Lord Dover
@lorddover.com
Astronomer @ Sybilla Technologies working on space surveillance & tracking 🛰️🔭
The two types of astronomy post
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The two types of astronomy post
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December 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
I see all the RTO mandates are going well
Some schools disrupted amid rise in flu cases
Flu is on the rise, but ministers say schools should only close in extreme circumstances.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I see all the RTO mandates are going well
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Excellent use of public telemetry
The piss tank on the ISS is now 28% full.
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Excellent use of public telemetry
My nephew just found out about Santa, and his reaction is incredible
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My nephew just found out about Santa, and his reaction is incredible
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By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Has the Carrington Event been dethroned?
“Analysis... has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.
A significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted.”
Currently ~3,000 airborne A320 family aircraft.
www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/...
A significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted.”
Currently ~3,000 airborne A320 family aircraft.
www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Has the Carrington Event been dethroned?
It’s that time of year where I just type “yes” into the terminal to warm up the room
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It’s that time of year where I just type “yes” into the terminal to warm up the room
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
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I never thought a comparison could be overly harsh on Stevenage. But here we are.
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I never thought a comparison could be overly harsh on Stevenage. But here we are.
One thing nobody warns you about with observational astronomy 🔭 is that you actually spend half your time pretending to be a meteorologist ☁️
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
One thing nobody warns you about with observational astronomy 🔭 is that you actually spend half your time pretending to be a meteorologist ☁️
I really wish the government would fuck off with this creepy authoritarian bullshit. Nobody asked for this.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I really wish the government would fuck off with this creepy authoritarian bullshit. Nobody asked for this.
Being on that list is a badge of honour
Bellingcat has been named an undesirable organisation in Russia because of our reporting on the country dating back to the downing of MH17 in 2014 by Russian-backed forces.
We will continue to report accurately on Russia and will not be intimidated by disinformation and false accusations.
We will continue to report accurately on Russia and will not be intimidated by disinformation and false accusations.
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Being on that list is a badge of honour
Remember when Obama jokingly predicted this in 2011?
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Remember when Obama jokingly predicted this in 2011?
After today’s surgery I am ~0.05% titanium.
Would not recommend.
Would not recommend.
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
After today’s surgery I am ~0.05% titanium.
Would not recommend.
Would not recommend.
I can finally start calling him “the Andrew formerly known as Prince”
Andrew loses 'prince' title and home as Virginia Giuffre's brother calls for further investigation
Sky Roberts welcomes the King's moves, but says:
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I can finally start calling him “the Andrew formerly known as Prince”
In her WHAT
RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."
October 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In her WHAT
If only someone could have predicted that OSA would be a disaster
ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says
The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If only someone could have predicted that OSA would be a disaster
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Check out our tiny rock featured by @eso.org !
Now available in Nature Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We measured the size using the new lightcurve shape models and old radar data #TeamRadar
📡🪨🔭🧪
Now available in Nature Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We measured the size using the new lightcurve shape models and old radar data #TeamRadar
📡🪨🔭🧪
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Check out our tiny rock featured by @eso.org !
Now available in Nature Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We measured the size using the new lightcurve shape models and old radar data #TeamRadar
📡🪨🔭🧪
Now available in Nature Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We measured the size using the new lightcurve shape models and old radar data #TeamRadar
📡🪨🔭🧪