Bleddyn Bowen
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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 🚀🛰

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“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
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
January 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
One stern stare and telling off from a British Officer is all that’s needed.
January 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I have the perfect British Army officer in mind to see off the Americans.
January 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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
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...
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Oh no the Goa’ould are back!
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Top notch artwork from @quietriotpod.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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.
January 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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
In my FFVII Shinra whisky glass
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Well I guess I better see in the new year with Northumbrian whisky.
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The devs have finally added proper heraldry to Manor Lords.
December 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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
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
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ok since battleships are back
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Where is lunch? Why are you not getting lunch? Why are you not making it now?”
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 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.
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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