Dan
@socialuniverse.bsky.social
Facebook refugee seeking sensible discourse.
Yorkshireman exiled in the south.
Nature lover. Reluctant believer in extraterrestrials 👽
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
You may see some politics here 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇧
Yorkshireman exiled in the south.
Nature lover. Reluctant believer in extraterrestrials 👽
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
You may see some politics here 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇧
Following in the, kind of, footsteps of Lemn Sissay, when he completed his Dentdale winter walk on the #BBC. Here's some of the poetry from the programme, and landscapes that featured in the episode... but the jam in the church is now £2.50 a jar.
#Dentdale
#Yorkshiredales
#Winterwalks
#Dentdale
#Yorkshiredales
#Winterwalks
September 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Following in the, kind of, footsteps of Lemn Sissay, when he completed his Dentdale winter walk on the #BBC. Here's some of the poetry from the programme, and landscapes that featured in the episode... but the jam in the church is now £2.50 a jar.
#Dentdale
#Yorkshiredales
#Winterwalks
#Dentdale
#Yorkshiredales
#Winterwalks
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Space blossomed with flowers the stars had sown,
Woven through heaven’s tapestry with grace;
A blissful light poured where the dark had grown,
And two long-wandering echoes found one place.
#vss365
Woven through heaven’s tapestry with grace;
A blissful light poured where the dark had grown,
And two long-wandering echoes found one place.
#vss365
June 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Space blossomed with flowers the stars had sown,
Woven through heaven’s tapestry with grace;
A blissful light poured where the dark had grown,
And two long-wandering echoes found one place.
#vss365
Woven through heaven’s tapestry with grace;
A blissful light poured where the dark had grown,
And two long-wandering echoes found one place.
#vss365
If you see a tweet on here that has, say, 42 likes, do you suddenly feel a little guilty liking it yourself, thus meaning their like tally becomes a prime number? A horrid, unrounded, demonic number. Cos if you don't, you definitely should
#primenumbers
#primenumbers
June 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you see a tweet on here that has, say, 42 likes, do you suddenly feel a little guilty liking it yourself, thus meaning their like tally becomes a prime number? A horrid, unrounded, demonic number. Cos if you don't, you definitely should
#primenumbers
#primenumbers
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'Lovely' and 'kind' DJ Sonya was a friend and mentor to many
Tributes pour in for DJ Sonya ahead of night out in her honour at The Adelphi
www.hulldailymail.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
'Lovely' and 'kind' DJ Sonya was a friend and mentor to many
The thing is, I don't like cycling, bicycles, or bike riding. Yet I find, strangely, that there is always a cycling post on my discover feed... despite my never showing any interest in the activity. Literally, none whatsoever. Why? Is bluesky obsessed with cycling, or does it just think I am?
May 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The thing is, I don't like cycling, bicycles, or bike riding. Yet I find, strangely, that there is always a cycling post on my discover feed... despite my never showing any interest in the activity. Literally, none whatsoever. Why? Is bluesky obsessed with cycling, or does it just think I am?
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I wonder what happened in 2016?
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
May 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I wonder what happened in 2016?
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
…another picture to save to your phone and share everywhere.
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"One of the single worst examples of journalism I've ever seen in a British newspaper."
@mrjamesob.bsky.social can't believe what he's reading.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social can't believe what he's reading.
May 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"One of the single worst examples of journalism I've ever seen in a British newspaper."
@mrjamesob.bsky.social can't believe what he's reading.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social can't believe what he's reading.
😦 looks like the American brain drain under the Dump administration has started in earnest
BREAKING: The Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students and says thousands of students must transfer. Follow live updates.
Live updates: Judge blocks Trump's executive order to shut down the Education Department
House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval.
bit.ly
May 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
😦 looks like the American brain drain under the Dump administration has started in earnest
Had no idea it was a thing, but it appears to be #225day, in celebration of the great loco. Thanks for informing me of this marvellous occasion, bluesky 😀🚄
May 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Had no idea it was a thing, but it appears to be #225day, in celebration of the great loco. Thanks for informing me of this marvellous occasion, bluesky 😀🚄
Another wonderful walk around the English countryside. This time on the Essex/Suffolk border. A 7 mile walk around the Parish of Great Henney, a fab lasagne at the Lemarsh Lion, and followed up.with, appropriately, a bottle of Henney's #cider
May 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Another wonderful walk around the English countryside. This time on the Essex/Suffolk border. A 7 mile walk around the Parish of Great Henney, a fab lasagne at the Lemarsh Lion, and followed up.with, appropriately, a bottle of Henney's #cider
I've always been on board with political parties having a presence at pride. But I do agree with this decision. #transrightsarehumanrights and unless these parties are on board with that, what right do they have a space at pride? Labour's stance has been appalling, I'm glad I'm not with them anymore
🌈 No Pride in hollow promises
Organisers of Pride in London, Manchester, Brighton & Birmingham have banned all political parties, including Labour, from marching this year.
Unless trans rights are urgently defended, they’re out.
💥 Trans solidarity means action!
Organisers of Pride in London, Manchester, Brighton & Birmingham have banned all political parties, including Labour, from marching this year.
Unless trans rights are urgently defended, they’re out.
💥 Trans solidarity means action!
Labour and other political parties banned from four biggest UK Prides
Political parties, including Labour, the Conservatives, the Greens and the Lib Dems, have been banned from four major Pride events in the UK.
www.thepinknews.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I've always been on board with political parties having a presence at pride. But I do agree with this decision. #transrightsarehumanrights and unless these parties are on board with that, what right do they have a space at pride? Labour's stance has been appalling, I'm glad I'm not with them anymore
Nature showing us there's usually no rules ... no this OR that. Which means all solar systems are unique. Or perhaps, quirky 😜 Why behave when you can do your own thing? I'm looking forward to seeing other quirks that Nature will provide in shaping the billions of soar systems out there 😀
It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion
Exoplanet found in odd perpendicular orbit to brown dwarf star pair
It is rare to find brown dwarf stars orbiting in pairs, and this pair has an even more unusual exoplanet companion
www.newscientist.com
April 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Nature showing us there's usually no rules ... no this OR that. Which means all solar systems are unique. Or perhaps, quirky 😜 Why behave when you can do your own thing? I'm looking forward to seeing other quirks that Nature will provide in shaping the billions of soar systems out there 😀
Hero! Scientific enquiry, and humanity. The world could do with more of this.
April 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hero! Scientific enquiry, and humanity. The world could do with more of this.
Another #BeautifulEngland post. Taken again from the majestic #AshridgeEstate. Hard climbs, carpets of Bluebells, panoramic views from #IvinghoeBeacon. To reward aching muscles, a hot bath and a jolly good #Westons cider. A perfect day
April 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Another #BeautifulEngland post. Taken again from the majestic #AshridgeEstate. Hard climbs, carpets of Bluebells, panoramic views from #IvinghoeBeacon. To reward aching muscles, a hot bath and a jolly good #Westons cider. A perfect day
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
Beautiful #England part two 😊 the blossom on the trees has been quite something in 2025, and as well as that, the blue carpet of bluebells at the #Ashridgeestate is stunning 😍
April 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Beautiful #England part two 😊 the blossom on the trees has been quite something in 2025, and as well as that, the blue carpet of bluebells at the #Ashridgeestate is stunning 😍
Yep, just this 👌
He’s got away with untold crimes, lies & offences. He’s achieved the highest office in the land. Twice. He’s lining his pockets on an industrial scale & persecuting his enemies for fun. But he’s still a miserable, bitter, humourless & furious man. Because deep inside, he knows *exactly* who he is.
