and they'll have you marked as someone carrying something potentially hazardous, so you'll be taken out. It's also probably illegal to take LN on public transport in any case.Liquidn

Liquid nitrogen dewars of various sizes from 4 to 50 litres. Only the smallest of them are hand portable.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Me and my Bsky bubble upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Alpine strawberries fresh from the garden!

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The threat to astronomy - image of the sky from Mongolia showing dozens of trails from Starlink and other NEO satellites. Image credit: Xin Wang, Mongolia 🧪🔭

A picture of the night sky with a vast swatch covered by multiple streaks from Starlink and other NEO satellites.

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We have partial eclipse pacmen! Taken using a colander acting as multiple pinhole cameras to safely image the Sun. Hat tip to @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Our friendly robin waiting for us to dig up some worms.

Ted breated robin perching on s branch amid undergrowth

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

From the CHOIR collaboration: To stand with our community in physics, astronomy, & planetary science affected by the federal grant funding freeze we (choir, Black in Astro, Astro Poverty Survey, Movement Consulting) have organized a mutual aid initiative. www.choircollaboration.com/mutual-aid 🔭🧪