can't say I usually enjoy a whimsical shop sign but credit where credit's due, this made me laugh when I walked past earlier:

Stunning #Aysgarth Falls in the sunshine today, and carpets of white wood anemones. #YorkshireDales #Yorkshire #waterfall

Nice to find the beautiful Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina fastuosa) today in NE Shropshire #Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae

A sunny day and I made progress with two manuscripts. Feeling happier than an elderly dog rubbing its muzzle in a furry blanket.

This takes me back to Paris 1983. I was alone in a Parisian friend’s living room when the phone rang. Panic. Apologising for my awful grasp of the caller’s language I muddled through not 100% sure what I was saying. It was Lionel Jospin, offering my friend a job. At least I did better than Blair.

I will be touring the paperback edition of Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal and my new poetry book Let the Quiet Ones Rise from mid April #birmingham #margate #newcastle #edinburgh #tring #london #newquay #nottingham and many more www.robinince.com for details

For Easter #MosaicMonday, a blissfully unaware bunny in the House of Dionysus at Paphos: look behind you ... ! 📷2018 [@simonelliott20.bsky.social - are you there now? Say hello to this one from me.] #AncientBlueSky 🏺

Yeah, I’m sure going on a massive drug bender is all quite thrilling, but you know what is also exciting? Going on an estuary walk and finding the sunken mud-caked exoskeleton of an old boat.

UGH lifehacker.com/tech/age-ver...

A Thing That Has Been Going On With Me Lately: or, Why I Will Regretfully Not Be Attending ASECS @asecsoffice.bsky.social: A few weeks ago, I posted this - & was immediately told by @gwenynen.bsky.social & several others to get off Bluesky & get to the GP pronto. Pretty smart of them, because (1/?)

Annales Islandici 8 vols, five privately hard bound. Superb condition. Looking for £140 plus postage for this set #ísland #iceland #haskoli #history #medievalsky #booksky Bluesky messaging non functional but drop a message on the post if interested!

I managed to find the Vinegar Cup - Helvella acetabulum and the Bleach Cup - Disciotis venosa on an Easter fungus hunt today #FungiFriends #UKwildlife

Journal publishing is bad now, but …this year is the 40th anniversary of my first published paper and the 43rd anniversary of it being accepted for publication.

If you are looking for an international #Master's program in #Geosciences without tuition fees, with many courses in modern data analysis, remote sensing and geoinformation systems, the U Potsdam is the right place for you! Please visit the following website for more information: lnkd.in/de8RgJd5

That's no swan! All the Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus at the wonderful Pantani Cuba reserve in SE Sicily today.

It would later be known as the @gsoh31.bsky.social manifesto www.ft.com/content/5032...

#libraries My mum was a librarian for 40 years. When my future dad was divorced by a woman who took everything & living in a damp lonely bedsit- he would sit in the library every night for warmth, company and he was obsessed with reading, like her, so they met. 10 yrs later when they had me...

Huge PhD Opportunity - the Catholic Church and Environmental History in South Africa!

This is not a 'masculinity crisis', it's a misogyny crisis. This is not a problem with 'masculinity'-- millions of men model positive masculinity every day. This is a problem of male violence. Stop calling it 'masculinity'. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Every time I walk past this boatyard on the way into Falmouth, I think 'Up the stairs, left onto the white bit, use diagonal ladder, lump left onto bouncy bit, onto the roof and on to the next level'

My depression’s severe atm but talking to folk here gives me a sense of belonging which I need to try to hold on to. Making this photo helped my brain-looking for the tiny silver owl hidden in it will help yrs-the botanical fractals will dial ⬇️ stress & yr brain will release dopamine if you find🦉:

A slightly odd view from the train on the approach to Blackfriars station - you’re looking straight on at the London Eye and yet somehow the sunset is still off to the west. It’s thanks to that great loop in the Thames - there are some great views that are technically correct but a bit unexpected!

Few are brave enough to acknowledge the truth.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Brilliant thread on Cromwell in Ireland.

A betweeded film devotee is found in one of Mrs Lovett’s delicious meat pies. Suspicion falls on Great Auburn’s curate, worried that errors in the Yomping Association Almanac might threaten supplies of toilet paper.

‘Modernisation required’: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Well, if it’s 3 April, it must be... YES, OF COURSE – the 10th anniversary of a 28-year-old man in the Netherlands being ‘inspired’ by Jackass and endangering his life by swallowing the wrong kind of fish while shitfaced

And PLEASE can we get it right this time and use “staycation” to mean “holidaying at home”, not “holidaying in Britain”. We have a term for the latter, which is “holidaying in Britain”. “Holibobs”, wherever they are taken, remains a capital offence.

For anyone fearing feline attack, I regret to inform you that Michael has invented the tank...

This Monday and Tuesday a group of volunteers re-chalked the wonderful Bulford Chalk kiwi - one of the younger scheduled monuments in Salisbury Plain constructed in 1919. I love this community project which we try to accomplish every year or so. #heritage #newzealand www.gov.uk/government/n...

A few more Early Spider Orchids (Ophrys sphegodes) from yesterday’s trip to Purbeck. A dull day brightened by these lovely flowers. #orchid #wildflowers #dorset

Yesterday, we started fully disassembling the 16th century clock 🕰️. After three hours, we were at about 45 components, and we're nowhere near done yet 🤯 Christ on a cracker... just when you thought you could not have more respect for #EarlyModern craftspeople #HistSci #HistSTM 🗃️ 🏛️ #MaterialCulture

Learning manners was much different in the 1950s. Take this children’s book I was given. It really does provide you with advice on manners for all occasions – even when someone pulls a gun on you. 🧵1/4.

Is this the #LevalloisPotato origin story??!!

Sharing this opportunity at University of Oulu: postdoc and PhD positions in Science and Technology Studies focused on aquatic restoration in Nordic/Arctic regions. 3-year postdoc, 4-year PhD. Deadline May 3, 2026. #AcademicJobs #STS https://oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:912557/

I was today years old when I learned that Elton John used to babysit Dwayne Johnson when he was a kid. Yes really! He remembers when The Rock was young.

Milne has been released on bail. The conditions include not contacting any leaseholders whose freehold he owns, and he cannot enter Sheffield without prior written agreement from South Yorkshire Police.

Fig species with goldfinch, caterpillar & owl butterfly, n.d., by #MariaSibyllaMerian (German, 1647–1717), who was born #otd, Apr 2. Held by the Albertina Museum, sammlungenonline.albertina.at#/query/c6d10... #womenartists #hernaturalhistory #artherstory

Little update on this: Merton council, who have the power to issue fines for fake paperwork, say they have used their legal right to check landlord safety paperwork and are reviewing what Criterion sent over "as a matter of urgency".

We are hiring! 📯 The German Historical Institute London is seeking a temporary full-time Receptionist to start as soon as possible. This fixed-term role runs until April 2027 and is based in London. The position is on-site, and occasional weekend or evening work may be required. 1/3

Roy has been doing the party dances.

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

Conference season 2026 starts for us next week! Find us at the @hugoobermaier.bsky.social annual meeting in Ferrara with a talk by @isotopesrule.bsky.social and a poster presentation by Rowena Winterhalder. Who else will be there? #academiclife #conference #archaeology 🦣🏺🍕

🍄 Fresh in the shop and already our new #BookOfTheMonth! From tiny hidden forms to beautifully sculpted fruitbodies, this new #IllustratedGuide shines a light on the world of #CupFungi and their allies 🌿🔍 tinyurl.com/cupfungi #Mycology #Fungi #NatureBooks #Wildlife #NewArrival

Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil (Platyrhinus resinosus). I found five of these stunning weevils today in Long Melford, Suffolk. As their common name suggests, they feed on Cramp-ball fungus.

A short spell of potentially interesting weather from Sunday as very warm air from North Africa moves north over Europe. Monday night and Tuesday (away from the far west) look particularly interesting at this early stage. #teammoth

It’s actually possible to write headlines that don’t obscure who did what. Thanks, AP.

Hello, little weird space created by a finger image removal technology trying to autocorrect the finger of the scanning person by inserting some random patterns from another book, how are you doing today on this very page? #bookhistory

Fellowships! The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam has published a call for proposals to conduct research into its maritime historical collection. More information, including the English translation of the call texts, can be found here www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/collectie/on... #skystorians