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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

So far we have clear skies in Mallorca/Majorca for today's #eclipse.

View of Manorcan mountains, with a completely clear blue sky, from the terrace of a Mallorcan villa

Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It's great when the good guys win. Huge congrats to Elon on the SpaceX IPO. What a moment! Without this man there'd be no electric cars. Renewables would be harder. The world would not have its focus on safe AI. But, more than even all of this, the dream of a Human future in space would have died.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy St George's Day! Also William Shakespeare's birthday and death day, Johnny Mackintosh's birthday and World Book Day (everywhere outside of the UK). Here's Saint George, the Bard, Johnny and the Spirit of London flying overhead! #StGeorgesDay

a landscape scene full of English flags, with the Tower of London centred in the background. In the foreground we see St George atop a white stallion with a spear attacking a green dragon, while a smiling William Shakespeare looks on, having just handed a glowing magical book to Johnny Mackintosh. Overhead Johnny's spaceship, the Spirit of London (in the shape of the London Gherkin) soars amid fireworks celebrating Stg George's Day.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Books change lives. Very occasionally, I've heard that of my own books, & it's the most wonderful thing for an author when that happens. Yesterday I received this message out of the blue & of course it made my day. If a book's made an impression on you, leave a great review. Let the author know.

Text of a message which reads:

"THANK YOU
Dear Keith,

I'd like to thank you for writing 50 AI ideas. Months back I picked up a signed copy and have read it cover to cover.

As a result of reading your book I was spurred on to taking an MA in Artificial Intelligence which I have just started."

Keep up the good work and thanks once again!

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Jonathan Stray @jonathanstray.com · 13/09/2025

How many people actually approve of Kirk's murder, on BlueSky and on Twitter? I got tired of anecdotes saying we are surrounded by bloodthirsty extremists, so I took a sample and counted. www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/how-many-p...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

An extraordinary find in the history of computing. Alan Turing's personal collection of his papers! "Trove of Alan Turing's papers found in loft of WWII hero's best friend" www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Trove of Alan Turing's papers found in loft of WWII hero's best friend

The papers, which include the wartime codebreaker's personal signed copy of his 1938 PhD dissertation, were found in the loft of the sister of his best friend

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

At this time every year I feel obliged to say I did once write the script for the Junior #EurovisionSongContest. Good #Eurovision tonight from Switzerland. The UK song (WTH just Happened?) felt a bit too Taylor Swift in the fast parts, but those Remember Monday girls can sing. Hope they do well. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Are we witnessing "one cosmic bound for AI"?

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Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston @arielzj.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I've started a blog, 'Preserving Hope'. It will track developments in the field of preservation for life extension, along with anything else I find interesting and relevant If you enjoyed my book, this is where I'll keep new and related content coming preservinghope.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

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Welcome to 'Preserving Hope'

A newsletter tracking progress in turning fate into choice

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Fabulous #TedTalk from Lisa Kaltenegger (founding Director of Cornell's #CarlSagan Institute) on our new age of exploration, discovering whole new worlds every day. On which we have the ability to search for life! What if we're not alone? www.ted.com/talks/lisa_k... #FermiParadox #JWST #AlienEarths

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Are we alone in the universe? We're close to finding out

Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger explores the thrilling possibility of discovering life beyond Earth, highlighting how cutting-edge technology like the James Webb Space Telescope lets us analyze distan...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

10pm GMT (also very coolly known as Universal Time) should see #Flight7 of the mighty #Starship: a new variant, also despatching 10 simulated satellites from the payload bay. Earth's first fully reusable heavy launch rocket will cut the cost of access to space by x100. www.spacex.com/launches/mis...

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SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The launch window for the massive new #NewGlenn rocket opens in three and a half hours time (6am UK time). And lasts for three hours. I will be intrigued to find out how it's gone when I wake up. Wishing #BlueOrigin all the very best for the company's first ever orbital launch attempt, and landing!

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Today was the #Wordle of the devil. And, no, that isn't a clue

Screenshot from a phone showing a history of Wordle scores. Played 666, Current Streak 666, and Max Streak 666. The win rate is 100%. Below is the distribution of the scores, with 0 correct guesses on line 1, 32 on line 2, 258 on line 3, which is in green to indicate the most recent result, also 258 on line 5, 96 on line 5 and 22 on line 6.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The economic and military future of Humanity lies off-planet. Hence the goldrush of all these Chinese companies to be a part of it, always brilliantly documented by Andrew. A cause of sadness is that the UK and the rest of Europe are being left far behind, bereft of future technological sovereignty.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

#aurora across northern UK (and the rest of Europe) at the moment. Here's a live webcam from Shetland www.shetlandwebcams.com/eshaness-lig... #NorthernLights

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Eshaness Lighthouse | Shetland Webcams

Located on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean at Eshaness Lighthouse

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

#Happy2025 and beyond! Surely this will be the year Humanity decides to take a step further out, and begins planning in earnest to become a spacefaring species. Ad astral!

