Michael
@shevekuk.bsky.social
He/him. Gay guy from London, very ex-physicist, into all kinds of science and geeky stuff. Left wing, when's the fully automated luxury communism arriving?
How do astronomers do it? I mean, how do they cope with the immensity of the scale of time and space and not go stark, raving mad?!
Here's another deep field image from JWST.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
January 29, 2026 at 1:59 AM
How do astronomers do it? I mean, how do they cope with the immensity of the scale of time and space and not go stark, raving mad?!
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Here's another deep field image from JWST.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Here's another deep field image from JWST.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
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Trump trying to destabilise Canada from within.
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Trump trying to destabilise Canada from within.
I have feelings about this particular performance and I'm not sure what they are
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January 29, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I have feelings about this particular performance and I'm not sure what they are
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@x626.bsky.social I couldn't read the clock earlier as my eyes went a bit weird and I said "I can't read the clock, my eyes have gone a bit Molly Cobb) and Khuram said we are adding that to our vocabulary from now on
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 AM
@x626.bsky.social I couldn't read the clock earlier as my eyes went a bit weird and I said "I can't read the clock, my eyes have gone a bit Molly Cobb) and Khuram said we are adding that to our vocabulary from now on
The world is changing and needs science more than ever.
If that doesn't move you, the US just shit the bed and now it's basically Europe vs China in terms of basic science
But, sure. Let's just stop funding it, won't kick us in the geopolitical or climate change balls AT ALL
If that doesn't move you, the US just shit the bed and now it's basically Europe vs China in terms of basic science
But, sure. Let's just stop funding it, won't kick us in the geopolitical or climate change balls AT ALL
Big development with some major consequences for British physics research
STFC is asking asking leaders of projects it funds "to identify how their project would respond to flat cash and reductions of 20 per cent, 40 per cent and 60 per cent"
Major UK science facilities are also facing cuts
STFC is asking asking leaders of projects it funds "to identify how their project would respond to flat cash and reductions of 20 per cent, 40 per cent and 60 per cent"
Major UK science facilities are also facing cuts
BREAKING: UK physics research and science facilities face ‘substantial’ cuts
Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The world is changing and needs science more than ever.
If that doesn't move you, the US just shit the bed and now it's basically Europe vs China in terms of basic science
But, sure. Let's just stop funding it, won't kick us in the geopolitical or climate change balls AT ALL
If that doesn't move you, the US just shit the bed and now it's basically Europe vs China in terms of basic science
But, sure. Let's just stop funding it, won't kick us in the geopolitical or climate change balls AT ALL
Because cutting science is such a good idea
Big development with some major consequences for British physics research
STFC is asking asking leaders of projects it funds "to identify how their project would respond to flat cash and reductions of 20 per cent, 40 per cent and 60 per cent"
Major UK science facilities are also facing cuts
STFC is asking asking leaders of projects it funds "to identify how their project would respond to flat cash and reductions of 20 per cent, 40 per cent and 60 per cent"
Major UK science facilities are also facing cuts
BREAKING: UK physics research and science facilities face ‘substantial’ cuts
Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
Scoop by @francesjones.bsky.social
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Because cutting science is such a good idea
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1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1-28-26 Fulton Warrant
www.documentcloud.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The technological speed up in #ForAllMankind is huge, and shown in a couple of subtle ways
For example, Tracy's tv interview from the shuttle via encrypted link in early 80s
Cameras weren't that small, and encryption was soooo slow at the time (had real world implications during one near-disaster)
For example, Tracy's tv interview from the shuttle via encrypted link in early 80s
Cameras weren't that small, and encryption was soooo slow at the time (had real world implications during one near-disaster)
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The technological speed up in #ForAllMankind is huge, and shown in a couple of subtle ways
For example, Tracy's tv interview from the shuttle via encrypted link in early 80s
Cameras weren't that small, and encryption was soooo slow at the time (had real world implications during one near-disaster)
For example, Tracy's tv interview from the shuttle via encrypted link in early 80s
Cameras weren't that small, and encryption was soooo slow at the time (had real world implications during one near-disaster)
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Hot on the heels of our £9m donation from a Thailand-based crypto investor, I am currently serving my Clacton constituents by flying to Dubai for a private lunch hosted by an Indian billionaire, where I hope to encourage more foreigners to interfere in British politics.
January 28, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Hot on the heels of our £9m donation from a Thailand-based crypto investor, I am currently serving my Clacton constituents by flying to Dubai for a private lunch hosted by an Indian billionaire, where I hope to encourage more foreigners to interfere in British politics.
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Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
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Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada wasn’t even at the protest — his wife was — but prosecutors are pressuring him into giving up his permanent resident status because he allegedly moved a box of zines the day after. Now that he’s going to trial, he’s looking at decades behind bars and deportation.
Immigration Protester Faces Terrorism Charges, Deportation as Trial Approaches - UNICORN RIOT
Alvarado, TX — On February 17, 2026, the trial of nine people connected to a July 4, 2025 protest outside Alvarado, Texas’s Prairieland immigration detention center begins. Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanche...
unicornriot.ninja
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada wasn’t even at the protest — his wife was — but prosecutors are pressuring him into giving up his permanent resident status because he allegedly moved a box of zines the day after. Now that he’s going to trial, he’s looking at decades behind bars and deportation.
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15 GW of fossil power falling down on the job, leaving grandmas and babies to freeze in the dark across the mid-atlantic.
Can't count on these flaky, unreliable dinosaurs to show up when called. Truly useless garbage power sources.
Can't count on these flaky, unreliable dinosaurs to show up when called. Truly useless garbage power sources.
Fossil Fuels Failed During Winter Storm Fern
Power plant outages in America's largest grid show we can't depend upon fossil fuels
thepowerline.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
15 GW of fossil power falling down on the job, leaving grandmas and babies to freeze in the dark across the mid-atlantic.
Can't count on these flaky, unreliable dinosaurs to show up when called. Truly useless garbage power sources.
Can't count on these flaky, unreliable dinosaurs to show up when called. Truly useless garbage power sources.
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ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s
the country has put out a statement in spanish
the country has put out a statement in spanish
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s
the country has put out a statement in spanish
the country has put out a statement in spanish
For All Mankind
That's, erm, well I wish it were even slightly true
That's, erm, well I wish it were even slightly true
January 28, 2026 at 1:18 AM
For All Mankind
That's, erm, well I wish it were even slightly true
That's, erm, well I wish it were even slightly true
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To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
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Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.
people.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
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@x626.bsky.social Ensign Hoshi Sato got downgraded to a newsreader?!
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
@x626.bsky.social Ensign Hoshi Sato got downgraded to a newsreader?!
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
'Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.'
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.'
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
'Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.'
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.'
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
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Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...