Natalie Gray

Natalie Gray

@natgrayy.es

🎥 YouTuber, 🎙 Broadcast Engineer 📱 @NatGrayYes on everything (linked below) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Trans (She/Her) I much prefer Natalie to Nat. http://natgray.co.uk

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Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

This is the part of deploying a satellite that you never hear about, and the European Space Agency let me have a go! I spent two days at their Mission Control, and you won't believe how precisely they can position a satellite in space!

youtu.beMore Amazing Than the Launch‽ (at the European Space Agency!)The European Space Agency invited me to their mission control centre in Germany to find out what it takes to be a Satellite Operations Engineer working on their new Earth observation satellite, BIOMASS. Matt Gray | http://mattg.co.uk | @MattGrayYes 📋 Credits 📋 Series Producer/Director: Cambria Bailey-Jones Camera Operator / Editor: Jamie MacLeod | https://www.jamiemacleod.co.uk Sound Design: Dan Pugsley | https://www.cassinisound.com Captions: Jacob Salas | caption.plus Executive Producer: Guy Larsen A Matt Gray & Penny4 Production https://www.penny4.co.uk Special thanks to Elia, Jakob, Maya, Nicola, Lucy and Daniel at ESA and ESOC along with all of our contributors for this episode! @EuropeanSpaceAgency 📱 Follow Matt elsewhere on the internet 📱 All my social links are at https://mattg.co.uk https://chaos.social/@MattGrayYes (Mastodon) https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes https://instagram.com/MattGrayYes https://www.tiktok.com/@MattGrayYes https://twitch.tv/MattGrayYes 🌍 Extra Info 🌍 ESA: Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests and more https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Biomass/Biomass_satellite_returns_striking_first_images_of_forests_and_more More about BIOMASS: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Biomass People always ask about my t-shirts. I bought my white one from https://thespark.company. And the ESA one was a gift from ESA. 💷 Advert 💷 This video has no adverts or sponsors. Want to contribute towards my videos? Sign up to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes Want to sponsor a video? More detail here: https://mattg.co.uk/contact/ 💸 Full Disclosure 💸 💷 My Patreon supporters' help meant I could work on this instead of other paid work Hi, I'm Matt Gray. You may know me from my work with Tom Scott, The Technical Difficulties, Matt Gray is Trying, or even as a broadcast engineer working in radio and TV. Previous video titles These EXPERTS show what it takes to FLY A SATELLITE at the European Space Agency What actually happens after launch‽ (at the European Space Agency!)

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VOLE.wtf 🐹⁉️
@vole.wtf

🥪 The big day is here! Looking forward to your #CrispSandwichDay pics (we’ll ask for permission & give credit for any we want to feature on the site)

Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

Happy crisp sandwich day to all who celebrate. Ready salted and cheddar with a smidge of mustard for lunch today.

Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

This has now ended. And worked surprisingly well. Especially as a body doubling tactic. Did loads of the tidying that I otherwise failed to do. Amusingly there were more people in the call from eastern Canada than anywhere else.

Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

In the UK? struggle to fix your body clock? Tonight's a great opportunity. IF you can go to bed before 1am, you can get an extra hour in bed for free. Or even better, you can get up an hour earlier than normal and still get the same amount of sleep!

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LiLBazula 👻 🎃
@lilbazza.bsky.social

Comes around earlier every year

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

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Jonty Wareing
@jonty.bsky.social

Replying to @jonty.bsky.social

People who say "millennials don't want to work" clearly have no idea what I do with my free time

Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

I took my advice and set a timer before I clicked after posting. The timer finished 15m later and I stopped it thinking ok I’ll just wrap up. It’s now 03:45 and I’m just getting into bed. Ooops. I hope I don’t have to ban myself from playing this like I did with Factorio.

Natalie Gray@natgrayy.es

This is a fun, but incredibly addictive game. It's basically the Cities Skylines / Mini Metro / Factorio equivalent, but for building an internet. If you're the kind of person that can blink and accidentally lose a couple of hours when playing those other games, then set a timer before you click!

seriesoftub.esSeries of Tubes — Build the Internet, One Tube at a TimeLay fiber, buy transit, peer at IXs and keep the eyeballs happy while backhoes, sharks and route leaks try to stop you. A free cartoon game about how the internet really works.
Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

This is a fun, but incredibly addictive game. It's basically the Cities Skylines / Mini Metro / Factorio equivalent, but for building an internet. If you're the kind of person that can blink and accidentally lose a couple of hours when playing those other games, then set a timer before you click!

seriesoftub.esSeries of Tubes — Build the Internet, One Tube at a TimeLay fiber, buy transit, peer at IXs and keep the eyeballs happy while backhoes, sharks and route leaks try to stop you. A free cartoon game about how the internet really works.
Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

I'd say it requires some base-level knowledge of how the internet works, and what peering, transit, Internet Exchanges, etc. are. I know the basics of those bits and pieces but not well enough to explain to someone else. So it was a little slow-going for me at the start.

