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Jan Skakle

@vikingchild.bsky.social
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music obsessive, physicist, solid state chemist, emeritus professor, enjoyer of films & comedy, Twin Peaks, Hannibal. Old goth with sparkly electro-glam-pop tendencies.

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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how an obscure version of colour photography beat quantum theory to the most prestigious prize in physics – Physics World
Gabriel Lippmann received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1908 for a new method of colour photography that was never commercially successful. Margaret Harris finds out why
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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We're starting our countdown to next week's #nobelprize by looking at Nobel prizes you've definitely never heard of - starting with a curious from of colour photography that won in 1908. @drmlharris.bsky.social reveals all. ⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/nobel-priz...
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Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how an obscure version of colour photography beat quantum theory to the most prestigious prize in physics – Physics World
Gabriel Lippmann received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1908 for an interference-based method of colour photography that was never commercially successful. Margaret Harris finds out why
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Kenneth Becker @geophotographer.org · 17/06/2025
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted, sending ash and smoke into the sky. Authorities evacuated nearby villages as a precaution. Scientists are monitoring gas and seismic activity closely. #Volcano #Indonesia #DisasterPreparedness ⚒️🌋🧪 AP: apnews.com/article/indo...
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CERN @cern.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
European project to make web search more open and ethical The OpenWebSearch.eu consortium, which includes #CERN, has released a pilot of the first federated, pan-European Open Web Index, paving the way for a new generation of unbiased and ethical search engines. 🔗 home.cern/news/news/co...
📷Image: openwebsearch.eu / using images by NASA, Unsplash (Christopher Burns)
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Aberdeen FC @afc.co.uk · 25/05/2025
Our City.
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I wasn’t a Duran Duran fan as to be SLeB sounded like he was straining on the bog but man Nick Rhodes was everything 80s. In a good way. #totp
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The year of happy music about the impending nuclear apocalypse. And I loved it. #ultravox #totp
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The depth of my hatred of Deacon Blue knows no bounds and could sink that bloody ship called… #totp
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I never tire of this.
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Blackburn cheese klaxon #totp
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Yesterday I was reading a list of “songs where the singer is out of tune” and it was basically my record collection so that’s obviously a thing for me. *cries in out of tune*
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
In happier interesting news…
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Yet another cracking 80s #totp which leaves me questioning everything I ever knew. Nolans, Foster & Allan, Killing Joke, Goombay Dance Band, Chas & Dave… but here’s the Associates on the play out! For the win.
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Newcastle United @newcastleunited.com · 18/03/2025
Writing our name in the history books.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Nice Faraday’s notebook news www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein
Michael Faraday’s illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London’s Royal Institution to go online
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Watching Depeche Mode on BBC4 & remembering my mum’s alarm at this poster adorning my walls. If only she’d known what was to come 😂 #teammartin #always
Picture of Martin Gore wearing leather, pearls, lipstick
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Ah, Master & Servant-era DM, terrifying parents who previously thought they were nice young men in suits. Fletch not quite getting the memo. Martin looking hawt. #depechemode
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Distinctly remember watching this DM performance at a friend’s house and all taking the mick out of Dave’s limping dance #depechemode
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I’m not sure what they were smoking when they came up with this dance routine. Interlaced with static pics of the Bee Gees. #tragedy #totp
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Not sure I was ready for the Cliff-Dooleys-Motörhead segue but I’m glad we got there in the end. #totp
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Pubs of Scotland: Radar's in Aberdeen, 1980s. American diner-style bar on Belmont Street. Pic: Press & Journal
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 14/02/2025
The leadership of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary science organisation, has issued dire warnings about the Trump administration’s actions to scientists and researchers. www.chemistryworld.com/news/aaas-le...
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AAAS leadership speaks out against Trump administration’s attacks on science
President of world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society warns that next month could be most important in history of US science
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Left the room after TOTP, came back and it looks like Pat Butcher has joined Girls Aloud. What did I just eat/drink? Appear to be wildly tripping. #totp (leftovers)
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Watching old ToTP on BBC4 and god this is a great one. Dead or Alive, Killing Joke, Smiths (How Soon Is Now?), Colourfield. I can FEEL 1985. #totp
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
For those who missed it: Elon Musk, the Royal Society, and me deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
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Why I have resigned from the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...
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Maria Wolonski @momuspda.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This Radio 3 feature on Derek Jarman's last film contains the song he co-wrote with Momus.
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Sunday Feature - Forever Blue - BBC Sounds
The fascinating story behind artist and film-maker Derek Jarman's final masterpiece, Blue.
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Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This weekend’s #DesertIslandDiscs castaway is the wonderful Nick Cave. Eight tracks, a book, a luxury and an incredible life story. Join us on Sunday morning on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
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Mad Doctor Mookie @mookiebean.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I love that David Lynch voiced this himself. 😄
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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 26/11/2024
It’s the #GBBO final tonight 🧁 Do you know your baking powder from your baking soda? Here's a look at the difference between the two and how they're used in baking in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-sc... #ChemSky 🧪
Infographic on baking soda and baking powder. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which breaks down when heated or mixed with acid to produce carbon dioxide as a raising agent. Baking powders also contain sodium bicarbonate but also contain an acid or acidic salt to release carbon dioxide during both mixing and baking.
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
When cc comes up with a timely comment.
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We need more of this. Celebrate colleagues & friends.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/11/2024
Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
University cash crisis will get worse despite tuition fee rise, BBC told
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University cash crisis will get worse despite tuition fee rise, BBC told
More than three quarters of universities expected to face financial problems next year.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Beluga whale was Russian military asset - but no spy
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Beluga whale was Russian military asset - but no spy
Marine scientist uncovers the story behind Andruha's escape from Russian military training programme.
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Jan Skakle @vikingchild.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
This picture makes me smile a lot so that probably introduces me to bsky 🖤
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