Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 20/09/2026Ah yes, today is the day that somehow manages to be both national, global and regional at the same time. 001
Reposted by Niall DeaconRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Ain’t no pub quiz like an EPOP quiz 2466
Reposted by Niall DeaconJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What Sam said. Meanwhile, in Denmark, migrants' kids lag 20/30/40 points behind on average -and there are still people here who think *we* should copy *them* on immigration/integration. 12451140
Reposted by Niall DeaconRobin Hawkes @robhawkes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Turns out you can extract the rotation of a wind turbine from a single pass of a satellite 🛰️ Each time a Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite passes overhead it actually captures multiple images across different spectral bands. 59014
Reposted by Niall DeaconAlan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Ok this is a genuine TIL 117239
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 12/08/2026Decided to take a @sdssurveys.bsky.social plate on a trip to see the eclipse 140
Reposted by Niall DeaconSloan Digital Sky Surveys @sdssurveys.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Big day for us today at the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: it's Data Release Day! Our twentieth(!!!) data release will go out later today, with lots of spectra and catalogs of stars, galaxies and quasars, and some new webtools! Our DR20 paper has all the details: arxiv.org/abs/2607.26149 #DR20arxiv.orgThe Twentieth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First All-Sky BOSS Spectra, eROSITA-SDSS-V Mapper Coordinated Observations, and a Preview of the Local Volume MapperThis paper presents the twentieth data release (DR20) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the third data release of its fifth generation (SDSS-V). SDSS-V is a panoptic spectroscopy survey that is mappi... 22116
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 22/07/2026Since we don't have a good name for the satellite of a brown dwarf I would propose "broon" 250
Reposted by Niall DeaconSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Or much of a drop in public support. Fascinating example of elite consensus switching despite popular opinion. 621586369
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 07/07/2026Messi and Co. getting it done when it matters most* *in regulation time so we can all watch Falkirk vs Airdrie in a preseason friendly 040
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 05/07/2026Punning on left-sided French players like this is un-digne-fied 000
Reposted by Niall DeaconJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The way I've gotten this across in talks to US audiences is to explain that by the time the Battle of Gettysburg was fought... ...the London Underground had already been open for six months. 381766474
Reposted by Niall DeaconIan Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026this took way too long 21542163
Reposted by Niall DeaconSam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is a paedophile, a jury has unanimously found: Guilty on all 18 counts, including rape of a primary school girl. Judge says jail is "inevitable" and ex-MP immediately remanded into custody. Full breaking coverage:belfasttelegraph.co.ukJeffrey Donaldson found guilty in historical sex offences trialJeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of 18 historical sex offences against two women when they were children, including one count of rape, 13 of indecent assault and four of gross indecency. 32322151
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 20/06/2026Probably not the first to say the but Robin Hood: Prince of Theives, Alan Rickman 130
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 18/06/2026For anyone who grew up during the cold war it's incomprehensible to see Moscow burning like this and the Russian government powerless to stop cheap, slow-moving drones. 040
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 17/06/2026He'll study UAPs with the same amount of credibility as he has when discussing interstellar objects 020
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 17/06/2026Barney Stewart going from playing for his uni in the Scottish 7th tier to a multimillion pound move to the English Championship in less than 2 years is quite the story falkirkfc.co.uk/barney-stewa...falkirkfc.co.ukBARNEY STEWART DEPARTSFalkirk Football Club can confirm that Barney Stewart has joined EFL Championship side West Bromwich Albion on a permanent transfer after the clubs agreed terms on a club record fee, with the potentia... 000
Reposted by Niall DeaconRob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 12/06/2026There's probably never been a better time to remind you that when David Hockney first took his Mum to California she remarked 'all this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out'. 482192525
Reposted by Niall DeaconMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 04/06/2026everyone please stop reposting this the image below is almost certainly AI generated, as per the replies, thank you 1110010
Reposted by Niall DeaconDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Very sad news that John Blanche has died. A very good claim to be the most influential recent British artist of whom the fewest people have heard. And his talent helped build the brand of one of the UK’s most successful firms. 4345
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 02/06/2026I love that the way the BBC news algorithm picks stories from sub-pages under the "UK" banner for the Live Updates section makes it seem like ferry sailings to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are 25% of things happening in the UK www.bbc.com/news/ukbbc.comUK | Latest News & Updates | BBC NewsGet all the latest news, live updates and content about the UK from across the BBC. 100
