Stuart Jones
@owenthesignal.bsky.social
Trains, boats and planes. And music. And wildlife, geology, genealogy, astronomy...
All the right things, just not necessarily in the right order
Flickr: owenthesignal (rail & transport) wildspaces (photography)
All the right things, just not necessarily in the right order
Flickr: owenthesignal (rail & transport) wildspaces (photography)
Pinned
Common Blue Butterfly in the orchard
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB #BlueMonday #Bluesky #butterfly #macro #olympus #naturephotography
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB #BlueMonday #Bluesky #butterfly #macro #olympus #naturephotography
Reposted by Stuart Jones
Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
30. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 1990
Unranked Top30 list, but this and REM’s Texarkana are the 2 that I’m taking with me, if pushed.
Many Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social 👏
Sometimes tricky to keep up but glad I joined in!
Words are very unnecessary
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
30. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 1990
Unranked Top30 list, but this and REM’s Texarkana are the 2 that I’m taking with me, if pushed.
Many Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social 👏
Sometimes tricky to keep up but glad I joined in!
Words are very unnecessary
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
30. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 1990
Unranked Top30 list, but this and REM’s Texarkana are the 2 that I’m taking with me, if pushed.
Many Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social 👏
Sometimes tricky to keep up but glad I joined in!
Words are very unnecessary
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
30. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 1990
Unranked Top30 list, but this and REM’s Texarkana are the 2 that I’m taking with me, if pushed.
Many Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social 👏
Sometimes tricky to keep up but glad I joined in!
Words are very unnecessary
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
29. Radiohead - Lucky 1997
A song from OK Computer as my Radiohead choice. Perhaps not the obvious ones, but I love that guitar sound on the chorus
A song full of contradictions, which shaped the album. Good enough for me
It's gonna be a glorious day!
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
29. Radiohead - Lucky 1997
A song from OK Computer as my Radiohead choice. Perhaps not the obvious ones, but I love that guitar sound on the chorus
A song full of contradictions, which shaped the album. Good enough for me
It's gonna be a glorious day!
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
29. Radiohead - Lucky 1997
A song from OK Computer as my Radiohead choice. Perhaps not the obvious ones, but I love that guitar sound on the chorus
A song full of contradictions, which shaped the album. Good enough for me
It's gonna be a glorious day!
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
29. Radiohead - Lucky 1997
A song from OK Computer as my Radiohead choice. Perhaps not the obvious ones, but I love that guitar sound on the chorus
A song full of contradictions, which shaped the album. Good enough for me
It's gonna be a glorious day!
Reposted by Stuart Jones
#NewWaveNovember i’ll concentrate on the period 1978 - 1982. heading towards being a horrible teenager, glued to TOTP every Thursday, and falling head over heels in love with music
29. New Life - Depeche Mode (1981)
youtu.be/Vg6A3ND4-hM?...
29. New Life - Depeche Mode (1981)
youtu.be/Vg6A3ND4-hM?...
Depeche Mode - New Life (TOTP) REMASTERED - 1981 HD & HQ
YouTube video by VJ LOU (Only Video Music - HD & HQ Channel)
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#NewWaveNovember i’ll concentrate on the period 1978 - 1982. heading towards being a horrible teenager, glued to TOTP every Thursday, and falling head over heels in love with music
29. New Life - Depeche Mode (1981)
youtu.be/Vg6A3ND4-hM?...
29. New Life - Depeche Mode (1981)
youtu.be/Vg6A3ND4-hM?...
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
28. Elastica - Connection 1994
Decided finally to add this in to my list, just too good to miss. Swapped out a mainly 2000s band.
They don't understand how the last card is played
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
28. Elastica - Connection 1994
Decided finally to add this in to my list, just too good to miss. Swapped out a mainly 2000s band.
They don't understand how the last card is played
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
28. Elastica - Connection 1994
Decided finally to add this in to my list, just too good to miss. Swapped out a mainly 2000s band.
They don't understand how the last card is played
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
28. Elastica - Connection 1994
Decided finally to add this in to my list, just too good to miss. Swapped out a mainly 2000s band.
They don't understand how the last card is played
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
27. Placebo - Without You, I’m Nothing 1998
The mirror image of REM’s Texarkana - uplifting support <-> crushing weight.
Posting this now as Placebo is a late night track
I seem to lose the power of speech
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
27. Placebo - Without You, I’m Nothing 1998
The mirror image of REM’s Texarkana - uplifting support <-> crushing weight.
Posting this now as Placebo is a late night track
I seem to lose the power of speech
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
27. Placebo - Without You, I’m Nothing 1998
The mirror image of REM’s Texarkana - uplifting support <-> crushing weight.
Posting this now as Placebo is a late night track
I seem to lose the power of speech
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
27. Placebo - Without You, I’m Nothing 1998
The mirror image of REM’s Texarkana - uplifting support <-> crushing weight.
Posting this now as Placebo is a late night track
I seem to lose the power of speech
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
26. REM - Texarkana 1991
A great bass line, Mike sings, and those lyrics ✨
Forty thousand stars in the evening
Look at them fall from the sky
Forty thousand reasons for living
Forty thousand tears in your eyes
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
26. REM - Texarkana 1991
A great bass line, Mike sings, and those lyrics ✨
Forty thousand stars in the evening
Look at them fall from the sky
Forty thousand reasons for living
Forty thousand tears in your eyes
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
26. REM - Texarkana 1991
A great bass line, Mike sings, and those lyrics ✨
Forty thousand stars in the evening
Look at them fall from the sky
Forty thousand reasons for living
Forty thousand tears in your eyes
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
26. REM - Texarkana 1991
A great bass line, Mike sings, and those lyrics ✨
Forty thousand stars in the evening
Look at them fall from the sky
Forty thousand reasons for living
Forty thousand tears in your eyes
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
25. Faithless - Insomnia 1995
Well had to happen, after taking a break, I posted two for number 20 in my list! 🤦♂️
The story in the post says it all…
So Insomnia becomes #25, #26 to follow
bsky.app/profile/owen...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
25. Faithless - Insomnia 1995
Well had to happen, after taking a break, I posted two for number 20 in my list! 🤦♂️
The story in the post says it all…
So Insomnia becomes #25, #26 to follow
bsky.app/profile/owen...
