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Theoretical astrophysicist specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it. Based in Ireland. Personal account. Call me old-fashioned but I don't like fascists. He/him/his. Blog: telescoper.blog
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R.I.P. Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) I've just caught up with the news of the death last week of composer, arranger and pianist Lalo Schifrin. He was 93. Most of the media coverage of his passing concentrates on his many excellent movie scores, such as Mission Impossible, Dirty Harry and Bullitt but…

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Back to the Office After a week away in Cork, I'm back in the office at Maynooth University. I have quite a lot of things to do before my next trip away which will be next week. On Friday (27th) Maynooth students got their examination results. For this year's finalists that means they also…

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Prime Minister JK Starmer.

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I'm given to understand that #Kneecap is a popular beat combo of some sort.

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So it's 4pm and I've just finished that little job I started at 9.30am and thought would take 10 minutes.

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Back to the Office After a week away in Cork, I'm back in the office at Maynooth University. I have quite a lot of things to do before my next trip away which will be next week. On Friday (27th) Maynooth students got their examination results. For this year's finalists that means they also…

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Primordial Black Holes in Cosmological Simulations Being so busy for the last couple of weeks I omitted to engage in the gratuitous self-promotion that one would expect frpm a blogger, so I'm remedying that today by pointing out that I'm co-author of a new paper that is now on arXiv. This has…

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If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place

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Temperatures are set to climb to a sweltering 23°C today in Maynooth.

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This is SAVAGE. I love it. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

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Lawless proving toothless. www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

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Primordial Black Holes in Cosmological Simulations Being so busy for the last couple of weeks I omitted to engage in the gratuitous self-promotion that one would expect frpm a blogger, so I'm remedying that today by pointing out that I'm co-author of a new paper that is now on arXiv. This has…

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One of JK Rowling's TERF friends was just arrested for assaulting a pregnant woman and a 10 year old child. She threatened to post pictures of them on Facebook calling them pedophiles for being at a LGBTQ event. We told you this would happen.

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Way back in 2012 I had a breakdown while working at Cardiff University; therapy provided by the Staff Counselling service helped greatly in my recovery. A few years later the Management scrapped the Counselling service. That's probably the reason for the poor scores on mental health support.

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Streeting called Bob Vylan and Kneecap ‘revolting’, Kemi Badenoch said they’re ‘grotesque’. I’ve never heard either of them use anything like such strong condemnatory language to describe the slaughtering and starvation of thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza.

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I think my band's unique brand of neoclassical avant-garde dixieland bebop would be quite a hit at #Glastonbury

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The C.I.D. Snowflake unit is on the case.

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No more than St**mer deserves... www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

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ICYMI: An AI-related definition of the word ’slop’ has entered the Cambridge Dictionary for the first time, ’reflecting growing concerns about increasing amounts of low-quality content created by AI’ 👇 #BookSky

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Not sure this Telegraph review of Kneecap at Glastonbury will survive a call to the Editor from Lisa Nandy (Culture Secretary) It concludes: 'Condemning them just makes you look like a killjoy out of touch with the mood of a generation'. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/446273b...

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Watching a programme about the pro-Nazi Duke of Windsor. He rather resembles Nigel Farage, I think. Looks like him too.

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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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The tourist map they gave us at #EAS2025 shows the location of a Dyke Parade... Disappointingly, it's a road rather than an event.

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I think the #BBC pulling the plug on #Kneecap at #Glastonbury will have a similar effect to #Orban banning #Pride in #Budapest

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President Michael D. Higgins has sent a message to all those celebrating Pride today and across the summer

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Oops!

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No offside line had formed, so this was a good turnover.

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Weekly Update from the Open Journal of Astrophysics – 28/06/2025 Since the last update we have published eight new papers, which brings the number in Volume 8 (2025) up to 82, and the total so far published by OJAp   up to 317

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Welsh Universities are ignored by Welsh Gov't & left to burn Wales is behind England, Scotland & N Ireland in both teaching & research funding. Wales has lowest rates of 18yr olds applying to uni Wales is becoming a country that can't afford its future www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

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🏳️‍🌈 Happy #Pride2025 from the National Museum of Ireland We’re proud to have launched a new LGBTQIA+ Guided Tour, marking 10 years since the Marriage Equality Referendum. Created with the assistance of Dr. El Reid Buckley, learn about this and our other LGBTQIA+ projects. www.museum.ie/en-ie/museum...

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Possibly my favorite summation of Pride

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Dublin Pride 2025 Today's the day for Dublin Pride 2025. It's thought that over 100,000 are attending! Best wishes to everyone attending from one of The Olds. Although the weather's not the greatest, I hope everyone has a grand time. I'm wearing my GCN T-shirt for the occasion!

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Police are investigating after slurry was spread at the end of the route of a Co Antrim town's first Pride parade

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Solidarity with Ballymena Pride today ✊ But you know, the massive crowds out for Dublin Pride today *absolutely dwarf* the biggest gathering the far right have ever managed. Literally many hundreds of times bigger. They won’t ever win. They’ll just be loud while losing, like a dying wasp

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Happy #DublinPride from one of The Olds!

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A very Happy #Pride from all of us here at GCN 💖 Stay gorge, be proud 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊ #DublinPride #DublinPride25 #Pride2025

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Wishing all the lovely Dublin queers a very Happy Pride! Let this be the year we *choose* allies that support us through the rough times, not only when they can use us for profit. May we all have enough pride in ourselves to choose well and support one another. #DublinPride #TransRights

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As Dublin marks its annual Pride Festival, explore this insightful blog reviewing highlights from the Royal Irish Academy Library collection relating to LGBTQIA+ history in Ireland. https://www.ria.ie/blog/lgbtqia-archival-material-in-the-collections-of-the-royal-irish-academy-library/

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Dublin City Council has said it expects over 100,000 people to be in the capital today for this year's Dublin Pride March and Parade

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Happy Pride 2025 all #pride2025

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Weekly Update from the Open Journal of Astrophysics – 28/06/2025 Since the last update we have published eight new papers, which brings the number in Volume 8 (2025) up to 82, and the total so far published by OJAp   up to 317

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If you're looking to give back to the community this Pride, these are some amazing LGBTQ+ charities you can support. #GCNnews

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The Wild Rover Thinking back to yesterday's EAS 2025 social event, I think the song that attracted the greatest degree of audience participation was this one. It's very well-known and great for a singalong. Anyone who has any Irish relatives will certainly have heard this! P.S. It wasn't sung by…

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10 queer novels, poems and plays as Gaeilge www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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I see that, coincidentally for #EAS2025, the featured soccer match on TV this evening is Cork City v St Patrick’s Athletic...

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