April 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yep, just this 👌
Beautiful #England, and because we haven't had much, if any rain in Eastern England, the blossom is still prevalent in the trees, which looks utterly stunning. Really loving this #Spring2025
April 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Beautiful #England, and because we haven't had much, if any rain in Eastern England, the blossom is still prevalent in the trees, which looks utterly stunning. Really loving this #Spring2025
Is the money starting to dry up for this wholly unnecessary, land grabbing conflict started by #Russia?
There's more to this than meets the eye, and #Zelensky is right to trat claims of an Easter truce with scepticism
There's more to this than meets the eye, and #Zelensky is right to trat claims of an Easter truce with scepticism
Ukraine-Russia latest: Putin announces 'Easter truce' in Ukraine until end of Sunday
It is unclear whether Kyiv has accepted the proposal, but Ukraine's foreign minister says Putin's words
www.bbc.co.uk
April 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Good on the @goodlawproject.bsky.social for intending to fight a ruling brought about with prejudice as a starting point. I'm glad someone is considering the very real needs of those on the receiving end of this.
#transwomenarewomen
#transwomenarewomen
We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Fighting fund for trans rights | Good Law Project
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollbacks on trans rights in the UK.
goodlawproject.org
April 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Good on the @goodlawproject.bsky.social for intending to fight a ruling brought about with prejudice as a starting point. I'm glad someone is considering the very real needs of those on the receiving end of this.
#transwomenarewomen
#transwomenarewomen
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We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Fighting fund for trans rights | Good Law Project
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollbacks on trans rights in the UK.
goodlawproject.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
I find the image of JK Rowling "celebrating" with her cigar on her yacht truly repugnant. Not even an ounce of compassion for trans women (some of whom won't have two brass farthings to rub together) who are going to feel totally dehumanised because of the ruling. What about them, Rowling?
April 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I find the image of JK Rowling "celebrating" with her cigar on her yacht truly repugnant. Not even an ounce of compassion for trans women (some of whom won't have two brass farthings to rub together) who are going to feel totally dehumanised because of the ruling. What about them, Rowling?
From the champions of #freespeech, who definitely do not approve of indoctrination in educational institutions 😏
#Trump has such a fragile ego he can't handle criticism. Decent people will do nothing else but hold him to account. This is very concerning.
#education #Harvard #dumpTrump
#Trump has such a fragile ego he can't handle criticism. Decent people will do nothing else but hold him to account. This is very concerning.
#education #Harvard #dumpTrump
Harvard loses billions in federal funding after defying Trump orders on DEI and protests
Harvard loses billions in federal funding after defying Trump DEI orders
Harvard has lost billions in federal funding after defying the Trump administration's orders including refusing to scrap DEI policies.
www.thepinknews.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
From the champions of #freespeech, who definitely do not approve of indoctrination in educational institutions 😏
#Trump has such a fragile ego he can't handle criticism. Decent people will do nothing else but hold him to account. This is very concerning.
#education #Harvard #dumpTrump
#Trump has such a fragile ego he can't handle criticism. Decent people will do nothing else but hold him to account. This is very concerning.
#education #Harvard #dumpTrump
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm still sceptical. But this is nonetheless startling news and tremendously exciting. How would society react, though? Can humanity handle not being alone in the dark?
#K2-18b #astronomy #JWST
#alienlife
I'm still sceptical. But this is nonetheless startling news and tremendously exciting. How would society react, though? Can humanity handle not being alone in the dark?
#K2-18b #astronomy #JWST
#alienlife
Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm still sceptical. But this is nonetheless startling news and tremendously exciting. How would society react, though? Can humanity handle not being alone in the dark?
#K2-18b #astronomy #JWST
#alienlife
I'm still sceptical. But this is nonetheless startling news and tremendously exciting. How would society react, though? Can humanity handle not being alone in the dark?
#K2-18b #astronomy #JWST
#alienlife
Nature really is beautiful at this time of the year. Love it when the Spring flowers come out to play
April 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Nature really is beautiful at this time of the year. Love it when the Spring flowers come out to play