An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall. This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up. Free to read at reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...

Every year we get closer to this happening on the news

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

...and in great news - this is what £250,000 can buy you in a museum. We could get FOURTEEN of these for one £3.5 million payout to a detectorist & landowner for their lucky Tudor Heart locket find... 🤔 #Archaeology 🏺 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fabulous Visigothic bronze belt buckles inlaid with cloisonné glass. AD 500s. Which is your favourite? From the Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain. Casa del Sol Museum, Segovia 📷 by me #Archaeology

🎄✨ The Advent Sale begins tonight! ✨🎄 We’ll reveal a new handcrafted piece every day with a fab festive discount. And yes, our annual mince pie tasting returns too! 🥧 Tell us your fav mince pies or tag a small bakery that deserves a shout-out. Unwrap history with us: potted-history.co.uk/collections

Today's news: What happens when museums can't afford to buy coins... 'Auctioneer, David Guest said the "stunning" coins were sold to "bidders from all over the world and exceeded my expectations".' Bidders. From. All. Over. The. World. 😡 #Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bibliography friends: any source recommendations that discuss the use of “marginalia” as additions specifically related to the text vs. other manuscript additions (ownership inscriptions, unrelated notes, etc.)?

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

This is genuinely a lovely tribute to the Polish squadron based there during the war, but especially lovely because one of the crochet groups behind it is called the Southport Hookers

Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.

Sir David Attenborough is championing a bid by conservationists to raise £30m to secure a vast estate in Northumberland which is being sold by one of the UK's most aristocratic families. uk.news.yahoo.com/rothybury-es...

It's genuinely worth a quick check of the advanced moderation settings as there's plenty I'm sure people would like to tweak but aren't aware that they can.

My lovely brilliant friend @sallypointer.bsky.social does it again... These look brilliant fun to do in the run up to Christmas! 🍊 youtu.be/kdkzzsGDcaM?...

you shouldn’t talk to a journalist about how people in need of abortions access them when abortions are outlawed, and this is no different. shutting the fuck up is free.

A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

Gentlemen...

Worth a read And definitely “Lefty loosey, righty-tighty” when loosening or tightening, opening/closing a radiator, etc . I always think of the man who told me that years ago, with gratitude

A parchment letter from 1386 was until recently the oldest evidence for the earliest ancestor of the Swedish-Finnish noble families Svinhufvud. The letter is a deed of sale through which a man called "Jønis Swinshwow" buys the manor Höjen with an adjacent farm. The upper right corner is damaged. 1/

This. Also: We’ve no idea how much groundbreaking research we might actually be missing out on when core research doesn’t have the opportunity to gradually unfold, take place without being tailored to surface claims about high impact and fantastic deliverables.

Opptak her: www.nb.no/tv/hagenesma...

Honestly. We all need to read this. The amount of money apparently being spent, which could instead be being invested in our museum services is horrific. Next figures from DCMS/PAS are due in the next month or two. How bad will they be? #Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Detecting

For the early birds. Still. Papay - Orkney - Windless

We're kinda new to #HillfortsWednesday. Are we doing it right? www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...

ok to any Edinburgh publicans or anyone interested in a model of their house/business i want to big up a local artist that done amazing stuff for me for over 25yrs. He does painting as well but his latest thing is amazing model work

Just 62 HOURS REMAIN to support Eisner and Ignatz nominee @secase.bsky.social on Kickstarter and grab a copy of "Rigsby WI: Burn it Down!" We've hit our stretch goal, so a fancy cover effect is GO. www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

(For the USians just waking up, swift bricks are most ingenious-- like brick bird condos that can be used for retaining walls, etc, so useful to both people and birds. kind of amazing to watch a govt axe something so utterly benign and inexpensive)

www.bbc.com/news/article.... Knowing you’re interested in coracles have you seen this @theduncanmackay.bsky.social

Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.

My next book, The Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens, has a cover!!! And a preorder link!! Yippee! www.bloomsbury.com/au/women-who...

IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.

There is a free online seminar on the book today, which I will sadly miss, as I’m outside digging pits and postholes. ☹️ Hope there will be an article soon. 1/2

Surely the truly progressive solution to AI making up non-existent citations is to get AI to write the cited imaginary works, so they are no longer non-existent

Circumstances have forced me to take a part-time job as a small commercial airport. Unpredictable hours and terrible pay. On the plus side, I get to meet such an interesting and diverse range of commuters.

Should anybody be interested, @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social will give a seminar at the University of Cambridge on Thursday at 4pm., which can be followed online too. Details here: talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...

Hildegard of Bingen's Wikipedia page is a trip. A decent summary of her life and writings, someone claiming she wasn't instructed in music, Benedict XVI proclaiming her a doctor of the church, an entire paragraph about an argument started by Steiner on who might be a reincarnation of her, and this:

Shovels of knowledge! wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/site/about/

It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help. Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology survey.app.do/archaeologis...

Very pleased to see the Giving Tree back in @waterstones.bsky.social #Norwich. All the tags represent a book choice from one of Norfolk's looked after children and ensures they get a book for Christmas. I didn't have time to browse today so got a voucher for staff to use picking books. #BookSky 📚💙

I love the story behind this scholarship!

Norwegian: Leirgauk 'clay cockoo' English: Okarina 'little goose' Danish: Pip-i-røv-fugl 'peep-in-the-arse-bird'

There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis. Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.

There is a little bluesky meme going around asking what your “curry order” is, which is not aimed at a community I am part of, but I am going through a Goodness Gracious Me renaissance right now so here’s the classic for everyone’s delight youtu.be/H-uEx_hEXAM?...

Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday? Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat? If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇

East European silver in #Viking Gotland: Known as Permian rings and originally worn around necks, these striated rings, some with cubo-octahedral bullion weight style terminals, were twisted into (more popular) arm-rings in Scandinavia, before being imitated there. My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet

If you are local to York, please help us preserve The Crescent, an indie DIY venue that supports gigs and community events. thecrescentyork.com/we-need-your...

Four sets of stepping stones negotiated during one walk: 1. "PISS EASY. I could dance across these." 2. "Keep your mind firmly on the job." 3. "Strong possibly of being washed violently into a haunted cavern downstream." 4. "How the fuck am I even still alive after attempting this?"

Fragment of 4th century mosaic from the #Roman bathhouse of Lydney #Gloucestershire Beautifully captured in watercolour by the great archaeologist, Tessa Verney Wheeler in 1929 🤩 Original painting held by @antiquaries.bsky.social #MosaicMonday

The Dept of History & Department of Classics at Queen’s University invite applications for the Marjorie McLean Oliver Postdoctoral Fellowship in Classical Antiquity or Medieval Europe. Applications will be received until 15 January 2026. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69406/q...