Reposted by Niall DeaconHugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026the image of Sturgeon cautioning against panic buying while, just off-screen, Murrell is frantically trying to wedge 100 toilet rolls, eighty tins of baked beans and two twenty-litre cans of petrol into a cupboard 914326
Reposted by Niall DeaconBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026again, the 'most Americans can't even afford an unexpected expense' stuff comes from *online surveys by payday loan companies*. it is a publicity stunt *by one of the most exploitative parts of the financial industry* that is nevertheless spread enthusiastically by online communists. 231385246
Reposted by Niall DeaconStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/05/2026“What is the charge? Owning a motorhome? A succulent German motorhome?” 71389
Reposted by Niall DeaconAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6085401516198
Reposted by Niall DeaconTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This was stupid when John Swinney suggested it, it’s stupid now 2375
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 16/05/2026#alb "so who's a famous Austrian? Sigmund Freud, great let's do something he would be in to" 000
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 15/05/2026Choosing to read this through the lens of Welsh politics 010
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 14/05/2026I think I'm right in saying that only of the Prime Ministers who have taken over mid-Parliament in the last 120 years, only Douglas-Home hasn't previously held one of the other "Big Four" offices. Streeting would be quite junior to become PM, Cairns astoundingly so. 000
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 11/05/2026Here for people asking *Dan Neidle* when he will investigate the Tories or Reform. So wonderful to see people who have spent the last decade living in a cave on the far side of the Moon joining Bluesky 100
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 08/05/2026Interestingly the UK sticks out because the 1961 baseline is before the inner city slum clearances and new town movement were finished. I imagine a 1971 or 1981 baseline would look very different. 100
Reposted by Niall DeaconJohn Self @john-self.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Incredible chart (from otherwise depressing news story about bad advice being given to new parents) showing how cot deaths fell by 50% in the first year after the 'Back to Sleep' campaign was launched, and have continued to fall since. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 18606195
Reposted by Niall DeaconStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/05/2026This policy, the replies to this, Keir Starmer’s ‘the petrol retailers are being naughty’ statement, Ed Davey’s fuel duty tax cut, Kemi Badenoch’s fuel duty tax cut, John Swinney’s price controls…is there anyone in British politics who understands “the Iran war means we have less stuff”? 60739161
Reposted by Niall DeaconAbigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Reminder that there is no scientific definition for "ultra-processed food", and no theory for the mechanism by which it is supposedly uniquely harmful. 582180590
Reposted by Niall DeaconKiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026One detail I hadn't realised about parliament finishing today - today is the last day a hereditary peer will ever sit in the House of Lords. 29693186
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 28/04/2026Hope members of congress are ready for a two hour ramble about the plight of the Patagonian toothfish 000
Reposted by Niall DeaconSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026the unfortunate thing is that people find it hard to realize that basically subsidizing demand in the West basically means less oil for the East, primarily because it's a commodity shortage. 870689
Reposted by Niall Deaconido @ido.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Beyond surreal for a *Green* party to be advocating for fossil fuel subsidies that would directly harm the poorest people in the world. 1223973
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 19/04/2026Great thread on the terrorism for hire tactic being used by Iran and Russia 100
Reposted by Niall DeaconJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 18/04/2026I see the Greens are opposing (checks notes) solar power now.bbc.co.uk'Industrial scale' solar farms attacked by Norfolk's GreenThe county council's Green leader says solar panels should be locally owned and put on roofs. 104574135
Reposted by Niall DeaconOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Well, happy thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony at the library day to all who celebrate 16426187
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 16/04/2026Charging over $100 for a train ride that normally costs under $13. Is she seriously claiming it that every fan that takes a train to see the Giants or Jets is subsidised $87 by the state? Nah, this is price gouging 030
Reposted by Niall DeaconDavid Taggart @davidtaggart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026In case you are wondering what part of the cycle we are in....Allbirds, the shoe company has sold its shoes business and is now going into AI Compute Infrastructure And today is not April 1st. ir.allbirds.com/news-release... 1228
Reposted by Niall DeaconQuentin Ariès @quentinaries.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026Orbán’s party is paving the way for contesting votes tonight. 44631
