Bleddyn Bowen
@bleddb.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Astropolitics | Space warfare | Own views
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
Assuming Starmer will not cave to US threats.
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Assuming Starmer will not cave to US threats.
One stern stare and telling off from a British Officer is all that’s needed.
January 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
One stern stare and telling off from a British Officer is all that’s needed.
I have the perfect British Army officer in mind to see off the Americans.
January 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I have the perfect British Army officer in mind to see off the Americans.
I think it’s what Jim Hacker referred to as an ‘instant goodwill visit’ or a ‘routine surprise visit’.
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
I think it’s what Jim Hacker referred to as an ‘instant goodwill visit’ or a ‘routine surprise visit’.
Iesu mowredd. Greens edging out Labour into third place in a Senedd poll, and Plaid not far off a majority in a PR system. Incredible polling.
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Iesu mowredd. Greens edging out Labour into third place in a Senedd poll, and Plaid not far off a majority in a PR system. Incredible polling.
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
Oh no the Goa’ould are back!
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Oh no the Goa’ould are back!
Top notch artwork from @quietriotpod.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Top notch artwork from @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Just did an interview on Greenland (or Ynyslas as we call it) for @bbccymruwales.bsky.social and couldn't stop thinking of Ynyslas, Ceredigion, instead.
There are golf courses Trump may like, but many wind turbines he won't.
There are golf courses Trump may like, but many wind turbines he won't.
January 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Just did an interview on Greenland (or Ynyslas as we call it) for @bbccymruwales.bsky.social and couldn't stop thinking of Ynyslas, Ceredigion, instead.
There are golf courses Trump may like, but many wind turbines he won't.
There are golf courses Trump may like, but many wind turbines he won't.
Interesting stats on successful space launches for 2025 out from @illdefined.space
US: 192
China: 90
Russia: 17
Europe: 7 (that figure no doubt a huge relief to Euro space wonks and leaders)
India: 4
Japan: 3
South Korea: 1
Israel: 1
Total: 315
www.illdefined.space
US: 192
China: 90
Russia: 17
Europe: 7 (that figure no doubt a huge relief to Euro space wonks and leaders)
India: 4
Japan: 3
South Korea: 1
Israel: 1
Total: 315
www.illdefined.space
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Interesting stats on successful space launches for 2025 out from @illdefined.space
US: 192
China: 90
Russia: 17
Europe: 7 (that figure no doubt a huge relief to Euro space wonks and leaders)
India: 4
Japan: 3
South Korea: 1
Israel: 1
Total: 315
www.illdefined.space
US: 192
China: 90
Russia: 17
Europe: 7 (that figure no doubt a huge relief to Euro space wonks and leaders)
India: 4
Japan: 3
South Korea: 1
Israel: 1
Total: 315
www.illdefined.space
The answer of course is to just get a cat. Or better yet befriend a neighbour’s cat (with consent of course).
January 1, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The answer of course is to just get a cat. Or better yet befriend a neighbour’s cat (with consent of course).
In my FFVII Shinra whisky glass
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
In my FFVII Shinra whisky glass
Well I guess I better see in the new year with Northumbrian whisky.
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Well I guess I better see in the new year with Northumbrian whisky.
The devs have finally added proper heraldry to Manor Lords.
December 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The devs have finally added proper heraldry to Manor Lords.
Preview of me in 2026 talking to my neighbours, colleagues, and friends in England and outside the UK.
December 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Preview of me in 2026 talking to my neighbours, colleagues, and friends in England and outside the UK.
Ah but doing exactly the same thing as they’ve done in the drills is exactly the last thing anyone would expect!
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Ah but doing exactly the same thing as they’ve done in the drills is exactly the last thing anyone would expect!
Ok since battleships are back
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ok since battleships are back
“Where is lunch? Why are you not getting lunch? Why are you not making it now?”
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“Where is lunch? Why are you not getting lunch? Why are you not making it now?”
That was before the huge growth in constellations (not just the mega ones) that came a few years after I published that. It's still bad news but not the sudden point of no return or cutoff - things will still get worse so don't take that as complacency on my part. It's chaos, risk management.
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
That was before the huge growth in constellations (not just the mega ones) that came a few years after I published that. It's still bad news but not the sudden point of no return or cutoff - things will still get worse so don't take that as complacency on my part. It's chaos, risk management.
Welsh Labour’s stagnation plus UK Labour’s “Nigel Farage is correct but don’t vote for him” argument equals:
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Welsh Labour’s stagnation plus UK Labour’s “Nigel Farage is correct but don’t vote for him” argument equals: