Patrick Smith
@drpaddysmith.bsky.social
Astronomical optics, get 'em while they're cold
OK I replied to this with a cheap shot, but also
If you had a mind to celebrate this resurrection, Osterman's manifestations could work as inverse stations of the cross
He died a lot more suddenly than Jesus but he came back a lot more gradually
If you had a mind to celebrate this resurrection, Osterman's manifestations could work as inverse stations of the cross
He died a lot more suddenly than Jesus but he came back a lot more gradually
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
OK I replied to this with a cheap shot, but also
If you had a mind to celebrate this resurrection, Osterman's manifestations could work as inverse stations of the cross
He died a lot more suddenly than Jesus but he came back a lot more gradually
If you had a mind to celebrate this resurrection, Osterman's manifestations could work as inverse stations of the cross
He died a lot more suddenly than Jesus but he came back a lot more gradually
I hope this finds room for Gary Pratt
Welcome to the Guardian’s 100 best players in the history of the men’s Ashes
Welcome to the Guardian’s 100 best players in the history of the men’s Ashes
This week we will be publishing a run-down of our judges’ greatest Ashes cricketers in the buildup to this year’s series opener on 21 November. Here’s how we did it
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I hope this finds room for Gary Pratt
Thanks to @jonnelledge.bsky.social recommending Trainspose I've found that the Tube fits quite nicely into Edinburgh, complete with a commuter line to Fife
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Thanks to @jonnelledge.bsky.social recommending Trainspose I've found that the Tube fits quite nicely into Edinburgh, complete with a commuter line to Fife
I read the article. It's mostly tegenaria domestica, your ordinary house spider! Which on the one hand makes this megaweb less of a horror. It's our regular guys, we know them. On the other hand...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I read the article. It's mostly tegenaria domestica, your ordinary house spider! Which on the one hand makes this megaweb less of a horror. It's our regular guys, we know them. On the other hand...
New to me but I recognised the name... this is another from the maker of Tango (1981)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z...
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New to me but I recognised the name... this is another from the maker of Tango (1981)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z...
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now where's the Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies
September 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
now where's the Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies
First day on set as the new prop assistant. Was asked if I'd mind helping fit the sabre teeth to the lions. "What did your last servant die of? Oh. Oh yes, of course"
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
First day on set as the new prop assistant. Was asked if I'd mind helping fit the sabre teeth to the lions. "What did your last servant die of? Oh. Oh yes, of course"
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Arzach & his loyal Pterodelphus, by the indisputably great Moebius, from 2011’s “Arzach: El vigilante”.
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Arzach & his loyal Pterodelphus, by the indisputably great Moebius, from 2011’s “Arzach: El vigilante”.
See this? TNG ran 1987-94. Another "coming soon" set is the Game Boy (debuted in 1989)
What. A. Relief. I am ageing out of the relentless "buy back your childhood" industry. Millennials, it's your show now
What. A. Relief. I am ageing out of the relentless "buy back your childhood" industry. Millennials, it's your show now
NEW — LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
LEGO Unveils New 3600-Piece STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D Brick Set
LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability Shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
blog.trekcore.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
See this? TNG ran 1987-94. Another "coming soon" set is the Game Boy (debuted in 1989)
What. A. Relief. I am ageing out of the relentless "buy back your childhood" industry. Millennials, it's your show now
What. A. Relief. I am ageing out of the relentless "buy back your childhood" industry. Millennials, it's your show now
Finally there will be a point to Glenrothes
Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’
Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’
Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets
Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues.
Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed by natural processes, to supply low-carbon heat. Heat exchangers and pumps recover the heat, which is distributed via district heating networks to homes and buildings, providing low-cost, long-term, stable energy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Finally there will be a point to Glenrothes
#EoD 40 years today
Episode 1 is so upsetting it's a hurdle to clear every time
But the framing, and the blocking, and the lighting. Whole scenes like a Caravaggio
Episode 1 is so upsetting it's a hurdle to clear every time
But the framing, and the blocking, and the lighting. Whole scenes like a Caravaggio
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#EoD 40 years today
Episode 1 is so upsetting it's a hurdle to clear every time
But the framing, and the blocking, and the lighting. Whole scenes like a Caravaggio
Episode 1 is so upsetting it's a hurdle to clear every time
But the framing, and the blocking, and the lighting. Whole scenes like a Caravaggio
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A trial involving assault with a loaf of bread is where the Not Proven verdict really comes into its own
Sure the sandwich guy didn't actually hurt that cop, but that was because he was propelling the sandwich by hand, what if he'd had a sub machine gun
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A trial involving assault with a loaf of bread is where the Not Proven verdict really comes into its own
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'Compassionate Leave', the first episode of Edge of Darkness, was broadcast on this day in 1985. Written by Troy Kennedy Martin, it starred Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley, John Woodvine and Joe Don Baker (with music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton).
