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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

John Barnes debuted for England in 1983. Sitting MP Norman Tebbit talked about his “cricket test” for Afro Caribbean and South Asian people in 1990.

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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve never been through Glencoe when it hasn’t looked like this. Up to usual today

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Antigone @antigoneinthebes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People don’t realize how serious the situation is.

A graph showing number of Germanies over time. Losing one on October 3rd 1990 means by projection we are only decades before reaching -1 Germany in 2072

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Bruce Macintosh @bmacastro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This graph represents probably more than a hundred thousand hours of work by our community. Every year when I look at it I think our current proposal model is broken.

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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So a good news NHS story from me: yesterday my arthritic knee locked up so I can barely walk. Called 111 this morning and sent to Urgent Treatment Centre at Lister Hospital in Stevenage. Triaged and seen within 30 mins. Sent for X-rays - 10 min wait. 1/2

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One additional 'quick fact': if your name is John, the Nobel committee is twice as likely to award you the Prize for Physics, compared to scientists who are female - Number of physics prizes to a John: 10 - Number of female physics Nobel laureates: 5 Best wishes to all the John-hopefuls this yr 👩‍🔬⚛️

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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And Nottingham University start on Wednesday...

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hmmm on what is arguably the biggest issue in British politics right now, Andy Burnham’s government sounds a lot like Keir Starmer’s…. Wild thought, but maybe this is what happens when you keep the same people in post?

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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What you going to do about it @labouruk.bsky.social government? Still scared of fascists?

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble

Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lord give me the arrogance of a tax exile who feels the right to comment on the tax policies and general running of a country who you have deprived of billions by registering yourself in Monaco

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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dont worry your Reform brains over there at the Beeb, Man U fans lost confidence in the twat years ago. As did the rest of us. Fuck off back to your tax haven, you’re a liability to this country. “Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK”

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wonder if there is a single person still at the Telegraph who feels even a smidgeon of shame, that in just over a decade it has gone from newspaper-of-record to fluffers-for-rent. It is revolting. Farage, apparently, "lands" a record crypto bung.

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The Sunday Times approached Nigel Farage and Reform about this story this morning.
A confidential source told us that Delo, a crypto billionaire criminal pardoned by Trump, had given £35m to Reform.
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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m shocked I tell you, shocked…. But then, I gave up on Toadie many years ago. The Daily Mail in radio form.

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The RNLI is the best of us. Any Blackshorts who think volunteers saving lives at sea are somehow bad people is at best an sad idiot and a dupe. At worst …. (Suggestions welcome)

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Mike Stuchbery 💀🕯️ @mikestuchbery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've said it before and I'll say it again: It's not so much some coked up thug live streaming from your doorstep, whether it be Tommy, Tate or Tommo. It's the legions of utterly cooked followers, with a deeply troubling parasocial relationship, that are the real threat.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is quietly big news for @esa. General chat around #EPSC2026 is a strong desire to reduce dependence on perfidious NASA, driving Europe to new capabilities and partners (see expanding partnership with JAXA for BepiColombo and beyond)

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 08/09/2026

the clever thing about liberal media organisations mollycoddling fascists is that when the fascists get into power they will be grateful to the liberal media organisations and won’t try to destroy them!!!

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University of Leicester, Physics & Astronomy @physicsuol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A big night for us on BBC2 as our lecturer Paul McMillan and his team try to make it through to the next round on Only Connect bsky.app/profile/mcmi...

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University of Leicester, Physics & Astronomy @physicsuol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Two of our students are on the University of Leicester team on University Challenge this evening. Sam Carlier is studying for an MPhil in Astrophysics and Patrick Laughrey for an MPhys in Physics. We'll be cheering them and their teammates along! le.ac.uk/news/2026/au...

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Leicester returns to University Challenge as line-up and first opponents revealed | News | University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is once again represented in the BBC’s iconic quiz team tournament

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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This was always the danger of the “cut Jodrell to wake them up” plan. IMHO the funding should come from the majority users of Diamond. Who are not astronomers or particle physicists. Which is also this blog’s point.

