Today in marine invertebrates New rideshare app dropping

This is a #Crustmas post! @themerl.bsky.social is your one stop shop for these items and chonky farm animals While the crab feed is your one stop shop for all things seasonally crustacean: bsky.app/profile/did:...

🎵 On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me / A mouse with a lobster taxi 🎵 Shop the world's most sophisticated merch this Christmas: merl-shop.co.uk/shop/curiosi...

POV: you're a museum that just threw a party. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us at last month's LATE! Hope you had as much fun as we did ❤️

Once again I have been compelled to draw an Absolute Unit.

woah

Both episodes of this with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social were excellent. Made me think a lot. Podcasts from @themerl.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

New ‘Maximus’ bull arrived today

Ahh, the lore of the absolute unit lingers on.

“Dangit I hate gift shopping for my family, they’re so hard to buy f—“

Part two of an excellent conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.

"The perfect mug does not exist." The perfect mug:

New Absolute Units is live! Listen to part 2 of our conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. We discuss the history of land access and capitalism, the ramifications of enclosure on Britain's former colonies, and the necessary work of de-enclosure today. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

i love them so much

i saw this photo five times before reslising it is s MÖUSE RIDING A LOBSTER bro what genius is at work for merch

Caught up with episode 1 in time for 2. Besides self-evidently interesting content I love the birds that chirp gently over the edits in this podcast where lesser podcasts are hammered together by violent musical interludes Time for some nice peas and PR23 with bread from non-standard flour

New Absolute Units is live! Listen to part 2 of our conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. We discuss the history of land access and capitalism, the ramifications of enclosure on Britain's former colonies, and the necessary work of de-enclosure today. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

Strongly recommend ordering merch from MERL. Its high quality and it will make you highly desirable to your preferred genders and also command the loyalty of farm animals

the world of brands craves powerful, authentic, memorable and accurate advocacy like this. yet the means stares them right in the face: make a tote bag with your logo on it being held by a mouse riding a lobster

I remember this scene in Redwall

when ur mean to me online, this is who ur being mean to:

Hard to look at this and not think 'peak human achievement here, we're done'

If you can’t live without merchandise featuring a mouse riding a lobster then @themerl.bsky.social is the place for you.

Banger merch from the MERL, every time 👌

Consider me gobsmacked.

U HAVE BECOME TOO POWERFUL

The MERL wins again (sorry to my employer @nhm-london.bsky.social)! And their Bluesky Hog is just the thing for a pig-loving 80th birthday New Year celebration which was stressing me out!

Squeeeee! WANT! Fortunately it’s available at the link.

I don't think I realized who painful the scroll holding, lobster riding mouse shaped hole is in my life,till I gazed upon this here post. Come to mama. Heal my wound.

These are going on my Christmas wish spreadsheet. Aaaaand now we wait to see if they’re approved by the Ways and Means Committee

FYI

I have never wanted a mouse riding a lobster more.

It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year. merl-shop.co.uk (and, yes: we ship internationally!) 🧵

i came across the saying "to follow like a Tantony pig" so I get curious and look it up, but Tantony isnt a place, it's a contraction of St Anthony who is the saint of swineherds, so the proverb means to follow someone like a pig following the hog messiah. alas this information will not pay my bills

Absolute Units returns tomorrow! We're back again with the brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, continuing our conversation about land use under capitalism, colonial agriculture, and divisions between town and country. Listen to part 1 below or search Absolute Units on your podcast app of choice 👉

i worked in museums/archives, before, during, and after completing my doctorate. it was years after completing my degree that i took my job at my college. this opportunity to learn how to work with collections from museum professionals strikes me as fantastic!

This is a fantastic opportunity from MERL!

These look amazingly helpful; I'll definitely be coming to the session on absence in collections and maybe a couple of others too! 🙂

A fab opportunity!!!

What an amazing offer!

Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research? We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections. Find out more: collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/

I'm giving a conference talk next week about the story behind our Bluesky account, which means I've spent much of the last week thinking about how to best articulate the advantages of sharing your hog on the Internet bsky.app/profile/them...

Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend? I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill. #GoodGifts

Tonight's the night: our LATE is here! See The MERL in a whole new light with drinks, tours, and activities themed around our displays and collections. Head to our website to get the hottest ticket in town (possibly even the entire world): merl.reading.ac.uk/event/autumn...

I am wearing a wool cardigan this morning (it's cold in Rochester, NY, too), so a little bit of both.

VISITOR IN OUR GALLERIES: it's giving... rural life

it's cold today in Reading so make sure to put on your big coat or animorph yourself into a pedigree sheep breed with a fleece that any worthwhile catwalk would envy

Sunday plan: trip to a yarn store this afternoon; meanwhile, knitting while listening to the MERL podcast. Perhaps some tea later.