Duncan Waldron
@ozalba.bsky.social
Planetarium astronomer • Feckless dillettante • Scot-ish • Signatory to the Subject-Verb Agreement • Book: http://blurb.com/b/2211254-from… • Skinflint, First Class • Eukaryote • Slightly above just below average
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As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
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IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
That's not a lemon ... THAT'S a lemon...
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
That's not a lemon ... THAT'S a lemon...
Stand by: incoming cheesecake.
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Stand by: incoming cheesecake.
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BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
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FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
FINAL book giveaway of the year.
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
To enter: reply below & repost this extract.
Up for grabs:
THREE signed Villager paperbacks with free art (bookmarks & postcards) by my parents.
Enter if you enjoy
Folklore
Nature
Rivers
Hills
Social history
Lost art
Ghost
Tangled psychedelic narratives
Silliness
Managed to point a telescope at the Sun, during a quieter moment this morning. Had planned to hitch a camera for a direct photo rather than this projection effort, but the seeing went off soon after. 🔭 1/2
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Managed to point a telescope at the Sun, during a quieter moment this morning. Had planned to hitch a camera for a direct photo rather than this projection effort, but the seeing went off soon after. 🔭 1/2
Best way to cook snags (sausages, for the non-Australians). Brown them, then add a bed of chopped onions (celery: optional) to sit the snags on, and cover. Low-med heat now. 1/2
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Best way to cook snags (sausages, for the non-Australians). Brown them, then add a bed of chopped onions (celery: optional) to sit the snags on, and cover. Low-med heat now. 1/2
What I am wearing to the BlueSky Christmas party:
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
What I am wearing to the BlueSky Christmas party:
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I’m no expert, but I’ve seen this paper described as an important justification for claims about the safety of Roundup. And now it has been retracted by the journal it appeared in. 🧪
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy)This article has b…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I’m no expert, but I’ve seen this paper described as an important justification for claims about the safety of Roundup. And now it has been retracted by the journal it appeared in. 🧪
Needs a 🔭
'Light Fantastic'
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
ISS - Light Fantastic
YouTube video by Seán Doran
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Needs a 🔭
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'Light Fantastic'
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
ISS - Light Fantastic
YouTube video by Seán Doran
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
'Light Fantastic'
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
21,837 images across 18 time-lapse sequences photographed by Don Pettit & Butch Wilmore are repaired, remastered and retimed to create 3x real time video footage.
Credit: Butch Wilmore / Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKk...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
I wonder what the timber is. It's probably not the boss of yew.
A wooden ceiling boss from Carlisle Cathedral. Dating to around 1400, the boss can be viewed in the Cathedral’s treasury. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #CarlisleCathedral
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I wonder what the timber is. It's probably not the boss of yew.
Dinner is served. And scoffed.
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Dinner is served. And scoffed.
Obligatory Orion pic, early in the season. Aldebaran at left; Sirius at right. 🔭
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Obligatory Orion pic, early in the season. Aldebaran at left; Sirius at right. 🔭
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Stop! It's salmon time.
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Stop! It's salmon time.
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"Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love. Some people call me Maurice, cause..."
Barista: I'm writing "Mo".
Barista: I'm writing "Mo".
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love. Some people call me Maurice, cause..."
Barista: I'm writing "Mo".
Barista: I'm writing "Mo".
Do yourself a favour, and listen to Cage's 4'33". No notes.
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Do yourself a favour, and listen to Cage's 4'33". No notes.
Happy Birth Certificate Day to my wife.
Legend has it that the ward Sister liked a sherry, and was a bit hazy on the date. So, like the Queen - sorry, King - she has an official birthday and an actual birthday. So we celebrate both :) 🍹🍹
Legend has it that the ward Sister liked a sherry, and was a bit hazy on the date. So, like the Queen - sorry, King - she has an official birthday and an actual birthday. So we celebrate both :) 🍹🍹
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Happy Birth Certificate Day to my wife.
Legend has it that the ward Sister liked a sherry, and was a bit hazy on the date. So, like the Queen - sorry, King - she has an official birthday and an actual birthday. So we celebrate both :) 🍹🍹
Legend has it that the ward Sister liked a sherry, and was a bit hazy on the date. So, like the Queen - sorry, King - she has an official birthday and an actual birthday. So we celebrate both :) 🍹🍹
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Schools worldwide are invited to participate in the International Lunar Parallax Project on 7/8 December 2025. Students determine the distance to the Moon with a camera, telephoto lens and a tripod. Interested? Contact [email protected] for more information and to register! 🔭 #astroedu
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Schools worldwide are invited to participate in the International Lunar Parallax Project on 7/8 December 2025. Students determine the distance to the Moon with a camera, telephoto lens and a tripod. Interested? Contact [email protected] for more information and to register! 🔭 #astroedu
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When I started this Christmas card project in 2022 never did I think it would raise £50,000 for @womensaidni.bsky.social in just a couple of years but with your support that’s what we’ve done to this point. Looking forward to seeing what we add to that this year.
Pre-orders are open… 1/
Pre-orders are open… 1/
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When I started this Christmas card project in 2022 never did I think it would raise £50,000 for @womensaidni.bsky.social in just a couple of years but with your support that’s what we’ve done to this point. Looking forward to seeing what we add to that this year.
Pre-orders are open… 1/
Pre-orders are open… 1/