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
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 17/08/2026No, it went in the opposite direction. Prior to 1991 a child born in Germany to legally resident foreign parents could not acquire German citizenship (but someone born in Kazakhstan with a German surname could). Over time the law evolved to approximately converge with UK nationally law. 000
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 17/08/2026Although citizenship law reform didn't start till the 90s so kids born to foreign parents in Germany couldn't acquire German nationality 120
Reposted by Niall DeaconAlan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Ok this is a genuine TIL 117239
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 12/08/2026This particular plate was drilled but never used in the @sdssurveys.bsky.social . So today is the first time it has been used to observe the sky. 100
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 12/08/2026It's a big metal plate with holes drilled in it. Each of those was made to match the positions of stars or galaxies in a patch of the sky. A fibreoptic cable was the plugged into each hole so the light from these objects could be fed to a spectrograph 110
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 · 23/07/2026And that's before the proposed giant mirrors for redirecting sunlight get put up 010
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 23/07/2026I agree data centres in space aren't going to be a significant contributor to the number of satellites in orbit in the near or medium term. However the article mostly covers a more pressing issue, the sheer number of satellites being put up as part of large constellations changing the night sky 110
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 22/07/2026Any object orbiting a broon can then be classified as an "oor wullie" 010
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
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 19/07/2026Albania already did this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diella_...en.wikipedia.orgDiella (AI system) - Wikipedia 000
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
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 06/06/2026That sounds nice for them. What picture are they seeing, something wi' Charlton Heston? 000
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 04/06/2026The "but it could be true" and "broader story" type of replies to getting caught are particularly annoying 151
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
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 03/06/2026Been watching some of the long-form interviews with GW alumni from this channel recently. The Blanche ones were interesting, including plucking the Black Templars from obscurity because the four main 2nd edition chapters were too colourful www.youtube.com/@Filmdegmini...youtube.comFilmdeg MiniaturesWelcome to the Filmdeg Miniatures channel! Here you'll find interviews with many tabletop gaming luminaries covering Games Workshop's history. Very little on screen input from myself, and free from ... 020
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 · 02/06/2026And yes I'm aware that the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK 000
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
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 26/05/2026I wonder if Yusuf's position is a bit of sleight of hand. It would only apply to those on housing benefit (which the vast majority of immigrants do not qualify for) while Restore's policy is every single non-UK national (including I assume Irish citizens in NI) renting from a housing association. 140
Reposted by Niall DeaconStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/05/2026“What is the charge? Owning a motorhome? A succulent German motorhome?” 71389
Niall Deacon @nialldeacon.com · 25/05/2026Yeah the German Samsung TV plus has a channel that shows the big antiques show here 24/7 000
Reposted by Niall DeaconAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6085401416198
