2026-04-13T06:26:37Z https://yabu.me drs1969 (David Smith) 🇬🇧 https://yabu.me/npub1qr85a3r9rv2me0f3f5r5604z0su0at7er680hkcf3zz8twq0cvuqg7d3ps https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/291/921/176/838/039/original/ea317c483a4c2636.jpg https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/291/921/176/838/039/original/ea317c483a4c2636.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2lzm89jd85e8439q2gecan83eamvrj3gnkh50gjxxaqr2gjnkx7gzyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnsl2nwyw More #UKPolitics <br/>Speaking as a white bloke, if you show up somewhere and lament the lack of white faces in your field of view, rest assured that you have in fact been racist.<br/><br/>Robert Jenrick isn&#39;t playing with words. By word and deed, he&#39;s telling everyone exactly what he is. 2025-10-07T12:29:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2wwthf9xtxn22ywmujhufm567ptjsmugx7a85qumkf5zkzh60jgzyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnsldhrlc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsycw4n5nk29ecyjq0xglnvkykrvzwvlwf6m2q92nkn090h60j33ggd96p9g'>nevent1q…6p9g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does that mean a Starlink passed within about 3000M of Hubble? It points &#39;out&#39; from Earth right? Not at a shallow angle relative to Earth. It seems a rather close pass. 2025-05-06T16:46:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqsxffs0gq8xmaw43kvndgwerdkgpdfmfrqfju963a9pxylv3egqzyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnslzlhfg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmduqjutrsc2kxw77ktuttks5z6g4kg0wwjlzene5nehcmlk9ytss49ery'>nevent1q…9ery</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It appears that for Oxford (nearest official station to me) there has NEVER been a 30 degree day earlier than May 26th. Until today. There have only been 5 30 deg maxima since reliable records were taken <br/><br/>30.6 °C May 29, 1947<br/>30.6 °C May 28, 1944<br/>30.1 °C May 30, 1947<br/>30.0 °C May 26, 1841<br/><br/>30.0 °C May 01, 2025 2025-05-01T19:58:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmduqjutrsc2kxw77ktuttks5z6g4kg0wwjlzene5nehcmlk9ytszyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnspnerzf #ClimateDiary Thirty Degrees Celsius here in North Oxfordshire today (May 1st 2025) I&#39;m not sure when, if ever in recorded temps, we hit 30 degrees, but I&#39;ve got 6 years of weather station data and I&#39;ve never seen 30 in May at any point. High 20s yes. <br/><br/>This. Is. Not. Normal 2025-05-01T19:51:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswtgzkfj9rz30u49p44r67k6zlxfqp57semxnuwsc99rmyheluztszyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnscyaht0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyrayaaptwra5kyunwy37s0wzxjmt59zljnqx457fhgheuc733n0s2gs40l'>nevent1q…s40l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s a possible interpretation. <br/><br/>But an unlikely one. <br/><br/>That meme is very obviously designed to make one think that she is equivalent to him. That&#39;s false equivalency and it&#39;s right up there in the poster of logical fallacies. <br/><br/>And she isn&#39;t. Not even close. <br/><br/>It&#39;s a dumb meme, and a dumb argument. <br/><br/>And I&#39;m not on her side in any way, and I&#39;m saying that. <br/><br/>There are far better and more accurate criticusms to be made of her. 2025-04-21T19:49:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjse8phw7m4kl8hg9ghqxhscakdqnpl64m9ffqlx8ty869dzxzwszyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpns6k6j77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstn6r27ry297gkl79rkqpux0t0wne62z6mf8xn8yycvdvc6ul9uvcltmqw8'>nevent1q…mqw8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t say she was right. I don&#39;t think she is. Her views seem to be heading ever more off the rails. But it&#39;s entirely wrong to make comparisons like that. Tate is a violent and dangerous man. And so much worse. One cannot compare the two, and it serves no usefulness to do so. 2025-04-21T19:31:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5642uh0nplfzwdmlle0hgcsxuwz68gvrp00grpyq2g32vs5tm2qzyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnsm2vtwy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kdaq8nglxat4qx8m8k5tx4w5g8l7fkd8h7ndtln26x76x2x6kgg85c0ft'>nevent1q…c0ft</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With respect, I think that&#39;s nonsense. Sorry, but she is not. One, she&#39;s a victim of sexual assault, whilst he&#39;s been accused of doing just that on multiple occasions. <br/><br/>His views are horrifically mysogenistic, bigotted, and generally appalling all round. <br/><br/>She is firmly in the wrong in my view about trans people and their grouping. But I don&#39;t think her views and his are aligned in any way. The above attack is not going to persuade people that her views are wrong. 