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A fun bit of trivia about today's physics Nobel Prize: Francis Halzen won it for envisioning and leading the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, but apparently he's never actually been there! WFH FTW. (To be fair, it is rather... remote.)

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Happy 90th Birthday Steve Reich Reich Happy 90th Birthday Steve Steve Reich Happy 90th Birthday Birthday Steve Reich Happy 90th 90th Birthday Steve Reich Happy Happy 90th Birthday Steve Reich 🥳

Portrait of composer Steve Reich on the Brooklyn Bridge by Jeffrey Herman (2005)

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Clyde-based Waverley, world’s last sea-going paddle steamer, marks 80th anniversary. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Waverley paddle steamer marks 80th anniversary since launch

The Waverley passed through London's Tower Bridge as part of the anniversary voyage on the Thames.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Second eldest finally moved out this evening after Bake-off 🥲 (all her stuff - and there was a lot - departed earlier in a van) She moves into her first home of her own tomorrow with her other half. Onwards! So two down - but three more to go! This will all take many years!

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was never a die-hard U2 fan as a teenager in the 80’s. An admirable band and I bought the key albums. I was an Indie/Alternative kid. However I love this 50th anniversary event returning to the very spot in their old Dublin school where they first played. Bravo! 🥲 👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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U2 celebrate 50th anniversary at the school where they formed

The rock band go back to their roots, playing a gig in the Dublin playground where they first met.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Quite an extraordinary sunset in Cardiff this evening. The sky was still glowing well into dusk and it was all broken by bands of cloud like a Rothko.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh what’s this seismic event? Magnitude 3.4 but very shallow. Is it something other than an earthquake? Lots of infrastructure off the Lincolnshire coast.

BGS alert of a Magnitude 3.4 seismic event off the Lincolnshire coast.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb

Pope Leo by a green glass orb the size of a med-large pumpkin

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tremendous effort Sue! *imagines standing in after many years* 😨 Do we still use an “accelerator” pedal?

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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Parade to commemorate 9/11 Cornish hero, Rick Rescorla: The Cornish hero who died saving thousands of lives during the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks in New York, 25 years ago. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Cornish September 11 attacks hero Rescorla to be commemorated

Rick Rescorla saved 2,500 people who were inside the World Trade Center's South Tower.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Wow - Penda’s Fen is on BBC Four. One of the classic BBC dramas. I’ve only seen it before by calling up the archive. An influential and extraordinary work. Worth watching while available. It is horror-adjacent autochthonic psychedelic folklore. That’s a fun sentence! 😅 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Play for Today - Penda's Fen

Young Stephen, in the last summer of his boyhood, has a very clear and intense view of the world, but an awakened force in the landscape is trying to communicate some warning, a peril he is in.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The BBC is to end Ski Sunday after almost 50 years. It had one of the classic TV theme tunes which I see is a bit of library music called “Pop Looks Bach” published in 1970. youtu.be/jOEO_fgG3-I?...

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SKI SUNDAY THEME TUNE

YouTube video by MusicalMemoryLane (ohhhREALY 🎶 U-tube me🖤)

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ridiculous Wordle today! Wordle 1,899 X/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It is the August Bank Holiday and it is heaving down. A torrent. 😟

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I cooked BBQ Char Sui 叉燒. Some will be portioned and frozen for other dishes like Singapore Noodles at a later date but we had half with the BBQ sauce, some rice and bok choy. Tasty!

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New from @vantortech.bsky.social. Absolutely astonishing images of the China-Nepal Gyirong Port/Rasuwagadhi border post. Literally nothing is left. (Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Good heavens. Reuters are reporting that Dolly Parton has died. What a legend. RIP.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Heavy showers gone - a walk around Loch Kinord with the evening sunlight casting my long shadow.

My long shadow cast in the evening sunlight after the earlier rain

Shoreline of Loch Kinord, Dinnet, Aberdeenshire in evening light.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Some tremendous early 17th C carved characters in the Charter Room at Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire. The panels obscure a pair of safes and there is an adjacent strong room for other valuables, deeds and documents. Not sure who the figures represent, but they were dapperly dressed!

Early 17th Century carved characters in the Charter Room at Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire.

Exterior view of Fyvie Castle, near Turiff, Aberdeenshire. Origins are 13th C but the main sections are 17th, 18th C’s and also Victorian, when remodelled by industrialist Lord Leith.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Long trip today. A visit to the Culloden battlefield from 1746. Fascinating history well explained but a tragic story. Then over to the Cromarty Firth, Easter Ross, for a hike. One for fans of The Traitors who don’t mind a lung-busting climb! 1/2

The Fyrish Monument (1782) near Alness, Cromarty Firth as featured on The Traitors in January 2026.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Outside trying for pictures of the Milky Way under this dark sky with just an iPhone. Meanwhile through binoculars, there’s way too much human stuff moving around - mind boggling new fleets of Starlink and other satellites. On a brighter note, I did see a cracking Perseid meteor just now. 👍

View of the Milky Way from Tarland, Aberdeenshire.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The honeymoon continues in Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This evening we went to the 5,000 years old Tomnaverie stone circle, which has solar alignments, for the eclipse. About 60 people there for the event. Some cloud but still good fun!

