At his best, Thomas Pynchon blurs distinctions between plot and digression and between history and conspiracy theory. His latest book still contains a certain wry humour, but it is a mess
⚡️ NATO reportedly weighs stronger military response to Russian provocations.
According to four NATO officials, the goal is to raise the cost of Moscow's gray-zone operations and strengthen deterrence following a series of incursions by Russian drones and aircraft, the Financial Times reported.
Kids love stories! What if they helped teach Astronomy? Elizandra Daneize Santos explored how children’s literature makes learning fun and meaningful at the Astronomy Education in Practice in Primary Schools 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop! 🔭 #astroedu
Paper day! My PhD student Mariana Júlio, with @readdark.bsky.social, @pengfeili.bsky.social and others, studies the internal dynamics of dwarf galaxies and finds they don't agree with the Radial Acceleration Relation, challenging the dark matter alternative MOND.
here's an exciting job for a solar radio astronomer, developing cutting-edge solar activity monitoring infrastructure in the Azores Archipelago raege-az.pt/en/researche...#heliophysics#solarphysics#solarradio (nothing to do with me! - questions to RAEGE_Az)
This morning's capture of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) The comet will make its closest pass to Earth on October 21, 2025, at a distance of about 55 million miles (89 million kilometres). #astronomy#astrophotography@stormhour.com@photohour.bsky.social
So take the massive estates from the rich and build housing for the poor on those instead of letting developers exploit public lands for their profits.
Imagine how much better the U.K. would be if the fortunes you squander on royalty were spent for the general welfare of the people instead.
