David Taylor
@gm8arv.bsky.social
UK Amateur Radio call GM8ARV, mostly interested in things digital and VHF/UHF, software author.
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What are JWST’s Little Red Dots? Astronomers may finally have an answer www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Weird ‘Little Red Dots’ in space are something we’ve never seen
Astronomers are racing to understand mysterious ancient objects that pepper James Webb Space Telescope images
www.scientificamerican.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
What are JWST’s Little Red Dots? Astronomers may finally have an answer www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
The morning breakfast crowd have arrived!
February 18, 2026 at 7:43 AM
The morning breakfast crowd have arrived!
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Met 9 & 10 ground segment maintenance tomorrow, risk of interruption, see full details: user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Met 9 & 10 ground segment maintenance tomorrow, risk of interruption, see full details: user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
Chinese company, though, if that matters.
February 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Chinese company, though, if that matters.
Since when did MBNA decide to change their credit card from MasterCard to VISA? Did everyone but me already know about this?
February 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Since when did MBNA decide to change their credit card from MasterCard to VISA? Did everyone but me already know about this?
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Met-10 eclipse season tomorrow-4 May, risk of degradation, see full details:
user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Met-10 eclipse season tomorrow-4 May, risk of degradation, see full details:
user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
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Met-10 sun-colinearity today-24 Feb, risk of degradation, see full details: user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Met-10 sun-colinearity today-24 Feb, risk of degradation, see full details: user.eumetsat.int/news-events/...
Early morning in #Edinburgh - light covering of #snow. The #Pentland hills just visible in the distance.
February 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Early morning in #Edinburgh - light covering of #snow. The #Pentland hills just visible in the distance.
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Click this link to sign the petition "Allow radio operators to install antennas & masts without planning permission"
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Thanks,
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Thanks,
Petition: Allow radio operators to install antennas & masts without planning permission
Reform planning laws to allow licensed amateur radio operators to install antennas and masts without planning permission, to support innovation, skills, and emergency communications.
petition.parliament.uk
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Click this link to sign the petition "Allow radio operators to install antennas & masts without planning permission"
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Thanks,
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Thanks,
Reccomended!
FREE BOOK! Today only. THE FELLS (Detectives Donovan & Young Book 1) A missing woman. A cold case. A dark secret, buried deep beneath the Yorkshire Dales. Our duo fight to unearth the truth, navigating a labyrinth of secrets and lies.
📚 Grab your copy tinyurl.com/2fxedrvn
📚 Grab your copy tinyurl.com/2fxedrvn
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Reccomended!
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Met-11 yearly Rapid Scan Service (RSS) interruption tomorrow-26 Feb, see full details user.eumetsat.int/resources/se...
January 26, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Met-11 yearly Rapid Scan Service (RSS) interruption tomorrow-26 Feb, see full details user.eumetsat.int/resources/se...
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A lovely Sunday of snooker kicks off in an hour, as John Higgins and Kyren Wilson battle for the 2026 Masters title. The Wizard plays his 19th Triple Crown career final, hoping to bring home a 3rd Masters trophy. The Warrior looks for his first one after losing twice in the final (‘18, ‘25) #147sf
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A lovely Sunday of snooker kicks off in an hour, as John Higgins and Kyren Wilson battle for the 2026 Masters title. The Wizard plays his 19th Triple Crown career final, hoping to bring home a 3rd Masters trophy. The Warrior looks for his first one after losing twice in the final (‘18, ‘25) #147sf
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🛰️🚀 Ever wanted to visit a place where satellites and rockets are tested before they are sent to space?
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
January 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
🛰️🚀 Ever wanted to visit a place where satellites and rockets are tested before they are sent to space?
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Now you can do the next best thing!
Take a peek inside the walls of @esa.int’s Test Centre at ESTEC through the recently updated virtual tour 👀 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
M 6.2 #earthquake 133 km SE of Kuril’sk, #Russia as visualised on my @raspishake.bsky.social in #Edinburgh. USGS details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 AM
M 6.2 #earthquake 133 km SE of Kuril’sk, #Russia as visualised on my @raspishake.bsky.social in #Edinburgh. USGS details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Delighted to find that a hub purchased for a laptop with just two USB-C ports (what were you thinking, Dell?) will also support an iPad to send video over HDMI to a big screen display! Sends the audio as well! www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Revod...
UGREEN Docking Station, Revodok Pro 210 USB C Hub (10-in-1) with Dual 4K@60Hz, Single 8K@30Hz, Gigabit Ethernet, 100W PD, 4x 5Gbps USB Data Ports, SD/TF, USB-C Dock for Thinkpad, HP, Dell Laptops : Am...
www.amazon.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Delighted to find that a hub purchased for a laptop with just two USB-C ports (what were you thinking, Dell?) will also support an iPad to send video over HDMI to a big screen display! Sends the audio as well! www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Revod...
M 6.5 #earthquake 4 km NNW of Rancho Viejo, #Mexico as detected by my @raspishake.bsky.social in #Edinburgh.
USGS report: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
BBC News report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
USGS report: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
BBC News report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 AM
M 6.5 #earthquake 4 km NNW of Rancho Viejo, #Mexico as detected by my @raspishake.bsky.social in #Edinburgh.
USGS report: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
BBC News report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
USGS report: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
BBC News report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To all: Wishing you a Very Happy and healthy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 7:51 AM
To all: Wishing you a Very Happy and healthy New Year!
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Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s:
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive
Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.
www.rigb.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s:
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
Not quite as well developed in this part of [noisy] south #Edinburgh.
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Not quite as well developed in this part of [noisy] south #Edinburgh.
Any recommendations for a free iPad app for simple circuit design - block diagram drawing? Export to PNG. Thanks!
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Any recommendations for a free iPad app for simple circuit design - block diagram drawing? Export to PNG. Thanks!
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Sign the Petition
Save our lifeline, protect our heritage: Keep BBC Radio 4 Longwave
c.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Windows Update was unlikely to be the cause. You would have set you active hours so that updates wouldn’t be triggered inside your working hours, I trust. If the BSOD happens regularly I suggest getting the machine checked, perhaps a hardware error?
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Windows Update was unlikely to be the cause. You would have set you active hours so that updates wouldn’t be triggered inside your working hours, I trust. If the BSOD happens regularly I suggest getting the machine checked, perhaps a hardware error?
A reminder that it’s Windows Updates today or tomorrow.
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A reminder that it’s Windows Updates today or tomorrow.
M 7.6 #earthquake 73 km ENE of Misawa, #Japan as seen in #Edinburgh on my @raspishake.bsky.social. @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/....
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
M 7.6 #earthquake 73 km ENE of Misawa, #Japan as seen in #Edinburgh on my @raspishake.bsky.social. @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social details: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/....
