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Ian Atkin 🇪🇺🌻 M9IAN 📻
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PhD chemical engineering, nuclear process engineer, Independent Birchwood Town Councillor, EV owner, avgeek, Catholic, #ActuallyAutistic, amateur radio operator M9IAN (ex 2E1IAN, M7TKN)
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ianatkin.bsky.social
The fruits of my "betta" testing of the VarAC Wednesday Superstation app
#AmateurRadio
Certificate titled "Superstation Public Beta, November 2025" with bold black text and ornate blue border. Illustration shows five focused men in headphones, one holding a fishbowl with a colorful betta fish. Humorous tone.
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
ianatkin.bsky.social
This is utter insanity... 11 hours in so far...
www.youtube.com/live/Xnz6os7...
Alex Horne’s 24-Hour LIVE Endurance Challenge for Stand Up To Cancer!
YouTube video by Channel 4 Entertainment
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December 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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sirpaintalot.bsky.social
Throwback to when Roses were worth buying
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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alisonatkin.bsky.social
Vamos a viajar a Tenerife el enerno que vienes. ¿Hay una lista online de artistas independientes? Si compraré cosas quisiera comprar locale. Me interesan las cerámicas especialmente!
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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alisonatkin.bsky.social
When you live in a country where it starts to feel dark at 2pm, apparently you start doing this
A house in the dark, with colourful lights across the front, just above ground story window height. In the windows above there are strings of star lights. It all feels very warm and yellow. You can also just see to the right, in the back garden, more lights, with a bluer tone.
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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sicktodeath.bsky.social
We love when our visitors share medical history stories with us - and this one, about a family connection to the history of iodine was so interesting we just had to share it with you! Do you have an interesting story or a link to medical history in your past? Let us know in the replies!
1 Text: Some of you may have experienced the sting of iodine yourself. Ouch - indeed! But did you know about its significant link to British medical history? Part of a collage image that joins together as you scroll left to right. A scrapbook effect with a green background under the text. A photo of a young white boy and his mother in a 1960s kitchen having a plaster applied to his knee, there are graphic red ‘zaps’ above his head. At the right is most of a glass bottle labelled Tincture of Iodine that crosses over into the next image.* 2 Text: We were very interested to learn more about Dr J Lionel Stretton of Kidderminster, who was instrumental in the development of tincture of iodine, when his great grandson Chris visited Sick to Death last month. Continuing the scrapbook feel, a black and white sepia photograph of a middle aged white man with a large moustache, in a suit and tie, is framed in old fashioned photo album corner.* From the left the iodine bottle is visible and to the right is the handle of a scalpel. 3 Text: Humans have been performing surgeries for thousands of years, but one of the main causes of death and complications over that time wasn’t necessarily the surgery itself, but the infections that could set in afterwards. Underneath the text is a brown piece of card and some masking tape. The blade of a scalpel is seen on the left. There is a black and white woodcut image of a man having his leg amputated by three other men, it’s been frames with an over the top gilded ornate frame. To the right are some green oversized bacteria and part of an orange high vis bag. 4 Text: In the early 1900s, at a time when many doctors and surgeons were working to improve upon early antiseptics to reduce infections post-surgery, Dr Stretton was focused on the refinement of tincture of iodine. His 2.5% solution, tincture of iodine BP (British Pharmacopoeia), was first published in 1909 in the British Medical Journal and soon became the standard used around the world – it can still be found in many first aid kits and emergency survival kits today! The top of this image shows a piece of white card with some tape in the corners. The text on the bottom half is backed by green paper. To the left the other half of the bacteria graphic and the orange high vis bag can be seen (it is now obviously a first aid kit). In between the paragraphs of text is half of a screenshot for the British Medical Jo(the rest carries on in the next image). London: Saturday October 15th, (the rest carries on in the next image).
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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gm8arv.bsky.social
M 7.6 #earthquake 73 km ENE of Misawa, #Japan as seen in #Edinburgh on my @raspishake.bsky.social. @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/....
M 7.6 #earthquake 73 km ENE of Misawa, #Japan as seen in #Edinburgh on my @raspishake.bsky.social.
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ianatkin.bsky.social
Couple of great long QSOs on 20m VarAC this afternoon with Dietrich DC3XN and Mike F4WCW

Unusually good condx, Mike and I sent each other file transfers at over 1kbps!

#AmateurRadio
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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warringtonguardian.bsky.social
MP praises work of Sellafield teams in Warrington
MP praises work of Sellafield teams in Warrington
CHARLOTTE Nichols MP has praised the impressive work taking place at Sellafield’s Warrington base.
dlvr.it
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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petergibbs.bsky.social
Nothing on the telly tonight? How about a live volcanic eruption
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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zxguesser.bsky.social
It's still a work in progress, but seems stable enough for "public beta", so by popular demand here's a standalone version of the parametric clock generator I recently added to my online teletext viewer:
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
Recreated BBC1 clock circa 1991 BBC Two Northern Ireland clock 1970s mechanical BBC1 clock 1980s electronic BBC1 clock
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
The image is of a comic titled "Winter." Panel one depicts monarch butterflies flying. They say, "We take a long journey south." Panel two depicts a bear hibernating underground. It says, "I fall into a deep, impenetrable sleep." Panel three depicts a squirrel holding an acorn, with other nuts scattered around it. Off camera, someone asks, "How do YOU survive?" Panel four depicts the squirrel having grown enormously round after having eaten all the nuts.
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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duncanweldon.bsky.social
Starting to suspect FIFA might not be an entirely reputable organisation.
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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arissintl.bsky.social
SSTV Series 30-1 is underway from RS-38S.

Thanks to PU4ELT and CX8AF for reception reports on X during a pass over South America this evening.
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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gm8arv.bsky.social
M 3.4 #earthquake 3 km E of Warton, Lancashire, United Kingdom as seen on my @raspishake.bsky.social USGS details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000rff7/executive
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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arissintl.bsky.social
ARISS Ops is anticipating the SSTV Series 30-1 event from satellite RS-38S will start around 00:01 UTC on Friday 05-Dec. (7:01 PM ET Thu 04-Dec).

Event is expected to run until December 13. Details in the graphic.
Alt text for the image:SSTV Series 30 from Satellite RS-38S (International Space Station)Upcoming transmissions of Series 30 images will be from RS-38S on 437.825 MHz in Robot 36 mode.Here’s the latest as of 03-December:Start Date: 05-Dec around 00:01 UTC (04-Dec ~7:01 PM ET) Images: 12 Series-30 images Satellite: RS-38S (NORAD 57189), also known as "VIZARD-meteo" Frequency: 437.825 MHz (+/− Doppler shift) Mode: Robot 36 Timing: 36 seconds on, 2–3 minutes off End Date: 13-Dec around 23:59 UTC (6:59 PM ET) Awards: Certificates will be available via the ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV gallery.Features ARISS logo, Jamboree On The Air October 2025 photo of Frank Culbertson, and ISS 25-year anniversary patch.
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
Hello again London! I’m very happy to announce I’ll be doing a set of live comics readings as part of my upcoming show, and Alex Norris will be joining me on Friday! Free for all to attend:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975588188...
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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hb9vqq.bsky.social
HF DX band conditions and 24h forecast powered by AI, always on https://grafana.gafner.net/goto/xBW9YOWDg?orgId=1 #hamradio #HFPropagation
HF DX Band Conditions Dashboard showing 10m and 15m band forecasts
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
ianatkin.bsky.social
Happy cheap fairy lights QRM season to all who celebrate! 🥳 🎉
#AmateurRadio
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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georgeeaton.bsky.social
Starmer declaring “we have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU” is a significant moment.

Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
Savings Safety Limit increased TODAY. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme limit is now £120,000 per person per financial institution (it was £85,000).

The lifetime events (eg inheritance, house sale) rule is now £1.4m per person per institution for 6mths (was £1m)
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ianatkin.bsky.social
Pleased to discover that, despite dumping TNT Sports, I can still watch the #biathlon for free on the Eurovision Sport app ⛷️
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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stansaidairport.bsky.social
Right, that's the Airbus updates done, next job...

#SolarFlares
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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petergibbs.bsky.social
This Dutch government booklet dropped through the door of my son's flat in Amsterdam today. The translated page gives a flavour of the contents. We live in interesting times.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
ianatkin.bsky.social
As it was so eloquently put on the OARC Discord... KEVIN!!
app.airframes.io/messages/592...
Airframes
app.airframes.io
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM