Jeff
@sentientspace.bsky.social
Physicist in Royal Deeside. General tinkerer, Dismantler, Writer. Reads speculative fiction, science, politics and biographies. Enjoys music, coffee, single malt and food.
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Let’s stand up to those old fossils ! I’m excited to be heading on tour next year with my brand new live show called World of Wonder: Planet on the Edge .
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Let’s stand up to those old fossils ! I’m excited to be heading on tour next year with my brand new live show called World of Wonder: Planet on the Edge .
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
Tickets at fane.co.uk/chris-packham
This is the sort of feed where my guilty face gives me away if someone catches me. And then I have to show them what I was fantasising over.
Smash or Pass?
Herb-Crusted Rack of Lamb | 👨🍳betterhomebase - PIN
Herb-Crusted Rack of Lamb | 👨🍳betterhomebase - PIN
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is the sort of feed where my guilty face gives me away if someone catches me. And then I have to show them what I was fantasising over.
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
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It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social Is it me, or is the idea of a cocktail called the ‘Transatlantic Sour’ made with marmalade hilariously unsubtle?
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@sturdyalex.bsky.social Is it me, or is the idea of a cocktail called the ‘Transatlantic Sour’ made with marmalade hilariously unsubtle?
Am I the only one who sees adverts for Eddington and wishes it was the much needed biopic of a celebrated physicist?
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Am I the only one who sees adverts for Eddington and wishes it was the much needed biopic of a celebrated physicist?
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Today's the day ! It's launch day for the #BigButterflyCount . . .
Get out between now and 10th August for 15 minutes and count the butterflies you see & help the great citizen science of @savebutterflies.bsky.social ! Get involved at bigbutterflycount.org
Get out between now and 10th August for 15 minutes and count the butterflies you see & help the great citizen science of @savebutterflies.bsky.social ! Get involved at bigbutterflycount.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today's the day ! It's launch day for the #BigButterflyCount . . .
Get out between now and 10th August for 15 minutes and count the butterflies you see & help the great citizen science of @savebutterflies.bsky.social ! Get involved at bigbutterflycount.org
Get out between now and 10th August for 15 minutes and count the butterflies you see & help the great citizen science of @savebutterflies.bsky.social ! Get involved at bigbutterflycount.org
I have just finished watching @chrisgpackham.bsky.social ‘s Earth on BBC iPlayer. An absolutely fantastic series, great visuals and brilliant presentation from the man. Explains the fundamentals of how we know what we know about climate change in a highly accessible way. Bravo!
July 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have just finished watching @chrisgpackham.bsky.social ‘s Earth on BBC iPlayer. An absolutely fantastic series, great visuals and brilliant presentation from the man. Explains the fundamentals of how we know what we know about climate change in a highly accessible way. Bravo!
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com always brings a fresh perspective and entertaining insight. Do subscribe!
v pleased people are enjoying this but now contractually obliged to be unseemly and point out that, if you like my writing, you can subscribe to my newsletter for free! and if you want to make sure I can keep writing my newsletter, and you can afford to, then you may take a paid subscription! thx!
in this week's newsletter! an actually serious essay, in which I try to figure out why on earth so many of the mainstream political elites feel that the far right ought to be able to get away with everything: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-the-el... [free to read!]
April 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com always brings a fresh perspective and entertaining insight. Do subscribe!
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I have already plugged @sturdyalex.bsky.social’s brilliant show, but I don’t think I’ve adequately explained just what a brilliant idea it is. So fascinating, stimulating, full of beautiful music, smart interviews, completely the best type of audio.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Alex Andreou's Podyssey
Arts Podcast · Updated weekly · Alex Andreou revisits the classic Greek myths, and uncovers universal themes they share with us across the millennia
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April 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I have already plugged @sturdyalex.bsky.social’s brilliant show, but I don’t think I’ve adequately explained just what a brilliant idea it is. So fascinating, stimulating, full of beautiful music, smart interviews, completely the best type of audio.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com cost shavings
friend typed "pubic services" in the group chat so that's me done for the day, closing my Google Doc tab and dedicating the next three to four hours to finding ever novel ways in which to rinse her for it, back at my desk tomorrow morning
April 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com cost shavings
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Two wonderful films from @royalsociety.org to celebrate #womeninstem and 80 years since the admission of the first two female Fellows, Katherine Lonsdale www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwcf...
The ethical science of Kathleen Lonsdale | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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March 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two wonderful films from @royalsociety.org to celebrate #womeninstem and 80 years since the admission of the first two female Fellows, Katherine Lonsdale www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwcf...
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And Margery Stephenson both elected in 1945, the first of a growing number of female FRSs www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK7B...
The scientific life of Marjory Stephenson | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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March 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
And Margery Stephenson both elected in 1945, the first of a growing number of female FRSs www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK7B...
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My review of the brilliant Bacchanalia by Sleepwalk Immersive, running for another two weeks at Hoxton Hall. Tickets still available for some dates but likely to sell out.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My review of the brilliant Bacchanalia by Sleepwalk Immersive, running for another two weeks at Hoxton Hall. Tickets still available for some dates but likely to sell out.
annecorlett.co.uk/uncategorize...
annecorlett.co.uk/uncategorize...