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
'Compassionate Leave', the first episode of Edge of Darkness, was broadcast on this day in 1985. Written by Troy Kennedy Martin, it starred Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley, John Woodvine and Joe Don Baker (with music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton).
It me
November 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It me
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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AI bubble thread, feel free to mute:
I need people writing and people who are making videos about the AI bubble to PLEASE do some basic research about what these things mean
Just watched a guy saying NVidia’s PE Ratio being 50 means they expect the company to continue to grow for 50 years.
I need people writing and people who are making videos about the AI bubble to PLEASE do some basic research about what these things mean
Just watched a guy saying NVidia’s PE Ratio being 50 means they expect the company to continue to grow for 50 years.
November 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
AI bubble thread, feel free to mute:
I need people writing and people who are making videos about the AI bubble to PLEASE do some basic research about what these things mean
Just watched a guy saying NVidia’s PE Ratio being 50 means they expect the company to continue to grow for 50 years.
I need people writing and people who are making videos about the AI bubble to PLEASE do some basic research about what these things mean
Just watched a guy saying NVidia’s PE Ratio being 50 means they expect the company to continue to grow for 50 years.
Saw the original Nosferatu for Halloween. The special effects are pretty good! Undercranked footage, stop motion, Pepper's Ghost (I assume?)
Must have shit people right up in 1922
Also, a hyena? For some reason
Must have shit people right up in 1922
Also, a hyena? For some reason
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Saw the original Nosferatu for Halloween. The special effects are pretty good! Undercranked footage, stop motion, Pepper's Ghost (I assume?)
Must have shit people right up in 1922
Also, a hyena? For some reason
Must have shit people right up in 1922
Also, a hyena? For some reason
"and my AI assistant is Eliza"
I do all my work in Emacs and have done do since 1996. I'm not going to scrap my highly tailored work environment for a barely managed corporate Win11 installation.
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"and my AI assistant is Eliza"
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Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
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We got stone stands, antique lands,
And miles and miles of level sands
Old hunks, half sunk
Hanging round without a trunk
Lifeless things, king of kings
Whasisname has had a push
Lying in the desert sand
Cold command upon his mush
Mush, mush, mush, mush…
And miles and miles of level sands
Old hunks, half sunk
Hanging round without a trunk
Lifeless things, king of kings
Whasisname has had a push
Lying in the desert sand
Cold command upon his mush
Mush, mush, mush, mush…
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We got stone stands, antique lands,
And miles and miles of level sands
Old hunks, half sunk
Hanging round without a trunk
Lifeless things, king of kings
Whasisname has had a push
Lying in the desert sand
Cold command upon his mush
Mush, mush, mush, mush…
And miles and miles of level sands
Old hunks, half sunk
Hanging round without a trunk
Lifeless things, king of kings
Whasisname has had a push
Lying in the desert sand
Cold command upon his mush
Mush, mush, mush, mush…
This is why we put the National Space Centre in Leicester
Space is a lot closer than most people realise
by u/Many-Excitement3246
by u/Many-Excitement3246
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is why we put the National Space Centre in Leicester
@lordshortcake.bsky.social It's the Shirt of Hurt, Papal Edition
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
@lordshortcake.bsky.social It's the Shirt of Hurt, Papal Edition
Watching School for Scoundrels (1960) leads me to the startling discovery that Thora Hird was Mel Tormé's mother-in-law
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Watching School for Scoundrels (1960) leads me to the startling discovery that Thora Hird was Mel Tormé's mother-in-law
For some reason these chaps come out in October and sell out during November. They have a promising pre-season and then go missing
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
For some reason these chaps come out in October and sell out during November. They have a promising pre-season and then go missing