Paul Parsons
@nasaproplus.bsky.social
Sports quant, science writer, cosmology PhD. Works at Botsphere. Ex science ed at BBC magazines. Represented by Curious Minds literary agency.
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A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.
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This is NOT FUNNY AT ALL (giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...).
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is NOT FUNNY AT ALL (giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...).
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My old friend and accomplice Robert Matthews, turning science into entertainment like only he can www.facebook.com/brandstorybo...
Created by the agency MRM Spain, the Anti-Murphy's Law Toast campaign includes a documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of this unique project. The film explores the scientific research that...
Created by the agency MRM Spain, the Anti-Murphy's Law Toast campaign includes a documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes of this unique project. The film explores the scientific research...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
My old friend and accomplice Robert Matthews, turning science into entertainment like only he can www.facebook.com/brandstorybo...
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Had hayfever symptoms all weekend. Now just been to the allotment to find asparagus shoots coming up (not normally due until ~April). The climate is buggered.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Had hayfever symptoms all weekend. Now just been to the allotment to find asparagus shoots coming up (not normally due until ~April). The climate is buggered.
I thought this was a joke... £195 for a beef Wellington, anyone?? (Don't rush - they've sold out...). I hope M&S are giving some cash to Crisis and @sheltercharity.bsky.social this Christmas christmasfood.marksandspencer.com/cfto-filet-o...
Collection Fillet of British Beef Wellington by Tom Kerridge (Serves 6)
This whopper of a Wellington is the ultimate Christmas Eve showstopper. The most tender British beef fillet is encased in a portobello mushroom and smooth chicken mousse duxelles, with a luxurious hin...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I thought this was a joke... £195 for a beef Wellington, anyone?? (Don't rush - they've sold out...). I hope M&S are giving some cash to Crisis and @sheltercharity.bsky.social this Christmas christmasfood.marksandspencer.com/cfto-filet-o...
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Not really doing anything much for Safer Gambling Week this year, just having a quiet one at home with the family. It's definitely become too commercialised these days.
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not really doing anything much for Safer Gambling Week this year, just having a quiet one at home with the family. It's definitely become too commercialised these days.
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"If the Greens overtake Labour in the polls, it will become harder for Labour to make the case that a vote for Polanski is a vote for Farage." www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
The Green surge is about to break Labour
Polanski's increasing popularity has huge implications for the future of British politics
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November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"If the Greens overtake Labour in the polls, it will become harder for Labour to make the case that a vote for Polanski is a vote for Farage." www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Wikipedia says Shaheen is an academic. BBCQT implies you can’t trust what she says b/c she’s an ‘activist’. Someone who Wikipedia calls ‘a former academic’ who now campaigns for Reform & wants to be its first Home Secretary is an ‘academic & author’ who you can trust. Maybe they use Grokipedia now.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀
October 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀
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As someone with autism, I’m tired
of hearing the same false “causes” over
and over Tylenol, vaccines, you name it.
#Autism isn’t a conspiracy or a mystery
to scare people about. If you want to
understand, start by listening to us.
of hearing the same false “causes” over
and over Tylenol, vaccines, you name it.
#Autism isn’t a conspiracy or a mystery
to scare people about. If you want to
understand, start by listening to us.
September 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As someone with autism, I’m tired
of hearing the same false “causes” over
and over Tylenol, vaccines, you name it.
#Autism isn’t a conspiracy or a mystery
to scare people about. If you want to
understand, start by listening to us.
of hearing the same false “causes” over
and over Tylenol, vaccines, you name it.
#Autism isn’t a conspiracy or a mystery
to scare people about. If you want to
understand, start by listening to us.
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Here's a better idea: every data centre you build, you build enough renewable energy to power it, and you supply the waste heat from your cooling system to power homes and businesses nearby. Simple. Common sense. And fair.
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Here's a better idea: every data centre you build, you build enough renewable energy to power it, and you supply the waste heat from your cooling system to power homes and businesses nearby. Simple. Common sense. And fair.
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Gregg Wallace is available
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Gregg Wallace is available
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All those deaths of innocent people that receive silence and yet so many feel that one death of someone who spoke against empathy and for the necessary death of innocent people to ensure the right to be armed and so many feel they must be public in their condolences and compassion for this one life
September 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
All those deaths of innocent people that receive silence and yet so many feel that one death of someone who spoke against empathy and for the necessary death of innocent people to ensure the right to be armed and so many feel they must be public in their condolences and compassion for this one life
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Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
September 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
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Another day where elderly people who are against genocide are the villains and far right thugs have “legitimate concerns”
Robinince.com
Robinince.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Another day where elderly people who are against genocide are the villains and far right thugs have “legitimate concerns”
Robinince.com
Robinince.com
Good day to be a newt
September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Good day to be a newt
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'This country needs migrants'
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
'This country needs migrants'
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
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![Comic. A snake slithers around a hypercube. No two non-consecutive parts of its coils can be on adjacent corners. [Three small 4-dimensional hypercubes showing disallowed options with one large cube with snake wrapped around it. Dimensions = 4. Max Length - 7.] Snake(N) = Longest snake that can fit in an n-dimensional hypercube. Snake(N=1, 2, 3…8) = 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 26, 50, 98. Snake(N>8) = UNSOLVED. [caption] It turns out every scientific field has a key thought experiment that involves putting a cute animal in a weird box for no reason. So far, quantum mechanics and graph theory have found theirs, but most other fields are still working on it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicjbjwxfe3ef6styvrvsjtt63znh24tfuqxlceewi3b6t7zfu756i@jpeg)
August 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM