#OhMG
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Ubi crustulam ibi gaudium est.
Ubi crustulam ibi gaudium est.
By all means think me a miserable git of a heathen, but it's still November FFS. Enough of Xmas jingles, carols, & Jesus already.
It totally undermines the brief midwinter* holiday itself.
(*Not currently available in the southern hemisphere.)
It totally undermines the brief midwinter* holiday itself.
(*Not currently available in the southern hemisphere.)
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
By all means think me a miserable git of a heathen, but it's still November FFS. Enough of Xmas jingles, carols, & Jesus already.
It totally undermines the brief midwinter* holiday itself.
(*Not currently available in the southern hemisphere.)
It totally undermines the brief midwinter* holiday itself.
(*Not currently available in the southern hemisphere.)
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I love this so much. Almost irrationally.
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I love this so much. Almost irrationally.
Progress after 7 bedtimes: 173/445pp
A slow reader (internalised voice artists (fiction), Radio 4 announcer (non-fiction)), last night was particularly tense as 3 Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus massacred by Germanic tribes at the Teutoburg Pass.
Bit of a setback.
Augustus howling 💙📚💡
A slow reader (internalised voice artists (fiction), Radio 4 announcer (non-fiction)), last night was particularly tense as 3 Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus massacred by Germanic tribes at the Teutoburg Pass.
Bit of a setback.
Augustus howling 💙📚💡
Next off the shelf is🥁
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar, by Tom Holland (2015). Picks up where Rubicon (2003) left off. Featuring Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Expect violence & scenes of a sexual nature. A 24 hour help line is available, blah, blah, blah...
💙📚💡
Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar, by Tom Holland (2015). Picks up where Rubicon (2003) left off. Featuring Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Expect violence & scenes of a sexual nature. A 24 hour help line is available, blah, blah, blah...
💙📚💡
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Progress after 7 bedtimes: 173/445pp
A slow reader (internalised voice artists (fiction), Radio 4 announcer (non-fiction)), last night was particularly tense as 3 Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus massacred by Germanic tribes at the Teutoburg Pass.
Bit of a setback.
Augustus howling 💙📚💡
A slow reader (internalised voice artists (fiction), Radio 4 announcer (non-fiction)), last night was particularly tense as 3 Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus massacred by Germanic tribes at the Teutoburg Pass.
Bit of a setback.
Augustus howling 💙📚💡
Well, let me tell you... I bought zero 'bargains' on Black Friday. Furthermore, I expect to purchase zero 'bargains' on Grey Saturday as well.
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Well, let me tell you... I bought zero 'bargains' on Black Friday. Furthermore, I expect to purchase zero 'bargains' on Grey Saturday as well.
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“Get out of my fucking seat.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Get out of my fucking seat.”
I knew it!
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I knew it!
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
I said Simon Cowell was a jellyfish, but did you believe me? Oh no... you accused me of being on the little mushrooms again.
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One of my favourite jobs of each year, filming the autumn production from @kes-drama.bsky.social at
@kes-stratford.bsky.social
This year it’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, which I’ve never seen… until now.
@kes-stratford.bsky.social
This year it’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, which I’ve never seen… until now.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One of my favourite jobs of each year, filming the autumn production from @kes-drama.bsky.social at
@kes-stratford.bsky.social
This year it’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, which I’ve never seen… until now.
@kes-stratford.bsky.social
This year it’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, which I’ve never seen… until now.
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Vermin of the sky. Well done, mankind, well done.
☄️🔭
☄️🔭
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Vermin of the sky. Well done, mankind, well done.
☄️🔭
☄️🔭
🌞 Nervous flyer? 🌞
Fly by wire? More like fly by seat of the pants.
BBC News - Passengers face disruption as Airbus makes software updates to thousands of planes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fly by wire? More like fly by seat of the pants.
BBC News - Passengers face disruption as Airbus makes software updates to thousands of planes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Passengers face disruption as Airbus makes software updates to thousands of planes
About 6,000 planes are thought to be affected, about half the European aerospace giant's global fleet.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🌞 Nervous flyer? 🌞
Fly by wire? More like fly by seat of the pants.
