Just finished Radio Universe by @dreochapman.bsky.social having bought a copy after her lecture at @jodrellbank.bsky.social (yes, took a while, must read more). Beautiful, awe-inspiring, life-affirming. Not often those descriptions can be used for a popular science book, but justified!

No, not that one.

Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 3mo ago

DHS investigated a New York woman for the supposed offense of reposting the news. The government shouldn't get to decide what journalism is too dangerous to share.

manchestermill.co.uk/the-ira-men-... 30 years ago today, Manchester was blown to bits. I wasn’t here at the time, but it lingers in every brick, paving slab, cobblestone & in the hearts and minds of everyone who was. Vital reporting from the greatest example of local journalism this country has.

The IRA men behind the Manchester bomb: Unravelling a 30-year mystery

Special Investigation: we can reveal the real story of the IRA attack that destroyed the city centre - and why nobody was ever brought to justice

manchestermill.co.uk

Nothing to see here. No, you should be looking over there, where the simple patriotic English folk are dancing round the be-flagged maypole. manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him

Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van

manchestermill.co.uk

Not Hubble, he wouldn’t go anywhere near so much water, but he was looking on in a curious manner. flic.kr/p/2rcrvEk

Splish

flic.kr

A thing of beauty from @adamrutherford.bsky.social and a perfect antidote to the bilge currently clogging up my Twitter feed.

Adam Rutherford@adamrutherford.bsky.social · 2y ago

The resurrection circus keeps clowning, but make no mistake, Dire wolves remain very extinct. An angry, sweary piece by a frustrated geneticist. arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...

“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.”

Opinion | A Day of American Infamy

A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

nytimes.com

Trump is not going to be happy with Netanyahu not waiting a few days to give Donald the ceasefire win.

BREAKING “NEWS”, apparently…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3yw55v7lo

William wishes 'incredible' wife Kate happy birthday as she turns 43

The personal message from the Prince of Wales was accompanied with a previously unseen picture of Catherine.

bbc.co.uk

Arbor. Lyme, Stockport, UK. #photography

This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@maxbrockbank.com · 2y ago

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...

JEFF BEZOS: "I'll see your 'end fact-checking' and raise you 'let the Trump administration write our facts' for the win."

Hubble is enjoying the snow today, albeit separated by double glazing. Little does he know that he’s on the last of the dog food and he’ll have to live on bread until it thaws.

God, I can’t stand dealing with the general public, they’re all idiots. Not a Brexit post.