A new year's party on a large viewing platform on the edge of a spiral galaxy, which dominates the view. Humans, cyborgs and aliens, all fabulously dressed, mingle, champagne glasses in hand, while a fleet of spacecraft performs a flyby above, and there are cosmic fireworks in front of a backdrop of various planets and the glowing spiral.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Fascinating to be able to view the deep past, preserved here in letters written in cuneiform on clay tablets from thousands of years ago. An unrolled 22-tweet thread from @lefineder over there. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18731...

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Thread by @lefineder on Thread Reader App

@lefineder: Just finished reading "Letters from Mesopotamia", here are some thousands of years old letters preserved in cuneiform. 1. "Mom buy me this" - Iddin-Sin to his mother 2. "Dad buy me this" -...

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I believe such technical work is key to achieving our mission — making data easier for everyone to access and use. But it is extremely hard to find funding for technical work. If you’d like to support us, we would very much appreciate if you support our non-profit work: ourworldindata.org/donate

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Donate

Support open data and research to make progress against the world's largest problems

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

#Nottingham #walkabout this Tuesday. Meet by the lions! Wish I could be there.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#SignedCopies of "50 AI Ideas You Really Need to Know" at #London's @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly. For the perfect #StockingFiller, get yourselves to the 4th floor. Vital everyone understands #AI and how to use it as the pace of change continues unabated. #ArtificialIntelligence #Christmas

A pile of 8 blue and white copies of Keith Mansfield's 50 AI Ideas You Really Need to Know book sits on the counter awaiting "signed by the author" stickers to be added from a sheet beside them.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

If you're struggling for #ChristmasPresent ideas, I do think my "50 #AI Ideas You Really Need to Know" book would be a lovely gift for people as we enter this new era. It's so important no one gets left behind, & everyone develops good instincts & understanding. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/keith...

An icy moon of a gas giant, green aurora lighting up the sky, together with a brilliant Christmas star. A sleek spaceship is coming into land with to collect three astronauts with beautifully wrapped Christmas presents. In the low gravity, a fourth astronaut has sprung upwards, appearing to float above the surface, holding an illuminated message that reads "Happy Christmas, from Keith!"

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Views inside a very large cave on the #Moon's surface that could prove suitable for Human settlement: blogs.esa.int/caves/2024/1... Once #Starship becomes proven it will be able to deliver large payloads to the lunar surface, which should include packs of robot dogs for exploring caves/lava tubes.

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A shelter on the Moon – Caves & pangaea blog

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Magnitude 7.1 #earthquake off the #California coast just now. #Tsunami warning issued. Take care everyone.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Wonderful #space news that Trump has appointed Jared Isaacman to be the new #NASA Administrator. I simply could not think of anyone better. Jared is a mega successful businessman and test pilot who's been to space multiple times, including further than any Human since #Apollo. x.com/rookisaacman...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Can science abolish death? If in #London town tonight, starting from 7pm at the #RoyalInstitution, @arielzj.bsky.social will explain why #TheFutureLovesYou. With #Hatchards on hand if you want to grab a copy of his fabulous book.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

One of Humanity's greatest achievements to break free of the constraints of Malthusian thinking, as explained by @maxroser.bsky.social. It gives us a glimpse of what is possible for Humans to achieve in the future. Don't limit yourselves!

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

By the way: the application for the specialised Master's degree programme in Space Systems at ETH Zurich with start in Autumn Semester 2025 is now open and ends on 30 November 2024. This application window is for students with a Bachelor's degree from outside Switzerland.

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Specialised Master in Space Systems

The space industry is experiencing a period of massive growth and diversification, both in terms of technological advancements and market dynamics. The Specialised Master in Space Systems offers stude...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Now that you've taken a leap of faith with this social media channel, why not continue and switch your messaging from #WhatsApp to #Signal? Instead of being farmed for your data by Zuckerberg and Meta, keep it private on a decentralized platform. Check out signal.org. Move your WhatsApp groups too.

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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a car and talking to someone .

Alt: An early scene inside a helicopter from Christopher Nolan's movie Inception. Saito (Ken Watanabe) is inviting Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) to take a leap of faith and join him. And, if succesful, tells Cobb he would be allowed to return home to America and see his children.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Wowed by the precision of the latest #Starship soft landing off the NW coast of Australia. Also using an old heatshield design, but with >2k tiles removed to test the system to its limits, & with an orbital engine fire to boot. The final flight of a 1st generation Starship. x.com/SpaceX/statu...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Amazing pic of stage separation ( #HotStaging) from the recent #Starship 6th Integrated Flight Test. Another rung climbed up the long ladder towards creating a Human colony on #Mars and spreading the light of consciousness and civilization through the Cosmos. And preventing Human extinction. #IFT6

From space viewed from Starship, looking down on the SuperHeavy booster, its top glowing red from the heat of Starship's engines, just separated, with a beautiful blue view of ocean Earth below.