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
25. Faithless - Insomnia 1995
Well had to happen, after taking a break, I posted two for number 20 in my list! 🤦♂️
The story in the post says it all…
So Insomnia becomes #25, #26 to follow
bsky.app/profile/owen...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
25. Faithless - Insomnia 1995
Well had to happen, after taking a break, I posted two for number 20 in my list! 🤦♂️
The story in the post says it all…
So Insomnia becomes #25, #26 to follow
bsky.app/profile/owen...
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Stuart Jones
Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
Reposted by Stuart Jones
Black Friday is a day to boycott billionaires.
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Black Friday is a day to boycott billionaires.
Reposted by Stuart Jones
Black Friday / Pieter Bruegel
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Black Friday / Pieter Bruegel
Reposted by Stuart Jones
I'm not doing Black Friday discounts this year.
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I'm not doing Black Friday discounts this year.
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
Reposted by Stuart Jones
Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day.
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day.
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
23. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 1991
Could have been any of half a dozen of their songs. Seeing them in Bristol was a real (but very wet) highlight
How can you have a day without a night?
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
23. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 1991
Could have been any of half a dozen of their songs. Seeing them in Bristol was a real (but very wet) highlight
How can you have a day without a night?
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
23. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 1991
Could have been any of half a dozen of their songs. Seeing them in Bristol was a real (but very wet) highlight
How can you have a day without a night?
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
23. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 1991
Could have been any of half a dozen of their songs. Seeing them in Bristol was a real (but very wet) highlight
How can you have a day without a night?
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
22. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991
Nearly went for Come As You Are, not least for the bass sound, but, you know
I’m worse at what I do best
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
22. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991
Nearly went for Come As You Are, not least for the bass sound, but, you know
I’m worse at what I do best
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
22. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991
Nearly went for Come As You Are, not least for the bass sound, but, you know
I’m worse at what I do best
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
22. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991
Nearly went for Come As You Are, not least for the bass sound, but, you know
I’m worse at what I do best
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
Elephants (pink variety)
Spotted on a wall in Southampton and flying in a beer warehouse, literally on the BE-NL border
If you are still seeing the the BE-NL border run through the middle of a beer warehouse, repeat with more beer
#beersky #bskybeer
#WeekVforVowels
Elephants (pink variety)
Spotted on a wall in Southampton and flying in a beer warehouse, literally on the BE-NL border
If you are still seeing the the BE-NL border run through the middle of a beer warehouse, repeat with more beer
#beersky #bskybeer
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
Elephants (pink variety)
Spotted on a wall in Southampton and flying in a beer warehouse, literally on the BE-NL border
If you are still seeing the the BE-NL border run through the middle of a beer warehouse, repeat with more beer
#beersky #bskybeer
#WeekVforVowels
Elephants (pink variety)
Spotted on a wall in Southampton and flying in a beer warehouse, literally on the BE-NL border
If you are still seeing the the BE-NL border run through the middle of a beer warehouse, repeat with more beer
#beersky #bskybeer
James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror / hoofdspiegel
~1/5th scale model
#JWST
#November_kiek
#weerspiegeling #reflection
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
~1/5th scale model
#JWST
#November_kiek
#weerspiegeling #reflection
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror / hoofdspiegel
~1/5th scale model
#JWST
#November_kiek
#weerspiegeling #reflection
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
~1/5th scale model
#JWST
#November_kiek
#weerspiegeling #reflection
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
21. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl 1994
Finally have a ticket to see her, next year!
You bet your life it is
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
21. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl 1994
Finally have a ticket to see her, next year!
You bet your life it is
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
21. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl 1994
Finally have a ticket to see her, next year!
You bet your life it is
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
21. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl 1994
Finally have a ticket to see her, next year!
You bet your life it is
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
20. Neil Finn - Sinner 1998
Underrated IMHO
Where's my faith, is it lost
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
20. Neil Finn - Sinner 1998
Underrated IMHO
Where's my faith, is it lost
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
20. Neil Finn - Sinner 1998
Underrated IMHO
Where's my faith, is it lost
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
20. Neil Finn - Sinner 1998
Underrated IMHO
Where's my faith, is it lost
Reposted by Stuart Jones
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
Orange bench (but only in The Netherlands).
Welcom bij Baarle-Nassau (L-NL) / Baarle-Hertog (R-BE) 🇳🇱🇧🇪
See alt-text 🤷♂️
#November_Kiek #Oranje
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
#WeekVforVowels
Orange bench (but only in The Netherlands).
Welcom bij Baarle-Nassau (L-NL) / Baarle-Hertog (R-BE) 🇳🇱🇧🇪
See alt-text 🤷♂️
#November_Kiek #Oranje
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
Orange bench (but only in The Netherlands).
Welcom bij Baarle-Nassau (L-NL) / Baarle-Hertog (R-BE) 🇳🇱🇧🇪
See alt-text 🤷♂️
#November_Kiek #Oranje
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
#WeekVforVowels
Orange bench (but only in The Netherlands).
Welcom bij Baarle-Nassau (L-NL) / Baarle-Hertog (R-BE) 🇳🇱🇧🇪
See alt-text 🤷♂️
#November_Kiek #Oranje
@ikbendaan.bsky.social
Reposted by Stuart Jones
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years