2025-04-21T18:56:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvu26e7ctdtfcrad7anx9yzpnnm7sm3zgn3wxnwtx8th7sr0fx9rgzyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnsgag5w4 M81 (right) and M82 (left) and dwarf galaxy Holmberg IX just below M81 from an excellent viewing session with the #SeestarS50. 50 mins of exposure here. <br/>The colour feels a bit off. Possibly the AI Denoise and the Apple Photos editing being a bit rubbish. But the little scope continues to impress! Stars down to Mag 17 in this image! #Astrophotography <br/><br/>If you look, you can see the dust clouds? Above and below M82.<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/191/022/508/438/291/original/b986bc5da72a3a1c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-19T20:49:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgacta5k59yvpl9kzc3p3tyzp6n3kpq2amxar0wa72kc9cqmuvmmszyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpns3upcg9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy0mje3qgx78kt7cqn000klv8yhgwpr5kg80zgysy9amk3hwcqvtq6476sr'>nevent1q…76sr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>4 I’ve always been a visual guy - photons hit my eyeball. But last night, watching M33 emerge on screen as the scope did its thing - watching that live ( outside in the cold for authenticity!) I was very very happy indeed. <br/><br/>Hope this helps your thinking. 2025-01-02T11:46:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0mje3qgx78kt7cqn000klv8yhgwpr5kg80zgysy9amk3hwcqvtqzyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpns7sk52s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyhfu80nz0augae7jq0yja2myfcukg9pvtcg7pl6kuk32spqp59xsm7gu08'>nevent1q…gu08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>3/ Thing is, that Mak would be good for planets. Close ups of the moon etc. but not great for a lot of other things. Galaxies are dim, but actually quite big. (This is why we buy more than one scope when the bug hits.) <br/><br/>But honestly, right now, when viewing opportunities are infrequent ( work, weather, tiredness) I reckon this Seestar is maybe the perfect starter scope. 2025-01-02T11:44:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyhfu80nz0augae7jq0yja2myfcukg9pvtcg7pl6kuk32spqp59xszyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpnsxdlq5g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr753xtag4m75dkl65j8h2gejcrqt3zyjrgumncwjzmunsz988tpqz9skjm'>nevent1q…skjm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2/n I’ve just been looking at the Sun with my Seestar. 5mins to set up and I have an incredible live view, and some great pictures. If you want to look visually at planets, you’ll want a 150mm diameter scope with a focal length of say f10. That would mean something like a maksutov cassegrain scope, plus mount plus eyepieces. Skywatcher do good ones. Get a mount for your phone, and use that with the eyepiece, to take pics. 2025-01-02T11:41:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr753xtag4m75dkl65j8h2gejcrqt3zyjrgumncwjzmunsz988tpqzyqqv7nkyv5d3t09ax9xswnf75f7r3l40my0ga77mpxyggadcplpns4cqcdh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2rs4zeg8275p0gc4w8mx94dq2hkmtzw42wzte295asgsk64k8sgz7fvzv'>nevent1q…fvzv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A few personal thoughts. 1) just was given a seestars50 as an Xmas present. It’s incredible. I’ve got 3 other scopes, and eyepieces etc - it’s amazing. <br/>2) there’s 9 planets… and 100,000s of other things in the sky. And planets need 2 things - they need magnification, but they also need good viewing conditions in order to be able to use whatever magnification you have… and you also need a solid mount in order to focus when you have the viewing conditions. 1/n 2025-01-02T11:34:30Z