Engineer Mel O
@engineermelo.bsky.social
Chartered engineer, railway signalling, single parent of teens, runner, lover of science, bike owner, active travel, public transport FTW
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
Linda and the @the.prolapseband gang on Saturday in Bristol. I can't remember ever spontaneously crying happy tears as a gig before. Doorstop Rhythmic Bloc is not even in a minor chord?
With @mr_paul_newport
With @mr_paul_newport
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Linda and the @the.prolapseband gang on Saturday in Bristol. I can't remember ever spontaneously crying happy tears as a gig before. Doorstop Rhythmic Bloc is not even in a minor chord?
With @mr_paul_newport
With @mr_paul_newport
#FreeElectricity @OctopusEnergy so looking forward to these! I'm turning on the oven, the iron and the toastie maker to warm the house up. Plus a hot wash of laundry, a hot dishwasher and the dehumidifier.
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#FreeElectricity @OctopusEnergy so looking forward to these! I'm turning on the oven, the iron and the toastie maker to warm the house up. Plus a hot wash of laundry, a hot dishwasher and the dehumidifier.
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Hello Bristol! Less than a week to our next free talk. No need to be an IET member. One hour continuous professional development and a cake!
Hope too see you there
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
#electronics
#engineering
#healthcare
#engineer
#technology
Hope too see you there
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
#electronics
#engineering
#healthcare
#engineer
#technology
Microwave Applications in Healthcare Technologies
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October 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hello Bristol! Less than a week to our next free talk. No need to be an IET member. One hour continuous professional development and a cake!
Hope too see you there
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
#electronics
#engineering
#healthcare
#engineer
#technology
Hope too see you there
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
#electronics
#engineering
#healthcare
#engineer
#technology
Looking forward to this one, always a super evening at the IET. This one in the Merchant Ventures building, full details in the link.
Hello Bristol! Less than a week to our next free talk. No need to be an IET member. One hour continuous professional development and a cake!
Hope too see you there
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
#electronics
#engineering
#healthcare
#engineer
#technology
Hope too see you there
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
#electronics
#engineering
#healthcare
#engineer
#technology
Microwave Applications in Healthcare Technologies
events.theiet.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Looking forward to this one, always a super evening at the IET. This one in the Merchant Ventures building, full details in the link.
@ietbristol.bsky.social free talk klaxon!
Save the date 15th October, no need to be an IET member. Sign up on the link!
#bristol #electronic #engineering #heathcare #nerds #radiofrequency
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
#bristol #electronic #engineering #heathcare #nerds #radiofrequency
events.theiet.org/events/micro...
September 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@ietbristol.bsky.social free talk klaxon!
Hello! Fancy the free #IET #Bristol Annual Prestige Lecture, Wed 9 July: "40 Years of Quantum Technologies", Prof. John Rarity. More info & to register: events.theiet.org/events/40-ye... Uni of Bristol Queens Building Room QB1.06. Free refreshments from 18:30.
July 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hello! Fancy the free #IET #Bristol Annual Prestige Lecture, Wed 9 July: "40 Years of Quantum Technologies", Prof. John Rarity. More info & to register: events.theiet.org/events/40-ye... Uni of Bristol Queens Building Room QB1.06. Free refreshments from 18:30.
Free #IET #Bristol Annual Prestige Lecture, Wed 9 July: "40 Years of Quantum Technologies", Prof. John Rarity. More info & to register: events.theiet.org/events/40-ye... Uni of Bristol Queens Building Room QB1.06. Free refreshments from 18:30
See you there?
#IYQ
See you there?
#IYQ
40 Years of Quantum Technologies
events.theiet.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Free #IET #Bristol Annual Prestige Lecture, Wed 9 July: "40 Years of Quantum Technologies", Prof. John Rarity. More info & to register: events.theiet.org/events/40-ye... Uni of Bristol Queens Building Room QB1.06. Free refreshments from 18:30
See you there?
#IYQ
See you there?
#IYQ
Crikey, this is amazing news!
So chuffed about this. Big shoes to fill.
We're happy to announce @markmiodownik.bsky.social as our new Professor for Public Engagement in Science! His mission will be to transform our understanding of how we make, use, reuse & recycle products, & explore how we can live more sustainably. Watch this space! royalsociety.org/news/2025/06...
June 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Crikey, this is amazing news!
No need to be a member of the IET for these talks. Come along for a guaranteed quality talk. See you there?
Free #IET #Bristol Annual Prestige Lecture, Wed 9 July: "40 Years of Quantum Technologies", Prof. John Rarity. More info & to register: events.theiet.org/events/40-ye.... Uni of Bristol Queens Building Room QB1.06. Free refreshments from 18:30.
40 Years of Quantum Technologies
events.theiet.org
June 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
No need to be a member of the IET for these talks. Come along for a guaranteed quality talk. See you there?
Free #IET #Bristol event, Wed 11 Jun: "BT’s Pathway to Quantum", Dr Zoe Davidson. More info & to register: events.theiet.org/events/bts-p.... Uni of Bristol MVB 1.11. Free refreshments from 18:30.
BT's Pathway to Quantum
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May 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Well said Goldacre
SUVs increase the odds of killing in a collision. They're high at the front, your children get dragged under then crushed to death. They're also too big for parking spaces. They shld just be treated like vans, subject to lower speed limits, higher parking charges. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars | Arwa Mahdawi
Why would anyone want a car that’s too big for parking spaces, or that’s a menace to other road users? Arwa Mahdawi has a theory
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Well said Goldacre
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"rail engineers Amey explained that the company was already delivering the South Wales Metro, and the lessons learned there could be applied to a Metro system for Bath and Wiltshire" @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/04/plan...
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/04/plan...
Plans discussed for a Metro system for Bath and Wiltshire
A public meeting held at Chippenham has heard how a planned MetroWest Bath & Wiltshire could provide a more frequent rail service.
www.railadvent.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"rail engineers Amey explained that the company was already delivering the South Wales Metro, and the lessons learned there could be applied to a Metro system for Bath and Wiltshire" @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/04/plan...
www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/04/plan...
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⏰ Time to set those alarm clocks! ⏰
A lunar eclipse will be visible from the UK tomorrow – and no specialist equipment is needed!
The fascinating spectacle will begin shortly before 04:00 GMT but the best time to see it will be around 06:20 GMT, before the Moon sets.
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A lunar eclipse will be visible from the UK tomorrow – and no specialist equipment is needed!
The fascinating spectacle will begin shortly before 04:00 GMT but the best time to see it will be around 06:20 GMT, before the Moon sets.
⤵️
March 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
⏰ Time to set those alarm clocks! ⏰
A lunar eclipse will be visible from the UK tomorrow – and no specialist equipment is needed!
The fascinating spectacle will begin shortly before 04:00 GMT but the best time to see it will be around 06:20 GMT, before the Moon sets.
⤵️
A lunar eclipse will be visible from the UK tomorrow – and no specialist equipment is needed!
The fascinating spectacle will begin shortly before 04:00 GMT but the best time to see it will be around 06:20 GMT, before the Moon sets.
⤵️
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The techniques to do this have been around for years. It's technically proficient but not any great accomplishment. And we minimise animal use in biological research to reduce suffering. SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU WANT A HAIRY MOUSE.
March 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The techniques to do this have been around for years. It's technically proficient but not any great accomplishment. And we minimise animal use in biological research to reduce suffering. SO WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU WANT A HAIRY MOUSE.
2/2...It's a very easy read without jargon and, unusually for anything written about railways, very few acronyms (VFA).
Maybe you're organised and all your Christmas shopping's done, buy a copy as a gift for yourself!
#HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture
#railway #engineering #climatechange #politics
December 22, 2024 at 8:31 AM
2/2...It's a very easy read without jargon and, unusually for anything written about railways, very few acronyms (VFA).
