Lez Holden
lezholden.bsky.social
Lez Holden
@lezholden.bsky.social
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SUPERMAN: I have super strength

FLASH: I have super speed

AQUAMAN: I control sea creatures

GREEN ARROW: I tell cars when to turn left
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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"There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question."

- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
September 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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The physics of light refraction through broken glass
August 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Sick & tired of the heat & humidity & you need a cool, refreshing break? How about a free article on the polar vortex & how it's fickle nature is bringing surprising winter temperature trends to the US, including warming to some parts & cooling to others: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cold-air outbreaks in the continental US: Connections with stratospheric variations
Extreme US cold linked to two variations of a stretched stratospheric polar vortex can explain a Northwest US cooling trend.
www.science.org
July 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.

- Carl Sagan
July 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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In 2018 I took part in the excellent BBC&STV #Scotland Expert Voices #mediatraining day. The next day I was on the telly talking about the life and scientific legacy of Stephen Hawking who had passed away overnight. The call is open for this year's programme - if you're in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 you should apply! 👇
May 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Excited about our new review paper (Ye et al., 2025) on the relationship between snow/ice variability & weather extremes. I will highlight our analysis that shows a strong relationship between fall Siberian #snow cover & cold extremes in eastern North America:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Really super talk from @nicholden.bsky.social this morning exploring all things E. coli #microbio25. Lovely to consider the big picture of our favourite bug!
April 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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2 nights ago in Malangen, Norway 🤯🤯
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This looks like it will be a fun event - celebrating slow fermentation and real bread. Time to roll up the sleeves and get the sourdough cultures warmed up

scotlandthebread.org/event/scotti...

#foodstudies #foodsystems #urbanfood #urbanagriculture #foodconsumption
Scottish Festival of Real Bread 2025 - Scotland The Bread
Date: Saturday February 15th, 2025 Location: Bowhouse, Fife The Scottish Festival of Real Bread is back, and it’s the perfect way to kick off Real Bread Week 2025 (15 to [...]
scotlandthebread.org
January 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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🔊 Exciting news! The 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish #DarkSky Observatory will live again! We were all so upset when it burnt to a cinder back in 2021, but yesterday we bought the land for its new home, deep within the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park! 🧵1/3 🧪🔭 #astrophotography
November 30, 2024 at 7:46 AM
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Let's not forget another amazing person born #OTD - #HedyLamarr. The brilliant actress co-invented Spread Spectrum Technology, which would one day form the basis for today's #WiFi and #Bluetooth communication systems: https://buff.ly/4fkI2Tt 🧪 👩‍🔬

h/t Cady Coleman, astronaut
November 10, 2024 at 2:08 AM