Chris Lintott
@chrislintott.bsky.social
Astronomer, writer and zookeeper. Oxford, Gresham and the Zooniverse. The human half of the Dog Stars podcast. New book: 'Our Accidental Universe' (UK/rest of world) and 'Accidental Astronomy (US) now out.
Or Cyrielle Opitom in Edinburgh
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Or Cyrielle Opitom in Edinburgh
@astrokiwi.bsky.social will know who to talk to. Or maybe @profabelmendez.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@astrokiwi.bsky.social will know who to talk to. Or maybe @profabelmendez.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to the frantic rewriting when 4I is discovered two weeks before.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Very much looking forward to the frantic rewriting when 4I is discovered two weeks before.
Reposted by Chris Lintott
And here's this morning's 3I/ATLAS image from Italy ☄️ www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/11/i...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (aka C/2025 N1 ATLAS): the ion tail is getting longer - 11 Nov. 2025. - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is showing a nice ion tail in this 11 Nov. 2025, taken by Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project.
www.virtualtelescope.eu
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And here's this morning's 3I/ATLAS image from Italy ☄️ www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/11/11/i...
I’m in a blues bar. I’ll ask around.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’m in a blues bar. I’ll ask around.
Write us a song, Madeline.
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Write us a song, Madeline.
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social one for you!
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social one for you!
Lowell has a large and active public program. My point is that in what is obviously a difficult time, they’re deciding to cut the budget for research astronomers, whose work is at least part of the reason people visit, and was why the institution was established in the first place.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Lowell has a large and active public program. My point is that in what is obviously a difficult time, they’re deciding to cut the budget for research astronomers, whose work is at least part of the reason people visit, and was why the institution was established in the first place.
Some sort of confidence that’s inherited.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Some sort of confidence that’s inherited.
I’m not sure I’m helping. But it’s not really anything to do with how much money you have.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’m not sure I’m helping. But it’s not really anything to do with how much money you have.
Upper class is about family. Diarist Alan Clark sneered at someone who ‘bought their own furniture’. You can be upper class and have no money, and earn a shedload and not be upper class. Meanwhile a load of people in middle class jobs think they’re working class…
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Upper class is about family. Diarist Alan Clark sneered at someone who ‘bought their own furniture’. You can be upper class and have no money, and earn a shedload and not be upper class. Meanwhile a load of people in middle class jobs think they’re working class…
The best is Kate Fox’s book ‘Watching the English’. I think she introduces the gnome theory - lower class: ‘look at my garden gnome’. Upper class: ‘I have amassed a world leading collection of gnomes, let me tell you about them’. Middle class: ‘I have a gnome, ironically, isn’t it funny’
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The best is Kate Fox’s book ‘Watching the English’. I think she introduces the gnome theory - lower class: ‘look at my garden gnome’. Upper class: ‘I have amassed a world leading collection of gnomes, let me tell you about them’. Middle class: ‘I have a gnome, ironically, isn’t it funny’
If that's a problem, I'll just give them a ring....
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
If that's a problem, I'll just give them a ring....
Our Frodos are being upgraded. it.web.ox.ac.uk/article/upgr...
Upgrading FroDo internet switches: enhancing Oxford’s network for the future
20 October 2025: Upgrading Oxford’s digital infrastructure for a more robust and secure connection
it.web.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Our Frodos are being upgraded. it.web.ox.ac.uk/article/upgr...