Zion Lights
@zionlights.bsky.social
Award-winning Science Communicator. Climate and energy adviser. Patron of @Humanists.uk New book “Energy is Life” out 03/02/26.
Writing at http://zionlights.substack.com
Writing at http://zionlights.substack.com
Extraordinary. Captures the awe and alchemy of human collaboration. Our greatest gift.
Carol of the Bells performed at the Christmas lights switch on in Paris. Feat. 100 musicians including Julien Cohen.
Carol of the Bells performed at the Christmas lights switch on in Paris. Feat. 100 musicians including Julien Cohen.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Extraordinary. Captures the awe and alchemy of human collaboration. Our greatest gift.
Carol of the Bells performed at the Christmas lights switch on in Paris. Feat. 100 musicians including Julien Cohen.
Carol of the Bells performed at the Christmas lights switch on in Paris. Feat. 100 musicians including Julien Cohen.
Had to chuckle at this Chopra-esque New Age babble. Apparently inescapable when drinking herbal tea.
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Had to chuckle at this Chopra-esque New Age babble. Apparently inescapable when drinking herbal tea.
My 12 year old sketching. A joy to behold.
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My 12 year old sketching. A joy to behold.
On the contrary,
“Mastering the pen and the podium means never having to dine or sleep alone” - Christopher Hitchens
“Mastering the pen and the podium means never having to dine or sleep alone” - Christopher Hitchens
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On the contrary,
“Mastering the pen and the podium means never having to dine or sleep alone” - Christopher Hitchens
“Mastering the pen and the podium means never having to dine or sleep alone” - Christopher Hitchens
Something is coming 🌱
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Energy-Life-Environmentalism-Went-Nuclear/dp/1917458452
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Energy-Life-Environmentalism-Went-Nuclear/dp/1917458452
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Something is coming 🌱
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Energy-Life-Environmentalism-Went-Nuclear/dp/1917458452
Pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Energy-Life-Environmentalism-Went-Nuclear/dp/1917458452
I fear at this stage I have become the old man yells at cloud meme
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I fear at this stage I have become the old man yells at cloud meme
If you’re in the UK, you won’t want to miss this tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you’re in the UK, you won’t want to miss this tonight!
Beggars belief that it needs pointing out, but someone who was not born and raised in England, and who has never lived in England, cannot speak with authority on life in England or its culture and values.
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Beggars belief that it needs pointing out, but someone who was not born and raised in England, and who has never lived in England, cannot speak with authority on life in England or its culture and values.
Who says Germans don’t have a sense of humour 😅
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Who says Germans don’t have a sense of humour 😅
It will never not blow my mind that we have chained libraries where any member of the public can browse books written as far back as the 1600s
October 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It will never not blow my mind that we have chained libraries where any member of the public can browse books written as far back as the 1600s
“English” is used as both an ethnicity and a nationality. In Wales and Scotland brown people can tick “Asian Welsh” or “Asian Scottish” on the census, but for some reason England has never had this option (“English Asian”) - only “British Asian.”
In the UK, England is the outlier in this regard.
In the UK, England is the outlier in this regard.
October 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“English” is used as both an ethnicity and a nationality. In Wales and Scotland brown people can tick “Asian Welsh” or “Asian Scottish” on the census, but for some reason England has never had this option (“English Asian”) - only “British Asian.”
In the UK, England is the outlier in this regard.
In the UK, England is the outlier in this regard.
Going nude to protest “chemtrails”. We are in the most stupid timeline
September 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Going nude to protest “chemtrails”. We are in the most stupid timeline
And a photo in my concert blacks, because why not
August 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
And a photo in my concert blacks, because why not
To the man who told me to “go home” when I was out with my kids. This IS my home.
Enjoy these clips of an old musical tradition in England - a performance by my choral society, feat. Mozart’s Requiem.
A tad more patriotic than spray painting and screaming at people in public.
Dies iræ, dies illa
Enjoy these clips of an old musical tradition in England - a performance by my choral society, feat. Mozart’s Requiem.
A tad more patriotic than spray painting and screaming at people in public.
Dies iræ, dies illa
August 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
To the man who told me to “go home” when I was out with my kids. This IS my home.
Enjoy these clips of an old musical tradition in England - a performance by my choral society, feat. Mozart’s Requiem.
A tad more patriotic than spray painting and screaming at people in public.
Dies iræ, dies illa
Enjoy these clips of an old musical tradition in England - a performance by my choral society, feat. Mozart’s Requiem.
A tad more patriotic than spray painting and screaming at people in public.
Dies iræ, dies illa
Laura Bassi was an 18th century Italian scientist and the first woman professor to be appointed at a European university
July 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Laura Bassi was an 18th century Italian scientist and the first woman professor to be appointed at a European university
Is this the greatest photo ever taken?
July 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Is this the greatest photo ever taken?
Scientists have discovered a global deep-sea “evolutionary highway”
July 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Scientists have discovered a global deep-sea “evolutionary highway”
This strange new entity breaks the rules of life
July 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This strange new entity breaks the rules of life
Did you know that we have rainforests in Britain?
July 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Did you know that we have rainforests in Britain?
Astrophysicists have detected the biggest merger of colliding black holes ever, and it’s mind boggling
July 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Astrophysicists have detected the biggest merger of colliding black holes ever, and it’s mind boggling
Shakuntala Devi, the remarkable woman who could out-calculate a computer
July 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Shakuntala Devi, the remarkable woman who could out-calculate a computer
What makes Finland so resistant to fake news?
July 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
What makes Finland so resistant to fake news?
Congratulations, it’s a goo! 🎉
July 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Congratulations, it’s a goo! 🎉