Tony Jebson
@jebbo.bsky.social
Gosh, this new "Your Party" feels like one of those kinetic art installations that poetically destroys itself.
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Gosh, this new "Your Party" feels like one of those kinetic art installations that poetically destroys itself.
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
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Politicians from all parties must come together to condemn Elon Musk’s dangerous call for violence and make clear it has no place in our country.
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Politicians from all parties must come together to condemn Elon Musk’s dangerous call for violence and make clear it has no place in our country.
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This morning on R4 Today Nick Robinson was quick to shut down Sir Ed Davey when he pointed out that it was Farage’s Brexit that prevented gov from returning illegal migrants.
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This morning on R4 Today Nick Robinson was quick to shut down Sir Ed Davey when he pointed out that it was Farage’s Brexit that prevented gov from returning illegal migrants.
Very near unfollowing someone.
Orchestrated a pile-on against some dude who was a dick and wrong, but really didn't deserve the 20k v about 200 followers sh*t that ensued.
Orchestrated a pile-on against some dude who was a dick and wrong, but really didn't deserve the 20k v about 200 followers sh*t that ensued.
August 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Very near unfollowing someone.
Orchestrated a pile-on against some dude who was a dick and wrong, but really didn't deserve the 20k v about 200 followers sh*t that ensued.
Orchestrated a pile-on against some dude who was a dick and wrong, but really didn't deserve the 20k v about 200 followers sh*t that ensued.
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@deschscoveries.bsky.social conveys the situation much more clearly than I do!
There’s No “I” in Team. But There Is One in “ALIENS”
Yelling “Tarantulas!” in a crowded movie theater has its time and place. If you’re enduring Madame Web, everyone will be relieved you…
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August 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
@deschscoveries.bsky.social conveys the situation much more clearly than I do!
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The TRAPPIST-1 d exoplanet may be Earth-sized 🌍 but it has no Earth-like atmosphere.
Webb’s #NIRSpec has found no traces of molecules that are common in Earth’s atmosphere.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪
Webb’s #NIRSpec has found no traces of molecules that are common in Earth’s atmosphere.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪
August 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The TRAPPIST-1 d exoplanet may be Earth-sized 🌍 but it has no Earth-like atmosphere.
Webb’s #NIRSpec has found no traces of molecules that are common in Earth’s atmosphere.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪
Webb’s #NIRSpec has found no traces of molecules that are common in Earth’s atmosphere.
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪
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Ed Davey calling out Farage’s sycophancy towards Donald Trump 👏.
From today’s Guardian.
From today’s Guardian.
August 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ed Davey calling out Farage’s sycophancy towards Donald Trump 👏.
From today’s Guardian.
From today’s Guardian.
To film and TV producers everywhere: please stop showing quill pens with all the bloody feathers.
These were stripped off, as the weight unbalances the pen. But for theatricality's sake, every now and again, you can leave a little tab of feather near the end
/rant
These were stripped off, as the weight unbalances the pen. But for theatricality's sake, every now and again, you can leave a little tab of feather near the end
/rant
August 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
To film and TV producers everywhere: please stop showing quill pens with all the bloody feathers.
These were stripped off, as the weight unbalances the pen. But for theatricality's sake, every now and again, you can leave a little tab of feather near the end
/rant
These were stripped off, as the weight unbalances the pen. But for theatricality's sake, every now and again, you can leave a little tab of feather near the end
/rant
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Montie is still working it out. Thoughts and prayers.
August 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Montie is still working it out. Thoughts and prayers.
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This is a cartload of nonsense from very intelligent people who ought to know a lot better. The only decent point they make against the UK government's prespective recognition of Palestine is that it's wrong to use it as an explicit bargaining chip to reward or punish Israel.
Thread follows.
Thread follows.
Excl: Some of the UK's most prominent lawyers have warned Starmer that his pledge to recognise Palestine breaks international law
Lord Pannick, who represented the government against claims the Rwanda scheme breached international law, is among 40 peers who have written to the AG t.co/2naeSnZhhA
Lord Pannick, who represented the government against claims the Rwanda scheme breached international law, is among 40 peers who have written to the AG t.co/2naeSnZhhA
August 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is a cartload of nonsense from very intelligent people who ought to know a lot better. The only decent point they make against the UK government's prespective recognition of Palestine is that it's wrong to use it as an explicit bargaining chip to reward or punish Israel.
Thread follows.
Thread follows.
In case you're in doubt (thanks to the nonsense from Avi at Harvard), 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet passing briefly through the solar system.
But the alien nonsense did make me re-read the Crazy Eddie part of the Mote in God's Eye ... not a bad model for how aliens might visit.
But the alien nonsense did make me re-read the Crazy Eddie part of the Mote in God's Eye ... not a bad model for how aliens might visit.
July 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In case you're in doubt (thanks to the nonsense from Avi at Harvard), 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet passing briefly through the solar system.
But the alien nonsense did make me re-read the Crazy Eddie part of the Mote in God's Eye ... not a bad model for how aliens might visit.
But the alien nonsense did make me re-read the Crazy Eddie part of the Mote in God's Eye ... not a bad model for how aliens might visit.
Starting on my reliquary project this weekend.
Step 1 is to prepare it for egg tempera painting, so gesso.
