Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialcara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me: 141846536
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialDavid Brin @davidbrin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today also STARTIDE RISING - winner of every science fiction award and core of the Uplift Universe (dolphins in space!) - is just $1.99 on many platforms... and EARTH is same price on just Kindle. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...kobo.comStartide Rising ebook by David Brin - Rakuten KoboRead "Startide Rising" by David Brin available from Rakuten Kobo. A starship crew of humans and dolphins skirts the brink of interstellar war in this epic adventure by the New York Times... 2198
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialRobert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl... 10860841506
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Just cancelled Mongolian publication deal for something of mine because the translation would have been done by AI. 804212501
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Achieving Dad levels that our best minds considered impossible 5135520
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association. 15568182026
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialKellowe'en @kellykomics.bsky.social · 09/07/20261/ Enthusiastic endorsement: I pay Tinyview $5/month to read work by leading creators like @gemmacorrell.bsky.social, @fowllanguage.bsky.social, @theawkwardyeti.bsky.social, @theycantalk.bsky.social, & of course @lunarbaboon.bsky.social... 2246
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23/05/20261. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally. 6442581360
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialScience Magazine @science.org · 05/05/2026Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: scim.ag/42dMPBg 6975052932
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Reasons recorded for worker absence on this 3,250 year-old ancient Egyptian attendance register include ‘brewing beer’🍺 ‘stung by a scorpion’ 🦂 and ‘embalming brother’! 🤯 From Deir el-Medina, royal tomb worker’s village 📷 by me #Archaeology 15528186
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialMark🐉Edits🖤 🏹 @gutsdozer.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Hi this joke is for me 6551281279
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialJimmy @jimmywebsite.website · 19/04/2026My friend is reading The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com, which inspired me to finally make this guide to the series. I'm pretty proud of this table. I tried really hard to make it easy to understand, since most sources for this information are pretty confusing. 518641
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island! 7539343
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialMons @dennismons.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Sir, a second bird is at the feeder 39101512462
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialJack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 20/03/2026THE GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE: oh my this is fun, oh what larks THE GREAT BRITISH REAPING BEE: well this is a spot of bother and make no mistake, what on earth 223237798
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026New re-make of Godzilla (1954) just dropped. 1136
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialMatt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026🚨Cover Reveal🚨 18 months ago I started writing a book based on the strange historical rabbit holes we explore on If You’re Listening. It's out 28 April! Preorders are open - they help ensure ABC Books print more than the copies my mum will buy. www.harpercollins.com.au/978146071922... 89018
rggoldie.bsky.social @rggoldie.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Straya www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comLet a thousand stinky blossoms bloom: how Australia became the world’s corpse flower destinationAustralian collections of the endangered and notoriously unpredictable flowers have popped off in recent years, as ‘personas’ like Putricia, Stinkerella and Smellanie prove a hit with nosy spectators 110
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialAndrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 31/01/2026"Heatwave? Its always been hot up here." There were 6 days in January 2026 above 45.0C at Mildura. Mildura only reached 45C a total of 6 times from 1946-2000 (54 years). Mildura has reached 45C a total of 27 times since 2000. www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/... *hat tip Gary Weymouthbom.gov.au 13421
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 23/01/2026A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain. A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones. The life of a churchwarden is a strange one... 383174872
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialWinnie the Pooh (Official) @indianawalsh.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools 77140044011
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Well, those boots were not made for walking 20342251113
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 15/01/2026NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues. 152293600
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialRian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares) 390388859083
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialRyan Scott @rydog.bsky.social · 27/11/2025We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon. 572786831
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialMarjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 27/11/2025"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." 92110982472
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025North Wangaratta #AuroraAustralis #Aurora 412417
rggoldie.bsky.social @rggoldie.bsky.social · 31/10/2025If you want to learn how to create digital art without prompts, Neil knows what he's talking about (speaking as someone who has a physical book with his art in it) 020
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialDamie Pak @damiepak.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Can you predict when Lou Bega's greatest hit, Mambo No. 5, was released based on the names of all the women mentioned in the song? Weirdly yes. yawpr.substack.com/p/project-a-... #databs #rstats 38130
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen... 125154265227
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Today's the big day, friends - my new book, Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age, is available for preorder! Smash that link and purchase from your retailer of choice, if that's the kind of thing you're into. www.harpercollins.com/products/los...harpercollins.comLost WorldsThe creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, but by t... 55621103
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialMatt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Trump angered by ‘bad door’ at UN as White House vows to investigate malfunction. 510433
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialTerrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Countries that declared war on birds… and lost. 915214
rggoldie.bsky.social @rggoldie.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I scored 13/21 on e-mail.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media. This is insane.e-mail.wtfEmail is EasyEveryone knows what an email address is, right? 030
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialDope, a meme chamber @dannybirchall.bsky.social · 05/08/2025the scenario we all feared 373752962
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025This week, you can get the ebook of The Terraformers for just $2.99 wherever ebooks are sold -- including indie bookseller platform Bookshop.org, along with the usual places. If you can't wait for Automatic Noodle, this will tide you over! 815340
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast. 790223754044
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialCelestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025They're all on the Internet Archive archive.org/details/Drag...archive.orgDragon Magazine : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveDragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products; Dungeon is the other.TSR,... 4212
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialGavin Gatenby @gavingatenby.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Saw today for the first time a seriously brilliant way to cut wildlife roadkill: virtual fencing! These devices, installed every 25m for $10K km warn wildlife by detecting approaching vehicles and emitting a flashing light and a beep. Has cut deaths by 90%! #WildOz www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06... 715256
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/ 737225127754
Reposted by @rggoldie.bsky.socialRyan @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Have you seen the oral history on how it came together? My favorite bit is the props master who’s just “and we did everything very safely” www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...businessinsider.comAn oral history of Tom Holland's sensational 'Lip Sync Battle' performanceThe producers, choreographers, and dancers behind the "Umbrella" and "Singin' in the Rain" mashup explain how it came to be. 533345
