Matt Williamson
@mattdoesscience.bsky.social
🌌 Owner of www.TaysidePlanetarium.co.uk
🎓 Presentation Skills trainer
with @dyellowlees.bsky.social
He/Him - Trans Rights Are Human Rights - 🏳️⚧️Ally
🎓 Presentation Skills trainer
with @dyellowlees.bsky.social
He/Him - Trans Rights Are Human Rights - 🏳️⚧️Ally
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Data tips...
Do slow down; complex info needs to be taken slowly.
Do spend time setting the context of the data before showing the graph.
Do connect the data to the MEANING - this is crucial; data on its own tells me nothing of value.
Do slow down; complex info needs to be taken slowly.
Do spend time setting the context of the data before showing the graph.
Do connect the data to the MEANING - this is crucial; data on its own tells me nothing of value.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Data tips...
Do slow down; complex info needs to be taken slowly.
Do spend time setting the context of the data before showing the graph.
Do connect the data to the MEANING - this is crucial; data on its own tells me nothing of value.
Do slow down; complex info needs to be taken slowly.
Do spend time setting the context of the data before showing the graph.
Do connect the data to the MEANING - this is crucial; data on its own tells me nothing of value.
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There's still time to join our online LinkedIn Clinic on 3rd December. Book your spot now!
www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
There's still time to join our online LinkedIn Clinic on 3rd December. Book your spot now!
www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
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It makes me so upset to see this at a primary school. These are children and their parents being targeted. I’ve taught kids who have had to flee their countries. Most people couldn’t survive what these kids have been through in their short lives.
NEW: Protesters targeted a Scottish primary school on Monday as English classes were put on for mothers
Signs read 'protect our schools' and 'Glasgow City Council protect our kids'
Signs read 'protect our schools' and 'Glasgow City Council protect our kids'
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It makes me so upset to see this at a primary school. These are children and their parents being targeted. I’ve taught kids who have had to flee their countries. Most people couldn’t survive what these kids have been through in their short lives.
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Is your child texting about the Mary Rose? Here are the signs...
BRB - Boat Raised Brilliantly
LOL - Lots of Linstocks
TBH - That Boat's Historic
WTF - Wood That's Freeze-dried
ROFL - Really Old Flagship (Late)
PMSL - Polyethylene glycol Makes Stuff Last
BRB - Boat Raised Brilliantly
LOL - Lots of Linstocks
TBH - That Boat's Historic
WTF - Wood That's Freeze-dried
ROFL - Really Old Flagship (Late)
PMSL - Polyethylene glycol Makes Stuff Last
a woman with short hair is using a cell phone while standing on a street .
ALT: a woman with short hair is using a cell phone while standing on a street .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Is your child texting about the Mary Rose? Here are the signs...
BRB - Boat Raised Brilliantly
LOL - Lots of Linstocks
TBH - That Boat's Historic
WTF - Wood That's Freeze-dried
ROFL - Really Old Flagship (Late)
PMSL - Polyethylene glycol Makes Stuff Last
BRB - Boat Raised Brilliantly
LOL - Lots of Linstocks
TBH - That Boat's Historic
WTF - Wood That's Freeze-dried
ROFL - Really Old Flagship (Late)
PMSL - Polyethylene glycol Makes Stuff Last
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Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
Yup, those are clouds.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yup, those are clouds.
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Aberdeen, Scotland, 57.2°N, 1:45 AM local time. Taken with a sufficiently ancient & cheap camera that it basically looked like this to the naked eye, no joke.
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Aberdeen, Scotland, 57.2°N, 1:45 AM local time. Taken with a sufficiently ancient & cheap camera that it basically looked like this to the naked eye, no joke.
Had a fab time back at Seaview PS in Monifieth, with two whole days of planetarium shows, and every class in the school! Lots of great questions from the kids about gravity, the search for life, and what's in the sky this autumn.
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Had a fab time back at Seaview PS in Monifieth, with two whole days of planetarium shows, and every class in the school! Lots of great questions from the kids about gravity, the search for life, and what's in the sky this autumn.
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Immensely proud to share that I am the designer of the official badge for LGBT+ History Month 2026.
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Immensely proud to share that I am the designer of the official badge for LGBT+ History Month 2026.
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!
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Collected this with @nustem.bsky.social colleagues last night, at the @iop.org awards dinner. Woop Woop! Very proud to add my name to the list of recipients, several of whom I worked with back in my formative days or have known since. Inspirations all.
Blog post & links: nustem.uk/blog/news/20...
Blog post & links: nustem.uk/blog/news/20...
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Collected this with @nustem.bsky.social colleagues last night, at the @iop.org awards dinner. Woop Woop! Very proud to add my name to the list of recipients, several of whom I worked with back in my formative days or have known since. Inspirations all.
Blog post & links: nustem.uk/blog/news/20...
Blog post & links: nustem.uk/blog/news/20...
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LinkedIn Clinic: How to build a professional and organisational presence by Petra Gudelj and Sophia Constantinou.
3 December 2025, 1 - 3pm GMT via Zoom
More info and book at www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
3 December 2025, 1 - 3pm GMT via Zoom
More info and book at www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
LinkedIn Clinic: How to build a professional and organisational presence by Petra Gudelj and Sophia Constantinou.