Big Q is do I *really* want to go fully authentic with rabbit skin glue, etc, or use a ready-made casein gesso ...
Oh, and I'll paint the box it came in for practise 🤣
Step 1 is to prepare it for egg tempera painting, so gesso.
Big Q is do I *really* want to go fully authentic with rabbit skin glue, etc, or use a ready-made casein gesso ...
Oh, and I'll paint the box it came in for practise 🤣
July 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Starting on my reliquary project this weekend.
Step 1 is to prepare it for egg tempera painting, so gesso.
Big Q is do I *really* want to go fully authentic with rabbit skin glue, etc, or use a ready-made casein gesso ...
Oh, and I'll paint the box it came in for practise 🤣
Step 1 is to prepare it for egg tempera painting, so gesso.
Big Q is do I *really* want to go fully authentic with rabbit skin glue, etc, or use a ready-made casein gesso ...
Oh, and I'll paint the box it came in for practise 🤣
So Spain is proposing a €400 m investment to lure / build the Thirty Metre Telescope on La Palma .. would be great to see the darned thing actually built!
July 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So Spain is proposing a €400 m investment to lure / build the Thirty Metre Telescope on La Palma .. would be great to see the darned thing actually built!
Just 'cos my dad played with them, when Durham were a good team, I'd have to include two of the 1962 Lions 🤣
Mike Weston (far left back row, next to my dad)
Stan Hodgson (with ball)
The colour photo was taken by my mum, the black & white is the official team photo.
Mike Weston (far left back row, next to my dad)
Stan Hodgson (with ball)
The colour photo was taken by my mum, the black & white is the official team photo.
July 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just 'cos my dad played with them, when Durham were a good team, I'd have to include two of the 1962 Lions 🤣
Mike Weston (far left back row, next to my dad)
Stan Hodgson (with ball)
The colour photo was taken by my mum, the black & white is the official team photo.
Mike Weston (far left back row, next to my dad)
Stan Hodgson (with ball)
The colour photo was taken by my mum, the black & white is the official team photo.
On the Harvard crackpot
July 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On the Harvard crackpot
So, I'm white and have no ancestors outside of England/Wales/Scotland for as far back as I can trace ... is it weird that, because I have relatively dark skin and tan easily, that someone asked how far back I was mixed race?
I mean, I don't/wouldn't care, but who the f*** asks that question?
I mean, I don't/wouldn't care, but who the f*** asks that question?
July 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So, I'm white and have no ancestors outside of England/Wales/Scotland for as far back as I can trace ... is it weird that, because I have relatively dark skin and tan easily, that someone asked how far back I was mixed race?
I mean, I don't/wouldn't care, but who the f*** asks that question?
I mean, I don't/wouldn't care, but who the f*** asks that question?
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76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
Gah! I'm sure there was a paper somewhere about where we'd expect to detect interstellar objects which had a big cluster near the solar apex (and a smaller one around the antapex).
Can't find the darned thing. ISTR it came up talking to @chrislintott.bsky.social maybe, around Oumuamua time??
Can't find the darned thing. ISTR it came up talking to @chrislintott.bsky.social maybe, around Oumuamua time??
July 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Gah! I'm sure there was a paper somewhere about where we'd expect to detect interstellar objects which had a big cluster near the solar apex (and a smaller one around the antapex).
Can't find the darned thing. ISTR it came up talking to @chrislintott.bsky.social maybe, around Oumuamua time??
Can't find the darned thing. ISTR it came up talking to @chrislintott.bsky.social maybe, around Oumuamua time??
Moscow is worse than medieval Prague for defenestrations 😇
Who would suspect this? It is too obvious.
'Before the Moon Falls,' Dragnet, 1979
#FallFriday #NewsOrFallSong
en.apa.az/cis-countrie...
'Before the Moon Falls,' Dragnet, 1979
#FallFriday #NewsOrFallSong
en.apa.az/cis-countrie...
Transneft Vice President Andrey Badalov dies after falling from window
Transneft Vice President Andrey Badalov dies after falling from window
en.apa.az
July 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Moscow is worse than medieval Prague for defenestrations 😇
Must be the first time there's been a split in a party of two
“I vehemently disagree with this unauthorized launch of my own party” is very on brand for Corbyn
Now that's the good stuff.
July 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Must be the first time there's been a split in a party of two
Discovery & preliminary characterisation of #3I/ATLAS
Similar colour to 2I/Borisov. At least weakly active. Flat light-curve suggests colour dominated by the coma (rather than the underlying surface). Upper limit on size 11.8 km.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02757
Similar colour to 2I/Borisov. At least weakly active. Flat light-curve suggests colour dominated by the coma (rather than the underlying surface). Upper limit on size 11.8 km.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02757
Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS
We report initial observations aimed at the characterization of a third interstellar object candidate. This object, 3I/ATLAS -- also C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) -- , was discovered on 2025 July 1 UT and has an ...
arxiv.org
July 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Discovery & preliminary characterisation of #3I/ATLAS
Similar colour to 2I/Borisov. At least weakly active. Flat light-curve suggests colour dominated by the coma (rather than the underlying surface). Upper limit on size 11.8 km.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02757
Similar colour to 2I/Borisov. At least weakly active. Flat light-curve suggests colour dominated by the coma (rather than the underlying surface). Upper limit on size 11.8 km.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02757