Andrew J. Kavanagh
@stpkav.bsky.social
Space plasma physicist. Radar botherer.
A view of a grey Autumn/Winter day, strolling along the bank of the Thames on my way to a meeting this afternoon. I have never really wanted to live in London but every so often I understand the appeal
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A view of a grey Autumn/Winter day, strolling along the bank of the Thames on my way to a meeting this afternoon. I have never really wanted to live in London but every so often I understand the appeal
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Now do the show but only with senior academics.
The Traitors is a very different game when the players are either friends already or in an industry where, if you’re making a project together, you are used to quickly bonding and making fast friends for the duration.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Now do the show but only with senior academics.
Reposted by Andrew J. Kavanagh
Landing at Wolf's Fang, a staging camp on the Antarctic continent 🇦🇶
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Landing at Wolf's Fang, a staging camp on the Antarctic continent 🇦🇶
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf.
They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh?
Pleased to see my BAS colleague, Ingrid Cnossen, quoted in this report, alongside input from @mist-uk.bsky.social compiled by @spacesciem.bsky.social when she was chair of MIST council.
🚀The UK's promising space sector risks falling behind without urgent action by Government.
📜Today we publish our report, 'The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out.'
👀See our key recommendations and find links to full report ⬇️
ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/UK-engagemen...
📜Today we publish our report, 'The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out.'
👀See our key recommendations and find links to full report ⬇️
ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/UK-engagemen...
How can the UK be a winner in the new global space race?
The Government must seize the opportunities emerging in space
ukparliament.shorthandstories.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Pleased to see my BAS colleague, Ingrid Cnossen, quoted in this report, alongside input from @mist-uk.bsky.social compiled by @spacesciem.bsky.social when she was chair of MIST council.
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Space weather is important to modern life on Earth - and future activity in space 🛰️
Did you know that BAS has a Space Weather and Atmosphere team? The polar regions are good places to study the upper atmosphere.
This inquiry into the UK's future space economy includes a quote from the team ⬇️
Did you know that BAS has a Space Weather and Atmosphere team? The polar regions are good places to study the upper atmosphere.
This inquiry into the UK's future space economy includes a quote from the team ⬇️
🚀The UK's promising space sector risks falling behind without urgent action by Government.
📜Today we publish our report, 'The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out.'
👀See our key recommendations and find links to full report ⬇️
ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/UK-engagemen...
📜Today we publish our report, 'The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out.'
👀See our key recommendations and find links to full report ⬇️
ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/UK-engagemen...
How can the UK be a winner in the new global space race?
The Government must seize the opportunities emerging in space
ukparliament.shorthandstories.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Space weather is important to modern life on Earth - and future activity in space 🛰️
Did you know that BAS has a Space Weather and Atmosphere team? The polar regions are good places to study the upper atmosphere.
This inquiry into the UK's future space economy includes a quote from the team ⬇️
Did you know that BAS has a Space Weather and Atmosphere team? The polar regions are good places to study the upper atmosphere.
This inquiry into the UK's future space economy includes a quote from the team ⬇️
A subject that has come up several times in different settings recently.
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A subject that has come up several times in different settings recently.
I am in Wales! Land of my fathers. Well one grandmother actually, but that will do.
August 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I am in Wales! Land of my fathers. Well one grandmother actually, but that will do.
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Had a really fun show last night in Tufnell Park and looking forward to another one tonight. Very much still tickets available for all shows so if you fancy a laugh then come along... camdenfringe.com/events/matt-... @camdenfringe.bsky.social
Matt Green: Work in Progress - Camden Fringe
Online political comedy star Matt returns with new jokes about politics, the news and himself. Matt has moved house and the world is in chaos. But we can still laugh about it - right?Is selling a flat...
camdenfringe.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Had a really fun show last night in Tufnell Park and looking forward to another one tonight. Very much still tickets available for all shows so if you fancy a laugh then come along... camdenfringe.com/events/matt-... @camdenfringe.bsky.social
Dear Matalan, back to school adverts in the first half of the summer holidays are unconscionable; deciding to air them before the holiday starts is the sign of a depraved mind
July 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dear Matalan, back to school adverts in the first half of the summer holidays are unconscionable; deciding to air them before the holiday starts is the sign of a depraved mind
It is a hard time to be someone who is not a fan of Oasis. I wish those who are joy, but am a bit sick of the obsessive coverage on the radio.
