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grb090423

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Interests: cosmology, astronomy, the sciences in general, wildlife.
Rusty polyglot. Slowly learning Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic).
I informally tweet ESA news when I can.
GRB090423 was the furthest Gamma Ray Burst known to us back when I started on social media.
Both avatar and header images were taken by me.
I rarely boost images that don't have Alt Text.
I boost The Vagina Museum posts; please don't be offended... it's good to learn.
I always check your TL - If no posts, I don't follow back.

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markmccaughrean, (edited ) to photography
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Ah ha, one of my favourite garden friends paid a visit today: a hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) doing its best to illustrate the principles of convergent evolution 🙂

This is a 240fps slow-motion video: in real-time, it was flitting around like crazy, very briefly supping from each flower with its long probocis. Am happy the phone stayed in focus most of the time.

#Insects
#Wassenaar
#SlowMotion
#Netherlands
#Photography
#BackGardenEntomology

grb090423,
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@markmccaughrean

Beautiful creatures 💕

elizabethtasker, to random
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LOOOOOOOK!! That asteroid grain I took to the UK (the one where I nearly couldn't board the plane due to having the wrong seat type reserved for the Hayabusa2 model)?

It's now on display at the London Science Museum!

I totally brought it there. Me! Yay!

https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/4-6-billion-year-old-asteroid-sample-unveiled-at-the-science-museum/

grb090423,
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@elizabethtasker

👏😁

elizabethtasker, to random
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Typhoon time! Am (belatedly) attempting to protect the cat tree.

grb090423,
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@elizabethtasker

🤞😯

helenczerski, to random

I just had a video call with a colleague who is on a ship at the North Pole. A VIDEO CALL. It was smooth and bug-free and he could have been just down the road.

And this is the end of an era, in a gigantic way. One of the most special things about these expeditions is that you’re isolated - recently you might get text-only e-mails once a day, but that was it. You had to actually be present all the time, because the people on board were all you had.

And that is now the past. I’m truly gutted.

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@helenczerski

It's a worrying indicator of just how many communications satellites are blocking our skies.

elizabethtasker, to random
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#JAXA have launched the #XRISM X-ray space telescope for studying the hottest gas in the Universe, and #SLIM: a "smart lander" for making a high-precision landing on the lunar surface (essential tech for future crewed missions).

It's 10 minutes into the flight and so far, everything seems to be going well.

English live feed 📺 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4ZMp4a2xw

grb090423,
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@elizabethtasker

Twiddling round is important!
:)

Mer__edith, to random
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WOW. I'm so moved, a bit stunned, and more than anything sincerely grateful to those who came together to ensure sunlight on the dangerous OSB Spy Clause, and to those in the UK gov who synthesized the facts and acted on them.

I knew we had to fight. I didn't know we'd win ❤️🙏

https://www.ft.com/content/770e58b1-a299-4b7b-a129-bded8649a43b?shareType=nongift

grb090423,
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@flangey

Thank you! 👍

@Mer__edith

Chrislintott, to random
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Jocelyn, of course, is the discoverer of pulsars, and the most famous pulsar is that which lives at the heart of the Crab Nebula, the remnant of a supernova that exploded nearly a millennium ago.

(The name pulsar, short for pulsating radio source, describes their often very rapid blinking. I hadn’t realised the name had been coined by a Daily Telegraph reporter who thought the scientists’ name was too long)

(3/n)

grb090423,
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@Chrislintott

Nooooo 😥

grb090423,
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@Chrislintott

What a wonderful thread! 👏👍

Chrislintott, to random
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Yesterday at Oxford Physics we threw an 80th birthday party for Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discoverer of pulsars and all-round inspiration. After talks on pulsars and gravitational waves, and before the dinner, Jocelyn told us a few stories from her life.

Some I’d heard before, others - like the fact that the 50 male members of her undergraduate class would bang on their desks and whistle whenever she, the only woman, walked in. (1/n)

grb090423,
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@Chrislintott
😖😖

Akki, to random

grb090423,
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@Akki

Ok, thanks for the heads up. I didn't know that.

