BD Alexander
@bdalexander.bsky.social
Physical chemist without portfolio. Carrying out missionary work at a university in the south-east of the UK. May contain strong language and sarcasm.
The Broomway is pretty notorious already. The photos in the reply show just how dumb this was.
A magnificent set of choices led to this. What a time to be alive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazon delivery van 'stuck on The Broomway after following GPS'
HM Coastguard Southend says the van driver had been trying to get to Foulness Island.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The Broomway is pretty notorious already. The photos in the reply show just how dumb this was.
People think I make it up about the weather in Aberdeen. Perpetual cloud cover and granite buildings. You’re never sure where the ground stops and the sky starts: permaglaucoma. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aberdeen finally sees sunshine for first time since 21 January
The last reported sunshine had been on 21 January - the longest sunless period since records began in 1957.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
People think I make it up about the weather in Aberdeen. Perpetual cloud cover and granite buildings. You’re never sure where the ground stops and the sky starts: permaglaucoma. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are, indeed, a multi-university. Teaching in the multiverse. And as the climax to Thor: The Dark World was filmed where that photo in the link below is from, I am MCU canon.
First 'super-university' ?🤣
This is something cooked up in the PR & comms dept
It distracts from the real problems: systemic underfunding, declining international enrolment & government policy that’s turned UK universities into ultra-precarious businesses
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is something cooked up in the PR & comms dept
It distracts from the real problems: systemic underfunding, declining international enrolment & government policy that’s turned UK universities into ultra-precarious businesses
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to become UK’s first ‘super-university’
Formal approval given for new university group to operate from August, with both institutions keeping their names
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
We are, indeed, a multi-university. Teaching in the multiverse. And as the climax to Thor: The Dark World was filmed where that photo in the link below is from, I am MCU canon.
But we all know that the true “post a banner that is not in English” is Adriano Celentano, if not for the choreography as much as the song.
youtu.be/foU3Tgg7VJI
youtu.be/foU3Tgg7VJI
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
But we all know that the true “post a banner that is not in English” is Adriano Celentano, if not for the choreography as much as the song.
youtu.be/foU3Tgg7VJI
youtu.be/foU3Tgg7VJI
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Niche humour - and I’m totally here for it!😉
@danherb10.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social
@danherb10.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Niche humour - and I’m totally here for it!😉
@danherb10.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social
@danherb10.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social
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HMS Puny corn
Make a warship mid:
HMS Strategic Victory
HMS Strategic Victory
February 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
HMS Puny corn
Holy curse. What’s it going to do, insert a section of mock George RR Martin in excel halfway through a piss poor IR spectrum?
Annie Dookhan special
Don't you f**king dare.
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Holy curse. What’s it going to do, insert a section of mock George RR Martin in excel halfway through a piss poor IR spectrum?
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he always had trouble with anti-virus measures
Bill Gates allegedly caught an STD when he cheated on then-wife Melinda Gates, newly released emails in the Jeffrey Epstein files revealed.
Bill Gates Shocker! Billionaire Got an STD After Cheating on His Wife With 'Russian Girls,' Jeffrey Epstein Files Claim
okmagazine.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:14 AM
he always had trouble with anti-virus measures
This is superb. Even on mute, you know exactly what Lemmy is doing.
On this day, 2 years ago. I sat in bed and said to myself, 'Why haven't you finally made that compilation of Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, absolutely battering people to Motörhead? So I did.'
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
January 31, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is superb. Even on mute, you know exactly what Lemmy is doing.
Bring me the sausage of Alfredo Garcia
(Yes, I know this is low character chain mail…)
(Yes, I know this is low character chain mail…)
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Bring me the sausage of Alfredo Garcia
(Yes, I know this is low character chain mail…)
(Yes, I know this is low character chain mail…)
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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Sausage
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Sausage
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Music FACT: Placebo were originally a Cure tribute band.
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Music FACT: Placebo were originally a Cure tribute band.
