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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two months on from the announcement about Jodrell Bank Observatory's future funding, almost £50,000 has been raised thanks to your generosity. While discussions continue, no solution is yet in place. Help protect Jodrell Bank with a donation: donate.manchester.ac.uk/p/jodrellba…

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day 12 and a half years ago I saw the coolest ever iceberg. Never seen one like it since. Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón, #Iceland

A six-foot (ish) high turquoise iceberg with a small friend on a black sand beach. Grey rainy day with some of the turquoise reflected in the blank sand, and long exposure smooth waves breaking.

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And there it is. The average sea surface anomaly temperature is now as warm as 9 January 2024 - which was the previous record high - and is still rising. New records set every day since the start of June. The oceans are now warmer than they've ever been since records began.

Copernicus Climate Pulse data showing the average global sea surface temperature anomaly, with 2026 highlighted in red. It shows that the anomaly is now as high as the previous record high in Jan 2024, and is likely to rise even higher.

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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What is the Lovell Telescope revealing about our Universe?🔭 Inside the Observatory: Discovering the Universe from Jodrell Bank, on 1 Oct, is an evening with some of the Observatory team exploring the cutting-edge science happening at Jodrell Bank Book now: ow.ly/ACNR50ZRo5w 📸 Andrew Brooks

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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Celebrate the opening of The North Revisited, with photographers John Bulmer and Simon Hill, and BBC broadcaster Mark Radcliffe for a fascinating conversation about the people, places and stories that have shaped the North over the last 60 years ✨ 🎟️ 10 October ow.ly/LjQj50ZQ1iT 📸 Simon Hill

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 22/09/2026

Did some canonically forbidden raytracing with POV-Ray 1.0 from 1992, on MS-DOS

The DOS output of POV-RAY 1.0, Persistence of Vision Raytracer Version 1.0
The file FORBIDN.POV statistics are shown, for a file 1280x960 pixels, which took 13 minutes and 25 seconds

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Initial component placement for the second of the pair of circuit boards that will become the Floating Point Unit of my FP co-processor. I'm just so glad it all fits!! 😊

Computer rendering of a printed circuit board showing component placement prior to the start of trace layout.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The two #Equinox are the only days when the Sun rises due East and sets due West, everywhere. At the Dec solstice the sun rises in the S-East. At the June solstice it rises in the N-East. As the days pass between the two, the sunrise position slowly changes passing due East each equinox.🤩 🔭🧪

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I used to think "eh, phone cameras are so good these days, there's no need to get a dedicated camera" anyway I was very wrong, I'd just forgotten how much better proper cameras look

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don't normally re-post this kind of content ... but seriously, this is just too good not to share. If this doesn't put a smile on your face, nothing will 🤣 sound on.

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great thread explaining how the Moon moves relative to the Earth .... it's complicated !!

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Finished!! First of four PCB cards for a project I first thought of back in the 1980s. Only three more to go ...😬 @computinghistory.org.uk

A computer rendering of a printed circuit board with various integrated circuits and sockets.

Image of the layout of a 2 layer printed circuit board, showing the two copper trace layers as red and green lines, as well as the component side silk screen text in teal. Integrated circuit pads are shown in yellow.

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

OK .. I've seen a *LOT* of analemma (the figure of 8 shape) pictures, but this one is rather special. Just .. WOW!!! 😮

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm about 75% the way through the first of a four PCB set that will realise a dream I had way back in the late 1980s. Can you guess what I'm making? 😊 (hint: it will be about 10x faster than an Intel product of the time, using period appropriate parts) FYI @computinghistory.org.uk

Computer rendering of a printed circuit board with a mixture of chips and sockets on it.

A partially completed printed circuit board layout with two layers (red and green). The white lines show where the unconnected nets are.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 19/09/2026

Did you see this really neat image from my thread yesterday? It was taken by AS Fruchter at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and is an H-alpha image (hydrogen gas emitting as the 21cm photon). Here is an updated, annotated version from me. We don't see the pulsar here, only the WD.

grainy image of the PSR J0437-4715 system creating a bow shock as it plows through the Galaxy. A red line is drawn between the pulsar and front of bow shock and annotated as being approx. 47 times the Sun-Neptune distance. The pulsar dot itself is annotated, noting that the pulsar and the white dwarf are only 1 million km apart. A nearby galaxy, RX J0437.4-4711 is also annotated.

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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 18/09/2026

To get us in the mood for the Retro Computer Festival - Space Edition, let's start the debates! Which is the best VECTOR based space game? Old school Lunar Lander? Colourful Star Wars? Asteroids? Is Tempest even a space game? Let's discuss in the replies! www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/77371/re...

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I once saw a mermaid on a beach in southern #Iceland.

A colourful river braid on a black sand beach with some tufts of grass on sand dunes just visible. There is a grey sea on the right, some brightness in the sky above some islands, miles in the distance. The river is yellow, orange, turquoise and is shaped a little like a mermaid with her hear and arm thrown back...

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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We ❤️ seeing your photos of the Lovell Telescope and surroundings of Jodrell Bank If you'd like your photos featured on our socials, send them to marketing.jodrellbank@manchester.ac.uk Whether you're a professional photographer or keen hobbyist, we'd love to see Jodrell Bank through your lens! 📷✨

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is educational, fascinating, and also inspirational. There is not such thing as only "men" and "women".

