Michael Alexander Kearsley
@michaelkearsley.bsky.social
Planet Earth. Still on "𝕏", I'm not sure for how long.🐦
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🏞️🌲Northern English & Scottish🏞️🌲
https://www.threads.net/@michaelkearsley
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An Astrophysicist Proposes We Send a Spacecraft to Visit a Black Hole
Black holes are some of the most mysterious objects in the Universe – a reputation not helped by the difficulty of studying them.
www.sciencealert.com
Will need development of much more powerful engines for such a mission to be viable. #Voyager1 isn't quite a light day away yet, takes 23 hours for a signal from Voyager 1 to reach #Earth, over 20 #lightyears takes 20 years, 40 light years takes 40 years.
#LabourParty would probably lose a #parliamentarybyelection there at the moment, might well come 4th.
It's the media driving all this talk, they want the whole #musicalleaders thing that #ConsParty did, it's not the way Labour do things.
It's the media driving all this talk, they want the whole #musicalleaders thing that #ConsParty did, it's not the way Labour do things.
Labour’s Andrew Gwynne says he has no plans to give up seat for Andy Burnham
Labour’s Andrew Gwynne says he has no plans to give up seat for Andy Burnham
Exclusive: MP dismisses as ‘idle speculation’ reports he could resign as part of ‘coup’ against Keir Starmer
The former health minister Andrew Gwynne has dismissed as “idle speculation” reports he could resign his seat as part of an Andy Burnham “coup” against Keir Starmer.
Allies of Burnham were reported on Sunday to have identified a shortlist of seats to allow the Greater Manchester mayor to return to Westminster in the new year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#LabourParty would probably lose a #parliamentarybyelection there at the moment, might well come 4th.
It's the media driving all this talk, they want the whole #musicalleaders thing that #ConsParty did, it's not the way Labour do things.
It's the media driving all this talk, they want the whole #musicalleaders thing that #ConsParty did, it's not the way Labour do things.
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Farage just said “I didn’t wear a mask last time and I won’t wear them this time. This is nonsense.”
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Farage just said “I didn’t wear a mask last time and I won’t wear them this time. This is nonsense.”
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…
Here he is, not only wearing a mask, but also getting vaccinated…
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
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Person of interest held in hunt for gunman who killed 2 at Brown University https://aje.io/bj42vq
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Person of interest held in hunt for gunman who killed 2 at Brown University https://aje.io/bj42vq
This is how people who eat milky bars day in and day out end up!
December 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is how people who eat milky bars day in and day out end up!
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Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
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Cheering, then lie and blame the democrats
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Cheering, then lie and blame the democrats
#PopularAlliance was the name of a party 13 years ago that brokeaway from #UKIP, they had some councillors for a bit before disbanding.
Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name
Leftwing party asks members to pick between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#PopularAlliance was the name of a party 13 years ago that brokeaway from #UKIP, they had some councillors for a bit before disbanding.
I notice that "#YourParty" officially has 1 MP on the #HouseofCommons site.
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I notice that "#YourParty" officially has 1 MP on the #HouseofCommons site.
#UdoKeir dead at age of 81.
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#UdoKeir dead at age of 81.
"#YourParty" running out of MPs rapidly.
Another MP quits crisis-stricken Your Party in blow for Corbyn and Sultana
Iqbal Mohamed’s departure comes just one week after Adnan Hussain pulled out of the Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana-led project
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"#YourParty" running out of MPs rapidly.
Facebook have changed things so that only posts with photos and videos can be added to albums, the gits!
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Facebook have changed things so that only posts with photos and videos can be added to albums, the gits!
"X" is down.
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"X" is down.
Serious #securitybreach.
Two men arrested after phone hidden in Commons to ‘play sex noises during PMQs’
A man in his 30s and a man in his 60s have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to intentionally cause a public nuisance
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Serious #securitybreach.
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Now that I'm done attending Gerontology Society of America's convention: it excites me how many researchers there are looking into home and community-based services. Such important work.
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Now that I'm done attending Gerontology Society of America's convention: it excites me how many researchers there are looking into home and community-based services. Such important work.
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Analysis: The Post found that documents recounting President Ronald Reagan’s relations with the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, have been removed.
The State Department had deleted history.
The State Department had deleted history.
Analysis | State Department deleted records about risk of inadvertent nuclear war
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Analysis: The Post found that documents recounting President Ronald Reagan’s relations with the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, have been removed.
The State Department had deleted history.
The State Department had deleted history.
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Iran's deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said his country's nuclear program is still "intact" despite US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities earlier this year. https://cnn.it/3LOljVL
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Iran's deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said his country's nuclear program is still "intact" despite US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities earlier this year. https://cnn.it/3LOljVL
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Welker to Sen. John Barrasso on healthcare: "What I hear you saying is there's no plan, there's no bill." (Note that he doesn't try to refute her claim!)
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Welker to Sen. John Barrasso on healthcare: "What I hear you saying is there's no plan, there's no bill." (Note that he doesn't try to refute her claim!)
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Bangladesh tense ahead of ousted PM Hasina's verdict reut.rs/4oPRL98
Bangladesh tense ahead of ousted PM Hasina's verdict
Several crude bombs exploded in Dhaka on Sunday, police said. No casualties were reported.
reut.rs
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bangladesh tense ahead of ousted PM Hasina's verdict reut.rs/4oPRL98
My phone somehow lost all details of connected devices, had to re-pair my bluetooth headphones.
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My phone somehow lost all details of connected devices, had to re-pair my bluetooth headphones.
I think it's what would be expected from a Universe where a fixed amount of matter and energy is spreading across an expanding space. It will tend to get colder.
Scientists Discover That the Universe Is Getting Worse and Worse
An analysis of millions of galaxies found that the universe is barreling towards what is literally a much darker future.
futurism.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I think it's what would be expected from a Universe where a fixed amount of matter and energy is spreading across an expanding space. It will tend to get colder.