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Sam Youles
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Researcher in Cosmology, potter, wildlife gardener, environmentalist, vegan.
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lol. lmao.
a NEW PAPER led the incomparable Dr. Elizabeth Iles (accepted by PASA) quantifies how astronomers might be biased in how they judge galactic bars

Turns out that male astronomers are consistently more optimistic than their peers when it comes to measuring length

arxiv.org/abs/2511.09908

#astro
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The perils of using a community kiln! Somebody else's pot exploded and took a chunk of my Green Man with it.

#pottery #ceramics #kilndisaster
October 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Far right protest today:
29 - police officers injured
9 - protestors arrested

Proscribed group protests:
0 - police officers injured
1,600 - protestors arrested

We have Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper to thank for this absurd anomaly
September 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Green Man sculpture finished and drying ready to be fired.

#pottery #sculpture #ceramics #pottersofbluesky
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The sophisticated COLIBRE simulations finally land on the arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2508.21126. Treating these with sonification, we can get new intuition for galaxy evolution to augment our visuals. Sound on for the explainer vid, visit the site for more! colibre.strw.leidenuniv.nl/videos.html 🔭🧪
September 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Playing with Amaco's Ancient Copper glazed.

#ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky
August 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hollowing out the sculpture and sticking it back together.

#pottery #ceramics #sculpture #pottersofbluesky
August 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Today, I cut off the back of her head and scooped out her brains.
August 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
August 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My sculpture giving her neighbour side eye.

#pottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky
August 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My sculpture at the end of day 2 of the workshop. Still needs a bit more work!

#pottery #ceramics #pottersofbluesky
August 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A strange thing happened in the kiln today. I don't know why the engobe on the bottom of the mug behaved like this. A friend had a pot with the same engobe in the same kiln, and it came out completely normal 🤷‍♀️

#pottery #ceramics
August 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
July 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
July 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The latest offering from the kiln. Glazed is 3x Honey Flux with 2-3 coats Storm near the rim.
#ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky #mug
June 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sunny candlesticks on a gorgeous sunny day

#ceramics #pottery #candlesticks #handmade #pottersofbluesky
May 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
May 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Just got warned that the new "Voice Isolation" feature in Teams, if turned on and trained on a male voice, will filter out all the women in the room, while still allowing the men in the room to be heard online.

*clears throat*

IF YOU USE A BIASED TRAINING SET, YOUR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE BIASED.
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
Alt: a woman in a black dress says "it - it - the f - it - flam - flames on the side of my face", while gesturing at her face.
media.tenor.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Chunky vase. Glazed with #Amaco Snow over Obsidian

#ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky
April 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A lidded jars for storing tampons. #ceramics #pottery #pottersofbluesky
April 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM