Looking forward to #ESHS-HSS in Edinburgh! My talk will be one of the last talks in the last panels on the last day! WHEE! If you can't make it (can't blame anyone), here's the flyer for my book, #TransformingNight, w/promo codes for both US & outside-the-US addresses! Thank you, @uwapress.uw.edu!

Why I Wake Early - Mary Oliver Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the fields and into the faces of the tulips and the nodding morning glories, and into the windows of, even, the miserable and crotchety–

Excited to be in Lausanne for my first conference of the year! "Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology" I'll be presenting a poster. I don't think I know anyone here so message me if you wanna grab a coffee or something stronger :) @pathwaysinitiative.bsky.social

Omgomgomg I saw a hedgehog 🦔 !!! I don’t think I’ve seen one in decades!

There are only two Dark Sky Sanctuaries in Europe. One in Wales and the other in Scotland! Let's go – who wants to come with me!? "Being in the dark, which is such a rare thing nowadays, and being in the silence of nature, is a stunning place to be." @darkskyintl.bsky.social

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Any Dark Sky tourists considering booking ahead for wee 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿autumn/winter 🔭 break? I can recommend Rum! Check out this gorgeous @royalastrosoc.bsky.social sponsored film about the Isle of Rum's journey to becoming a rare "Dark Sky Sanctuary". It's stunning 🤩. 🎥: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5uX...

I'm the Award Lecturer of the Social Sciences category at the British Science Festival this year! I'll be talking about my research on the complex relationships between lighting, safety, and inequality in our cities at night. How might we design healthy, just, and convivial nighttime environments?

British Science Association@britsciassoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're excited to announce our British Science Festival #BSF26 Award Lecturers: seven innovative early-career researchers committed to sharing their work with non-specialist audiences. Southampton | 16-20 Sept Full programme to come in early July! www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/announc...

holy hell his music is good.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

‘The folk scene is very middle class. The divide is huge’: Jim Ghedi, the Sheffield singer bringing his doomy music to the movies

I haven’t had notifications on my phone in a decade. A list of exactly five people can break through my DND if they call twice. This freaks 1) millennials 2) Gen Z 3) students out to no end. I don’t know how we ever thought this was okay but then again I’m old.

Dee Chan@deechan17.bsky.social · 5mo ago

When I disabled all the notifications on my smart phone, I felt such an enormous sense of relief. It took me a while to figure out why. It was because I wasn't being constantly interrupted New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

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does anyone have a gif for when you have a moment of panic thinking you might have lost seven hours of audio recordings because it didn't sync properly, and the immense relief you feel when you get home and discover that the data is still there ?

Can you help? The International Astronomical Youth Camp @iayc.bsky.social is fundraising for equipment. I remember my first camp in the Czechia mountains in 2011, spending 3 weeks under the stars with young people from all over the world, building a shared humanity together. gofund.me/d8ceee5a0

Donate to Help the IAYC to buy new equipment , organized by Joris Witte

The International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) is a three-week long summer research … Joris Witte needs your support for Help the IAYC to buy new equipment

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Dr Carys Herbert@cbaherbert.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Headline: astronomy equipment is expensive! @iayc.bsky.social 2026 is in Spain with Bortle 2 skies and a total solar eclipse 🌚🌝 Due to the crazy increase in the cost of running camp and some poorly timed equipment failures, we are fundraising to update our equipment before the IAYC in July 🧵

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?

How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

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What about love for the sake of love? What about really loving us? But I mean really loving us That means the I, the me, myself is you, and so we're we and one And there's never separation while we're moving round the sun www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTn_...

Ren - Vincent's Tale - Starry Night

YouTube video by Ren

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This is devastating. The skills that astronomers learn are invaluable to society, many going into industry, the civil service, science communication, … such drastic cuts will have terrible consequences in the long run.

Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Royal Astronomical Society is gravely concerned at the drastic cuts to support for UK astronomy outlined by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Read our statement 👉 ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

The Public Attitudes to Science Survey results have been published by @ukri.org and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social. This wide-ranging report reveals that the public values science, but highlights concerns over AI, information quality, and representation: www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/public-...

Public Attitudes to Science Survey shows the public values science, but highlights concerns over AI, quality of information, and representation

Ipsos, the British Science Association, and UK Research and Innovation have published the results of the 2025 Public Attitudes to Science Survey - the first since the Covid-19 pandemic, and the first ...

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One for the film detectives - anyone know what this church is from Don’t Look Now? Can’t seem to find much info and it looks more like a church in the UK than Italy? Reverse image search just brings back the film 🤔 All time favourite film opening, by the way #filmsky

I have an email in my junk addressing me as "Your Excellency Professor".

Very interesting piece from @anastasiabekt.bsky.social responding to @geoffmulgan.bsky.social's challenge that we need an Aria for social science anastasiabekt.substack.com/p/an-aria-gr...

An ARIA-grade agenda for social science

The missing R&D pipeline for building and scaling social science solutions

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Okay my loves. I need your help here with a local thing! I’m currently putting together a series of talks relating to East Sussex. If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk

Now is the time to go and embrace a star-filled sky while we still can, for it won’t be long before all we can see are satellites…

Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐@apod.shinyakato.dev · 7mo ago

🔭 An Artificial Comet Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Chao apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25123...

🔭 HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25123...

I think it’s easy to underestimate just how impressive this new map is. We can now see Europe at night in colour! This is mega!

ESA Exploration@exploration.esa.int · 8mo ago

Europe's nighttime glow from space 🌍 This first colour mosaic of the continent at night was created from 7000+ pictures taken by astronauts on the International Space Station. www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

UK readers – from today through Friday, you can get 25% off if you pre-order NIGHTFARING (and other 2026 releases) from @waterstones.bsky.social. 🔑 Use the code OCTOBER25 at checkout on the Waterstones website or app. Pre-orders really help an author out, and I appreciate your support! Out 22 Jan.

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

“It only works if it works for everyone”

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee

My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

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had a marvellous time attending this! a very expansive and thought-provoking time with some wonderful humans – thank you all for making me feel so welcome

FutureSpace Research Project@futurespaceproject.bsky.social · 2y ago

Exciting news and more info to come soon! 🚀 We are happy to share that the next Ethnographies of Outer Space (EOS) conference will be hosted by ourselves at the University of Vienna! #EthnographiesOfOuterSpace #EOS #STS #SSOS #UniversityOfVienna #OuterSpace

finally got around to deleting my twitter. take that elon. 💩

The Green Party now has 78,000 members. Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line. I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

Finished spread! The lives of different types of stars, the various ways they give back all they had taken in changed, and the new forms they give rise to! This took me some time to say the least! It's a lively place out there! On to the next spread (finale of this chapter!!) #Nostos #Unflattening 2

This looks interesting, you get funded to go to a three-day in-person residential workshop in Canada in February 2026. And there are opportunities for more funding. I would have probably applied if I wasn't so allergic to AI. Deadline: 30th October www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

Expressions of interest: artificial intelligence humanities sandpits: Canada, UK and US

AHRC and SSHRC invite expressions of interest to attend a humanities-led, interdisciplinary research sandpit looking to put humanities insights and methodologies at the heart of artificial intelligenc...

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