MrBiffo
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I’ve got a cough/cold/sore throat thing. It's not bad, but the next vid may be delayed slightly. We’d planned to go away to film at the end of this week, but we’re going to bump it to the start of next week instead. Sanja also seems to be coming down with it now, so at least we’re ill at the same time, and should be back to full health by the time we do filming.
However, this week we’ll still be working on the research and voice-over bits of the video, and I’ll be editing some Digi Level 2 stuff. I’m also trying desperately to get an interview with an astrophysicist. I’ve reached out to a few but had no luck so far. If by chance any of you happen to know one (or are one) please put me in touch!
I do know Professor Brian Cox's wife, but I'm too scared to ask.
Nicely, we did hear back from one self-styled YouTube “professor” – who has a biiiig channel – who had seen our big cat video and is up for a chat about UFOs. We just want to balance it out with the more grounded, science-based, side of things too.
In other news… I’m planning to post a bit more often on Bluesky. I’m also on FB, Threads and Mastodon (and Instagram), and I’ll still post new Digi video links to the rancid Muskhole for those still there, but Bluesky seems to be the Xitter alternative that has the most momentum. Patreon will remain the main place I post though.
You can find me at https://bsky.app/profile/mrbiffo.bsky.social
I’d stopped posting on Xitter a while back, save for Digi links. I didn’t make a big fuss about it, because… well, who cares? It’s just a drop in the ocean.
I don’t judge anybody for staying on there – we all spent years building it up, so it’s a hard habit to break. And I totally get the argument that if we walk away it’s like we’re surrendering - but at the same time, I can’t in all good conscience feel like I’m supporting Musk in any shape or form.
This isn’t even Trump-won-the-election thing. The Democrats ran a feeble, tone-deaf, campaign and – frankly – deserved to lose. I’m not saying Trump deserved to win – I mean, the man’s a literal monster – but people just don’t feel seen, let alone heard, by those in power. The current UK government would do well to learn this lesson...
Unfortunately, Musk's power doesn't seem to be contained by democracy, which is problematic given I think he might be an actual sociopath.
Anyway. Screw politics. S'boring.
Paul
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Katie Rootham
Hiya Paul, hope you feel better soon and Sanja doesn't catch it, we've been the same though, Nick's had a right stinker of a cold and guess who's picked it up 🤣, hence I've felt like 💩 all week, plus it's the 3rd anniversary of Nicks dad's passing, so it's always a weird time of year, but we're ok and feeling better. Hope you score a interview with an astrophysicist guy, I'm so fascinating by it all. I've even seen Mr Cox a few times and he's pretty awesome, hey ask Mrs Cox, if you don't ask, you don't get, and you never know, he may say yes. Massive fingers crossed for you, it would be so fricking cool, if you bagged him for a few mins! 😁🤞 I've also joined Blue-sky aswell, I'm so disillusioned with X, (formally known as Twitter!). With the news lately, I've been put off by X, it's so toxic, it's getting worse, so I'm not going to deactivate my account, as I have contacts, but I won't be posting so much. 😒 Not sure if it helps, but I've seen "VirtualAstro", he's on X and his stage shows are really good. Anyways, good luck, hope you both are OK and have a fab week Xx 😍
mistercourt
Another vote for taking the chance & asking Mrs. Cox to ask on your behalf. I don’t know him personally, but Phil Plait seems a very nice chap & knowledgeable https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/