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The point of QR is to bring together voices who disagree on many things, to find common ground. It was fascinating to have David Gauke with us discussing sentencing reforms, welfare cuts and of course, the U.K. EU reset.
🤜 Until the PIP squeaks 🤛
@sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social & guest fmr DWP & Justice Sec, David Gauke - exiled from the Tories over Brexit - discuss Labour’s welfare cuts, Badenoch’s climate u-turn, and justice.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5HV0...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social & guest fmr DWP & Justice Sec, David Gauke - exiled from the Tories over Brexit - discuss Labour’s welfare cuts, Badenoch’s climate u-turn, and justice.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5HV0...
Until the PIP squeaks
Quiet Riot · Episode
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March 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The point of QR is to bring together voices who disagree on many things, to find common ground. It was fascinating to have David Gauke with us discussing sentencing reforms, welfare cuts and of course, the U.K. EU reset.
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Magnificent is the word!
🍀Happy #StPatricksDay!
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! And of course my Chocolate Guinness Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay. It couldn’t be anything else! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! And of course my Chocolate Guinness Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay. It couldn’t be anything else! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
Chocolate Guinness Cake
This cake is magnificent in its damp blackness. I can't say that you can absolutely taste the stout in it, but there is certainly a resonant, ferrous tang which I happen to love. The best way of descr...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Magnificent is the word!
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FIRST EPISODE drops tomorrow. Make sure you’re subscribed to Alex Andreou’s Podyssey so you don’t miss the inaugural show. I am beyond excited for us to launch our second product from Cooler Heads. It’s SO good 🎉
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Alex Andreou's Podyssey
Arts Podcast · 1 Episodes · Updated weekly
podcasts.apple.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FIRST EPISODE drops tomorrow. Make sure you’re subscribed to Alex Andreou’s Podyssey so you don’t miss the inaugural show. I am beyond excited for us to launch our second product from Cooler Heads. It’s SO good 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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The Theatre of Glass and Shadows has a new look for the paperback launch on 6 March! geni.us/TheatreOfGlass
The Theatre of Glass and Shadows
Out 11th April 2024
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February 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Theatre of Glass and Shadows has a new look for the paperback launch on 6 March! geni.us/TheatreOfGlass
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This is the charity we mention. A x
Thank you for mentioning www.1team1fight.org - I've just sent some cash.
1team1fight | A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides equipment and humanitarian aid to Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
1Team1Fight is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization who provide on-the-ground support in Ukraine. Our primary focus is on equipping Ukrainian defenders with essential protective gear and humanitarian aid ...
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March 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is the charity we mention. A x
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Friends, may I point you at these #ebook bundles? We could use some sales just now. 🙂 And if you’re not interested, might I ask you to reskeet this so that others who might be interested can see? Thanks! ❤️ www.tumblr.com/dduane/77511... #ebooksky #booksky
Just mentioning again...
...that all the prices on our Ebooks Direct ebook bundles are still holding at Black Friday levels (pretty much 50% off, and in some cases more...), because frankly I think everybody can use a little…
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February 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Friends, may I point you at these #ebook bundles? We could use some sales just now. 🙂 And if you’re not interested, might I ask you to reskeet this so that others who might be interested can see? Thanks! ❤️ www.tumblr.com/dduane/77511... #ebooksky #booksky
It’s all about to go south. Soon.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
February 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s all about to go south. Soon.
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The ultimate power of any court is in its coercive orders - and a machinery to readily enforce those orders.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The ultimate power of any court is in its coercive orders - and a machinery to readily enforce those orders.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
But once those coercive orders are defied without sanction, there is nothing left.
That’s it: game over.
Just pieces of paper with fancy words and writing.
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It's out! You can download it now.I may do a thread in a but, but I'm just too excited atm.
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It's out! You can download it now.I may do a thread in a but, but I'm just too excited atm.
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I don’t suppose I’ll write a hundred books (unless there’s a trend for very very short historical fiction, or they figure out the eternal life thing), but even if I could, I don’t think the thrill of seeing a new one for the first time would ever get old. And this is my new one.
January 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I don’t suppose I’ll write a hundred books (unless there’s a trend for very very short historical fiction, or they figure out the eternal life thing), but even if I could, I don’t think the thrill of seeing a new one for the first time would ever get old. And this is my new one.
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"Why did you come to this time? To warn us?"
The time traveler laughed. "Why would anyone listen to me?"
"You're from our future-"
"No, I'm from a different timeline, a different future. I'm a refugee."
"To here? Now?"
"It looks fucked right now, but this is the timeline that pulls through."
The time traveler laughed. "Why would anyone listen to me?"
"You're from our future-"
"No, I'm from a different timeline, a different future. I'm a refugee."
"To here? Now?"
"It looks fucked right now, but this is the timeline that pulls through."
January 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"Why did you come to this time? To warn us?"
The time traveler laughed. "Why would anyone listen to me?"
"You're from our future-"
"No, I'm from a different timeline, a different future. I'm a refugee."
"To here? Now?"
"It looks fucked right now, but this is the timeline that pulls through."
The time traveler laughed. "Why would anyone listen to me?"
"You're from our future-"
"No, I'm from a different timeline, a different future. I'm a refugee."
"To here? Now?"
"It looks fucked right now, but this is the timeline that pulls through."