h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

Mike Massimino's book is a very good read, covering the Space Shuttle and Hubble, and what it takes to become an Astronaut. #book

I love all Catherine Fisher books, and The Relic Master is no exception. An exciting sci-fi/fantasy adventure story, which is easy to read and hard to put down. #book

Level of detail available on https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/ by region. What's wrong with North East England? Not enough volunteers gathering info? cc @democlub

More coronavirus testing means more positive tests, so can we make any comparisons with the spring? Nothing beats putting numbers in a spreadsheet and giving it a go! https://dbatley.com/blog/2020/09/covid-population-rates.html #covid

The XKCD Map Age flowchart helped me date this globe https://xkcd.com/1688/

Squash plants growing up an A-frame

Book: The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu. A sci-fi book from a Chinese perspective. #book

Sweetcorn #plants

Been playing with the Pocket Operator, a tiny synthesizer designed to record and play back simple loops. Very easy to make something that sounds good, even if (like me) you're not very musically talented. https://teenage.engineering/products/po #music

Time Bandits. It's a Terry Gilliam film, so every scene is more elaborate and amazing than the last. An adventure!

Book recommendation: Star Trek Chain of Attack. I'm pleased to report this book is just as terrible as The Original Series on TV, and just as enjoyable. Highly recommend! #book

Local Lib Dem leaflet for Eastwood, Southend. LD and Con both send leaflets here. #ukpol

I got a tram in the picture, obviously.

In Brussels (for #Fosdem)

Leeks! The only winter vegetable that hasn't died on me. Sow in March or April, harvest all winter. Makes a nice leek and potato soup.

Home-made Christmas decoration. If Dulux are wondering where their paint colour cards are, don't tell them.

Blind and partially sighted voters use the tactile to voting template to vote in secret. Vote Thursday. https://www.rnib.org.uk/campaigning-current-campaigns-accessible-information-campaign/voting-and-elections

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Remember the old orange square hazard pictograms for toxic, flammable, etc? They got replaced by red and white GHS pictograms way back in 2008 (EC 1272/2008), but only fully disappeared in 2017. Standardization is great, but I miss the attention-grabbing orange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hazard_symbols#Former_hazard_pictograms #chemistry

19 October. Join me and up to one million friends in demanding an end to brexit.