BBC News - Passengers face disruption as Airbus makes software updates to thousands of planes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fly by wire? More like fly by seat of the pants.
BBC News - Passengers face disruption as Airbus makes software updates to thousands of planes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Growth and security at the forefront in UK funding boost for European Space Agency.
"Evaluation shows that every £1 invested in ESA returns £7.49 in direct benefits to the UK economy."
That's one (relatively) small investment, one giant return for Britkind. 🔭🧪🚀
tinyurl.com/3pcun5yn
"Evaluation shows that every £1 invested in ESA returns £7.49 in direct benefits to the UK economy."
That's one (relatively) small investment, one giant return for Britkind. 🔭🧪🚀
tinyurl.com/3pcun5yn
Growth and security at the forefront in UK funding boost for European Space Agency
The UK’s economy and security will benefit from a new £1.7 billion investment package in European Space Agency (ESA) programmes.
tinyurl.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Growth and security at the forefront in UK funding boost for European Space Agency.
"Evaluation shows that every £1 invested in ESA returns £7.49 in direct benefits to the UK economy."
That's one (relatively) small investment, one giant return for Britkind. 🔭🧪🚀
tinyurl.com/3pcun5yn
"Evaluation shows that every £1 invested in ESA returns £7.49 in direct benefits to the UK economy."
That's one (relatively) small investment, one giant return for Britkind. 🔭🧪🚀
tinyurl.com/3pcun5yn
A month ago I 'binned' a novel by Japanese crime writer Seichi Yokomizo.
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A month ago I 'binned' a novel by Japanese crime writer Seichi Yokomizo.
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
Yesterday in Oxford I spotted this new Penguin Modern Classics edition of (IMO) a much more interesting Japanese writer, Seichō Matsumoto - A Quiet Place (1971).
Not that I need any more books just now, but...
#BookSky 📚💙
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Who doesn’t like a heaping helping of thermostabilized wet meat product on Thanksgiving? Behold of a turkey with gravy prototype for NASA’s Apollo program, cooked up by the kitchen labs at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in 1969.
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Who doesn’t like a heaping helping of thermostabilized wet meat product on Thanksgiving? Behold of a turkey with gravy prototype for NASA’s Apollo program, cooked up by the kitchen labs at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in 1969.
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*GARGANTUAN* 💥
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
*GARGANTUAN* 💥
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Same selection they have on the filling station forecourt any time of the year. They just change the sign now and then.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Same selection they have on the filling station forecourt any time of the year. They just change the sign now and then.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
You can't fuel me Morrisons.
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Happy #Thanksgiving to all our American friends. 🦃
(Turkeys in North Ronaldsay, #Orkney in the 1930s. Taken by Dr Beatrice Garvie)
(Turkeys in North Ronaldsay, #Orkney in the 1930s. Taken by Dr Beatrice Garvie)
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy #Thanksgiving to all our American friends. 🦃
(Turkeys in North Ronaldsay, #Orkney in the 1930s. Taken by Dr Beatrice Garvie)
(Turkeys in North Ronaldsay, #Orkney in the 1930s. Taken by Dr Beatrice Garvie)
In other news...
I have a letter in this week's Stratford Herald 🎉 re the South Warwickshire Local Plan & questioning the logic of a local climate action bod. (No, I've not suddenly gone all Trump -y!)
Not reproducing here (yet) as it's not good form. You'll just have to buy one or subscribe.
I have a letter in this week's Stratford Herald 🎉 re the South Warwickshire Local Plan & questioning the logic of a local climate action bod. (No, I've not suddenly gone all Trump -y!)
Not reproducing here (yet) as it's not good form. You'll just have to buy one or subscribe.
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
In other news...
I have a letter in this week's Stratford Herald 🎉 re the South Warwickshire Local Plan & questioning the logic of a local climate action bod. (No, I've not suddenly gone all Trump -y!)
