Nick Mitchener 🏳️🌈 🔭⚛️
@crossjack.bsky.social
Retired CEO of engineering company now a physics technician in secondary education. IoP Technician award 2024. Clocks, scientific instruments , proper nerd. Ex sailor, ex mountaineer, ex fell walker, now arthritic and overweight! RSciTech MIntP He/him
I love the look of Nixie tubes but I'm not sure that at this stage in life, with failing eyesight and shaking hands, was the time to start soldering them into circuit boards. What a pain!
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I love the look of Nixie tubes but I'm not sure that at this stage in life, with failing eyesight and shaking hands, was the time to start soldering them into circuit boards. What a pain!
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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surely this is not real?
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
surely this is not real?
Just bought this rather uninspiring barometer. Well till you read the name. Nairne invented an electrostatic generator, he invented the marine barometer and his first one sailed with James Cook. He was also master to Jesse Ramsden, who invented another electrostatic generator among other things.
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Just bought this rather uninspiring barometer. Well till you read the name. Nairne invented an electrostatic generator, he invented the marine barometer and his first one sailed with James Cook. He was also master to Jesse Ramsden, who invented another electrostatic generator among other things.
Recent Sterling engine purchase at auction, had not twigged how big it was. Uses a gas canister or might have used it at school.🧪
youtu.be/rqpRqeC6tDQ
youtu.be/rqpRqeC6tDQ
Recent purchase at auction, scratch built sterling engine
YouTube video by nickm2001
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November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Recent Sterling engine purchase at auction, had not twigged how big it was. Uses a gas canister or might have used it at school.🧪
youtu.be/rqpRqeC6tDQ
youtu.be/rqpRqeC6tDQ
Seems fair, I can see why the indigenous population would want all those foreign speaking immigrants gone.
JD Vance just called it ‘totally reasonable’ for Americans to be racist towards people who speak a different language www.themarysue.com/jd-vance-jus...
JD Vance just called it 'totally reasonable' for Americans to be racist towards people who speak a different language | The Mary Sue
Sitting in his taxpayer-funded mansion, JD Vance gave the Republican moral decay a new frontier this week. He is now repackaging xenophobia as common
www.themarysue.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Seems fair, I can see why the indigenous population would want all those foreign speaking immigrants gone.
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
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Out of respect for the decision taken by His Majesty King Charles of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in furtherance of the special relationship between said Kingdom and the United States of America, I wish to humbly suggest the latter
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Out of respect for the decision taken by His Majesty King Charles of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in furtherance of the special relationship between said Kingdom and the United States of America, I wish to humbly suggest the latter
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
Just bought at auction John Browning spectroscope though really a spectrometer as it has a scale to read off the wavelength that can be calibrated with that small knurled knob using a sodium reference. It also has a small prism at the objective end, to compare two spectra at the same time. 🧪
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just bought at auction John Browning spectroscope though really a spectrometer as it has a scale to read off the wavelength that can be calibrated with that small knurled knob using a sodium reference. It also has a small prism at the objective end, to compare two spectra at the same time. 🧪
Another one restored and up on the wall. Around 1810 by Hanley and Moore. Wooden dial.
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Another one restored and up on the wall. Around 1810 by Hanley and Moore. Wooden dial.
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if you see this post, your actions are:
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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The far-right are saying the quiet bit out loud
As someone who is both white and black, I feel comfortable calling this out for what it is
Because I’m pretty sure the likes of Arron Banks don’t include me in their “white” Britain because I have a bit too much pigment
This is racism
As someone who is both white and black, I feel comfortable calling this out for what it is
Because I’m pretty sure the likes of Arron Banks don’t include me in their “white” Britain because I have a bit too much pigment
This is racism
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The far-right are saying the quiet bit out loud
As someone who is both white and black, I feel comfortable calling this out for what it is
Because I’m pretty sure the likes of Arron Banks don’t include me in their “white” Britain because I have a bit too much pigment
This is racism
As someone who is both white and black, I feel comfortable calling this out for what it is
Because I’m pretty sure the likes of Arron Banks don’t include me in their “white” Britain because I have a bit too much pigment
This is racism
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Early voting in the NYC mayoral election begins TODAY.
