Giving a talk in Yorkshire so I got to spend a few days catching up with auld pals at @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social, like this absolute belter of a Middle Jurassic theropod dinosaur footprint (Megalosauripus - Hudson et al, 2023) from Yorkshire 🦖 (equally lovely to see some of my fav human pals too 🖤)

A busy weekend #MiningLandscapes and @palaeokatie.bsky.social joined the #BridgeofAllan #Stirling WellHouse Restoration team and welcomed around 50 visitors for #DoorsOpen #coppermining #mineralspa

Hello my hair is now matching this calcite on sphalerite from Wanlockhead, held in The Hunterian collections 🖤🤍🖤 #DyingMyHairloMatchRocks

🎉 We're LIVE ✨ The Scottish Geology Festival 2025 programme is now live! We have 70+ exciting events across the country, celebrating Scotland's amazing geology. Check out the full list and find the event for you! 🔗 www.scottishgeologytrust.org/festival

NIN - Manchester. GREETIN’ 🔥

Glassjaw x 2 🔥🖤

Glassjaw x 1 🔥🖤

The latest reincarnation did not run according to plan.. Finally got my absolute favourite vegetarian vampire duck tattooed on me 🔥🖤

Congratulations to Arran Geopark on being awarded 🗻 UNESCO Global Geopark 🏔️status! It’s fab to see Arran being recognised for its unique geological heritage, rich biodiversity, and commitment to protecting their natural heritage.

🌍 Anyone, from anywhere in the world, can sign our petition to support the repatriation of the Irritator fossil to Brazil. Let’s unite against colonial science. Your support matters! ✊🦖 #IrritatorBelongstoBR #DecolonizeScience ⚒️🧪 chng.it/Jm99Rsrw44

Taps aff in Glasgow today! Head along to Stockingfield & visit our free Make It Glasgow pop up exhibition “Fired Up”! Here until 4pm today & 10-4 Monday (31st). Discover Glasgow’s ghost industry & see the shipwreck plate, recently recovered from the bottom of the sea off the coast of Arran! 🖤

Had an awesome Saturday looking at some gloriously messy 450 million year old Ordovician sediments around Girvan in preparation for an upcoming Geological Society of Glasgow field trip (Dr Jurassic Clark for scale!)

Been crawling about the river Kelvin exploring 330 million years of Glasgow's heritage. Looked up and realised I had attracted a group of very confused spectators, so they got treated to an impromptu geology lesson (apologies for ruining your Sunday with my rock patter 😂)

Limp Bizkit 🔥🔥🔥

I'm gonna suffer for the rest of my life But I will always find a way to survive I'm not a failure but know what it's like I can take it or leave it or die Stay, you don't always know where you stand 'Til you know you won't run away There's something inside me that feels LIKE BREATHING IN SULPHUR 🔥

Head Like A Hole (Copper)

Head Like A Hole (Opal)

Absolute best times as always 😭🖤 #GothsInUngothlyPlaces

Tasty looking prehnite from Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire for #MineralMonday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Monday you can fall apart x

Watch the white Turn to red It fills up the hole but it grows somewhere else instead All my life Yeah yeah yeah yeah, but it just left me dead The world is over and I realise it was all in my head

Pretty wild how a worker from the Bothwell Park Brickworks put their finger in this brick, which was destined for Kelvin Hall.. and now, almost 100 years later, some wee goth is stood admiring it

Better Lovers 🔥

Baryte and calcite on quartz from Tyndrum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤

Dreamy goth smoky quartz from Glen Rosa, Arran 🖤

Pure stoater of an agate from Angus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Returning to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum walks of the week: Minto (Brighills) Colliery #Fife one our new routes (and the shortest at 1 mile) created by the #Cardenden History Group and brought to life by the daughter of the former under-manager. See 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/route/49

Hello, my hair is now matching this pretty wee amethyst and calcite cluster from Guanajuato, Mexico 💜 #DyingMyHairToMatchRocks

Carboniferous crindroid!

Here’s some gloriously garnetiferous pegmatite from near Loch Garve (Ross-shire) for #MineralMonday 🖤

These greywacke pebbles were deposited as lapetus Ocean sediments & spent the next 420+ million years getting caught up in catastrophic continental collisions, undergoing deformation & succumbing to erosion. Pretty wild how every vein & fracture is like a wee glimpse into the abyss of deep time 🖤

Absolute masterpiece 🔥

Evolution of a wee mosher 💀

Excellent agate

HAPPY SLIPKNOT DAY MAGGOTS! 🔥

Had some much needed downtime the other day and got my stomach tattooed. Adorable wee goth bat with an ammonite on its chest (obviously) 🖤

Last minute change of plans meant I was able to go to the opening of ‘Outside In’ at Maryhill Burgh Halls on Fri. This new exhibition tells the stories of how migrants bring the world to Scotland, contributing to a more diverse, dynamic & inclusive country. On until 21st Feb ‘25 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤

KoRn x A.D.I.D.A.S 🔥 Mosher level up.

Excellent goth venue for my talk today ☠️

Maladjusted freaks 🔥 Reunited with my wife @teafrancis.bsky.social for @pitchshifter.bsky.social 🖤

It’s Book Week in Scotland 🥳 We thought we’d kick off the celebration by introducing ourselves to our new followers, starting with our resident rock. For those missing #OrkneyLibrary may our chunk of Lewisian Gneiss fill the void 🪨 #BookWeekScotland #libraries

SNOW!! ICE!! ❄️ DYK Scotland is shaped by the cold? The evidence is in #ScottishGeology. Glaciers growing, moving & melting have scoured glens, carved corries, and created iconic landscapes. Take the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy; they are the shorelines of once ice-bound lochs over 11,500 years ago...

Deaf Club 🔥 thanks for 20+ years of the best good headaches @justinpearson.bsky.social

Carboniferous limestone appreciation 🖤

Mike Patton as fine minerals - a thread. Proustite on calcite from Morocco

Thundering hammers, Christ's lovers Veins of fluorite, fold over fold Ore woven, band upon stone Hands of man, undone He shall give angels charge Over thee to keep thee In all thy ways, ever always Crime on humanity Crime of insanity

Hey bartender, hit me with a double! (hed) pe - SWG3 (it’s been a good month for wee moshers) 🔥

Morning everyone, some palaeoart/scientific art today. This is a plesiosaur skull drawn in pen and ink. I worked from the real life reference in the Hunterian museum in Glasgow. #sciart #paleoart #dinosaur #paleontology #scientificillustration #creatureart #animalart #glasgow #museum #science

Had an excellent time talking rocks at Kelvin Hall’s 8th birthday, here’s me looking pure happy while holding a goth smoky quartz wain

The Hunterian Rock Docs will be at Kelvin Hall’s 8th birthday Family Day celebrations tomorrow (Sat 9th) 12-4pm! Come say hello & bring your mystery rocks & fossils along to be ID’d! There’ll also be loads of awesome activities for families, including games, crafts & building trails! 🖤