Trying to stay upbeat about the state of creative industries right now, then seeing a regional UK museum using Ai images in their promotions... 😞

Stop!!! You already had me at 'bookshop'.

I think that I have identified the reason we don't seem to have many windfall pears this year...

A couple of weeks ago, I had a brief convo with @sophiemhistory.bsky.social about the various dangers the allied air campaign of WWII brought to the civilians of Lincolnshire. Well as chance would have it, this contemporary sketch showing a tiny cottage being buzzed by a bomber departing an (cont)

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Same, little tree. Same.

#DailyGhost 4) DALLINGTON CHURCH Northamptonshire, 1907. Two girls out for a walk enter the church. Inside, they are terrified to see the place full of kneeling people who seemed "to be made of a substance similar to bubbles". No explanation has ever been offered, and the apparition never reoccurred

It's #HALLOWEIRD season! 'When Hell Laughed' was written by Christine Campbell Thomson (1897 - 1985) under her pseudonym Flavia Richardson. She also edited the NOT AT NIGHT series. M.R. James was *not* a fan of them (see 4th picture). #halloween #spooktober

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Lichen, algae, funghi ‘Plants and how they Live’ (1965) Artist: Ronald Lampitt

NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/7

Hi, fellow Archaeology & Heritage peeps. Is Heritage Gateway down for everyone else, or am I the only sap that can't access it right now (or indeed since some point on Friday)?

Wait... what the hell is going to happen on Wednesday?

Whatever happens, DO NOT FEED THE JAR OF HAIR AFTER MIDNIGHT!

4-year funded PhD in the field of Old Norse-Viking Studies, working on artistic and literary representations of the Vikings for the ERC-funded NorseMap Project #jobs www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

As the ancient prophecy foretold!

Since seeing the photos of him riding in the gold coach. I've had constant earworm of Joe Strummer warning us back in 1977, that should a certain dictator of Austrian birth fly into London. "They'd send a limousine anyway..."

I want to believe this is because of some just re-discovered unrevoked law relating to the 18th C Spice trade. But I didn't follow it, so I'll never know. Also... Local county level journalism is really dead and buried now isn't it? It's all click-bait headlines or stuff nicked off Facebook.

Sorry to ask this, but is there anyone with Institutional login chops, who could please source me something from Cambridge University Press archives?

When people say "what are your plans for the evening?" I'll just show them this.

At the bottom of a box of books I recently received, was a copy of a 1983 BBC TV K.9 annual. Now I'm no hardened Dr Who fan, but out of interest I gave it a quick flick though, and my word, it's odd?

The Dada-esque aesthetic that so often manifests in village Scarecrow festivals. Here's one from our village this year.

I know that they are always training to be ready for when needed... But, the couple of RAF Typhoons performing a mock dogfight over the fen right now, feels a LOT more loaded with meaning this morning.

I'm gonna start saving people's posts like they're glass Gui dessert pots!

OK... as phones been with me all afternoon, and not a peep of any emergency alert. I've not fiddled with any settings. Am I alone in this?

On the same day in the Telegraph:

While I do NOT wish a season of near-sequential storms upon us, that fact they gave us that last name, makes me yearn for us to reach it, just to hear people state... "neighbour lost their trampoline to Wubbo" "Wubbo has blown all the bins into the road" "Wubbo forces airports to close"

🪨🏞️ Prehistoric roadtrip to Penmaenmawr Museum for Landscape of Neolithic Axes. A great little museum that details the area's 5000 year history. Neolithic Axes a speciality. #MuseumMonday #Prehistoric #Neolithic #Wales

Thinking about volunteering in archaeology or heritage? We’ve just launched our brand new Volunteering page, bringing together placements, digs, and volunteering roles in heritage from across the UK. And the best part? Search by region to find opportunities near you! 👉

I absolutely adore trompe l'oeil paintings of printed images, & here's one of my absolute favorites: The Printseller's Window, 1883, by little-known English artist Walter Goodman, a pictorial meditation on modern image culture & photography's impact on painting magart.rochester.edu/objects-1/in...

There is quite an impressive Circumzenithal arc, with added sundogs and other solar optical effects visible from our spot in Lincolnshire right now!

Q: Do old 60s pulp paperbacks have any value? Or are they collected? Just saved a stack of them that were headed for the skip. And there are some "gems" of titles!

One more week to apply for this job! Drop me a line if you'd like to chat about it.

I usually struggle to photograph butterflies (they invariably flutter off the moment I point a lens at one), but this Speckled Wood obligingly sat quite still long enough to record.

This is Colchester as a #Lidar Flyaround. Removing the buildings reveals the #Roman town of Camulodunum in all its glory. The impressive Norman Castle earthwork covers the site of the Temple of Claudius, a major target during the Boudican revolt (60/61AD). #Archaeology

Another scorcher today. Please remember to not stay hydrated. The machines need it more.

Mild moment of panic today, the puppy in the garden appears to have been stung by something. Much jumping and waving of paws. On further inspection, she found an ants nest and was standing in it, ants swarm up her legs = mad flailing and jumping about... Stop...wait 2 minutes... repeat.

Can someone nearby, give America a quick wellness check and make sure they are OK over there?

It's come over all cartographic here at Pighill recently. Not that I'm complaining, I actually really enjoy drawing maps. So, if ever you need custom made maps, charts, plans or, indeed any kind of figure for your book or reports, get in touch.

I'd add that the Norton Disney History & Archaeology Group who excavated the site, have also systematically deleted every single photo & reference to the Dodecahedron from their Facebook page and timeline (there were multiple posts about it close to the time of the discovery).

The REAL reason McDonald's suddenly and unexpectedly rolled-back its customer facing Ai ordering system.

I am SO looking forward to this! If you get the chance over the summer holidays, make this a must-see destination.

Someone I followed & interacted with for ages on X (but who never followed me back) has appeared here. I gave them a follow for old time sake, only to have them message me asking if I could 'amplify their reach' by reposting some of their posts. I checked & they haven't followed me here either...

I want to make room in my Etsy shop for new works, so everything on there is now on sale - including this watercolour of the mysterious carved stone in Brittany known as 'le Babouin' ('the Baboon') #StandingStoneSunday Original artworks from just £20, available here: shorturl.at/kUk8R

Gah, I can't quite fathom how much I'd love to get my hands on a set of this! A poseable beach skeleton set! Sadly not currently available outside the US it seems. If anyone sees a set in the wild, let me know, I'll happily cover purchase & postage!

I'm secretly hoping at least a % of the attendees turn up like this!

Starting the #DinoConUK countdown from today because - from here - we have just 29 days to go! The UK's first ever DinoCon happens Aug 16th-17th at the University of Exeter. Talks, events, vendors and more, appropriate for #FossilFriday. Tickets and info: www.dinocon.co.uk