July 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It is a hard time to be someone who is not a fan of Oasis. I wish those who are joy, but am a bit sick of the obsessive coverage on the radio.
The combined DRIIVE and FINESSE workshop has ended at BAS. Two days of fascinating science and planning for future ionospheric campaigns with EISCAT. Great to see brilliant colleagues.
June 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The combined DRIIVE and FINESSE workshop has ended at BAS. Two days of fascinating science and planning for future ionospheric campaigns with EISCAT. Great to see brilliant colleagues.
Going to apply for an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship in space plasma physics? The Space Weather and Atmosphere team at the British Antarctic Survey can support an application this year. 1 July deadline for an outline proposal. Get in touch if your are interested www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Ernest Rutherford Fellowship 2025
STFC is offering up to 10 Ernest Rutherford Fellowships to exceptional researchers at an early stage of their career. The aim is to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent...
www.ukri.org
June 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Going to apply for an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship in space plasma physics? The Space Weather and Atmosphere team at the British Antarctic Survey can support an application this year. 1 July deadline for an outline proposal. Get in touch if your are interested www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
@jim-wild.bsky.social went on linkedin to post that BAS SWA is accepting expressions of interest for ERFs and the first post I saw was yours 🤣. Now it will look as if I was copying.
June 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
@jim-wild.bsky.social went on linkedin to post that BAS SWA is accepting expressions of interest for ERFs and the first post I saw was yours 🤣. Now it will look as if I was copying.
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Next ANGWIN workshop dates announced :) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Next ANGWIN workshop dates announced :) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social
Second bit of travel in two weeks. Off to the EISCAT_3D users meeting. Then I am done for the year, I think.
May 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Second bit of travel in two weeks. Off to the EISCAT_3D users meeting. Then I am done for the year, I think.
Congratulations to @bas.ac.uk very own Richard Horne on the award of the Julius Bartels medal at the #EGU25.
April 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Congratulations to @bas.ac.uk very own Richard Horne on the award of the Julius Bartels medal at the #EGU25.
Great to be back in Vienna for the EGU General Assembly. One of my favourite meetings, not least for the breadth of science on display.
April 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Great to be back in Vienna for the EGU General Assembly. One of my favourite meetings, not least for the breadth of science on display.
Of course the highlight of the MIST meeting, beyond visiting my old undergraduate haunts, was seeing the majority BAS Space weather team winning the MIST football competition.
April 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Of course the highlight of the MIST meeting, beyond visiting my old undergraduate haunts, was seeing the majority BAS Space weather team winning the MIST football competition.
Followed the MIST meeting with a visit to the National Space Centre. Very enjoyable.
April 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Followed the MIST meeting with a visit to the National Space Centre. Very enjoyable.
Just back from a fantastic Spring MIST (Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Solar Terrestrial) hosted by the group at the University of Leicester. The community is thriving with world leading science and high impact space weather work.
April 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just back from a fantastic Spring MIST (Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Solar Terrestrial) hosted by the group at the University of Leicester. The community is thriving with world leading science and high impact space weather work.
Rewarding myself for achieving a weight loss goal by being a bit lax with my calories today... Think I am starting to see why I have a weight problem...
March 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Rewarding myself for achieving a weight loss goal by being a bit lax with my calories today... Think I am starting to see why I have a weight problem...
Finally let go and deactivated my account at the other place. Such a shame, at its best it was a great place. #riptwitter
March 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Finally let go and deactivated my account at the other place. Such a shame, at its best it was a great place. #riptwitter
Bugger. Typo in mass mail. Brace for many messages saying "you got the date wrong".
Yes I have noticed.
No you are not original or funny.
Yes I have noticed.
No you are not original or funny.
February 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Bugger. Typo in mass mail. Brace for many messages saying "you got the date wrong".
Yes I have noticed.
No you are not original or funny.
Yes I have noticed.
No you are not original or funny.
Trip abandoned. A fatality at Stevenage means no one is getting south any time soon on this rail line. Time to head home.
On my way to London to enjoy some talks on space weather science from the L5 Lagrangian point at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. I know I am a bit later than the usual rush hour crowd, but the station car park was very empty. Friday is clearly still a WFH day for many commuters in my region.
February 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Trip abandoned. A fatality at Stevenage means no one is getting south any time soon on this rail line. Time to head home.