Alom Shaha
@alomshaha.bsky.social
Dad. Science Teacher. Author of books including “Why Don’t Things Fall Up?”, "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder" and “How to Find a Rainbow”. Lots of free stuff and more about me at alomshaha.com
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Alom Shaha
@alomshaha.bsky.social
· Oct 12
I’ve spent 25+ years teaching and “ communicating” science. As well as being a schoolteacher, I’ve worked with scientists and science institutions to help them explain their work to the public. This book is the culmination of all that work. Out in paperback Nov. 7th www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1529...
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I have a less optimistic take. We've made "racist" a bad word. But to many people it's only a label. They believe:
1) Racists are bad people
2) I am not a bad person
3) Therefore I am not racist
Thinking about racism on a deeper level would expose the flaws in that belief, so they refuse to do it.
1) Racists are bad people
2) I am not a bad person
3) Therefore I am not racist
Thinking about racism on a deeper level would expose the flaws in that belief, so they refuse to do it.
Why do racists hate being called racist? They don’t respond in the same way to being called bigots or xenophobic. I think it’s because they know at some level that racism is fundamentally, deeply wrong, because even their broken moral compasses point at the immorality of it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I have a less optimistic take. We've made "racist" a bad word. But to many people it's only a label. They believe:
1) Racists are bad people
2) I am not a bad person
3) Therefore I am not racist
Thinking about racism on a deeper level would expose the flaws in that belief, so they refuse to do it.
1) Racists are bad people
2) I am not a bad person
3) Therefore I am not racist
Thinking about racism on a deeper level would expose the flaws in that belief, so they refuse to do it.
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I also think they like to think their prejudice is rationally justified and is just them being honest about what they think is reality. Other people are very prejudiced in their eyes, especially the targets of their hatred, for denying 'the truth', but not them, oh no...
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I also think they like to think their prejudice is rationally justified and is just them being honest about what they think is reality. Other people are very prejudiced in their eyes, especially the targets of their hatred, for denying 'the truth', but not them, oh no...
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Science lovers! Are you going to try and convince some child in your life that science is fun and worthwhile this Christmas? You could buy them one of dozens of commercially available "science kits" OR you could MAKE YOUR OWN to accompany a copy of "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder":
Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Science lovers! Are you going to try and convince some child in your life that science is fun and worthwhile this Christmas? You could buy them one of dozens of commercially available "science kits" OR you could MAKE YOUR OWN to accompany a copy of "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder":
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This is so embarrassing for the BBC. Journalists, MPs, public should be calling this out. We desperately need a strong, independent, ambitious BBC! Let this humiliating episode be the turning point
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is so embarrassing for the BBC. Journalists, MPs, public should be calling this out. We desperately need a strong, independent, ambitious BBC! Let this humiliating episode be the turning point
Science lovers! Are you going to try and convince some child in your life that science is fun and worthwhile this Christmas? You could buy them one of dozens of commercially available "science kits" OR you could MAKE YOUR OWN to accompany a copy of "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder":
Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Science lovers! Are you going to try and convince some child in your life that science is fun and worthwhile this Christmas? You could buy them one of dozens of commercially available "science kits" OR you could MAKE YOUR OWN to accompany a copy of "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder":
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Why do racists hate being called racist? They don’t respond in the same way to being called bigots or xenophobic. I think it’s because they know at some level that racism is fundamentally, deeply wrong, because even their broken moral compasses point at the immorality of it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Why do racists hate being called racist? They don’t respond in the same way to being called bigots or xenophobic. I think it’s because they know at some level that racism is fundamentally, deeply wrong, because even their broken moral compasses point at the immorality of it.
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Unfortunately the term has been used for different time units across many domains and 20+ orders of magnitude.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Unfortunately the term has been used for different time units across many domains and 20+ orders of magnitude.
Why do racists hate being called racist? They don’t respond in the same way to being called bigots or xenophobic. I think it’s because they know at some level that racism is fundamentally, deeply wrong, because even their broken moral compasses point at the immorality of it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Why do racists hate being called racist? They don’t respond in the same way to being called bigots or xenophobic. I think it’s because they know at some level that racism is fundamentally, deeply wrong, because even their broken moral compasses point at the immorality of it.
It’s funny how we shy away from using the word racist. It’s because we know being racist is genuinely an awful thing. And yet, we cannot seem to bring ourselves to stamp out racism.
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It’s funny how we shy away from using the word racist. It’s because we know being racist is genuinely an awful thing. And yet, we cannot seem to bring ourselves to stamp out racism.
