Chris Eccles
@cceuk.bsky.social
Attempts to retire have so far failed. Astrophotography on a budget, general photography, music, tech, interesting facts, all things quirky. Try to avoid politics but sometimes can't resist.
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Chris Eccles
@cceuk.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hi all, I've just joined Bluesky. Rex would like to say hello too.
Listening to classical music in the car whilst the dog accompanies on squeaky toy.
April 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Listening to classical music in the car whilst the dog accompanies on squeaky toy.
A picture of the northern lights taken last October from the North York Moors.
#astrophotography
#aurora
#landscape
#astrophotography
#aurora
#landscape
February 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A picture of the northern lights taken last October from the North York Moors.
#astrophotography
#aurora
#landscape
#astrophotography
#aurora
#landscape
January 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reposted by Chris Eccles
A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).
January 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).
Captured this image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) shortly before I joined BlueSky and forgot to post it. Taken in twilight from the North York Moors.
#astrophotography #photography #landscape
#astrophotography #photography #landscape
January 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Captured this image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) shortly before I joined BlueSky and forgot to post it. Taken in twilight from the North York Moors.
#astrophotography #photography #landscape
#astrophotography #photography #landscape
Everyday Astronaut getting quite excited by the return of the super heavy booster. And listen to that sonic boom!
What it’s like to watch a #Starship Super Heavy booster fall from space and be caught by the launch tower it took off from!!! That was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in my entire life!!! So glad I was able to see it in person this time!
January 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Everyday Astronaut getting quite excited by the return of the super heavy booster. And listen to that sonic boom!
Roseberry Topping and Captain Cook's monument, North Yorkshire, on a misty January day. Panoramic format, best viewed large if you can.
#scape #landscape
#scape #landscape
January 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Roseberry Topping and Captain Cook's monument, North Yorkshire, on a misty January day. Panoramic format, best viewed large if you can.
#scape #landscape
#scape #landscape
Jupiter next to the Hyades, and the Pirate Moon star cluster (NGC1647) at lower left. Taken last night from the North York Moors, 30 second exposure, ISO1000, f/2, 135mm lens.
#photography #astrophotography
#photography #astrophotography
January 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Jupiter next to the Hyades, and the Pirate Moon star cluster (NGC1647) at lower left. Taken last night from the North York Moors, 30 second exposure, ISO1000, f/2, 135mm lens.
#photography #astrophotography
#photography #astrophotography
Here's an interesting but useless fact: the combined mass of all the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid 19) virus particles in the world (even at the height of the pandemic) is less than 10kg.
January 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here's an interesting but useless fact: the combined mass of all the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid 19) virus particles in the world (even at the height of the pandemic) is less than 10kg.
Crescent moon with earthshine setting in Stockton on Tees UK last night.
#photography #astrophotography
#photography #astrophotography
January 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Crescent moon with earthshine setting in Stockton on Tees UK last night.
#photography #astrophotography
#photography #astrophotography
A nice bit of ambient music to chill to. youtu.be/NbX9AiA3OgE?...
Equinox – Ambient Impromptu (Seaboard Rise, Moog One, Prophet 5, Vermona Perfourmer , Equator 2)
YouTube video by polarspheric
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December 24, 2024 at 10:49 PM
A nice bit of ambient music to chill to. youtu.be/NbX9AiA3OgE?...
Reposted by Chris Eccles
This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
December 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
1/
Uh oh, watch out for brain rot.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is doom scrolling really rotting our brains? The evidence is getting harder to ignore | Siân Boyle
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter, says journalist Siân Boyle
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Uh oh, watch out for brain rot.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Chris Eccles
NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t?
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t?
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
Just about every climate graphic you could want.
November 23, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Just about every climate graphic you could want.
This.
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 1:09 PM
This.
Here's a handy tool to help find relevant people to follow.
Here's a useful tool for Bluesky
Type your account name in and activate
It will come up with a list of the accounts followed by the people you follow..
If you type in your password it will give that list with an optional follow button to make life easy.
Try it 💙💙
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Type your account name in and activate
It will come up with a list of the accounts followed by the people you follow..
If you type in your password it will give that list with an optional follow button to make life easy.
Try it 💙💙
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 17, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Here's a handy tool to help find relevant people to follow.
It seems to me that #socialmedia platforms go through a four stage lifecycle:
1 User Growth - a new friendly platform grows its user base. Good times.
2. Engagement growth - algorithms take over to maintain financial growth.
3. Chaos - bots move in.
4. Collapse - people leave to a new platform.
1 User Growth - a new friendly platform grows its user base. Good times.
2. Engagement growth - algorithms take over to maintain financial growth.
3. Chaos - bots move in.
4. Collapse - people leave to a new platform.
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 AM
It seems to me that #socialmedia platforms go through a four stage lifecycle:
1 User Growth - a new friendly platform grows its user base. Good times.
2. Engagement growth - algorithms take over to maintain financial growth.
3. Chaos - bots move in.
4. Collapse - people leave to a new platform.
1 User Growth - a new friendly platform grows its user base. Good times.
2. Engagement growth - algorithms take over to maintain financial growth.
3. Chaos - bots move in.
4. Collapse - people leave to a new platform.
Reposted by Chris Eccles
This month we've launched a new platform to show how the #NHS is performing. 📈
You can explore a beta version of our new dashboard with today's stats here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch...
You can explore a beta version of our new dashboard with today's stats here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch...
November 14, 2024 at 4:26 PM
This month we've launched a new platform to show how the #NHS is performing. 📈
You can explore a beta version of our new dashboard with today's stats here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch...
You can explore a beta version of our new dashboard with today's stats here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch...
Hi all, I've just joined Bluesky. Rex would like to say hello too.
November 14, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Hi all, I've just joined Bluesky. Rex would like to say hello too.