3 December 2025, 1 - 3pm GMT via Zoom
More info and book at www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
3 December 2025, 1 - 3pm GMT via Zoom
More info and book at www.big.uk.com/event-6410654
Lovely bit of sunset.
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Lovely bit of sunset.
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2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
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BIG MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
The BIG STEM Communicators Network is run by and for it's members. By joining BIG for a mere £35/year, you get access to our regular in-person and online events, as well as the accompanying resources hosted in the members area of our website.
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The BIG STEM Communicators Network is run by and for it's members. By joining BIG for a mere £35/year, you get access to our regular in-person and online events, as well as the accompanying resources hosted in the members area of our website.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
BIG MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
The BIG STEM Communicators Network is run by and for it's members. By joining BIG for a mere £35/year, you get access to our regular in-person and online events, as well as the accompanying resources hosted in the members area of our website.
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The BIG STEM Communicators Network is run by and for it's members. By joining BIG for a mere £35/year, you get access to our regular in-person and online events, as well as the accompanying resources hosted in the members area of our website.
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Mind has been officially blown by seeing Saturn and its moon Titan through the Mills Observatory Victorian 10" Cooke telescope. WOW! Every time I've visited before, the clouds have come too, but not today! This old technology still works perfectly with a clockwork tracking mechanism. Stunning 🥳👌 🔭
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Mind has been officially blown by seeing Saturn and its moon Titan through the Mills Observatory Victorian 10" Cooke telescope. WOW! Every time I've visited before, the clouds have come too, but not today! This old technology still works perfectly with a clockwork tracking mechanism. Stunning 🥳👌 🔭
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Did I mention how much I love #Dundee! Having a super visit for the #Mills Observatory 90th b'day celebrations. Packed talk at the Steps Theatre last night, 🏴STV this morning, Ancrum Rd Primary asking lots of space questions at lunch, & tonight a party at Mills🥳. Crossing fingers for clear skies! 🔭
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Did I mention how much I love #Dundee! Having a super visit for the #Mills Observatory 90th b'day celebrations. Packed talk at the Steps Theatre last night, 🏴STV this morning, Ancrum Rd Primary asking lots of space questions at lunch, & tonight a party at Mills🥳. Crossing fingers for clear skies! 🔭
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A nice wee piece about my visit to the fab #Kirkcudbright Dark Space Planetarium in the 🏴Daily Record.
The Planetarium is near the Galloway Dark Sky Park (soon-to-be-built Scottish #DarkSky Observatory) & James Clerk Maxwell's grave. All well worth a visit! 🔭
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
The Planetarium is near the Galloway Dark Sky Park (soon-to-be-built Scottish #DarkSky Observatory) & James Clerk Maxwell's grave. All well worth a visit! 🔭
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A nice wee piece about my visit to the fab #Kirkcudbright Dark Space Planetarium in the 🏴Daily Record.
The Planetarium is near the Galloway Dark Sky Park (soon-to-be-built Scottish #DarkSky Observatory) & James Clerk Maxwell's grave. All well worth a visit! 🔭
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
The Planetarium is near the Galloway Dark Sky Park (soon-to-be-built Scottish #DarkSky Observatory) & James Clerk Maxwell's grave. All well worth a visit! 🔭
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
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Carmina Burana is the Eye of the Tiger of classical music.
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Carmina Burana is the Eye of the Tiger of classical music.
Returning home from a lovely trip to Durham (where I was a student back in the olden days). Had a fab time as always with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social doing Presentation 101. A very informal session in a very fancy building!
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Returning home from a lovely trip to Durham (where I was a student back in the olden days). Had a fab time as always with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social doing Presentation 101. A very informal session in a very fancy building!
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I should probably repost this, since it’s about… er… me.
Yay me!
Yay me!
📣Researchers from our @nustem.bsky.social
outreach group are celebrating after winning a prestigious @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond. 🥇
#STEM #outreach #NorthumbriaUniversity
💡Discover more:
outreach group are celebrating after winning a prestigious @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond. 🥇
#STEM #outreach #NorthumbriaUniversity
💡Discover more:
Northumbria University STEM outreach project wins Institute of Physics award
Researchers from an outreach group at Northumbria University are celebrating after winning a prestigious 2025 Institute of Physics (IOP) award recognising their work with children and young people acr...
www.northumbria.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I should probably repost this, since it’s about… er… me.
Yay me!
Yay me!
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Want to see a comet tonight? ☄️
Dr Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, shares his top tips on where to look and how best to catch a glimpse of Comet Lemmon as it makes its closest approach to Earth.
Check out the video 📹⤵️
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Dr Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, shares his top tips on where to look and how best to catch a glimpse of Comet Lemmon as it makes its closest approach to Earth.
Check out the video 📹⤵️
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Want to see a comet tonight? ☄️
Dr Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, shares his top tips on where to look and how best to catch a glimpse of Comet Lemmon as it makes its closest approach to Earth.
Check out the video 📹⤵️
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Dr Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, shares his top tips on where to look and how best to catch a glimpse of Comet Lemmon as it makes its closest approach to Earth.
Check out the video 📹⤵️
ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Thoroughly deserved recognition for nuSTEM, who have done fab work for many years. And a lovely bunch to boot.
October 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Thoroughly deserved recognition for nuSTEM, who have done fab work for many years. And a lovely bunch to boot.
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Such a privilege to see this!
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Such a privilege to see this!