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dannydenfisch.bsky.social
I do IT 'stuff', teach people to fly🛩️, run🏃‍♂️ & write✍️. Love physics, space 🚀& dinosaurs🦖. Author of #InsidetheCyclone. Guitar 🎸tech @alicelilymusic 🐸 #girldad http://danroachauthor.co.uk/
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Huge implications here… 🧪 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Phew… @openuniversity.bsky.social #s217 #physics exam done ☑️ That was a very long, tough exam covering EVERY topic in physics… Now the waiting begins and I’ll give myself a break before thinking about what to study in October 📕 🧪 🔭

Do people using gen AI in their 'books' realise that every single post about these 'authors' now has comments saying, 'This is what you get with self-published work' and folks are now swearing it off? It took us years to fix the stigma and you brought it back. Thanks. 📚💙

The BBC has interesting piece on the the possibility of conscious AI in the future today. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm excited to be attending the @newscientist.com #EmergingTech2025 summit on 20th May in London. I'm looking to network and discuss the future of #AI, in many contexts, not least of which the social impact and how it will influence early careers. Who else is attending? 🧪 #NewScientistSummit

So, not sure how this is even a question... Obviously we are the cool ones! www.vogue.co.uk/article/what...

I'm excited to be attending the @newscientist.com #EmergingTech2025 summit on 20th May in London. I'm looking to network and discuss the future of #AI, in many contexts, not least of which the social impact and how it will influence early careers. Who else is attending? 🧪 #NewScientistSummit

Still got it… 😊 🎸

Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana Timerman

What an absolutely fantastic night. #blackhoney were brilliant in a really intimate gig at Night & Day Cafe supported by #Lacuna - Kaz and I along with a few hundred other nutters sang and danced all night. Can’t wait for the new album after hearing some of it tonight! #indiemusic #indieartist

I love this! An image that combines my fascination with space 🔭 and my love of dinosaurs 🦖 I want to work with these people one day. 🧪

Well today I was supposed to do a half marathon race but forgot to enter one, so this was my best solo effort with no race ‘encouragement’ absolutely knackered now but happy with 1:39… Still hoping to raise a bit more money for Breast Cancer Now if you can help @ www.justgiving.com/page/dannyro...

Managed to shoot some decent photos of the partial eclipse from Manchester today but the clouds built towards the end. #solareclipse2025 🧪 🔭

Eclipse ongoing right now! And Manchester weather is just about playing ball! 🧪 🔭

The Wombats were absolutely off the scale Saturday night. They played everything I was hoping for and the atmosphere was amazing. We both had an absolute blast and sang our heads off! Happy late birthday Elektra, I think it was worth waiting for! @thewombats.co.uk @aoarena.bsky.social

Solar eclipse on 29 March 2025 will be visible from the UK. Useful observing guide from Sky at Night magazine. 🔭 🧪 www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/partial...

This is a very interesting potential development… 🧪 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Been to Judd Books near Russell Square… again. One of my favourite treasure troves in London. 🦖 📖 📚

And for completeness, here’s tonight’s 40% waxing crescent moon too! 😊 🌙 🧪 🔭

Had another go at the Orion Nebula (M42) tonight and done a little post processing with Lightroom. Not sure I’m totally happy with the results yet… 🧪 🔭

“Everything is political, especially the things that people tell you are not political. Those are the most political of all. There is some truth in that when it comes to science...” Thought-provoking piece about Royal Society and Elon Musk by @kityates.bsky.social

Paula Radcliffe running a 2:57 marathon at 51 years old. Just amazing and inspirational. 🏃🏻

Aviation hath been committed today! Four fantastic flights with three fantastic students and on potential student! Simply breathtaking. #flying #pilot #instructor #aviation

Tonight’s best captures with the #seestar. The Orion Nebula and Betelgeuse - look at all the stars around Betelgeuse that you. Can’t see with the naked eye! There are tons of them! 🧪 🔭

Another fantastic sky for astronomy at the moment! Telescope 🔭 is out and trained on the Orion Nebula at the moment! 🧪

And here are the preliminary results - no post processing, straight off the SeeStar. I’m pretty pleased with Bodes Galaxy! 🧪 🔭

So far tonight I've had time on NGC2403, M81 "Bode's Galaxy" and now I'm about to hit M64 which I prefer to call "The Black Eye Galaxy" - what a night for #astronomy here in the North West UK! 🧪🔭

Venus, Jupiter and Mars captured with my iPhone just now. Time to get the scope out I think! 🧪 🔭

And Saturday was a great last night in Manchester. Alice Lily played surperbly and @emmablackery.bsky.social put on a fantastic show. It was great to hang out with Emma’s tour manager, PWEI bassist @daveydreads.bsky.social too who was super helpful to the band and an all round good guy. Tired now. 💤

A fabulous first night in Glasgow! The sound in the venue at Stereo was superb and ALICE LILY smashed out a fantastic set which warmed the crowd up nicely for @emmablackery.bsky.social’s energetic crowd pleasing performance. Next up, Manchester! #pastandpresent #indierock

And today we’re off on tour! I’m living the dream as AliceLily’s driver/roadie/guitar tech/general logistics coordinator as we head up to Glasgow tonight and then head back to Manchester tomorrow for the next two nights of their tour with @emmablackery.bsky.social Should be fun 🤩

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Might wanna to keep NASA around abit.. Officials in NASA confirmed that the chances of asteroid 2024 YR hitting Earth in 2032 have increased to 2.3%, which is now up from 1.9% yesterday. www.lokmattimes.com/internationa...

Apologies for the lack of new blog posts recently. This part of my Physics studies combined with marathon training (not to mention two jobs) is taking up all of my time at the moment. Normal service will be resumed as soon as I have a little more free time.

Long run day today… after my sister and friend both got breast cancer I’m raising money for @breastcancernow.bsky.social and am going to run the Leeds Marathon in pink on May 11th. Any donations large or small to this great cause appreciated 😊 www.justgiving.com/page/dannyro...

My morning americano ☕️ in a fantastic mug with a painting of the Orion Nebula by @vickypaintsspace.bsky.social go check out her work if you like space and art combined! 🔭 🧪

Help #fossil people. How do you stop a pyritised ammonite from degrading? Mine is starting to look like it’s interacting with oxygen or moisture or something. Is it a case of keeping it in a ziplock bag? 🦖 🧪 #fossilfriday

Went for a walk behind my house yesterday afternoon to take part in the @rspb.bsky.social 🦅 birdwatch. What a nice (slightly cold 🥶) way to spend an hour with my wife and contribute data to a project too! 🧪