Daryl Ilbury
@darylilbury.bsky.social
Former broadcaster, now science and technology journalist and writer; author of ‘A Fox’s Tale’ and ‘The Quiet Maverick’, published by Penguin Random House.
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I hear they’re developing a new reality show for Trump & Co.
Apparently it’s European.
Apparently it’s European.
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I hear they’re developing a new reality show for Trump & Co.
Apparently it’s European.
Apparently it’s European.
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
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New study links Epstein-Barr virus to lupus development. An EBV vaccine administered at birth could transform lupus from chronic disease to preventable condition. We have the science. Do we have the political will?
What Anti-Vaccine Policies Could Mean for Autoimmune Diseases
Opinion | A new study identifies a link between Epstein-Barr virus and lupus. Will politics block the search for a vaccine?
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December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New study links Epstein-Barr virus to lupus development. An EBV vaccine administered at birth could transform lupus from chronic disease to preventable condition. We have the science. Do we have the political will?
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All revolutions eat their children.
Except for this one, which has eaten its magic grandad.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/30/p...
Except for this one, which has eaten its magic grandad.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/30/p...
Your Party won't be led by Jeremy Corbyn or Zarah Sultana after this major vote
The twist we didn't see coming.
metro.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
All revolutions eat their children.
Except for this one, which has eaten its magic grandad.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/30/p...
Except for this one, which has eaten its magic grandad.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/30/p...
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI—In what they described as a collaborative effort to share resources and information in defense of U.S. territory, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday that all six branches of the ...
theonion.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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"Really, that's way too many people to put in prison. An easier solution is to declare the entire country a prison, put a wall around the White House, and we'll just stay inside that wall as the only lawful Americans."
October 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Really, that's way too many people to put in prison. An easier solution is to declare the entire country a prison, put a wall around the White House, and we'll just stay inside that wall as the only lawful Americans."
Given my #weather app’s spectacular failure to do the one thing it’s supposed to do: forecast (semi) accurately, the least it could do is send surprised notifications, like “WTF? It’s raining!”
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Given my #weather app’s spectacular failure to do the one thing it’s supposed to do: forecast (semi) accurately, the least it could do is send surprised notifications, like “WTF? It’s raining!”
The Catholic Church leadership - homophobic men in frocks embracing homoerotic images.
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Catholic Church leadership - homophobic men in frocks embracing homoerotic images.
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I mean isn’t “satire” the process of ridiculing the foolishness of the people in power? If the people in power are making fun of those beneath them, that’s just bullying
Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?
MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.
MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I mean isn’t “satire” the process of ridiculing the foolishness of the people in power? If the people in power are making fun of those beneath them, that’s just bullying
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So many spectacular, kind, brave people who I've worked with for years being let go from JPL today. We will all be poorer for their absence from the forefront of human knowledge.
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So many spectacular, kind, brave people who I've worked with for years being let go from JPL today. We will all be poorer for their absence from the forefront of human knowledge.
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Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.
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"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]
I am sure there were those within the @theguardian.com editorial staff who wondered if we’d get this headline. apple.news/AbkQ5V4P1Q3m...
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned — The Guardian
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
apple.news
October 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am sure there were those within the @theguardian.com editorial staff who wondered if we’d get this headline. apple.news/AbkQ5V4P1Q3m...
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Ah, another North Korea-style Cabinet meeting where underlings take turns praising the great leader
October 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ah, another North Korea-style Cabinet meeting where underlings take turns praising the great leader
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This reads far better in the original German, where of course the discussion would have been about Jews, Poles, gypsies, gays, Communists and Social Democrats. Still, Miller's model for all his rhetoric and action plans is unambiguous.
October 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This reads far better in the original German, where of course the discussion would have been about Jews, Poles, gypsies, gays, Communists and Social Democrats. Still, Miller's model for all his rhetoric and action plans is unambiguous.
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
When you fully understand that all religions are based on fictional stories, people of one religion killing people of another religion makes as much sense as Star Wars fans killing Star Trek fans.
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When you fully understand that all religions are based on fictional stories, people of one religion killing people of another religion makes as much sense as Star Wars fans killing Star Trek fans.
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Growing up, we had many assigned books at different levels of schooling. But I don’t ever remember being assigned a science focused book. Now more than ever that needs to be changed and Carl Sagan’s Demon-Haunted World should be assigned in middle or high schools. 🧪
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan: 9780345409461 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality” (The Washington Post Book World) in a world...
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September 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Growing up, we had many assigned books at different levels of schooling. But I don’t ever remember being assigned a science focused book. Now more than ever that needs to be changed and Carl Sagan’s Demon-Haunted World should be assigned in middle or high schools. 🧪
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Trump To Travel With Own Escalator Following U.N. Embarrassment
September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Trump To Travel With Own Escalator Following U.N. Embarrassment