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

GiveDirectly is a charity helping the poorest people in the world. They do this by making possible what their name suggests. They give your money directly to people in poverty. If you can give a $100, it would make a big difference to someone else www.givedirectly.org

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GiveDirectly: Send money to people living in poverty

GiveDirectly allows donors to send money directly to people in poverty with no strings attached. Our approach is guided by rigorous evidence of impact and our values of efficiency, transparency, and r...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The 6th #Starship Integrated Test Flight is still go for Tuesday, 10pm UK time (aka universal time). The journey to #Mars will be hard, but we are beginning to take longer strides. Hopefully there'll be a genuine Human colony before 2050, as we take our first steps to becoming #multiplanetary. #IFT6

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SpaceKate @spacekate.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I promise I’ll get posting more space-y stuff soon. I’ve been recovering from surgery this week, but hoping normal service will resume shortly. In the meantime, take a look at www.youtube.com/@ntkspace which I’m trying to build up. Ta!

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Need To Know Space

"Space is hard". At least that's what they say in the business. Space journalist Kate Arkless Gray (@SpaceKate) is here to help you get your head around rocket science, answer some of the questions yo...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A great East End ( #London ) #bookshop new to BlueSky with amazing #SignedCopies including Geoff Hurst. If ordering online, be sure to use their email form to specify if you want a signed copy, and they'll email you a payment link. Also have a @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social books event in December!

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The 6th Integrated Flight Test of #Starship has moved back one day to Tuesday 19th. It will be epic, including another #SuperHeavy catch attempt, the long-awaited raptor relight in orbit and a steeper descent and daylight soft-water landing for the upper stage. Another step closer to #Mars! #IFT6

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

China launching a resupply rocket to their #Tiangong space station. Always thought it a huge shame the Chinese were banned from the "International Space Station", where Russians and Westerners work seamlessly together in friendship. www.youtube.com/live/05i6GeU...

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YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

It's nearly a couple of months since my #ArtificialIntelligence book was published, and already there have apparently been two reprints. Thrilled people are snapping it up. Here's a post I wrote about the writing of "50 #AI Ideas You Really Need to Know" keithmansfield.co.uk/2024/10/25/i...

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I wrote a book about (and with) AI

At the end of 2023, I was approached by an editor working for Hachette to write a book about artificial intelligence. This was the first time I’d been asked to write a specific book rather than pit…

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

When large language models (generative AI) have been so poor at mathematics, this is a stunning step forward by Google DeepMind (tho an approach I've been advocating). Silver medal-level performance had it been at the International Mathematical Olympiad (with caveats) deepmind.google/discover/blo...

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AI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problems

Breakthrough models AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 solve advanced reasoning problems in mathematics

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

Fantastic that SpaceX was able to return flight last night, with another successful Falcon9 launch. During the time of the investigation into the failure of their upper stage, only one other rocket was launched around the world. Without this company there could be no new space economy.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Huge congrats @edyong209.bsky.social, winner of tonight's Royal Society Science Books Prize for An Immense World. V moving speech afterwards about long Covid & how most of us take reading books for granted. And also a lovely tribute to his dog Typo who he'd like to share a super sense of smell with!

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

@louiestowell.bsky.social Twitter/X locked my account as they think I'm under 13! And it's impossible to contact a human to take the 10 seconds to prove I'm not. Total pain, but means I'll be much more on here from now on.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Fantastic news that the investigation into the Starship first launch has been concluded by the FAA. It looks as if the second Integrated Flight Test of Starship and its SuperHeavy booster, this time with "hot staging", will be announced in the next very few days.

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

Lovely London Town rainbow this evening, through a raised Tower Bridge. And, before you even think about it, I've already dug up the crock of gold at the end of it, so you're too late!

Photo of a rainbow intersecting Tower Bridge, taken from the north bank of the River Thames

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

Russia's 1st attempted Moon lander since 1976, Luna25, is reported lost & has crashed into the lunar surface. Could have implications for the proposed China-Russia lunar collaboration. China's been hoping to learn from Russian expertise. Roscosmos announcement on Telegram t.me/s/roscosmos_gk

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Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»

Первый и единственный официальный Telegram-канал Госкорпорации «Роскосмос»

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Latest SpaceX #Starlink satellite launch due 03.41, with the livestream at www.youtube.com/live/1sGWUunA2mM?fe… It's only early August, but this will be #SpaceX's 53rd launch of the year. They may look routine, but landing an orbital class rocket on an ocean barge never gets old!

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Starlink Mission

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, August 6 at 10:41 p.m. ET (02:41 UTC on August 7) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space L...

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Keith Mansfield @keithmansfield.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Here's a still from #SpaceX drone footage of the #SuperHeavy Booster9 static fire earlier. Apparently 4 of the 33 Raptor engines shut down prematurely, but afterwards the launchpad, complete with new water deluge system, looked perfectly fine. #Starship's second Orbital Flight Test edges closer.

A drone shot of the Booster9 static fire, at Starbase, Texas

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