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Michael Merrifield

@AstroMikeMerri

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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Joined June 2011
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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.)
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Maybe a touch more contrast?
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Very pleased that University senior management has finally accepted that intransigence is not the same as strong leadership. timeshighereducation.com/new…
Nottingham strike paused as managers make new offer on job cuts

Nottingham strike paused as managers make new offer on job cuts

University and College Union members had been due to walk throughout autumn term

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Trying my hand at slightly artier photography…
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How Does UKRI Spend Its Budget? They don’t seem to want me to know... astromikemerri.substack.com/…
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Jonathan Ross: 2004: Joked about David Walliams picking up 15-year-olds. 2008: Made obscene prank call with Russell Brand. 2026: is horrified by Walliams and Brand. Apparently has no idea who could’ve enabled their conduct.
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PSA: rugby pass direction is effectively measured in the reference frame of the passer, so it is entirely possible for a legal backward pass to travel forward (relative to the pitch). I knew relativity would come in handy one day.
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It isn’t complicated. Either Mr Vine was unaware that the bus driver was about to pull across in front of him, in which case he is guilty of careless cycling, or he was, but continued anyway to generate better social media content, in which case he is guilty of dangerous cycling.
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Why floating bus stops are necessary on cycle lanes to make cycling an inclusive mode of transport for everybody. 👇 Remember: London bus drivers kill somebody every 3 weeks.
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And yes, the bus driver is guilty too.
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Another first for our garden bird feeder.
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Did *anyone* not know that it was him? bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6m2d0e9…
David Walliams named as celebrity who tried to block publication of sexual misconduct allegations

David Walliams named as celebrity who tried to block publication of sexual misconduct allegations

ITV News and the Guardian have reported allegations that the comedian and author preyed on teenage girls and young women. He has denied all allegations.

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Garden camera update: fox making his rounds.
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Sometime I think the AI revolution is upon us. Other times not so much.
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Cars out of order on a wet track. What could go wrong? #F1 #SaoPauloGP
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Somewhat confused to find Kenton Archer pretending to be Bunter… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0033y…
Drama on 4 - Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers - Part One - BBC Sounds

Drama on 4 - Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers - Part One - BBC Sounds

Crime novelist Harriet Vane is on trial for murder. Can Lord Peter Wimsey save her?

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The very definition of melancholy at the Rock Cemetery, Nottingham.
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A tad foggy this morning.
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Shivers. #NFFC
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My father served in WW2. He rarely talked about the war, and, although he respected the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday, he never joined in with veteran commemorations. I once asked him why. 1/3
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He replied that his perception was that for many of his peers, serving in the War was the most exciting event of their lives, and that much of that they were trying to do was to recapture that unique camaraderie. 2/3
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"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up”
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Isn’t it rather depressing that some scientists are so lacking in imagination that they cannot even conceive of the idea of a universe that doesn’t function in a way to which they can relate?
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