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yeah .... Sorry kids .. this about sums it up .. 🤣

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Because I love this stuff: the original Coyote Vs Acme article from the New Yorker, upon which the excellent movie was based: archive.md/UTgus

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Tim O'Brien @proftimob.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and Cheshire & Warrington Combined Authority Chair Cllr Louise Gittins write to Prime Minister asking him to pause STFC cuts and work together to understand their impact. www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/news/liverpo...

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Liverpool City Region and Cheshire and Warrington leaders ask PM to pause budget cuts threatening Daresbury Laboratory

In a joint letter, the leaders ask government to work with them to fully understand the proposals’ impact before decisions are taken that could be difficu

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.

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Tim O'Brien @proftimob.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is interesting. We welcomed the PM's pledge at the despatch box, saying "there must be a way to save jodrell bank". But we do not yet know how this might be achieved, or indeed what is meant by saving us. As yet nothing has changed since the original decision.

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Heard on the 6pm news just now, when Chis was talking about smoke from wild fires in Canada causing red sunsets in Scotland. As if any more evidence were needed, that we're in deep trouble.

An image of text that reads "Parts of the ARCTIC are on fire" - Chris Fawkes BBC weather 11 Sept, 2026

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The aptly named ‘With Courage’ #rose introduced by Peter Beales Roses for the RNLI at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. #roses 🌱

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Calling #RNLI volunteers "traitors" is firmly in the realm of "every accusation is an admission" territory. I've just donated to the RNLI to add a bit of extra financial help. They are all heroes in my book. Keep up the good work!! 👍

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This was my entry in today's competition at my art club today. I didn't win, but it generated some interest ☺️

An artistic representation of the moon Io above the clouds of the planet Jupiter. Also shown is Jupiter's Great Red Spot; a large storm system that is hundreds of years old. Watercolour pencil and watercolour paint.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 07/09/2026

Happy Monday! Please enjoy my tiny painting of Neptune

Clay disk painted like Neptune in my hand

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is the message I want to share with you before this Labor Day is over.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 06/09/2026

Speaking off Pro-am contributions …. Folks who have a good view of galaxy NGC 7331 … a new supernova has occurred! It’s a Type 1a so grab some light curves if you got the right gear. It’s the second supernova from the galaxy in just over a year! www.wis-tns.org/object/2026a... #SN2026aaiv

Light curves from multiple observations of a supernova in a galaxy

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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

📡Join Prof Simon Garrington and the team for a special Lovell Lecture, going behind the scenes to explore how the Lovell Telescope and e-MERLIN network study black holes, stars and the origins of it all! 🗓️ 1 October, 19.30–21.00 🎫https://ow.ly/Cp1u50ZJipO #JodrellBank #Observatory #RadioAstronomy

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fascinating and in-depth explanation of how to read a weather chart.

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Fascists are always pathetic cowards. They hide behind masks, and have to travel in mobs to protect themselves. All they have is hate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads

Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.

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RAS Journals @rasjournals.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Published in #MNRAS: "Planetesimal formation across the stellar mass spectrum and its influence on exoplanet-inherited volatile budgets", Williams et al. This is Fig. 4: please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... to read the paper. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Schematic illustration of the different evolutionary stages for discs born from M_(cloud) = 0.1 Msolar and M_(cloud) ≥ 0.3 Msolar clouds. Please see the paper for the full caption.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

'the Astronomer Royal for Scotland and a vocal critic of the cuts, called Burnham’s intervention “wonderful news” but said Jodrell Bank was a “high-profile casualty of a much larger funding crisis” that goes beyond particle physics and astronomy.'🧪⚛️🔭👩‍🔬 Vocal critic 🙋‍♀️ should print that on a ti-shirt👌

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Know someone who is scared about vaccines, or doesn't understand them? Show them this. It's *excellent* science communication. I learned a few things myself. youtu.be/2uURMKLAPZw?...

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Doctor Answers Vaccine Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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Wayne Young @slartyb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The contrast couldn't be more stark. Lest we forget what a decent human being looks like.

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Prof Jim Wild @jim-wild.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Jodrell may be the symbol, but it's not the whole story. Welcome as the PM's intervention on Jodrell Bank is, debate earlier today showed MPs have concerns over a wide range of facilities, experiments and capabilities underpinning UK research strength. Nevertheless, the politics seem to be shifting.

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Andy Burnham says "We'll find a way to save Jodrell Bank"

Burnham said "there is no way that we can see its demise, and it won't happen under my Government".

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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Where is the Roman Space Telescope heading? The Sun-Earth Lagrange 2 point ("L2"), where it will occupy a different orbit than its big brother, JWST. See image (which cites me as a content consultant). More at: www.scientificamerican.com/article/wher...

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wondering how Roman actually travels out to L2? Here is a cool animation which also includes JWST's orbit, from the NASA scientific visualization studio svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5673#media_g...

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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Roman Telescope Launch and Orbit at L2

A collection of visualizations showing the path the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2).

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Tim O'Brien @proftimob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Excellent to hear the Prime Minister commit this evening to saving Jodrell Bank. Referenced how we are a research asset,a heritage asset and an inspiration to schoolchildren who visit. Will look forward to future discussions.

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