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Glyn Morgan
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Head of Collections and Principal Curator at The Science Museum, London | Storyteller | PhD | Sometime Lecturer, Interviewer, Writer | He/Him | Views mine | https://linktr.ee/glynmorgan
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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · Oct 20
I seem to have picked up quite a few new followers this weekend, hi! I'm trying to use this place more than the other, so I hope we interact.

From me you'll mainly see posts and shared content about museums, books (especially science fiction), and science.
A Tom Gauld cartoon: figures stand and sit around a room cooking, hanging a picture, re-organising the bookcase, hoovering, scrolling on their phone. A woman has arrived at the door and is being told "No, the writers' workshop is next door: this is the writers' procrastinationshop"
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Every time I come home to North Wales the train I book back to London is cancelled. The only thing that is reliable is the unreliability! So much for my booked seat tomorrow 😞
"Cancelled. This service has been cancelled because of more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time"
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Ryan Moulton @moultano Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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With a few of my colleagues, I recently visited the National Quantum Computing Centre, NQCC. Had a fascinating chat with Luke Fernley about his work there, using laser beams to wrangle atoms to carry out quantum computations. More here, in this blog: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-lasers-a...
How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation - Science Museum Blog
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer—one that ‘thinks’ in quantum proba...
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Happy birthday to the only two women with elements named after them on the periodic table: #MarieCurie & #LiseMeitner.

As I do every year, I will once again repeat my proposal that November 7 should be International #WomenInSTEM Day!

#histSTM #chemistry #physics
#OnThisDay #OTD #PeriodicTable👩‍🔬🗃️📜
The squares for Curium and Meitnerium from periodictable.com, featuring portraits of their respective namesakes, are presented above a caption "Only two women have chemical elements named after them. Both were born on November 7th." (I'm aware that there was some ambiguity surrounding Lise Meitner's birthday, but Ruth Lewin Sime's biography notes that Meitner celebrated the occasion on November 7.)
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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“Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe. And their guides, the writers of fantasy, should take their responsibilities seriously."

From Elfland to Poughkeepsie, Ursula K Le Guin
October 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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This is such welcome news! Can't wait to see the first shortlist!
thebookerprizes.com The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 18d
For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation.

Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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I love this cartoon, I reckon it's pretty realistic of how it really happened ;)

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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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I have actually been thinking for a while that a modern sequel to The Blob as a climate horror, in the right hands, could be great.
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Absolute gold @hellohistoria.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
A picture of a foggy street
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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A weird question for my museum collections nerds on a Monday:

Human Hair in collections. Who's thinking about/ writing about/ discussing this? What hair have you got? How do you approach potential sensitivities?

Please share far and wide! #Museums #Collections #CulturalHeritage
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Check out our recent blog post all about 'The Embedding' by Ian Watson and a fascinating look at how the author explores linguistics alongside science fiction.

Read student Jonathan Thornton's blog: https://orlo.uk/UqgDO

#livunilibrary #livuni #specialcollections #voyager #sciencefiction
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Lovely day trip to Bath today, soaking up the autumnal vibes, browsing book shops, and visiting some lovely pubs and cafes, hunting ghost signs 🍂🍃🍁🍂
Looking out over the River Avon, autumnal colours in trees on the far bank An installation of peace doves, taken from below, suspended from the ceiling in Bath Abbey One of the bars in The Raven pub, crowned with dried hops A faded sign for an old business painted on the bath stone wall
October 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.

The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The eight books shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction are in a stack, with a note on top that reads "Prize winner announcement 10.21.25 9 am PDT." The books are North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher; Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins; The City in Glass by Nghi Vo; The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy; The West Passage by Jared Pechaček; Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera; Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston; and Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson.
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Alan Garner is 91 today. A brilliant and unique author. His books have inspired and enchanted me since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen at the age of 11. Here is my treasured copy of Red Shift. The Le Guin quote on the cover is wholly accurate.
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Nobody asked me for an acceptance speech, but I have one anyway, because what the heck; because I respect the thankless work the @theignyteawards.bsky.social does each year; because I'm glad for good trouble; because I'm honoured to be honoured.

suyidavies.com/updates/lost... #2025IgnyteAwards
Lost Ark Dreaming wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella (full acceptance speech) — Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa wins the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella. Full acceptance speech follows.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Got my copy on pre-order!
tomgauld.bsky.social Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Oct 2
My new book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS is out in a week! Order a copy today from you local bookshop or at one of the links here: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
October 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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In memoriam...
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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wolfsonhistory.bsky.social
We're excited to reveal the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 shortlist, celebrating the finest historical non-fiction works from the past year.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! 👏📚

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Sad to hear about the passing of Jane Goodall, I had the absolute joy of seeing her speak recently at a Science Museum event and without notes or hesitation she was sharp, funny, every story perfectly formed, in a way I struggle to be now let alone at 91! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM