Loch Ness mobsters

Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)

Think you can definitely say that was of its time #TheFilmCrowd

The Crown Court crossover we never knew we needed #TheFilmCrowd

Enters stage left #TheFilmCrowd

Pinkerton later organised the somewhat bonkers Hurricats, obsolete Hurricanes launched by rocket from the bows of convoy ships mid-Atlantic, with nowhere to land. They brought down some seven very surprised German long-range bombers, yet only lost one pilot. He got an OBE for this.

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

Obviously missing charger and remote though.

If you're a fan of the Illustrated Police News, you'll love this thread

Music by Carl Davis! Well that was interesting (in an obscure sense of the word) See you next time #TheFilmCrowd

Think I'd rather liten to Terry Wogan and the Floral Dance than this #TheFilmCrowd

Reminds me of primary school pe or drama lessons #TheFilmCrowd

A few minutes behind, but couldn't miss this one! #TheFilmCrowd

Now THAT would be a nice spot to wait on your train.

#OnThisDay in 1770 navvies cut the 1st sod to make the Monkland Canal, under the supervision of steam engine pioneer James Watt Most of the canal is now buried beneath the M8 motorway but stretches still remain around Coatbridge & Calderbank www.northlanmuseums.co.uk/story/the-mo... 1/2

Enjoyed this one, and not generally a Westerns fan. More character and philosophy than usual. #TheFilmCrowd

Isn't that pretty much how the Labour party operates? #TheFilmCrowd

Love a historical context VO #TheFilmCrowd

What ho! #TheFilmCrowd

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. 🧑🏼‍🔬

It's breaking my heart that the house isn't being turned into a museum to be a permanent home for all of this. Come on national trust, English heritage, v&a or whoever, keep it all together.

Great talk at the Govan Book Festival by Alasdair Whyte on Glasgow's Gaelic place names. Even finished with a song. About shipbuilding. In Gaelic. Oh and they launched a second-hand bookshop with the Festival.

I KNEW it was a good title shadycharacters.co.uk/books/empire...

Mini Scotties in the Mitchell Library

Next week we will hold our 2026 Summer Event and AGM at King's College London. We welcome members of the public to join us from 1730 onwards for talks by members, including this year's volume editor! For more details, see: www.navyrecords.org.uk/events/

Found a new definition of irony.

Well that is absolute class from Royal Mail 😂

great b-movie fun in excellent company. And is that an evil child (TM) at the end? #TheFilmCrowd

Americans never really got punkl, did they? #TheFilmCrowd

How soon before he hands in his badge and his gun to the by-the-book captain? #TheFilmCrowd

Hellooo! #TheFilmCrowd

This post wins the Internet today. Maybe all year.

Another day, another stupid Excel chart.

Well, at least it's not greige inside.

#Familyhistory #localhistory #mininghistory www.gov.uk/government/n...

Evening all #TheFilmCrowd

Move over Wordle, there's a new game in town anthropeum.com

We did a thing: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

we were chatting last night following the sad news of Anthony Head's passing and remembering the Buffy episode where the book of spells was as Gaeilge and I spent a solid 2 hours hunting down the original source of the news about the bus route in Dublin and reader, I found it #speirgorm

The ÈIST speech recognition system is now publicly available. This web app lets anyone submit a video or audio file with Scottish Gaelic speech and receive back a transcript. A hugely useful tool - congratulations to Prof Will Lamb and the rest of the team! huggingface.co/spaces/eist-...

Like their style. Their website is magnificent. Doing all my Shopping in Iceland now. about.iceland.co.uk/our-story/th...

OK, I need these.

*Not a library* but a whimsical naming, given it's location opposite the real Mitchell

Think it exceeded my exposion tolerance (about an hour ago). See you next time #TheFilmCrowd

Sure a good Fountainbridge chap would be objecting to that. #TheFilmCrowd

Ahoy there! #TheFilmCrowd

NEW OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK: 'Roman Camps in Scotland' by @drbecjones.bsky.social Our 20th open access e-book will be of interest to those who wish to know more about the archaeology of the Roman army, its campaigns in northern Britain and the ancient military mind: www.socantscot.org/news/new-ope...

Heading home after the most marvellous lunch and drinks at Greywalls in Gullane. If you're looking for a meal out of town I can thoroughly recommend, both for the food and service.

What a find - the house of Peter Firmin, the creator of bagpuss, which doubled for Emily’s shop, is for sale www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/8...