Finding deep time stories. Flux, flow. A wee burn descending, a mountain towering. A partnership between rock & water. Prehistory remembered in place names & folklore. 📷 Allt Toll a' Mhadaidh pouring from Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) into Abhainn Coire Mhic Nòbuil, Torridon mountains, Wester Ross

This is VERY good news

The enduring evergreen: yew 🌳 One of Europe’s longest-lived native trees, #yew has needle-like leaves all year round and red, berry-like structures called arils. Watch to explore this culturally and ecologically rich native species, from #Scottish folklore to medieval longbows.

Running until 2nd December at MMU's SODA - School of Digital Arts. Planetary Consciousness, Ecosystems of Care. www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

November from Robert Furber’s ‘Twelve Months of Fruits,’ London, 1732. Plate designed by Pieter Casteels & engraved by James Smith. I saw this at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation in August while taking the class ‘Cultural and Natural Ecologies’ taught by Amy Meyers and Therese O’Malley. 📚🌿

I'm at a secondary school for my youngest football game and spotted this on the canteen wall. Such excellent #climate education and leadership. I wish more restaurants would do this.

"... inviting artists, organisations & creative agencies to submit proposals that breathe life into the wood saved from the felled tree. This extraordinary opportunity will see up to 5 artists receive funding to develop their ideas, with 1 final concept selected in early 2026." tinyurl.com/3pamneuv

What an incredible image! I could look at this for hours. I wonder what the rules were for hanging things out of your window - family crest, best tapestry? H/t: @melindahaunton.bsky.social

Excellent short piece contesting the "technological revolution" narrative around the printing press, and how the metaphor of the tech "democracizing knowledge" is deeply flawed.

Talking of historic tiles ... @dfgillie.bsky.social #peacock

A historic map - Topkapi Palace? - made from historic tiles! 😍 The way certain symbols and design patterns move around and are reused in different times and places fascinates me.

I do love historic tiles and these are exquisite! Click on the images for full effect ...

While this article might be UK‑specific, the warning signs are everywhere - academic freedom is increasingly under threat, and universities & research institutes must step up to resist intimidation. #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #AcademicSky #ResearchSky

Update from @digventures.bsky.social on their dig diary for 2026 featuring a call for crowdfunding work at Wrexham’s Rossett Roman Villa. More details to follow, but it's on their events listing at digventures.com/calendar/

I witnessed repeatedly living in and reporting from Louisiana: solar panels actually protecting roofs during storms. People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said. Lessons from #melissa www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...

'Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis' www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Interesting short article - drawing on the research/detective work of Prof. Sally Foster @stir.ac.uk - re: the travelling Stone of Scone fragments. Doubly welcome as it comes from the construction industry, often held up as the nemesis of archaeology/heritage: tinyurl.com/4wyzd975

Brian R. Jacobson delivers an exquisite lecture on environmental impacts of media - and alternative imaginaries beyond oil youtu.be/24FcbPZWohs?...

Very interesting & often relatable interview: "I found myself continually critiquing development practices… This critique of the practice in many ways led me to journalism because I was constantly questioning why things are the way they are… who allows injustices to continue, who wins & who loses?"

From Monday, we'll be on @ucu.org.uk strike at Sheffield Uni. Mismanagement has brought our #university to its knees - bad for city, country, & #highereducation. Time to get our Uni back. Join us on the #pickets & at the rally with UCU Hallam at 12.30 (Barkers Pool). @sheffielducu.bsky.social

The Papay airfield at 2.30am. The lights in the North. #orkney #papay #aurora

Resolving this took me 2 hours, and my New York colleague at least one hour. Scale that up to all museum records and that's why there isn't more available digitally. Support museum folks. Cite the collections data.

Can you suggest a guest - working in Scotland - for our new podcast? Thrivable Scotland, Thrivable Planet is a podcast for people building a better world, people hungry for genuine hope and meaningful action amid the climate, nature and political crises.

This looks amazing - any publishers interested in something like this for early medieval Ireland in the 7th century? … asking for a friend 🙂

The @designcouncil.bsky.social is looking for a new CEO. They are focused on using the design economy to help address the climate crisis and achieve net zero. £130k www.designcouncil.org.uk/who-we-are/j...

Cracking interview with Alan Cumming on all the excitement of his inaugural season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

👀 Funded CDT Environmental PhD with excellent supervisory team: “Co-creating Flood-Resilient Green Spaces: Understanding Health, Access and Equity in Leicestershire Communities” "environmental geography, health & wellbeing, participatory methods & community-led solutions" tinyurl.com/24dzv3ub

What a remarkable early photograph. These girls look so familiar!

We're delighted to announce that Emma, our NEW Mobile Library driver is all ready to go so #BookyMcBookface will be continuing on his travels from next week, beginning in Longhope on Tuesday 18th November. You can find an updated list of Booky visits at: orkneylibrary.org.uk

Barnsley Libraries joined the Creative Climate Accelerator last year, working with young people to turn climate anxiety into action through the film Change is Coming. They’ve since expanded youth-led climate work and greener planning. >>> juliesbicycle.com/resource/bar...

Come for the cover, stay for the vicious blurb.

Such an interesting thread - especially for those researching or studying early modern textiles and/or trade - and social media at it's best* - knowledge and experience happily shared to answer a question or solve a mystery. * with the exception of @weratedogs.com and @hookland.bsky.social.

Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.

Can confirm the talk was wonderful! Can also recommend the book, which would make a fab Christmas present for anyone you know who loves history!

"Nostalgia is a warping gravity."

Heritage Recording Officer Historic Environment Scotland Salary: £32,255 - £38, 500 Closing Date: November 30, 2025 Location: Edinburgh www.bajr.org/job-ad/herit...

Big news! 📢 MAHSA team members have just published their research on South Asian social media and heritage in the collection, Reporting Heritage Destruction. doi.org/10.32028/978...

Today's work soundtrack ... Intangible Cultural Heritage Scotland Conference.

My personal views only, but I'd suggest the following: (1) a blanket ban on detecting on land that's in any form of environmental stewardship or landscape recovery scheme - because heritage is part of the environment those measures are meant to be protecting 🧵

It looks like an ancient dance floor, aching for lights and .music, the swish of silk and perfume and flirting again

Almost Arctic light this morning

Had such a fascinating chat last night with Neil Carlin, Jessica Smyth and @suegreaney.bsky.social on society in Neolithic Ireland, touching on ancient DNA, kinship, mortuary practice, and how we understand and interpret the past, and so much more! Coming soon for Amplify Archaeology Podcast!

A few photos of how history pops through the slickness of the now. This is a corner in the Museumincel area. The Red Army advanced through here towards the civic district of Berlin in 1945. There’s quite a few bullet impacts still in evidence including some quite large calibre.

Great article by @jonhenley.bsky.social and Alessandro Gandolfi. A clear look at how the Netherlands is not only defending against rising seas, but also learning to live with the water — from floating homes to adaptive design. #climatechange #adaptation www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Pretty excited about #Marble from World Labs - it turns your text, images, and videos into editable 3D worlds with endless possibilities! Some amazing games and virtual reality projects are definitely on the horizon!! #WorldLabs #SpatialIntelligence #AI #VR #WorldModels #FeiFeiLi

Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII? The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)

We’re inviting qualified archive professionals, or those with equivalent experience, to join the pool of consultants for the #ArchivesRevealed Scoping Grants funding strand! Find out more and apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/3)

Great to see a digital design tool that starts with a problem statement and defined benefits (not actually optional). Remember: don't build anything creepy and weird!