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videah θΔ
@videah.net

Ofcom published a report today that pretty much declares the Online Safety Act a complete failure

Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

We're back with a new series of One Of These People is Lying! This first episode includes a surprise tasting session part way through!

youtube.com"I feel unusual now." | One Of These People Is Lying 2x01Is there a Burton-on-Trent perfume? Do people think the Gruffalo is real? And are most UFO sightings American? We're back! And in a new kitchen! And one of these people is still lying. Perfumes, surprisingly, provided by https://harrisonjoseph.co.uk The Technical Difficulties are: 🟥 TOM SCOTT: https://youtube.com/tomscottgo ⁩- http://tomscott.com - https://instagram.com/tomscottgo 🟨 GARY BRANNAN: https://youtube.com/brannersatlarge - https://instagram.com/brannersatlarge - https://garybrannan.bsky.social 🟩 CHRIS JOEL: https://www.instagram.com/christhewrongun/ 🟦 NATALIE GRAY: https://youtube.com/natgrayyes ⁩- http://natgray.co.uk - https://instagram.com/NatGrayYes - https://bsky.app/profile/natgrayy.es Editor: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin Question Producer: Lydia Mizon Accessibility: Jacob Star at Caption+ | https://caption.plus/ https://techdif.co.uk
Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

This is bloody great. The best computer-controlled real analogue drum kit I've ever heard.

youtu.beComputer ControlledI'm making a beat with acoustic drum sounds. But I'm not using samples. Actual acoustic drums are being played in real time, controlled from the sequencer. How is this happening? And what does the strange looking object do? Fredrik Olofsson's page about the object: https://fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/hi-hat-pedal-controller/ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:42 Concept and snare experiments 5:14 Demo 1: snare 5:33 Kick drum 7:32 Demo 2: kick and snare 7:59 Hi-hat 13:02 Demo 3: kick, snare and hi-hat 13:31 Ride cymbal 14:25 Demo 4: kick, snare and ride 15:08 Cowbell 15:54 Tambourine 16:11 Demo 5: kick, snare, hi-hat, cowbell and tambourine 16:57 Demo 6: cowbells, go-go bells, blocks Tracks I used this technique on: mersonsbeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLfymewbQF4 no fret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nh1cyd6DPM prob not s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEOgwyqUhkU rock the sliding (cowbells and tambourine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km4luNxSF1s shifta (also another technique being used here, but that's for another video...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yQfdJz46Go cloud watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIuW6j85R88 in memory of summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgpHVdrFIs Also the following SoundCloud demos: https://soundcloud.com/cylob/bonus-breaks https://soundcloud.com/cylob/longloop-n-droneaday Picture credits: Mics - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mickar.jpg Time bunny - https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-with-rabbit-ears-holding-pocket-watch-38125042/ Christopher Walken - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChristopherWalkenFeb08.jpg

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nightshade →home, for now
@nightshade.technology

details leaked. this vulnerability is a full unauthenticated unconditional remote code execution exploit against any service running on a PHP version from 5.4 until latest yeah if anything deserves CVSS 11, this is it. this is CATACLYSMICALLY bad.

nightshade →home, for now@nightshade.technology

oh it's bad. oh it's BAD bad. oh this is CATASTROPHIC, drop-whatever-you're-doing-and-patch-NOW levels of bad cert.europa.eu/publications...

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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com

If you gave a nickel to a crow that crow would have made more, by billions, than Anthropic

Reuters@reuters.com

Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reports reut.rs/4z2Zi9J

reut.rsAnthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reportsAI startup Anthropic recorded a net loss of more than $80 billion ​in the first half of this year, including $72 billion in ‌accounting charges, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a draft initial public offering prospectus.

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Xor
@xordev.com

If you need a random color (e.g. procedurally coloring objects), you should use Oklab or Oklch color space instead of RGB or HSV. RGB may span the whole spectrum, but it does not pick fairly (leaning dark/muddy). Oklab is designed to more closely map to how we perceive color

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Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

I wholeheartedly believe that every man should watch this video, because I bet none can grasp quite how terribly women get treated, even at work, without being challenged. You should be the person challenging this behaviour.

Jo Franchetti @thisisjofrank.bsky.social

I gave a talk at EMF titled "Men in Tech #YesAllMen", in which I told my experience of being a woman in tech. I was afraid to publish it in case it affected my current or future employment. With all the current news I would like to add my 2¢. So here is the recording: youtu.be/WXL6K1lhvt0?...

youtu.beMen in tech #YesAllMen - EMF 2026YouTube video by Electromagnetic Field
Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

I wholeheartedly believe that every man should watch this video, because I bet none can grasp quite how terribly women get treated, even at work, without being challenged. You should be the person challenging this behaviour.

Jo Franchetti @thisisjofrank.bsky.social

I gave a talk at EMF titled "Men in Tech #YesAllMen", in which I told my experience of being a woman in tech. I was afraid to publish it in case it affected my current or future employment. With all the current news I would like to add my 2¢. So here is the recording: youtu.be/WXL6K1lhvt0?...

youtu.beMen in tech #YesAllMen - EMF 2026YouTube video by Electromagnetic Field
Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

My Runners up: 🔹 The Island for Tax Purposes 🔹 Four Weddings and a Funeral for 🔹 Tax Purposes 🔹 The Adjustment Bureau for Tax Purposes 🔹 Around The World in 80 Days for Tax Purposes 🔹 What Women Want for Tax Purposes 🔹 The Human Centipede for Tax Purposes 🔹 Schindler’s List for Tax Purposes

Natalie Gray
@natgrayy.es

It is absolutely ridiculous how much time (and therefore money) the NHS and govt are spending on clamping down on trans people’s rights, instead of providing healthcare. If a man wants to assault someone he does not need to pretend to be a trans woman. He’ll just ignore the fucking sign & walk in.

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