Peter Coles
@telescoper.bsky.social
Theoretical astrophysicist specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it. Based in Ireland. Personal account. Call me old-fashioned but I don't like fascists. He/him/his.
Blog: telescoper.blog
Blog: telescoper.blog
Oh God. Kill me now.
ChatGPT has introduced a new “shopping research” tool that generates gift guides on request.
Would you use AI to do your Christmas shoppings? jrnl.ie/6885873
Would you use AI to do your Christmas shoppings? jrnl.ie/6885873
Would you use ChatGPT to shop for Christmas presents?
The chatbot can now generate shopping guides based on users’ preferences and budgets.
jrnl.ie
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oh God. Kill me now.
Me, to French person: "Que voulez-vous dire par « L'humeur Anglais » ?"
French person, to me: "I mean the kind of humour which is not funny.."
French person, to me: "I mean the kind of humour which is not funny.."
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Me, to French person: "Que voulez-vous dire par « L'humeur Anglais » ?"
French person, to me: "I mean the kind of humour which is not funny.."
French person, to me: "I mean the kind of humour which is not funny.."
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“[W]hen I hear Farage talking about rounding up & deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, & threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me & telling me that “Hitler was right”.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“[W]hen I hear Farage talking about rounding up & deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, & threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me & telling me that “Hitler was right”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people? Deeply empathetic essay from Kathy Sheridan. The take of the young girl at the centre of transphobic outrage at a match is a horror story, but this where transphobia takes people! #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Kathy Sheridan: Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people?
Number of trans people in Irish society is tiny – and each one is a human being
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people? Deeply empathetic essay from Kathy Sheridan. The take of the young girl at the centre of transphobic outrage at a match is a horror story, but this where transphobia takes people! #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Funnily enough, I am coming to the opposite conclusion about journalists...
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Funnily enough, I am coming to the opposite conclusion about journalists...
My Lovely Airport
The Dáil has heard a suggestion that Dublin Airport be named after the former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.
Any counteroffers?
Any counteroffers?
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My Lovely Airport
Funnily enough, I am coming to the opposite conclusion about journalists...
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Funnily enough, I am coming to the opposite conclusion about journalists...
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To Greatorex’s, where I staid and talked with him, and got him to mend my pocket ruler for me.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
In-Tray
Yesterday I came across the old cartoon shown above and shared it on Bluesky. It seemed to cause some amusement so I thought I'd share it here too. The in-tray reminds me of when I (briefly) worked in industry during the 80s. There was a guy in our large open-plan office who had two trays…
Yesterday I came across the old cartoon shown above and shared it on Bluesky. It seemed to cause some amusement so I thought I'd share it here too. The in-tray reminds me of when I (briefly) worked in industry during the 80s. There was a guy in our large open-plan office who had two trays…
In-Tray
Yesterday I came across the old cartoon shown above and shared it on Bluesky. It seemed to cause some amusement so I thought I'd share it here too. The in-tray reminds me of when I (briefly) worked in industry during the 80s. There was a guy in our large open-plan office who had two trays on his desk, one with a sign marked "IN" and the other with a sign marked "OUT".
telescoper.blog
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In-Tray
Yesterday I came across the old cartoon shown above and shared it on Bluesky. It seemed to cause some amusement so I thought I'd share it here too. The in-tray reminds me of when I (briefly) worked in industry during the 80s. There was a guy in our large open-plan office who had two trays…
Yesterday I came across the old cartoon shown above and shared it on Bluesky. It seemed to cause some amusement so I thought I'd share it here too. The in-tray reminds me of when I (briefly) worked in industry during the 80s. There was a guy in our large open-plan office who had two trays…
A month to go
I've been a bit preoccupied these recent weeks so it was with a shock that I realised that we're into Week 9, which means just four weeks (including this one) until the end of term and just a month before Christmas. Teaching finishes here in Maynooth on Friday 19th December, but I…
I've been a bit preoccupied these recent weeks so it was with a shock that I realised that we're into Week 9, which means just four weeks (including this one) until the end of term and just a month before Christmas. Teaching finishes here in Maynooth on Friday 19th December, but I…
A month to go
I've been a bit preoccupied these recent weeks so it was with a shock that I realised that we're into Week 9, which means just four weeks (including this one) until the end of term and just a month before Christmas. Teaching finishes here in Maynooth on Friday 19th December, but I don't have any lectures on Fridays so in my case it will finish the day before (with a tutorial).
telescoper.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A month to go
I've been a bit preoccupied these recent weeks so it was with a shock that I realised that we're into Week 9, which means just four weeks (including this one) until the end of term and just a month before Christmas. Teaching finishes here in Maynooth on Friday 19th December, but I…
I've been a bit preoccupied these recent weeks so it was with a shock that I realised that we're into Week 9, which means just four weeks (including this one) until the end of term and just a month before Christmas. Teaching finishes here in Maynooth on Friday 19th December, but I…
This reminds me of when I worked in industry there was a guy in the office who had two trays on his desk, one with a sign marked "IN" and the other with a sign marked "OUT". He never touched the stuff in his in-tray but just before he left work on Fridays he would swap the two signs...
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This reminds me of when I worked in industry there was a guy in the office who had two trays on his desk, one with a sign marked "IN" and the other with a sign marked "OUT". He never touched the stuff in his in-tray but just before he left work on Fridays he would swap the two signs...
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A huge ECJ win for many same-sex couples in Europe
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A huge ECJ win for many same-sex couples in Europe
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Money and Open Access
Wouldn't you and your institution rather keep your grant funds to spend on research than hand it over - directly or indirectly - to publishers? I know I would!
Wouldn't you and your institution rather keep your grant funds to spend on research than hand it over - directly or indirectly - to publishers? I know I would!
Money and Open Access
Wouldn't you and your institution rather keep your grant funds to spend on research than hand it over - directly or indirectly - to publishers? I know I would!
telescoper.blog
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Money and Open Access
Wouldn't you and your institution rather keep your grant funds to spend on research than hand it over - directly or indirectly - to publishers? I know I would!
Wouldn't you and your institution rather keep your grant funds to spend on research than hand it over - directly or indirectly - to publishers? I know I would!
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New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "A Targeted Gamma-Ray Search of Five Prominent Galaxy Merger Systems with 17 years of Fermi-LAT Data" by Siddhant Manna and Shantanu Desai (IIT Hyderabad Kandi, India)
doi.org/10.33232/001...
doi.org/10.33232/001...
A Targeted Gamma-Ray Search of Five Prominent Galaxy Merger Systems with 17 years of Fermi-LAT Data | Published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics
By Siddhant Manna, Shantanu Desai. A search for gamma-ray emissioni in Fermi-LAT data from five merging galaxy systems with marginal detections for two of them
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics: "A Targeted Gamma-Ray Search of Five Prominent Galaxy Merger Systems with 17 years of Fermi-LAT Data" by Siddhant Manna and Shantanu Desai (IIT Hyderabad Kandi, India)
doi.org/10.33232/001...
doi.org/10.33232/001...
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why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
Suddenly, I am reminded of Private Eye's spoof film"They Flew To Bruges"... (for details, see page 94).
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Suddenly, I am reminded of Private Eye's spoof film"They Flew To Bruges"... (for details, see page 94).
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Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
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November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Irish President Catherine Connolly sends message of support on Transgender Day of Remembrance #SpéirGorm