DaveWhittle, to random
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Ultra-processed foods: the 19 things everyone needs to know
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/sep/06/ultra-processed-foods-the-19-things-everyone-needs-to-know

grb090423,
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@DaveWhittle

Such an eye opening read!

ricardojmv, to random Portuguese
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Bom dia e boa quarta para todos!

grb090423,
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@ricardojmv

Bom dia 🌞🌼

charliejane, to random
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The names of months they came up with after the French revolution are just undoubtedly better than ours.

Happy Fructidor! It's almost time for the month of Vintage.

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@ferrix

Was wondering this too.

@charliejane

jaztrophysicist, to random French

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    @jknodlseder

    🧛

    @jaztrophysicist

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Jill has . Pres. Biden tested negative.

    “This evening, the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19. She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms. She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,” the first lady’s spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement.”

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/04/politics/jill-biden-covid

    grb090423,
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    @GottaLaff

    Hoping she recovers quickly and fully.

    martinhamel, to random

    Pourquoi on est nuisibles ?

    grb090423,
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    @jaztrophysicist

    Yes, you're spot on. Pests is exactly how they, and other indigenous species, are viewed by too many here.

    @martinhamel

    craiggrannell, to random
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    This was where we went this year. I mowed 1.5 mower widths around the edges and left an area near our bench. The rest is just doing its thing. Loads of bugs. When the season is over, I’ll strim the top off and see what happens next year. We may also bombard the area with wildflower and clover seeds.

    From: @grb090423
    https://mastodon.social/@grb090423/111001103323999052

    grb090423,
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    @craiggrannell

    Wonderful! 👍

    Yes, that's what we're doing.

    Wishing you well for next year 🙂

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    @Laura

    Lovely! 🙂👍

    Frau_Mensch, to random German
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    @Frau_Mensch

    Lovely toot series about a seemingly lovely person 👏👍

    This, and the toots of @alexwinter on here, makes me enjoy the Bill & Ted movies (ALL of them) all the more.

    Here's to good people 🤗

    ProfLouiseL, to random
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    If you're a National Trust member, please please vote in the council elections to stop the reactionary "Restore Trust" candidates. They're a bunch of right-wing reactionaries who get all upset when the Trust explains to visitors the history of colonialism, slavery and class oppression behind the wealth of many of the great country houses. Please give them the boot!
    https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/annual-general-meeting

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    @tess_machling @ProfLouiseL @RussCheshire

    Thank you. I was struggling a bit with my old phone and couldn't get it to copy across :(

    sellathechemist, to random
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    Interesting that the Nobel Foundation have invited a Russian representative to the ceremonies next month. A lot of people think it's a bad idea and so do I. Like sport, academic prizes are always spun politically. Russia's government should be treated like a pariah and not given opportunities/fodder to spread more of their poison abroad or at home.
    https://www.politico.eu/article/nobel-foundation-sweden-vidar-helgesen-sparks-backlash-for-inviting-russia-to-december-award-ceremony/

    grb090423,
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    @sellathechemist

    Well done to those boycotting the event. 💪👍

    litteracarolina, to random
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    Was tempted to buy this but life is too short.

    grb090423,
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    @litteracarolina

    I just bet it goes into detail of ensuring you keep your husband happy, because every woman *must have a husband and *must put them first.

    Ugh... 😖

    @CarveHerName

    stevelieber, to random
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    When I talk to comic book artists I always emphasize the importance of clearly separating their planes of depth. This rule is only for comics and does not apply to Turkish photographer Sami Uçan.

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    @stevelieber

    I would love to have a cat friend this big 💖

    LauraKT, to random
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    Huge update about Prince Andrew 👇https://normalislandnews.substack.com/p/king-charles-orders-family-to-forget

    grb090423,
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    @LauraKT

    Excellent piece!

    Is it serious though? Has he been welcomed back into their family with open arms?!

    @LauraKT

    elizabethtasker, to random
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    I wore a mask for the first half of the conference last week, but with Sapporo going through a heat wave, the humidity was pretty high even inside. So… I masked less and less.

    Now I have a 39C fever, a developing cough on an over-tight chest, headache and joint pains.

    And… my friends… regrets.

    Am now splashed on the sofa pondering the irony of getting sick while demonstrating the value of online virtual spaces.

    (Covid antigen currently negative, but I guess may not stay that way.)

    grb090423,
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    @elizabethtasker

    Ok then, sounds like things going on the right direction. Keeping digits crossed for the test strip to totally vanish 🤞

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