If you're a New Yorker, I urge you to vote for Zohran Mamdani — the only candidate who will stand up to the oligarchy and fight for working people.
Listen to his inspiring words from primary night.
If you're a New Yorker, I urge you to vote for Zohran Mamdani — the only candidate who will stand up to the oligarchy and fight for working people.
Listen to his inspiring words from primary night.
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Early voting in the NYC mayoral election begins TODAY.
If you're a New Yorker, I urge you to vote for Zohran Mamdani — the only candidate who will stand up to the oligarchy and fight for working people.
Listen to his inspiring words from primary night.
If you're a New Yorker, I urge you to vote for Zohran Mamdani — the only candidate who will stand up to the oligarchy and fight for working people.
Listen to his inspiring words from primary night.
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I have a number of spectroscopes and particularly John Browning ones, but I have never seen this feature. A hinge between the objective and eyepiece telescopes. I think it must allow you to centre part of the spectrum.🧪
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I have a number of spectroscopes and particularly John Browning ones, but I have never seen this feature. A hinge between the objective and eyepiece telescopes. I think it must allow you to centre part of the spectrum.🧪
Well think the majority are men but remember without Lucille Ball it wouldn't exist. (oh and my Mum was a trekie)
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Well think the majority are men but remember without Lucille Ball it wouldn't exist. (oh and my Mum was a trekie)
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
Put our new sign in next to the Ivy Broomrape today.🌿🧪
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Put our new sign in next to the Ivy Broomrape today.🌿🧪
This is the second time tatty has decided this wooden hide is a rival. Normally he ignores it or treats it as a love interest. 🧪🐍
October 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is the second time tatty has decided this wooden hide is a rival. Normally he ignores it or treats it as a love interest. 🧪🐍
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What an honour it was to conduct this interview.
An experience, nay, a highlight that I will never forget!
Sitting down, one-on-one with Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
We spoke about pulsars, history, and ongoing equity in academia.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I will cherish it.
🔭🧪📡
An experience, nay, a highlight that I will never forget!
Sitting down, one-on-one with Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
We spoke about pulsars, history, and ongoing equity in academia.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I will cherish it.
🔭🧪📡
One of astronomy's most inspiring figures, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell was in Sydney this week.
@cosmicrami.com sat down for an interview with her, discussing the impact of her discovery and community advocacy legacy.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/inte...
#SpaceAustralia
📸 Uni. of Cambridge
@cosmicrami.com sat down for an interview with her, discussing the impact of her discovery and community advocacy legacy.
www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/inte...
#SpaceAustralia
📸 Uni. of Cambridge
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What an honour it was to conduct this interview.
An experience, nay, a highlight that I will never forget!
Sitting down, one-on-one with Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
We spoke about pulsars, history, and ongoing equity in academia.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I will cherish it.
🔭🧪📡
An experience, nay, a highlight that I will never forget!
Sitting down, one-on-one with Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
We spoke about pulsars, history, and ongoing equity in academia.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I will cherish it.
🔭🧪📡
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What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
According to FB it is 4 years since we bought our first 17thC chest of drawers, now we have three. Never would have thought I would be able to afford such fabulous antiques, still doing the job they were made for.
October 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
According to FB it is 4 years since we bought our first 17thC chest of drawers, now we have three. Never would have thought I would be able to afford such fabulous antiques, still doing the job they were made for.
I've taken to wearing a paper clip. At nearly 70 there isn't much I feel I can do to change the way the World seems to be going but like the Norwegians in WWII I want my view known. I do realise they were being much braver than me, so it is with respect to them too
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I've taken to wearing a paper clip. At nearly 70 there isn't much I feel I can do to change the way the World seems to be going but like the Norwegians in WWII I want my view known. I do realise they were being much braver than me, so it is with respect to them too