Jonathan Bromley
@bromleyj.bsky.social
Lapsed physicist, retired nerd, choral music fanboy, drools over wilderness landscapes. Prone to extreme grumpiness in the presence of scientific illiteracy. Husband and fond supporter of a stellar Parkinson's advocate.
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Dear #skystorians, here is a cool story of a very big cannon experiment of the 1680s in Europe. A 🧵 about the idea of transporting people in cannon balls ...
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Never complain again about the challenges of UK Bin Nights...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Never complain again about the challenges of UK Bin Nights...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
Urgh, so at least I now know what this bastard virus *isn't*, but I still don't know what it *is*. Three days of misery, no sign of improvement yet. Like I said, bastard virus.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Urgh, so at least I now know what this bastard virus *isn't*, but I still don't know what it *is*. Three days of misery, no sign of improvement yet. Like I said, bastard virus.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
If there were no lift, this would be enraging.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If there were no lift, this would be enraging.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
Oh boy, I LOVE our street WhatsApp group. They're now complaining about a recent MS Office upgrade losing their footnotes.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oh boy, I LOVE our street WhatsApp group. They're now complaining about a recent MS Office upgrade losing their footnotes.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
Hoping @countbinface.bsky.social can get behind this.
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hoping @countbinface.bsky.social can get behind this.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Will the senior editorial staff of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social now resign because they have misleadingly spliced a story about dirty public toilets with their old material about The Netty?
Oxford has the fifth highest number of dirty public toilets according to a new report. York, Bath and Cambridge topped the chart. The report was based on google reviews for public toilets.
www.businesswaste.co.uk/news/which-u...
www.businesswaste.co.uk/news/which-u...
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Will the senior editorial staff of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social now resign because they have misleadingly spliced a story about dirty public toilets with their old material about The Netty?
The existence of Norfolk implies the existence of Nandfolk.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The existence of Norfolk implies the existence of Nandfolk.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
If, like me, you feel an immediate urge to get out and flammulate something just as soon as you've encountered the word, you will certainly want to read the latest episode of the admirable Year of a Hundred Birds:
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levparikian.substack.com
Six Things | Lev Parikian | Substack
Writings, findings, amusements, nonsense – six at a time. Click to read Six Things, by Lev Parikian, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If, like me, you feel an immediate urge to get out and flammulate something just as soon as you've encountered the word, you will certainly want to read the latest episode of the admirable Year of a Hundred Birds:
levparikian.substack.com
levparikian.substack.com
North Norfolk effortlessly scoring magna cum laude in its "English pastoral idyll" assignment.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
North Norfolk effortlessly scoring magna cum laude in its "English pastoral idyll" assignment.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
It's not an authentic leek-hat unless it comes from the Poireau-Chapeau region.
Repost with where you're from and what you call leek-hats.
Interesting. Over here we call it hat-leeks.
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It's not an authentic leek-hat unless it comes from the Poireau-Chapeau region.
In our sailing club we always insisted on hanging a pet moggy over the downwind side of the boat, keeping up the fine old tradition of lee-cat.
Repost with where you're from and what you call leek-hats.
Interesting. Over here we call it hat-leeks.
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In our sailing club we always insisted on hanging a pet moggy over the downwind side of the boat, keeping up the fine old tradition of lee-cat.
Hallowe'en is when all the spirits come out, right?
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hallowe'en is when all the spirits come out, right?
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
Relatable.
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Relatable.
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Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Irresponsibly posting my location on social media.
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Huge news - Parliament is going to debate the #parkypetition on November 17th
October 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Huge news - Parliament is going to debate the #parkypetition on November 17th
Well, that was a different scam call.
Caller: May I speak to the property owner of [my old address]
Me: No. [Hang up.]
Calls again. I hang up.
Calls again. I decide to leave the line open. Three minutes' muttered obscenity, then music, then more obscenities.
Then repeated calls.
Arseholes.
Caller: May I speak to the property owner of [my old address]
Me: No. [Hang up.]
Calls again. I hang up.
Calls again. I decide to leave the line open. Three minutes' muttered obscenity, then music, then more obscenities.
Then repeated calls.
Arseholes.
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Well, that was a different scam call.
Caller: May I speak to the property owner of [my old address]
Me: No. [Hang up.]
Calls again. I hang up.
Calls again. I decide to leave the line open. Three minutes' muttered obscenity, then music, then more obscenities.
Then repeated calls.
Arseholes.
Caller: May I speak to the property owner of [my old address]
Me: No. [Hang up.]
Calls again. I hang up.
Calls again. I decide to leave the line open. Three minutes' muttered obscenity, then music, then more obscenities.
Then repeated calls.
Arseholes.
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The problem is.. there is a whole load who are not really part of the building industry.
Whenever you launch a government grant scheme a whole load of opportunistic cowboys pop up to cash in.. and then disappear, leaving behind bad/misold installs.
Happened with solar too.
Happens every time.
Whenever you launch a government grant scheme a whole load of opportunistic cowboys pop up to cash in.. and then disappear, leaving behind bad/misold installs.
Happened with solar too.
Happens every time.
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The problem is.. there is a whole load who are not really part of the building industry.
Whenever you launch a government grant scheme a whole load of opportunistic cowboys pop up to cash in.. and then disappear, leaving behind bad/misold installs.
Happened with solar too.
Happens every time.
Whenever you launch a government grant scheme a whole load of opportunistic cowboys pop up to cash in.. and then disappear, leaving behind bad/misold installs.
Happened with solar too.
Happens every time.
When I glanced at the first sentence of this post, I thought I was reading the setup for a @pauleggleston.bsky.social groaner.
I've spent the morning photoshopping a newt, a bat and a spider to look like they are wearing Traitors cloaks. What's the most ridiculous, seeminly impossible brief YOU'VE ever received?
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When I glanced at the first sentence of this post, I thought I was reading the setup for a @pauleggleston.bsky.social groaner.
Spending all your time looking at online pictures of deep coastal valleys in Devon?
You're combe scrolling.
You're combe scrolling.
Looking at social media on your phone instead of paying attention to the virtual meeting you're in?
That's Zoomscrolling
That's Zoomscrolling
Searching for a husband?
Try groomscrolling
Try groomscrolling
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Spending all your time looking at online pictures of deep coastal valleys in Devon?
You're combe scrolling.
You're combe scrolling.
Are we looking at @betteridgeslaw.bsky.social here, or maybe Worseridge's?
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Are we looking at @betteridgeslaw.bsky.social here, or maybe Worseridge's?
A little flash of good news in the torrent of grimness.
Designer and all-round good egg Arit Anderson will create a #Parkinsons themed garden at Chelsea 2026. After the show it goes to the JR hospital grounds.
www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events...
@rorycj.bsky.social how about a podcast from Chelsea?!
Designer and all-round good egg Arit Anderson will create a #Parkinsons themed garden at Chelsea 2026. After the show it goes to the JR hospital grounds.
www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events...
@rorycj.bsky.social how about a podcast from Chelsea?!
Parkinson’s UK – A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey
www.rhs.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A little flash of good news in the torrent of grimness.
Designer and all-round good egg Arit Anderson will create a #Parkinsons themed garden at Chelsea 2026. After the show it goes to the JR hospital grounds.
www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events...
@rorycj.bsky.social how about a podcast from Chelsea?!
Designer and all-round good egg Arit Anderson will create a #Parkinsons themed garden at Chelsea 2026. After the show it goes to the JR hospital grounds.
www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events...
@rorycj.bsky.social how about a podcast from Chelsea?!