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Lots of guys with backwards ball caps and truck nutz never gonna listen to Philip Glass again
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Lots of guys with backwards ball caps and truck nutz never gonna listen to Philip Glass again
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The history books covering this period of American history are going to be FASCINATING.
“The very first rubber dick to touch government-issued leather boots triggered a full-blown chemical weapons response.”
THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION
The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.
www.closertotheedge.net
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The history books covering this period of American history are going to be FASCINATING.
Edinburgh, I am in you. You don’t get this view in Gillingham…
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Edinburgh, I am in you. You don’t get this view in Gillingham…
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Sandy Asher passed away a few days ago. His memorial will be tomorrow.
"He will be remembered not only for the discoveries he shaped, but for the way he helped others approach the mysteries of life with humility and wonder."
And his laugh.
#chemsky
"He will be remembered not only for the discoveries he shaped, but for the way he helped others approach the mysteries of life with humility and wonder."
And his laugh.
#chemsky
Distinguished Professor Sanford Asher sadly passed away on January 16th, 2026.
We send our condolences to the Faculty, Students and staff that knew and worked with him. He will be missed by many people! Read more about Prof. Asher's life and work using this link zurl.co/zPz2F
We send our condolences to the Faculty, Students and staff that knew and worked with him. He will be missed by many people! Read more about Prof. Asher's life and work using this link zurl.co/zPz2F
January 20, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Sandy Asher passed away a few days ago. His memorial will be tomorrow.
"He will be remembered not only for the discoveries he shaped, but for the way he helped others approach the mysteries of life with humility and wonder."
And his laugh.
#chemsky
"He will be remembered not only for the discoveries he shaped, but for the way he helped others approach the mysteries of life with humility and wonder."
And his laugh.
#chemsky
Been catching up on the last edition of @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social . While the world goes to hell, this extract from the sublime Italian footballer Andrea Pirlo’s autobiography lands differently. This, from a player whose philosophy was built on class, elegance & technical brilliance. Sheer poetry.
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Been catching up on the last edition of @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social . While the world goes to hell, this extract from the sublime Italian footballer Andrea Pirlo’s autobiography lands differently. This, from a player whose philosophy was built on class, elegance & technical brilliance. Sheer poetry.
“I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, get Bannon aff.”
January 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
“I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, get Bannon aff.”
Jim Taggart will return in Avengers Doomsday and wants to know why there is blood on that big hammer.
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Jim Taggart will return in Avengers Doomsday and wants to know why there is blood on that big hammer.
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A moment of honest-to-god genius from two years ago, which came to me with no identifying label as to the perpetrator. If you're out there, please identify yourself so I can a. give due credit and b. applaud you roundly for what was referred to back then as "The Final Boss of Dad Jokes"
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Niels Bohr famously dissolved two Nobel Prize medals in aqua regia rather than let fascists have them
www.npr.org/sections/kru...
www.npr.org/sections/kru...
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Niels Bohr famously dissolved two Nobel Prize medals in aqua regia rather than let fascists have them
www.npr.org/sections/kru...
www.npr.org/sections/kru...
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There is always an XKCD
January 12, 2026 at 8:58 AM
There is always an XKCD
This. This is great. What she comes up with for someone who reportedly has never heard of Keith Moon, the incredible exploding drummer. Chapeau.
I love this YouTube series where great drummers are played classic songs with the drum parts edited out, and they have to improvise new ones.
Kriss initially struggles to figure it out, but then conjures up a fantastic arrangement with great toms worthy of Keith Moon youtu.be/sHU4re5lOpE?...
Kriss initially struggles to figure it out, but then conjures up a fantastic arrangement with great toms worthy of Keith Moon youtu.be/sHU4re5lOpE?...
Kriss Drummer Hears "Baba O'Riley" For The First Time
YouTube video by Drumeo
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This. This is great. What she comes up with for someone who reportedly has never heard of Keith Moon, the incredible exploding drummer. Chapeau.