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Every time one of the (too many) cats comes in or out of the catflap, I'm assaulted by a gust of freezing air. A flaw in the insulated homes plan that nobody talks about
🐈⬛ 💨🥶
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November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Every time one of the (too many) cats comes in or out of the catflap, I'm assaulted by a gust of freezing air. A flaw in the insulated homes plan that nobody talks about
🐈⬛ 💨🥶
🐈⬛ 💨🥶
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Bought my last washing machine off their site, won’t be doing that again
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Bought my last washing machine off their site, won’t be doing that again
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Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
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Those people who worked for Doge, knowing it was wrong, but grabbing for that golden ticket. They all need to face consequences. The Privacy act is a law. Their agency never existed. There are so many charges it's hard to know where to start. Charlie Brown would not approve.
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Those people who worked for Doge, knowing it was wrong, but grabbing for that golden ticket. They all need to face consequences. The Privacy act is a law. Their agency never existed. There are so many charges it's hard to know where to start. Charlie Brown would not approve.
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Everyone involved with DOGE should be in prison, but at least some Canadian conservatives earnestly wrote that we needed our own version of DOGE here
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Everyone involved with DOGE should be in prison, but at least some Canadian conservatives earnestly wrote that we needed our own version of DOGE here
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Still thinking about how our sycophantic media political class was falling over themselves to copy "DOGE" this year, even though it was already well known this guy was a white supremacist.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Still thinking about how our sycophantic media political class was falling over themselves to copy "DOGE" this year, even though it was already well known this guy was a white supremacist.
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People say DOGE "failed", but to be fair DOGE successfully stole every American taxpayers data & personal information & had access to pretty much EVERY government system and likely shared that data with foreign entities. IDK that I'd say failed exactly, being they did everything that was intended.
a woman in a bathrobe says " i 'm just saying "
Alt: a woman in a bathrobe says " i'm just saying "
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
People say DOGE "failed", but to be fair DOGE successfully stole every American taxpayers data & personal information & had access to pretty much EVERY government system and likely shared that data with foreign entities. IDK that I'd say failed exactly, being they did everything that was intended.
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DOGE IS DEAD TARRIFS ARE DYING
NO NEW JOBS
NO NEW FACTORIES
IS THIS ALL JUST THE WORLDS BIGGEST EVER PONZI SCHEME
NO NEW JOBS
NO NEW FACTORIES
IS THIS ALL JUST THE WORLDS BIGGEST EVER PONZI SCHEME
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
DOGE IS DEAD TARRIFS ARE DYING
NO NEW JOBS
NO NEW FACTORIES
IS THIS ALL JUST THE WORLDS BIGGEST EVER PONZI SCHEME
NO NEW JOBS
NO NEW FACTORIES
IS THIS ALL JUST THE WORLDS BIGGEST EVER PONZI SCHEME
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"A nuclear fission reaction takes about 1 shake. Like many informal units having to do with nuclear physics, it arose from top secret operations of the Manhattan Project during World War II."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_(...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_(...
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"A nuclear fission reaction takes about 1 shake. Like many informal units having to do with nuclear physics, it arose from top secret operations of the Manhattan Project during World War II."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_(...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_(...
Farage is a nasty piece of work. Seem to remember a journalist once saying that to Johnson on TV? It didn’t seem to harm his career which is endlessly depressing. We seem happy to let the worst of us lead us. Clearly we are a self-harming species in need of therapy
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Farage is a nasty piece of work. Seem to remember a journalist once saying that to Johnson on TV? It didn’t seem to harm his career which is endlessly depressing. We seem happy to let the worst of us lead us. Clearly we are a self-harming species in need of therapy
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There is no excuse for racism, it was not playground banter as Farage claims - it was pure bullying. Racism is always directed, not matter which way the racist is facing.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
There is no excuse for racism, it was not playground banter as Farage claims - it was pure bullying. Racism is always directed, not matter which way the racist is facing.
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
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It's possible to balance the moral necessity of pointing out Farage's racism with the need to be analytically clear about how many British voters share it
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
It's possible to balance the moral necessity of pointing out Farage's racism with the need to be analytically clear about how many British voters share it
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... and that is not me making an excuse for racism back then either. Racism suffered in the 60s, 70s, 80s has left scars which are still deep today.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
... and that is not me making an excuse for racism back then either. Racism suffered in the 60s, 70s, 80s has left scars which are still deep today.
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There needs to be massive pushback against Farage's narrative about how he was only 11 / 12 and it being pointed out reports show he was an adult - 18 - at the time he was doing this.
He was 12 in 1976. He was 18 in 1982.
Whilst racism was rife in the 70s, Nazi-ism wasn't acceptable throughout.
He was 12 in 1976. He was 18 in 1982.
Whilst racism was rife in the 70s, Nazi-ism wasn't acceptable throughout.
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There needs to be massive pushback against Farage's narrative about how he was only 11 / 12 and it being pointed out reports show he was an adult - 18 - at the time he was doing this.
He was 12 in 1976. He was 18 in 1982.
Whilst racism was rife in the 70s, Nazi-ism wasn't acceptable throughout.
He was 12 in 1976. He was 18 in 1982.
Whilst racism was rife in the 70s, Nazi-ism wasn't acceptable throughout.