John Spicer
@johnspicer3.bsky.social
GP, med eth, med ed, guitar, refugee from another place
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Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
January 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
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17 BREACHED MP code of conduct, and not declaring on time over £380.000. This man is literally worse than any Tory worse than Johnson. How can anyone think he's right to run uk?. Thought back to honest politics was the key............
January 21, 2026 at 6:14 PM
17 BREACHED MP code of conduct, and not declaring on time over £380.000. This man is literally worse than any Tory worse than Johnson. How can anyone think he's right to run uk?. Thought back to honest politics was the key............
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US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties
Trump’s Board of Peace has now officially been recognized as an international organization, according to the White House.
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
US law requires 2/3 Senate approval for international treaties
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They got so so much wrong. And we are all paying the price.
January 21, 2026 at 7:56 AM
They got so so much wrong. And we are all paying the price.
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The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is in the Virgo cluster & is 1 of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. It's 50,000 light-years across & is 30 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA & The Hubble Heritage Team
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is in the Virgo cluster & is 1 of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. It's 50,000 light-years across & is 30 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA & The Hubble Heritage Team
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
Think I’d rather trust UK security agencies over huffing and puffing of various @conservatives.bsky.social
concerning #chineseembassy
concerning #chineseembassy
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Think I’d rather trust UK security agencies over huffing and puffing of various @conservatives.bsky.social
concerning #chineseembassy
concerning #chineseembassy
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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The Wine Shop - Edward Hopper, 1909.
Source : Whitney Museum of American Art
Source : Whitney Museum of American Art
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The Wine Shop - Edward Hopper, 1909.
Source : Whitney Museum of American Art
Source : Whitney Museum of American Art
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CTB 1: The Medulla Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...
What powers this unusual nebula? CTB 1 is the expanding gas shell that was left when a massive star toward the constellation of Cassiopeia exploded about 10,000 years ago
What powers this unusual nebula? CTB 1 is the expanding gas shell that was left when a massive star toward the constellation of Cassiopeia exploded about 10,000 years ago
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
CTB 1: The Medulla Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...
What powers this unusual nebula? CTB 1 is the expanding gas shell that was left when a massive star toward the constellation of Cassiopeia exploded about 10,000 years ago
What powers this unusual nebula? CTB 1 is the expanding gas shell that was left when a massive star toward the constellation of Cassiopeia exploded about 10,000 years ago
The ghastly #tice showing his amateurishness on #bbclaurak
Weak on Ukraine, waffle on economy, too impressed by failed Tories etc etc
Weak on Ukraine, waffle on economy, too impressed by failed Tories etc etc
January 18, 2026 at 9:32 AM
The ghastly #tice showing his amateurishness on #bbclaurak
Weak on Ukraine, waffle on economy, too impressed by failed Tories etc etc
Weak on Ukraine, waffle on economy, too impressed by failed Tories etc etc
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From the man who brought us Brexit - soo we really trust his judgement?
January 18, 2026 at 12:51 AM
From the man who brought us Brexit - soo we really trust his judgement?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wonderful writing here
Wonderful writing here
Americans disapprove of Trump’s foreign policy. His escapades are likely to cost him | Sid Blumenthal
History tells us what happens when American presidents focus on foreign policy and neglect domestic economic policy
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wonderful writing here
Wonderful writing here
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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More on that Hep B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau:
Via @mark-ungrin.bsky.social
#episky
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Via @mark-ungrin.bsky.social
#episky
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”
www.rollingstone.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
More on that Hep B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau:
Via @mark-ungrin.bsky.social
#episky
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Via @mark-ungrin.bsky.social
#episky
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Terrific account from @annekeschmidt.bsky.social here: the harms of #brexit in microcosm
Terrific account from @annekeschmidt.bsky.social here: the harms of #brexit in microcosm
A moment that changed me: the Brexit result came through – and my life in Britain fell apart
I had my first teaching job lined up and a mortgage application in process. Now it looked like I would have to return to Germany and start training again from scratch. There were just 72 hours to save...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Terrific account from @annekeschmidt.bsky.social here: the harms of #brexit in microcosm
Terrific account from @annekeschmidt.bsky.social here: the harms of #brexit in microcosm
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rats and sunk ships
Rats and sunk ships
Step forward, Nadhim Zahawi: the latest, highest-profile rat to flee the Tory ship | John Crace
As a member of Reform, Nadhim was adamant he had more to give. Even if none of us really wanted him
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rats and sunk ships
Rats and sunk ships
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NGC2335, the Seagull nebula, another ongoing project I’ve been working on for about three weeks. In this case as well, this image was obtained by capturing the radiation emitted in the ionized hydrogen spectrum and partly in oxygen, with about 15 hours of integration time. >>>
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January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
NGC2335, the Seagull nebula, another ongoing project I’ve been working on for about three weeks. In this case as well, this image was obtained by capturing the radiation emitted in the ionized hydrogen spectrum and partly in oxygen, with about 15 hours of integration time. >>>
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#Astrophotography
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#Astrophotography