Maybe you're organised and all your Christmas shopping's done, buy a copy as a gift for yourself!
#HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture
#railway #engineering #climatechange #politics
I'm only thirty pages into @garethdennis.bsky.social How The Railways Will Fix The Future but I can already recommend it as a last minute Christmas gift for the general reader as well as anyone with a passing interest in railways, history...(1 of 2)
December 22, 2024 at 8:29 AM
I'm only thirty pages into @garethdennis.bsky.social How The Railways Will Fix The Future but I can already recommend it as a last minute Christmas gift for the general reader as well as anyone with a passing interest in railways, history...(1 of 2)
Are we doing music here? #futureoftheleft at The Fleece, Bristol last Sunday. Audience singing along joyfully most of the time, good job Falco couldn't hear us 😀
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Are we doing music here? #futureoftheleft at The Fleece, Bristol last Sunday. Audience singing along joyfully most of the time, good job Falco couldn't hear us 😀
If only booking trains across Europe was as easy as booking a flight. We did London to Verona and back over the summer, I was only stressed out about the journey for the whole ten weeks between booking and traveling. And the whole holiday.
I was annoyed by this Euronews piece about rail ticketing earlier: www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
Some people asked me why I was annoyed. This 🧵 – a kind of fisking – will explain!
Some people asked me why I was annoyed. This 🧵 – a kind of fisking – will explain!
Europe’s on track to deliver single-ticket train travel
The complexity of train travel across Europe’s borders could soon be made easier with plans for a single ticket.
www.euronews.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:49 PM
If only booking trains across Europe was as easy as booking a flight. We did London to Verona and back over the summer, I was only stressed out about the journey for the whole ten weeks between booking and traveling. And the whole holiday.
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We've welcomed the publication of the Assisted Dying Bill tonight.
This is a historic Bill which would give many suffering people the choice and dignity they desire and deserve.
humanists.uk/2024/11/11/h...
This is a historic Bill which would give many suffering people the choice and dignity they desire and deserve.
humanists.uk/2024/11/11/h...
Humanists UK welcomes Assisted Dying Bill
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has been published. Introduced by Kim Leadbeater MBE, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, the Bill will allow adults who are terminally ill with six months left...
humanists.uk
November 11, 2024 at 10:01 PM
We've welcomed the publication of the Assisted Dying Bill tonight.
This is a historic Bill which would give many suffering people the choice and dignity they desire and deserve.
humanists.uk/2024/11/11/h...
This is a historic Bill which would give many suffering people the choice and dignity they desire and deserve.
humanists.uk/2024/11/11/h...
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This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
September 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
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a Dr wept as they talked of Covid and avoidable deaths if government had not been so criminally incompetent. Unlike health secretary, he didnt get cash for going on a TV reality show, unlike ex PM he isn’t on front of daily mail with a highly paid column
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Doctor in tears at Covid inquiry says what NHS staff saw was ‘indescribable’
Prof Kevin Fong, who was on shift during 7/7 bombings, says height of pandemic was like a ‘terrorist attack every day’
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM
a Dr wept as they talked of Covid and avoidable deaths if government had not been so criminally incompetent. Unlike health secretary, he didnt get cash for going on a TV reality show, unlike ex PM he isn’t on front of daily mail with a highly paid column
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
A tiny #succulent growing from a fallen leaf. Taken with a teeny clip on macro lens
September 28, 2024 at 10:31 PM
A tiny #succulent growing from a fallen leaf. Taken with a teeny clip on macro lens
Fake Heroes is such a great book, I tore through it on holiday this year.
A lovely conversation I had last year - largely because my interlocutor was so damned good.
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Beware Fake Heroes | Otto English on Che Guevara, Mother Theresa and more (Full Event)
YouTube video by How To Academy
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September 14, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Fake Heroes is such a great book, I tore through it on holiday this year.
So cool that you can travel from the very far South West to the very far North East without changing trains.
September 11, 2024 at 9:33 PM
So cool that you can travel from the very far South West to the very far North East without changing trains.