I have never subscribed to the ‘great man of History’ as the font of progress and good things but I’m willing to be persuaded by the ‘Stupid Man of History’ as being responsible for some bad ones.
Pressing my ID badge like a Star Trek communicator to report a pothole even though I know it will never ever be filled.
Starmer has claimed it's to crack down on illegal immigration
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
My occasional reminder (but first on BlueSky) that trans and non-binary folk are more than welcome in my books and in my life. I meet so many of you at events, you gorgeous things, and in these terrible transphobic times, you’ve got a friend here. ❤️❤️
If you go into the backstory you find that Everest was actually given a starter 500m by its parents.
Probably unpopular opinion. Media is calling Fantastic Four trailer vs. Superman trailer the war and making a big fuss. I will likely love BOTH of those movies, but NGL... the one I'm looking forward to is Thunderbolts.
Bruce McCandless II floating untethered in space above the Earth.
this ICONIC photo was taken exactly 41 years ago
I've had a lot of new follows the past days which means there's a lot of people who don't know they used to call me The Drift King back in college. Please share this message to save a life immediately
Makes sense and thank you for the tips!
Ah, amazing. Thank you!
How do I use blocklists? Do I have to go through the list one by one or is there a way to mass block?
Dracula is never rebooted, merely revamped
This mesmerizing image showcases the star-forming region N79, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. The vibrant hues of pink, purple, and blue paint a picture of cosmic energy, highlighting the dense clouds of gas and dust where new stars are being born. The sharp details captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam instrument reveal intricate structures within the nebula, while the ALMA data adds a layer of information about the cooler gas and dust, providing a more complete understanding of this dynamic region of star formation. image credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/S.Dagnello
a BEAUTIFUL composite image of the n79 region in the large magellanic cloud using jwst and alma observatory data 🌌
A star cluster is shown inside a large nebula of many-coloured gas and dust. The material forms dark ridges and peaks of gas and dust surrounding the cluster, lit on the inner side, while layers of diffuse, translucent clouds blanket over them. Around and within the gas, a huge number of distant galaxies can be seen, some quite large, as well as a few stars nearer to us which are very large and bright.
The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which, have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.
This image of the Ring Nebula, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, appears as a distorted doughnut. The nebula’s inner cavity hosts shades of blue and green, while the detailed ring transitions through shades of orange in the inner regions and pink in the outer region. The ring’s inner region has distinct filament elements. Stars litter the scene, with a particularly prominent star with 8 long spikes in the top right corner.
An infrared light echo traveling from the lower left through the upper right of the image. The image is speckled with dozens of white stars, some showing Webb’s signature 8-point diffraction spikes, against the black background of space. The image also shows tightly packed, glowing red filaments that resemble muscle fibers or wood grain.
my current favorite jwst images 🌌
Many mostly small, bright objects scattered over a dark background in space. In the top half on the right is an elliptical galaxy, a round light larger than the others, with a slightly warped ring of light around it. In the bottom half there is a barred spiral galaxy, big enough that we can see its bluish arms and its core in detail. Other objects include distant galaxies and nearby stars.
WAKE UP BABE, THE FIRST NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF 2025 DROPPED!!!
Photo of an audience in front of the Islington Assembly Hall stage with 2 chairs, a screen showing the Mom Can’t Cook logo and movie title “Holiday in Handcuffs”.
Saw my friends @lukewestaway.bsky.social and @farrantula.bsky.social being very funny last night. #momcantcook
I spent a couple of hard years second guessing everything I wrote. Kept hearing the cacophony of voices; this sucks, that sucks, it's not marketable, you have to level up, gotta break out, no one cares, it's lazy, nothing matters. Just murdered me. I stopped writing for fun, stopped writing for ME.
Chapter heading with finger post to Pendinas hillfort
Cover of The Hillforts of Iron Age Wales by Toby Driver
#MondayMotivation If you want to start 2025 with an accessible guide to exploring the Iron Age hillforts 🛖 of Wales, why not seek out my book 📚 for a loved one 🥰 - or yourself 😉
There's an entire section on hillfort visiting to explore 🎉
👉 logastonpress.co.uk/product/hill...
Autism and other neurodivergent traits can be socially oroblematic. Being able to explain that your divergent response and behaviour has a cause can defuse tension and offence from people who read the situation as rudeness etc. These weasels appropriating it harms the real community.
Please understand that as more people join Bluesky, there are more people who do not know that they used to call me The Drift King back in college. Please help spread the word
AI using em-dashes is a sign it was trained on work stolen from real writers who use em-dashes
The cover of the book THE VENGEANCE by Emma Newman, featuring a skull and crossbones, compass, crossed cutlasses and 17th century sailing ships
I have THE VENGEANCE coming out in May 2025 (Solaris). It's a historical fantasy swashbuckler with sapphic romance.
The Earth viewed from Saturn with a white arrow pointing to it and text reading “you are here”.
The Earth viewed from the surface of Mars with a white arrow pointing to it and a box highlighting it with white text reading “you are here”.
The pale blue dot photo with an arrow pointing to Earth and white text reading “you are here”.
The Earth and Moon from Mercury with a white arrow pointing to Earth and text reading “you are here”.
you are here.
IM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT IVE OFFICIALLY BEEN ACCEPTED AS A GRAD STUDENT AFFILIATE ON THE EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION!!! 🥹🛰️❄️
