Emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Nottingham. All my own views. Here for interest, so anyone who doesn’t interest me gets blocked.
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Time to update my pinned post, just because this selfie makes me very happy.
(Monku View Point on @hermisland, 26 July 2022 at 11PM. 2s exposure on @SonyAlpha 6600 with Samyang 12mm f2 lens, pushed to ISO 10000, just reprocessed with @Lightroom’s amazing AI noise reduction.)
Today I found myself contemplating the sensitive randomness of human history, and how many people would not be here if it weren’t for local engineer, Thomas Hawksley, whose memorial I happened to walk past in Arnot Hill Park on a stroll today. 1/3
When cholera struck the UK in 1848, Nottingham was almost unaffected. The reason was that Hawksley had set up the country’s first large-scale constant pressure water supply here in 1831, using a steam engine to pump a head of water up to a reservoir, ensuring a clean supply. 2/3
Progress in scientific research draws on both conformists and iconoclasts.
astromikemerri.substack.com/…
“I don’t have a clue what I am doing, but I’m doing it anyway.”
(arxiv.org/abs/2610.28575)
So happy to find a Matt Spears video waiting for me on YouTube!
youtu.be/3pfnSu6HLB8
Any Reform supporter chanting the mantra that it is only a few bad apples has really missed the point of that proverb.
But wait… there’s more.
Inside Reform: Aspiring Reform MP calls for 'concentration camps' for migrants
itv.com/news/2026-10-17/insi…
