Fern 🪐
@fern-nesme.bsky.social
Humanity first. Science second. Loves dogs, birds, trees, geology, and outer space 🌌
DS9 is the best Star Trek!
DS9 is the best Star Trek!
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Fern 🪐
@fern-nesme.bsky.social
· Oct 14
Not planets, not moons, but... pancakes! A project by designer Nadine Schlieper and photographer Robert Pufleb. Their 'Alternative Moons Pancakes' were made with 500 ml of buttermilk, 3 eggs, 1 pinch of salt, 6 heaped tablespoons of flour, and 1 teaspoon of sunflower oil for each pancake 🌕 🥞 🌻 🧪
So many great tunes in this one ✨
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So many great tunes in this one ✨
Spotted at The Eagle, Cambridge: a NASA sticker and one for the mission Ares V which was planned to launch in 2019 but was cancelled in 2010. Ares V was part of the Constellation Program, which had among other activities, the ultimate goal of a crewed flight to Mars 🚀🧪
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Spotted at The Eagle, Cambridge: a NASA sticker and one for the mission Ares V which was planned to launch in 2019 but was cancelled in 2010. Ares V was part of the Constellation Program, which had among other activities, the ultimate goal of a crewed flight to Mars 🚀🧪
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INTERSTELLAR COMET #3IATLAS IMAGED TODAY IN ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO #EARTH. It keeps its inner coma activity with waving jets, and the intense antitail. We explained its transitional nature from spectra and photometry.
Outreach:
t.co/K0xqGPy1fX
Research preprint:
t.co/MAVDRxLowC
#PlanetarySciences
Outreach:
t.co/K0xqGPy1fX
Research preprint:
t.co/MAVDRxLowC
#PlanetarySciences
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
INTERSTELLAR COMET #3IATLAS IMAGED TODAY IN ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO #EARTH. It keeps its inner coma activity with waving jets, and the intense antitail. We explained its transitional nature from spectra and photometry.
Outreach:
t.co/K0xqGPy1fX
Research preprint:
t.co/MAVDRxLowC
#PlanetarySciences
Outreach:
t.co/K0xqGPy1fX
Research preprint:
t.co/MAVDRxLowC
#PlanetarySciences
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Happy interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS closest approach day to everyone except avi loeb
Happy interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS closest approach day to those who celebrate! 🧪🔭☄️
www.space.com/news/live/in...
www.space.com/news/live/in...
Latest Comet 3I/ATLAS news: Comet close approach today
Friday, Dec. 19, 2025: Your daily feed for the holiday flyby of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS by Earth.
www.space.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS closest approach day to everyone except avi loeb
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Cover of the day: The Severn Bridge. There is no date on this, and it appears to have been published privately to mark the completion of works - so that places it just after 1966.
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Cover of the day: The Severn Bridge. There is no date on this, and it appears to have been published privately to mark the completion of works - so that places it just after 1966.
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NGC 3576/3603 - The Statue of Liberty Nebula - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/kdpo6Y
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
NGC 3576/3603 - The Statue of Liberty Nebula - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/kdpo6Y
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December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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"Only 1.5% of the older people with reduced mobility in our study – just 17 out of 1,110 participants who had an average age of 77 – could cross the road faster than the 1.2 metres per second walking speed that is programmed into many UK pedestrian crossings."
Cities aren’t built for older people – our study shows many can’t walk fast enough to beat a pedestrian crossing
Many older people with reduced mobility say they feel ‘hurried’, ‘rushed’ and ‘unsafe" when walking around their city.
theconversation.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Only 1.5% of the older people with reduced mobility in our study – just 17 out of 1,110 participants who had an average age of 77 – could cross the road faster than the 1.2 metres per second walking speed that is programmed into many UK pedestrian crossings."
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Can you help me solve a monkey puzzle?
I'm currently working on a new #orchid book, and would like to track down information and, if possible, photo(s) for inclusion of the Monkey Orchids (Orchis simia) that flowered at Spurn (East Yorkshire) in 1974-1983.
Please drop me a line if you can help!
I'm currently working on a new #orchid book, and would like to track down information and, if possible, photo(s) for inclusion of the Monkey Orchids (Orchis simia) that flowered at Spurn (East Yorkshire) in 1974-1983.
Please drop me a line if you can help!