Not reproducing here (yet) as it's not good form. You'll just have to buy one or subscribe.
I have a letter in this week's Stratford Herald 🎉 re the South Warwickshire Local Plan & questioning the logic of a local climate action bod. (No, I've not suddenly gone all Trump -y!)
Not reproducing here (yet) as it's not good form. You'll just have to buy one or subscribe.
This morning I woke up with the line "Wake up, stand up, strut your funky stuff, sure enough", which I have now Googled.
Apparently it's the lyric of a 1979 hit by an American disco group called Frantique.🤣
This, surely, is a sign of early onset dementia.
Apparently it's the lyric of a 1979 hit by an American disco group called Frantique.🤣
This, surely, is a sign of early onset dementia.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This morning I woke up with the line "Wake up, stand up, strut your funky stuff, sure enough", which I have now Googled.
Apparently it's the lyric of a 1979 hit by an American disco group called Frantique.🤣
This, surely, is a sign of early onset dementia.
Apparently it's the lyric of a 1979 hit by an American disco group called Frantique.🤣
This, surely, is a sign of early onset dementia.
I've just finished S.5 of Slow Horses (Apple TV). IMO it's the most entertaining yet. Furthermore, I am prepared to wrestle anyone who disagrees with me.
I also enjoyed the nod to Paddington Bear. Child & parent on street where Claude Whelan lives. Yeah, you're just have to watch ep6 again!)
I also enjoyed the nod to Paddington Bear. Child & parent on street where Claude Whelan lives. Yeah, you're just have to watch ep6 again!)
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I've just finished S.5 of Slow Horses (Apple TV). IMO it's the most entertaining yet. Furthermore, I am prepared to wrestle anyone who disagrees with me.
I also enjoyed the nod to Paddington Bear. Child & parent on street where Claude Whelan lives. Yeah, you're just have to watch ep6 again!)
I also enjoyed the nod to Paddington Bear. Child & parent on street where Claude Whelan lives. Yeah, you're just have to watch ep6 again!)
BBC News - Farage the UK traitor whose fanaticism is costing the country £4bn a year says:
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
BBC News - Farage the UK traitor whose fanaticism is costing the country £4bn a year says:
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
"We are in an economic doom loop and no one seems to recognise it."
Oh, we recognise it. Thanks to your fuckwittery. Just as we remember the riots you caused in 2024. You're an arsehole.
One delicious lunch later... as you can see from this picture of University Church of St Mary the Virgin it was a glorious late autumn afternoon.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One delicious lunch later... as you can see from this picture of University Church of St Mary the Virgin it was a glorious late autumn afternoon.
I am in Quod, Oxford, listening to someone reading out every bloody single line of Rachel Reeves budget to her husband on the next table.
Who needs a radio?
Who needs a radio?
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am in Quod, Oxford, listening to someone reading out every bloody single line of Rachel Reeves budget to her husband on the next table.
Who needs a radio?
Who needs a radio?
Figures.
>>BBC News - Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain 🧪
www.bbc.com/news/article...
>>BBC News - Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain 🧪
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Figures.
>>BBC News - Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain 🧪
www.bbc.com/news/article...
>>BBC News - Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain 🧪
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yellow car.
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yellow car.
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
(NB. In this house the game has always been known as 'banana car'.
Also, AI generated image, but same rules apply.)
Today is No Social Media Day.
D'oh.
D'oh.
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today is No Social Media Day.
D'oh.
D'oh.
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🧵Why I'm loving cluster photometry. Point a telescope, measure brightness in B and V filters, and suddenly thousands of stars tell a single story: temperature, evolution stage, and where the cluster sits in space. Short, sharp, and addictive. 1/6 🧪🔭
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🧵Why I'm loving cluster photometry. Point a telescope, measure brightness in B and V filters, and suddenly thousands of stars tell a single story: temperature, evolution stage, and where the cluster sits in space. Short, sharp, and addictive. 1/6 🧪🔭