John
Saganist, lapsed mathematician/theoretical physicist and lapsed goth. PhD in time travel. Mostly post about science, sci-fi and 'alternative' music. Favourite bands: New Model Army, Heilung, Wardruna, ACTORS, The Sisters of Mercy, Paradise Lost…
- Down to my last 10 boxes of mince pies.
- First read of 2026 is Slow Gods by Claire North
- This year Wardruna topped my personal 'most played album' (Birna), 'most played song' (Hertan), 'most played band' and 'most seen live' charts. This was my most played song of 2025. What was yours? www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfiZ...
- Perfect song for this time of year from Kalandra - playing this EP a lot at the moment #solstice #wintersolstice #winter #kalandra www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrcN...
- Fancy that @scifiscavenger.bsky.social
- Do I even bother trying to sleep tonight? #fireworks
- That was fun. Forgot the flour though IYKYK. #fieldsofthenephilim #goth
- Building the Adam Nevill collection. Becoming one of my favourite modern horror authors.
- New books this week. @foliosociety.bsky.social @greatdismal.bsky.social @brianclegg.bsky.social @alekskrotoski.bsky.social @jimbaggott.bsky.social @markcooperjones.bsky.social @jayforeman.bsky.social
- Missing @newmodelarmy.bsky.social and Paradise Lost gigs this week due to COVID so I’ll have to listen to these instead and party like it’s 2020
- This week’s new books. Definitely getting read for #spooktober #spookyseason #halloween @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @caimhmc.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
- New books!📚
- New books from @johnlangan.bsky.social and others
- Most of my new favourite bands seem to be Scandinavian. Today's earworm is from Kalandra. Gorgeous track #MusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OrR...
- Modest bank holiday weekend book haul @weirdwalk.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @andysaunders-1.bsky.social
- First big book haul in a while. Nice selection I think @karenhao.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social
- RIP Ozzy 🙁 Black Sabbath were certainly a formative band for me. One of my favourites in my early teens. I remember being blown away by this when I saw it late at night on BBC2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2I...
- Looking forward to watching this later...esp as it features some of the work done by the very excellent @elliescerri.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
- Reposted by JohnHow deep are humanity’s roots in African rainforests? Eleanor Scerri details her team’s research published in Nature about the discovery of tools in Côte d’Ivoire dating back to 150,000 years ago, which places ecosystem diversity at the roots of our species. #Academicsky 🏺 🧪
- My favourite read of 2025 so far #stonelands @stonelands.bsky.social
- Reposted by John1/5 Why do all non-Africans descended from a group that left Africa 50k ago? In @nature.com we model 120k years of human niche dynamics. From 70ka, a big expansion of the human niche in Africa likely equipped later OOA dispersals with a unique ecological flexibilty. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by JohnGift article about our work that also mentions our recently published paper in @nature.com on rainforests as well! Thank you @carlzimmer.com!
- About 70,000 years ago, a new study suggests, our species learned to live just about anywhere. Later, that ability helped our ancestors expand from Africa across the world. Here’s my story on the human niche [Gift link] nyti.ms/3ZBc7ID
- New books from @stonelands.bsky.social @catjarman.bsky.social
- Current earworm is from @dcdmusic.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N9B...
- Retail therapy from @lallymacbeth.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social @weirdwalk.bsky.social @discworldemporium.bsky.social and others
- New books from @joeabercrombie.com @chuckwendig.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social and others. Which to read first?
- Mmmm, new @foliosociety.bsky.social books
- Enjoying this collaboration between Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik #MusicMonday youtu.be/ipGRoZjh1v4?...
- Wonderful night from Eivor and Heilung in London. Amazing!
- Heilung tonight. Can’t wait!
- Reposted by JohnWatch the full video clip about our discoveries and their significance - from Charlie Cauchi at Sajjetta! player.vimeo.com/video/105936...
- Reposted by JohnIn @nature.com we report the presence of the Mesolithic on Malta - upending everything we knew about the seafaring capabilities of late European hunter-gatherers and pushing back Maltese prehistory by 1000 years. Watch the clip, link to open access paper is below. 1/5 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by JohnA blog post from me about our discovery pushing back Maltese prehistory to the Mesolithic, and discovering that hunter-gatherers were making epic 100 km sea journeys! communities.springernature.com/posts/discov...
- Wardruna in session at the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Great week with two gigs from Wardruna / @joquailcello.bsky.social Looking forward to Heilung in April, Kalandra in May and New Model Army in October
- Wardruna were quite splendid again last night.
- Video of Helvegen by Wardruna - apologies for the view of the ceiling at the end, but controversially I was paying more attention to the stage than my phone 🙂 #Wardruna www.instagram.com/p/DHdMMklMVtu/
- @joquailcello.bsky.social thanks for the amazing set last night. Off to check out the back catalogue
- Wardruna were amazing last night. Will have to do it all again Friday
- Seeing Wardruna for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night. Quite excited about that youtu.be/FnkTuHP9q3o?...
- Today’s new book @adamjkucharski.bsky.social
- Just bought tickets to see Kalandra in my home town. Playing a converted church...should be amazing www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3YC...
- Now had babies