December 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Can you help me solve a monkey puzzle?
I'm currently working on a new #orchid book, and would like to track down information and, if possible, photo(s) for inclusion of the Monkey Orchids (Orchis simia) that flowered at Spurn (East Yorkshire) in 1974-1983.
Please drop me a line if you can help!
I'm currently working on a new #orchid book, and would like to track down information and, if possible, photo(s) for inclusion of the Monkey Orchids (Orchis simia) that flowered at Spurn (East Yorkshire) in 1974-1983.
Please drop me a line if you can help!
London Zoo.
Mosaic by Tessa Hunkin of the Hackney Mosaic Project 💚
Mosaic by Tessa Hunkin of the Hackney Mosaic Project 💚
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
London Zoo.
Mosaic by Tessa Hunkin of the Hackney Mosaic Project 💚
Mosaic by Tessa Hunkin of the Hackney Mosaic Project 💚
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Today in 1989, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft, the first orbiter and entry probe at a giant planet. When I watch it recede from the shuttle, I can't help but want to scream to open the antenna first (it never opened). They were still able to salvage an amazing mission.
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Today in 1989, the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft, the first orbiter and entry probe at a giant planet. When I watch it recede from the shuttle, I can't help but want to scream to open the antenna first (it never opened). They were still able to salvage an amazing mission.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Festive All Souls Church.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Festive All Souls Church.
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Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
#NowPlaying this album that I am utterly obsessed with ♥️ Never fails to put me in the best frame of mind with mandatory dance session to go along.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#NowPlaying this album that I am utterly obsessed with ♥️ Never fails to put me in the best frame of mind with mandatory dance session to go along.
Been a really long time since my last #NowPlaying.
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Been a really long time since my last #NowPlaying.
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It's Monday so here's my @FT column on an epic new podcast on Fela Kuti, hosted by Jad Abumrad, which examines the Afrobeat pioneer's life, loves, sounds and politics. The series is vast and wide-ranging and, after 12 eps, I still didn't want it to end. www.ft.com/content/2737...
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man podcast review — epic portrait of the Afrobeat pioneer
Wide-ranging new series explores the Nigerian musician’s life, loves and rebel politics
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It's Monday so here's my @FT column on an epic new podcast on Fela Kuti, hosted by Jad Abumrad, which examines the Afrobeat pioneer's life, loves, sounds and politics. The series is vast and wide-ranging and, after 12 eps, I still didn't want it to end. www.ft.com/content/2737...
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BBC Archive just uploaded The Lonely Shore (1962), a surreal 15-minute short that takes the form of a scientific report from an abandoned and desolate future Britain. Written by Jacquetta Hawkes, an actual archaeologist, and directed by Ken Russell, an actual madman.
1962: An Expedition to Post-Apocalyptic Britain | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
BBC Archive just uploaded The Lonely Shore (1962), a surreal 15-minute short that takes the form of a scientific report from an abandoned and desolate future Britain. Written by Jacquetta Hawkes, an actual archaeologist, and directed by Ken Russell, an actual madman.
This one is really tough, but I'll give it a try...
- Candyman (1992)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Suspiria (1977)
- The Lost Boys
- Candyman (1992)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Suspiria (1977)
- The Lost Boys
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- The Wicker Man
- Halloween
- Suspiria
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- The Wicker Man
- Halloween
- Suspiria
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws
I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This one is really tough, but I'll give it a try...
- Candyman (1992)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Suspiria (1977)
- The Lost Boys
- Candyman (1992)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Suspiria (1977)
- The Lost Boys
Not planets, not moons, but... pancakes! A project by designer Nadine Schlieper and photographer Robert Pufleb. Their 'Alternative Moons Pancakes' were made with 500 ml of buttermilk, 3 eggs, 1 pinch of salt, 6 heaped tablespoons of flour, and 1 teaspoon of sunflower oil for each pancake 🌕 🥞 🌻 🧪
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Not planets, not moons, but... pancakes! A project by designer Nadine Schlieper and photographer Robert Pufleb. Their 'Alternative Moons Pancakes' were made with 500 ml of buttermilk, 3 eggs, 1 pinch of salt, 6 heaped tablespoons of flour, and 1 teaspoon of sunflower oil for each pancake 🌕 🥞 🌻 🧪