When Tad Kicked Vlad: we're chortling at this kick that goes around the world, from Julian Gough & Ross Collins (published Faber)

Warning: also contains farts! !

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #JulianGough #RossCollins #PictureBooks #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies #WhenTadKickedVlad

Another fascinating post from Julian Gough on his theory of cosmological evolution, looking at the potential for life on icy moons of starless planets.

https://theeggandtherock.com/p/life-without-stars-stanets-and-ploons

#TheEggAndTheRock #JulianGough

Life Without Stars: Stanets and Ploons

The implications of an important 2023 paper have not been fully understood: it is possible most life in our universe is in the deep oceans of icy moons, orbiting planets that do not orbit stars

The Egg And The Rock

This was long awaited, and got a positive review from a reader delighted by the horrors and humour of poo

#rabbit&bear #kidsbooks #juliangough

#WhatWereReading : our #ChildrensBooks wizard Fiona enjoyed a brace of new reading:
Luan Goldie's Skylar & the K-Pop Headteacher, Catherine Doyle's Pirates of Darksea, & the latest Rabbit & Bear by Julian Gough (we love this series & recommend it often)

#books #livres #LivresJeunesse #bookshops #librairies #RecommendedReading #bookstodon #SkylarAndTheKpopHeadteacher #PiratesOfDarksea #RabbitAndBearThisLakeIsFake #LuanGoldie #JulianGough #CatherineDoyle

This is exciting news and I'd be very surprised if the findings don't support the theory of an evolved universe as described by Julian Gough in his The Egg and the Rock blog.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/newly-discovered-cosmic-megastructure-challenges-theories-of-the-universe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#JulianGough

Newly discovered cosmic megastructure challenges theories of the universe

A 1.3bn light year-sized ring discovered by PhD student in Lancashire appears to defy the cosmological principle assumption

The Guardian

I've posted some of #JulianGough's cosmological musings before but this is one of his best

His thesis is that the universe as we know it, with its seemingly random and coincidental physical properties that allows it to support intelligent life, is not something that happened randomly but came about through evolution at a cosmological scale

It's a really big idea, and he describes it very well. I've no idea if it stands up but I really want it to!

#TheEggAndTheRock

https://theeggandtherock.substack.com/p/holy-crap-ive-just-realised-that

Holy crap, I've just realised that cosmological natural selection gives you the structure of the universe (FIRST DRAFT #1, give me feedback...)

OK, I’ve got a brilliant idea, not yet well expressed. (I tweeted it to a grumpy old man.) Help me make it better.

The Egg And The Rock

I've posted a few times about #JulianGough's project "The Egg and the Rock" in which he explores a holistic approach to cosmology and the origins of the universe. He writes in a really accessible way, which doesn't require huge scientific knowledge but if you prefer to get your info in audio format here's a great interview he did with THE ZoNE

#Cosmology #NaturalPhilosophy #TheEggAndTheRock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFkjb6ZEGy8

In cosmology, all our errors lean the same way. The implications are... interesting

Our universe always turns out to be bigger, more structured, more complex, and more weirdly efficient, than we've anticipated. So what are we doing wrong?

The Egg And The Rock
Time to resist the pressure from Big Content: contracts often contain outrageous clauses demanding artists hand over just about every right that a creator typically has under copyright - @glynmoody
#Minecraft #PublicDomain #JulianGough #TrueFans
https://walledculture.org/how-minecrafts-end-poem-ended-up-in-the-public-domain/
How Minecraft’s “End Poem” ended up in the public domain

<p>Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time according to Wikipedia, with hundreds of millions of copies sold. The game concludes with the End Poem by the writer and musician Julian Gough, created in 2011. In December 2022, Gough wrote a post on his Substack site “The Egg and the Rock” in which he …</p>

This week the Walled Culture blog covered how writer and musician @juliangough gifted the 'End Poem' he wrote for Minecraft to the public domain: free for everyone to share, re-use & remix - @glynmoody
#PublicDomain #Minecraft #JulianGough #TrueFans
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