Glyn Morgan
@grmorgan.bsky.social
Head of Collections and Principal Curator at The Science Museum, London | Storyteller | PhD | Sometime Lecturer, Interviewer, Writer | He/Him | Views mine | https://linktr.ee/glynmorgan
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Glyn Morgan
@grmorgan.bsky.social
· Oct 20
I seem to have picked up quite a few new followers this weekend, hi! I'm trying to use this place more than the other, so I hope we interact.
From me you'll mainly see posts and shared content about museums, books (especially science fiction), and science.
From me you'll mainly see posts and shared content about museums, books (especially science fiction), and science.
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Well now that's upsetting.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Well now that's upsetting.
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Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing; born 1815, died #OTD 1852. #WomeninStem
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing; born 1815, died #OTD 1852. #WomeninStem
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
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Looking forward to James Cameron's next sci-fi epic?
Get yourself primed with The Worlds of James Cameron at BFI Southbank on 1 Dec with @grmorgan.bsky.social @amonwarmann.bsky.social and BFI IMAX Manager Madeleine Mullett hosted by @helenlohara.bsky.social.
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Get yourself primed with The Worlds of James Cameron at BFI Southbank on 1 Dec with @grmorgan.bsky.social @amonwarmann.bsky.social and BFI IMAX Manager Madeleine Mullett hosted by @helenlohara.bsky.social.
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
a man stands in front of a volcano that is erupting with smoke coming out of it
ALT: a man stands in front of a volcano that is erupting with smoke coming out of it
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November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Looking forward to James Cameron's next sci-fi epic?
Get yourself primed with The Worlds of James Cameron at BFI Southbank on 1 Dec with @grmorgan.bsky.social @amonwarmann.bsky.social and BFI IMAX Manager Madeleine Mullett hosted by @helenlohara.bsky.social.
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Get yourself primed with The Worlds of James Cameron at BFI Southbank on 1 Dec with @grmorgan.bsky.social @amonwarmann.bsky.social and BFI IMAX Manager Madeleine Mullett hosted by @helenlohara.bsky.social.
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
Sizzling with Nubya Garcia this evening at HERE at outernet 🎶🎵🎶🎶🎷
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sizzling with Nubya Garcia this evening at HERE at outernet 🎶🎵🎶🎶🎷
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Crazy few days visiting the Dubai Futures Forum, talking museums and science fiction with familiar faces and new friends. Just about to fly home and feel the temperature drop by 30°!
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Crazy few days visiting the Dubai Futures Forum, talking museums and science fiction with familiar faces and new friends. Just about to fly home and feel the temperature drop by 30°!
Obligatory airport photo
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Obligatory airport photo
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Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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Sky at Night always used to have an early repeat - and we're back, with our collaboration with the Curious Cases team on at 7pm tomorrow on BBC4. Please watch if you possibly can - support your local science program! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Space Mysteries: The Sky at Night Meets Curious Cases
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain join the team to answer viewers' burning queries about space.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Sky at Night always used to have an early repeat - and we're back, with our collaboration with the Curious Cases team on at 7pm tomorrow on BBC4. Please watch if you possibly can - support your local science program! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Every time I come home to North Wales the train I book back to London is cancelled. The only thing that is reliable is the unreliability! So much for my booked seat tomorrow 😞
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Every time I come home to North Wales the train I book back to London is cancelled. The only thing that is reliable is the unreliability! So much for my booked seat tomorrow 😞
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With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation - Science Museum Blog
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer—one that ‘thinks’ in quantum proba...
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
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Happy birthday to the only two women with elements named after them on the periodic table: #MarieCurie & #LiseMeitner.
As I do every year, I will once again repeat my proposal that November 7 should be International #WomenInSTEM Day!
#histSTM #chemistry #physics
#OnThisDay #OTD #PeriodicTable👩🔬🗃️📜
As I do every year, I will once again repeat my proposal that November 7 should be International #WomenInSTEM Day!
#histSTM #chemistry #physics
#OnThisDay #OTD #PeriodicTable👩🔬🗃️📜
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy birthday to the only two women with elements named after them on the periodic table: #MarieCurie & #LiseMeitner.
As I do every year, I will once again repeat my proposal that November 7 should be International #WomenInSTEM Day!
#histSTM #chemistry #physics
#OnThisDay #OTD #PeriodicTable👩🔬🗃️📜
As I do every year, I will once again repeat my proposal that November 7 should be International #WomenInSTEM Day!
#histSTM #chemistry #physics
#OnThisDay #OTD #PeriodicTable👩🔬🗃️📜
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“Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe. And their guides, the writers of fantasy, should take their responsibilities seriously."
From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, Ursula K Le Guin
From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, Ursula K Le Guin
October 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe. And their guides, the writers of fantasy, should take their responsibilities seriously."
From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, Ursula K Le Guin
From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, Ursula K Le Guin
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The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
This is such welcome news! Can't wait to see the first shortlist!
For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is such welcome news! Can't wait to see the first shortlist!
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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I have actually been thinking for a while that a modern sequel to The Blob as a climate horror, in the right hands, could be great.
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I have actually been thinking for a while that a modern sequel to The Blob as a climate horror, in the right hands, could be great.
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Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
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Absolute gold @hellohistoria.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Absolute gold @hellohistoria.bsky.social
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage