Holiday Tidings

A couple of links on the way out of town

We’re heading to my parents’ for Christmas in the next couple of hours, and I’ll be trying to stay off the Internet as much as possible during that stretch. I hope whatever winter solstice-ish holiday you prefer is good for you and yours. Here’s a picture card:

(The top right is in the London Eye, the bottom right is the eclipse back in April.)

If you find yourself in need of reading material for the next few days, you could do a whole lot worse than these two round-ups:

— Physics magazine’s Highlights of the Year

— Physics World magazine’s Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024

And if you want some music, here are the seriously weird dudes taking a huge swing at a Christmas tune, because they don’t do anything small:

And that’s it from me for a while. Enjoy the shortest days of the year, and rejoice in the knowledge that there’ll be more light from now on.

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