astrotomato
@astrotomato.bsky.social
I don't post much these days, but if I do it'll be about #writing #scifi #sustainability #ClimateChange #music // Left of centre
My books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Graeme%20Maughan/author/B007904WIK
My books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Graeme%20Maughan/author/B007904WIK
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Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
There's some circular etymology here.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
There's some circular etymology here.
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World top soils store 45% more carbon than previously thought, making them a better sequester of carbon but also a bigger threat is soil degradation is allowed to continue
earth.org/soil-is-bigg...
earth.org/soil-is-bigg...
Soil Is Bigger Carbon Sink Than Previously Thought: Report
The world’s soils store 45% more carbon than previously estimated, making them a powerful, largely untapped carbon sink.
earth.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
World top soils store 45% more carbon than previously thought, making them a better sequester of carbon but also a bigger threat is soil degradation is allowed to continue
earth.org/soil-is-bigg...
earth.org/soil-is-bigg...
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The Life of Brian is not in the list… THE LIFE OF BRIAN!!!!
PADDINGTON 2? Not in the list!
SINGING IN THE RAIN? nope!
THE LEGO MOVIE? Denied!
What the hell, Variety?!
PADDINGTON 2? Not in the list!
SINGING IN THE RAIN? nope!
THE LEGO MOVIE? Denied!
What the hell, Variety?!
It is imposdible to make a Top 100 list everyone agrees with…
BUT THIS LIST IS SO WRONG!!!!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
BUT THIS LIST IS SO WRONG!!!!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Life of Brian is not in the list… THE LIFE OF BRIAN!!!!
PADDINGTON 2? Not in the list!
SINGING IN THE RAIN? nope!
THE LEGO MOVIE? Denied!
What the hell, Variety?!
PADDINGTON 2? Not in the list!
SINGING IN THE RAIN? nope!
THE LEGO MOVIE? Denied!
What the hell, Variety?!
BBC News - Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
The musician was known for hits like You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
BBC News - Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In all the years of the internet being available and bringing the sum total of human knowledge to my fingertips, I've never once remembered to find out what the hell kind of vegetable is a rutabaga.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In all the years of the internet being available and bringing the sum total of human knowledge to my fingertips, I've never once remembered to find out what the hell kind of vegetable is a rutabaga.
It's like a cartoon. Very silly. Hackneyed.
Starting Down Cemetery Road. It's weirdly used hilly Bristol as a shooting location for flat Oxford.
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's like a cartoon. Very silly. Hackneyed.
Starting Down Cemetery Road. It's weirdly used hilly Bristol as a shooting location for flat Oxford.
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Starting Down Cemetery Road. It's weirdly used hilly Bristol as a shooting location for flat Oxford.
Having one of those days where every time I sit down, someone* goes "Can you just do this? Can you help me with that? Look what I did, look, look!"
(*It's my toddler. It's not her fault. But god I just need 10 quiet minutes.)
(*It's my toddler. It's not her fault. But god I just need 10 quiet minutes.)
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Having one of those days where every time I sit down, someone* goes "Can you just do this? Can you help me with that? Look what I did, look, look!"
(*It's my toddler. It's not her fault. But god I just need 10 quiet minutes.)
(*It's my toddler. It's not her fault. But god I just need 10 quiet minutes.)
BBC News - Move over fillers - people are getting facial injections derived from fish sperm - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BBC News - Move over fillers - people are getting facial injections derived from fish sperm - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Consumerism is buy-curious.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Consumerism is buy-curious.
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The purr-fect cosmic object for cat lovers 🐱
Located 5500 light-years away, the iconic Cat's paw nebula 🐾 is the birthplace of hundreds of massive stars.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1017/ 🔭
📷 ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Located 5500 light-years away, the iconic Cat's paw nebula 🐾 is the birthplace of hundreds of massive stars.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1017/ 🔭
📷 ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The purr-fect cosmic object for cat lovers 🐱
Located 5500 light-years away, the iconic Cat's paw nebula 🐾 is the birthplace of hundreds of massive stars.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1017/ 🔭
📷 ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Located 5500 light-years away, the iconic Cat's paw nebula 🐾 is the birthplace of hundreds of massive stars.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1017/ 🔭
📷 ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
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What happens when you combine the most powerful infrared telescope ever built with the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built?
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
Powers of Chandra and JWST unite!
The two great telescopes combine to make amazing science and gorgeous images
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What happens when you combine the most powerful infrared telescope ever built with the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built?
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-...
🧪 🔭
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Here's an animation that clarifies at what's happening in the JWST image. We're looking at two massive, evolved, Wolf-Rayet stars orbiting each other as they spill their guts. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/w...
science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/w...
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here's an animation that clarifies at what's happening in the JWST image. We're looking at two massive, evolved, Wolf-Rayet stars orbiting each other as they spill their guts. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/w...
science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/w...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
# I don't have to sell my soul / He's already in me / I don't need to sell my soul / He's already in me ...
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
# I don't have to sell my soul / He's already in me / I don't need to sell my soul / He's already in me ...
Sometimes a band should only release one album so they can't destroy their legacy.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTOu...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTOu...
The Storm
YouTube video by World of Twist - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sometimes a band should only release one album so they can't destroy their legacy.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTOu...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTOu...
St. Paul's Cathedral in the rain
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
St. Paul's Cathedral in the rain
Purple IS a fruit!
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Purple IS a fruit!
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Amazing to see Elisabeth Moss in this.
Up late by myself. I'm going to watch Girl, Interrupted and drunk a Negroni.
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Amazing to see Elisabeth Moss in this.
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Slanted Saturn - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/k1h5xs
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Slanted Saturn - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/k1h5xs