Jonathan Bromley
@bromleyj.bsky.social
Lapsed physicist, retired nerd, choral music fanboy, drools over wilderness landscapes. Prone to extreme grumpiness in the presence of scientific illiteracy. Husband and fond supporter of a stellar Parkinson's advocate.
The BIG COAT has been deployed.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The BIG COAT has been deployed.
There are hundreds of millions of people in the world who are smarter than I am, and my physique invites ridicule. But I've never been responsible for trashing half the government infrastructure of a major nation, so there's that, I suppose.
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
There are hundreds of millions of people in the world who are smarter than I am, and my physique invites ridicule. But I've never been responsible for trashing half the government infrastructure of a major nation, so there's that, I suppose.
This is vital work. Further study is required to elucidate regional and cultural variability of this phenomenon.
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is vital work. Further study is required to elucidate regional and cultural variability of this phenomenon.
desperately resists urge...
fingers hover over keyboard...
and finally the primal horrors win out over the veneer of civilization..
THAT TAKES THE BISCUIT
fingers hover over keyboard...
and finally the primal horrors win out over the veneer of civilization..
THAT TAKES THE BISCUIT
From Tuesday 18 to Friday 21 November our Huntley & Palmers Gallery will be closed for essential works 🛠️
The rest of the Museum will be open as normal
To plan your visit go to www.readingmuseum.org.uk/your-visit-reading-museum
The rest of the Museum will be open as normal
To plan your visit go to www.readingmuseum.org.uk/your-visit-reading-museum
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
desperately resists urge...
fingers hover over keyboard...
and finally the primal horrors win out over the veneer of civilization..
THAT TAKES THE BISCUIT
fingers hover over keyboard...
and finally the primal horrors win out over the veneer of civilization..
THAT TAKES THE BISCUIT
At least Prometheus de-livered.
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos has a new job.
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
At least Prometheus de-livered.
Very pleased to see @parkinsons.org.uk CEO Caroline, and at least two Movers and Shakers, in the audience for the parliamentary debate triggered by @moversand.bsky.social Parky Charter.
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Very pleased to see @parkinsons.org.uk CEO Caroline, and at least two Movers and Shakers, in the audience for the parliamentary debate triggered by @moversand.bsky.social Parky Charter.
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Full video of the debate at parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
PEBBLE MILL AT ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE #TWOSHOWSINONE
VISION ON THE BUSES #TWOSHOWSINONE
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Prometheus Parcel Services. We're all fired up to de-liver daily.
Sisypheus hauling services. You’ll keep calling us back.
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Prometheus Parcel Services. We're all fired up to de-liver daily.
HYPERLOOP
Dear #skystorians, here is a cool story of a very big cannon experiment of the 1680s in Europe. A 🧵 about the idea of transporting people in cannon balls ...
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
HYPERLOOP
Never complain again about the challenges of UK Bin Nights...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Never complain again about the challenges of UK Bin Nights...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
*** I have experienced the bin calendar in Orvieto, Umbria ***
... where the streets are too narrow for proper bin trucks so every household has numerous teeny bins and a Machiavellian daily calendar: www.cittaslow.it/sites/defaul...
Urgh, so at least I now know what this bastard virus *isn't*, but I still don't know what it *is*. Three days of misery, no sign of improvement yet. Like I said, bastard virus.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Urgh, so at least I now know what this bastard virus *isn't*, but I still don't know what it *is*. Three days of misery, no sign of improvement yet. Like I said, bastard virus.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
Might be man-flu, I suppose, but it's still a bastard.
If there were no lift, this would be enraging.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If there were no lift, this would be enraging.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
There *is* a lift, so instead it is really funny.
The Maltings is a fab local arts centre in north Norfolk run by lovely people, and its accessibility is great.
Oh boy, I LOVE our street WhatsApp group. They're now complaining about a recent MS Office upgrade losing their footnotes.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oh boy, I LOVE our street WhatsApp group. They're now complaining about a recent MS Office upgrade losing their footnotes.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
Makes my usual bins reminder content look a bit tame.
Hoping @countbinface.bsky.social can get behind this.
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hoping @countbinface.bsky.social can get behind this.
Reposted by Jonathan Bromley
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Will the senior editorial staff of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social now resign because they have misleadingly spliced a story about dirty public toilets with their old material about The Netty?
Oxford has the fifth highest number of dirty public toilets according to a new report. York, Bath and Cambridge topped the chart. The report was based on google reviews for public toilets.
www.businesswaste.co.uk/news/which-u...
www.businesswaste.co.uk/news/which-u...
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Will the senior editorial staff of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social now resign because they have misleadingly spliced a story about dirty public toilets with their old material about The Netty?
The existence of Norfolk implies the existence of Nandfolk.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The existence of Norfolk implies the existence of Nandfolk.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
I am travelling to Norfolk this afternoon and my journey will be ruined by this thought, so I need to spoil your day as well.
If, like me, you feel an immediate urge to get out and flammulate something just as soon as you've encountered the word, you will certainly want to read the latest episode of the admirable Year of a Hundred Birds:
levparikian.substack.com
levparikian.substack.com
Six Things | Lev Parikian | Substack
Writings, findings, amusements, nonsense – six at a time. Click to read Six Things, by Lev Parikian, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If, like me, you feel an immediate urge to get out and flammulate something just as soon as you've encountered the word, you will certainly want to read the latest episode of the admirable Year of a Hundred Birds:
levparikian.substack.com
levparikian.substack.com
North Norfolk effortlessly scoring magna cum laude in its "English pastoral idyll" assignment.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
North Norfolk effortlessly scoring magna cum laude in its "English pastoral idyll" assignment.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
Dude over the doorway wants to know what business you have entering here.
It's not an authentic leek-hat unless it comes from the Poireau-Chapeau region.
Repost with where you're from and what you call leek-hats.
Interesting. Over here we call it hat-leeks.
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It's not an authentic leek-hat unless it comes from the Poireau-Chapeau region.
In our sailing club we always insisted on hanging a pet moggy over the downwind side of the boat, keeping up the fine old tradition of lee-cat.
Repost with where you're from and what you call leek-hats.
Interesting. Over here we call it hat-leeks.
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In our sailing club we always insisted on hanging a pet moggy over the downwind side of the boat, keeping up the fine old tradition of lee-cat.
Hallowe'en is when all the spirits come out, right?
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hallowe'en is when all the spirits come out, right?
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
So that means I'm allowed a gin tonight. I'm sure those are the rules. Right?
Might even deploy the Drouin "Pira" gin, which is AMAZING - smells almost like calvados, but is utterly glorious with tonic.
Relatable.
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Relatable.