View of the small crowd at Tomnaverie stone circle for the partial solar eclipse

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’m still up despite all the busy preparations. Watching Tony Bennett on BBC 4. I love the great crooners. I loved his turn at Glastonbury in 1998. Wow - that’s 28 years ago 😅🤷‍♂️

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A bit unusual - Army Air Corps 658 Squadron Dauphin helicopter (SAS transport) flying high and slow circuits over Cardiff at about 6.000 ft. Headed off north now - likely RTB. I guess training. A terrible picture due to its altitude:

Army Air Corps 658 Squadron Eurocopter Dauphin II over Cardiff on Monday evening.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Thrilled to get this in the post! The first Durutti Column album in over a decade. A great surprise for long term fans. Many thanks to Vini Reilly, Bruce Mitchell, Keir Stewart and @keelinmusic.bsky.social for the music. Wonderful. I’m hoping there could be more gigs!

CD release of the new Durutti Column album Renascent

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

That’s a big earthquake in Kyushu, Japan at a magnitude of 7.1

Map showing a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Kyushu, Japan

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

David Byrne has consistently been the best artist I have seen live over several decades now. And so we headed to Cardiff Castle tonight where he and the band were faultless. It was an absolute joy and much thanks to all and crew x

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The World is burning and it’s no good at all. The greatest respect to the firefighters and other agencies who have to deal with incidents in hazardous and extreme conditions. The smoke is in the air here and you can see it at dawn and dusk too.

Smoke from Wildfires is enhancing dawn and dusk by stretching the light towards the reddish part of the spectrum

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

All thoughts with family, friends and colleagues of the great journalist and broadcaster Ed Stourton who has died far too young aged 68. So knowledgeable, perceptive and genial. So easy and informative to listen to. What a tremendous loss. RIP www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Edward Stourton: Broadcaster and journalist dies aged 68

Stourton hosted Radio 4's Today programme for a decade and was a founding member of Channel 4 News.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Genuinely looks as though the Spain team have brought along a satirical cardboard cutout for a laugh.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Many congratulations to Spain. Quite rightly the World Cup winners 2026 👏👏👏🇪🇸🏆

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 14/07/2026

Today marks the 10th day in a row where somewhere in the UK has recorded 30°C or higher 🌡️ This is the most since 2006, when we recorded 14 consecutive days 👀

A map of the UK showing 30.2C recorded at Kew Gardens today.

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Wallsend in 1963 by Colin Jones. If you are a young photographer who is just starting out remember to photograph the ordinary things in life and photograph them well. Eventually time will make those photos extraordinary. #Photography

Photo of a back alley with a man walking away from the camera wearing a flat cap, with cranes in the background

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

In 2024, I was at the Hay Festival, and so was Ukrainian author and public intellectual Andrei Kurkov, author of Death and the Penguin. Also appearing at the festival was Bonnie Tyler. They were in the green room at the same time, so the event photographer snapped a picture of the pair of them.

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Marco Petagna @petagna.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Every year on July 8th at 11:15 UTC, 99% of the world population gets sunlight ☀️

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It’s Flying Ant Day! The seagulls are going wild. 🐜

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Oh very well done England. I must admit I thought Mexico was a challenge too far. I’ll watch that back later. Fair play 👏

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Wishing American friends and family a happy 4th July 250! 🇺🇸 I think about my Welsh speaking grandfather Hywel who emigrated to the US in 1921 arriving in Ellis Island with siblings. After nine years he was destitute in the Great Depression. Shipped back to Liverpool and Wales with a love of jazz!

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A happy sheep this afternoon at St. Fagans National Museum of History just outside Cardiff. Its reenactment of a Regency Era sheep was perfect and it stayed in character throughout.

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My main belt is a thick black leather one with a brass buckle I bought in a Next store in Chester in 1986. At 40 years old it remains bombproof and it still fits!

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

And this is how the BBC Radio 4 Long Wave AM transmission finally came to an end after many decades just before 01:00 BST this morning. There’s a loop on air now for a few days before everything is powered down. 🥲

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gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Preparing to say goodbye to the mighty BBC Radio 4 Long Wave broadcast. The first service began 101 years ago. The transmitters at Droitwich, Westerglen and Burghead will be switched off at 0100 BST on Saturday. The 200 metre long AM signal at 198 Khz goes right through you and sounds fabulous!

The Long Wave transmitter at Droitwich in Worcestershire.

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