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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There absolutely is no doubt that the climate crisis has been caused by humans and our pumping of green house gasses and pollutants in to the Earth's atmosphere since the industrial revolution and growing effectively exponentially ever since.

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Meg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What angers me the most as a planetary scientist about the world blowing through the 1.5 deg C threshold is that we know how to stop this. The broad strokes physics/processes here are straightforward enough that the runaway greenhouse Earth and snowball Earth was a homework assignment in grad school

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

That was a v fast-paced debate on the STFC funding cuts! Good things: * The minister did not trot out the infuriating "there are no cuts" line * Lots of MPs there passionately standing up for their constituents who are directly impacted * Everyone there seemed to genuinely love the work we do!

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Parliament returns from summer recess today, and the second debate in the House (13:00-13:30) is about the STFC funding cuts to fundamental physics & astro! I'll be watching on parliament TV and live-posting any gems, so you don't have to (you're welcome). 🍿: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Happy Bank Holiday to the Brits South of the border. Work as usual for us in the North! While you're having a lovely slow start to your day: a snippet from Chpt 5 of the new book. It's on the scientific method and looking at every problem with an open mind. 🔭🧪 www.youtube.com/shorts/l24Lo...

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Chapter 5!

YouTube video by Astronomer Royal Scotland Prof Catherine Heymans

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New video from Nature interviewing members of the @physicsuol.bsky.social team at Perpetual Atomics and Space Park Leicester, working on Americium-based space nuclear power sources for future exploration(RPS for electricity generation, RHUs for heating). www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYb_...

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Nuclear waste: space's next power source

YouTube video by nature video

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm so bored with this. If Burnham, like Starmer, thinks Labour's 'red lines' are unmoveable for political reasons then, ok, I understand that. But to then keep pretending there is some 'ambitious' deal possible that will discernibly increase UK growth is just absurd. www.ft.com/content/4ec5...

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Andy Burnham pledges to ‘take pressure off’ business ahead of October Budget

Prime minister tells the FT that he will not tax wealth creators out of the UK but stresses need for social responsibility

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It goes in threes, and tomorrow it's Thursday. I'm just saying.

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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Important thread on use of / definition of the description “plagiarism” in uk university regulations

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vpcampbell.bsky.social @vpcampbell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Can I suggest that those members of the commentariat/journalism feeling the shame that others in their trade should feel but definitely won't, perhaps turn their attention to the collapse of HE, and the THOUSANDS of academic careers ending. Just a thought.

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Matt Burleigh @mattburleigh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Prepping for the total eclipse in Spain with my 1999 eclipse glasses and a thirst quencher

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/08/2026

The Guardian's front page today. Further, faster - good. Now we need to go beyond the red lines. There's no other policy lever available to Burnham that can deliver as much growth - £92 billion - as EU membership.

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Grim choices made by STFC, including closing eMERLIN, putting the iconic Jodrell at risk. Underlying problem is brutal govt shift in funding "buckets" away from curiosity-driven research. Jodrell is almost inevitable casualty. Yes save JB but fix these damn buckets 🧪🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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Jingyuan Zhao (赵经远) @astrozhao.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In May 2022, I discovered a planet candidate via Planet Hunters TESS on @zooniverse.bsky.social . Today it is officially confirmed as TOI-5628 Ab, and our paper published in ApJL. I am grateful to Dr. Tianjun Gan for inviting me as a co-author. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... 1/9 🔭 🧪 #exoplanet

Artist's impression of the TOI‑5628 system. In the upper left is the exoplanet TOI‑5628 Ab, in the lower right is the red dwarf TOI‑5628 A, and in the upper right is the white dwarf TOI‑5628 B.

(This image was originally an artist's impression of another exoplanet, NGTS‑1b, image credit: University of Warwick / Mark Garlick. After I had Grok add the white dwarf in the upper right, it fits the TOI‑5628 system very well.)

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