#DIBLives #OTD 1922 a huge explosion at the Public Records Office in the Four Courts destroyed centuries of Irish administrative, legal & genealogical records. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social has spent years recreating many of these records & made them freely available to the public. virtualtreasury.ie

helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks, Separated for 400 Years, Have Been Reunited and Put Online www.openculture.com/2026/06/leon...

Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 is the second player in history to score 17 goals at a World Cup. Marta did it first! 🇧🇷👑

I just went out to get some milk from the shop and almost melted. There was a guy in the shop wearing vest, shorts and flip-flops. He opened the freezer, pulled the waistband of his shorts down, to cool 'himself' I assume, and all I could smell was sweat and the aroma of minced beef and onion.

A #Roman mosaic octopus, found in a villa at Villaquejida (Spain) - laid some 1800-1900 years ago, but still looking fabulous today #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky

Look! Sealant Team 6 is guarding the Strait of Warm-Ooze. 🤣🤣 #trump #ReflectingPool #algae #uspol #uspolitics

Let it be clear: you are wanted here.

Cities, amirite. Thousands gathered in Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore to watch a restored silent film with orchestral accompaniment. 💯

Love that 20k people signed this on day 1 Why? Because we’re DONE Tech companies profit from hate & disinformation every day & face zero legal liability because they’re classed as “platforms” not publishers An insane loophole that needs closing NOW PLS SIGN you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

🗣️ Medievalists! 🏰 Check out this page, we’ve done a reconstruction the medieval chapel at Chester Castle! www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places... Please share widely! There’s loads of info and *lovely* images from the repertoire of medieval art - and also more reconstructions!

Miloš Budík. Born in Brno in the Czech Republic in 1935. A common feature of the majority of Budík’s pictures is his masterly control of space, a striking atmosphere, and an almost fleeting enchantment.

Who invented Kevlar? Chemist Stephanie Kwolek in 1965. In a 40+ year career, her work in polymer chemistry ultimately revolutionized personal body armor, industrial engineering & space exploration. Fourth woman inducted, National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1994. She died #OTD in 2014. #WomenInSTEM

I’m so immature but this is immaculate.

#Makerfield believes…

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Some good news from USA USA USA www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Greenland wants its $300 billion, too. 😏

"This project is about revealing Warrington’s hidden history but doing it carefully and responsibly... with the right permissions and professional guidance in place." Good to read the Warrington Castle Project are doing community archaeology properly: www.warrington.gov.uk/news/special...

My sentiments exactly.

Finds Liaison Assistant (part time) Durham County Council Location: Spennymoor Salary: £26,403 (pay award pending) BAJR approved Closing Date: July 2, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/finds...

Senior Scientific Officer (Osteoarchaeology) Archaeological Research Services Ltd Location: One of our offices, ideally Bakewell Salary: £33,852-£39,000 Closing Date: July 10, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/senio...

Here's how the government is using AI to speed up the planning system (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/build-gemi...

Anyone researching #Worksop? #OnePlaceWednesday

#OtD 16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key in creating the working class. People kicked off communal land who were not in wage labour were designated as vagabonds and were to be whipped, then mutilated, then executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8796...

‘Horseshit’: I gave my verdict to Sky News on the Great Dartmoor Pony Cull Conspiracy of 2026 - a conspiracy theory grounded in nonsense, that’s festered on Musk’s hellsite & been supercharged today by the Tories - to distract from the fact nature on Dartmoor is dying: news.sky.com/story/horseh...

Funding illegal Israeli settlements is not charitable activity. It is extremist activity. Working with Israeli human researchers, I found at least 32 UK charities who have sent £28 million to settlements in recent years. There’s a likely taxpayer subsidy of at least £5 million through Gift Aid.

Everyone should read and share this thread. #AI

oh look, the trump "made in america" phone wound up being an overpriced two-year old Taiwanese-made knockoff pre-loaded with propaganda who could have predicted something so on brand

The world divided into four regions of equal population. HT @historycoolkids on insta

Did you see the sign today about hobbies?

Potato? It was a pomelo! #UFO bsky.app/profile/dbel...

When I meet people in the real world, they have 0% - and I mean zero - knowledge of the disaster unfolding in British HE. Even if their kids are actually at uni. They look at me as if I've gone mad. This is why. 👇

What an amazing way to visualize early human migration. Lovely map by @HarvardCGA. A great colour scheme and an appropriate map projection! Source: buff.ly/3lbxonJ

History and context behind THAT freekick colombiaone.com/2026/04/15/z...

A survivor of the early days of automobility, when road signs, especially directional signs, were installed by the Automobile Clubs or the Touring Clubs and sponsored by local shops.

David Hockney’s mum visited him in Southern California after he’d moved there in the 1960s, and as they drove back from the airport she looked up into clear blue sky and said, “I don't understand it. Such lovely drying weather and no one's got their washing out." Bless.

Basil Rathbone, THE greatest Sherlock Holmes, served in WW1. He started as a Private in the London Scottish Regiment, ultimately serving as an Intelligence Officer for the King's Liverpool Regiment (Liverpool Scottish). Received the Military Cross in 1918. Became a legend in feature films and TV.

Judge orders restoration of national park plaques removed under Trump directive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Sad to hear David Hockney has died, an incredible draftsman and painter. I loved his observational drawings best of all.