Jim Baggott
@jimbaggott.bsky.social
Science writer based in Cape Town. Author of 'Discordance', 'Atomic', ‘The Quantum Story’, ‘Quantum Drama’ (with John Heilbron), and lots more. Migrant from symbol-formerly-known-as-Twitter. Also on Substack: jimbaggott.substack.com. www.jimbaggott.com.
Haven’t seen this anywhere yet so I guess I’m going to say it. OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN.
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Haven’t seen this anywhere yet so I guess I’m going to say it. OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN.
Hey! Look what just arrived. 😎
October 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hey! Look what just arrived. 😎
Who thought this 1979 movie was a parody?
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Who thought this 1979 movie was a parody?
I’m heading into a studio next week to record the audio version of my new book ‘Discordance: The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant’. This will be a new experience for me. Anyone have any tips?
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m heading into a studio next week to record the audio version of my new book ‘Discordance: The Troubled History of the Hubble Constant’. This will be a new experience for me. Anyone have any tips?
Nostalgia attack! I remember reading this as a young kid (about 8 years old). It featured Fireball XL-5 and Stingray and a cartoon strip featuring Lady Penelope. When a reader wrote in to ask who she was, the editor explained that she was a character in a new show called Thunderbirds, which …
September 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Nostalgia attack! I remember reading this as a young kid (about 8 years old). It featured Fireball XL-5 and Stingray and a cartoon strip featuring Lady Penelope. When a reader wrote in to ask who she was, the editor explained that she was a character in a new show called Thunderbirds, which …
For all the prog rock afficionados out there.
August 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For all the prog rock afficionados out there.
Crumbs. This is what a Google search on my phone produces.
July 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Crumbs. This is what a Google search on my phone produces.
I lose a little bit more brain matter every time I listen to this. Thanks @markburgessosl.bsky.social Senri Kawaguchi demonstrates that awesome prog rock drumming is about speed and precision, not power.
July 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I lose a little bit more brain matter every time I listen to this. Thanks @markburgessosl.bsky.social Senri Kawaguchi demonstrates that awesome prog rock drumming is about speed and precision, not power.
All lined up for my gym session tomorrow morning. 😎
July 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
All lined up for my gym session tomorrow morning. 😎
Perhaps we should have quit while we were ahead with the first publication in 1962 of the Numskulls.
June 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Perhaps we should have quit while we were ahead with the first publication in 1962 of the Numskulls.
Listened to this at the gym this morning. Very good. Been listening to this recently …
May 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Listened to this at the gym this morning. Very good. Been listening to this recently …
A local news group has recently exposed the identity of a white South African former (!) farmer who has been spreading misinformation on X. His posts caught the attentions of both Musk and Trump.
April 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A local news group has recently exposed the identity of a white South African former (!) farmer who has been spreading misinformation on X. His posts caught the attentions of both Musk and Trump.
I first saw Alien at the cinema in Oxford in 1979. I hadn’t known of HR Giger’s involvement, but,like any fan of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, recognised his work instantly from the cover art of 1973’s Brain Salad Surgery.
April 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I first saw Alien at the cinema in Oxford in 1979. I hadn’t known of HR Giger’s involvement, but,like any fan of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, recognised his work instantly from the cover art of 1973’s Brain Salad Surgery.
That’s good. But this is still my favourite.
April 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
That’s good. But this is still my favourite.
This was Mrs B’s inspired Easter cheeseboard from lunch earlier today. Perhaps there are some ideas here you can work up?
April 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This was Mrs B’s inspired Easter cheeseboard from lunch earlier today. Perhaps there are some ideas here you can work up?
Strictly speaking, their third album. But very few know their first …
April 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Strictly speaking, their third album. But very few know their first …
Wall St banker reduced to eating his own boots.
April 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Wall St banker reduced to eating his own boots.
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre.
February 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theatre.
Watching Prime Target on Apple TV+ and reminiscing about writing my DPhil thesis in 1978 on an IBM Selectric golf ball typewriter. Now available in a museum near you!
February 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Watching Prime Target on Apple TV+ and reminiscing about writing my DPhil thesis in 1978 on an IBM Selectric golf ball typewriter. Now available in a museum near you!
A crescent moon and Venus in the night sky above Wilderness, on the Garden Route of South Africa’s southern coast last night.
January 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A crescent moon and Venus in the night sky above Wilderness, on the Garden Route of South Africa’s southern coast last night.
It can be frustrating. Searching for a gift for that nerdy friend/relative who goes on and on about the bizarre features of quantum mechanics. But wait. What’s this?
December 16, 2024 at 7:58 AM
It can be frustrating. Searching for a gift for that nerdy friend/relative who goes on and on about the bizarre features of quantum mechanics. But wait. What’s this?