#ICYMI - we are celebrating the publication of our 250th #BigRedBook, and our first publication for the historic county of #Westmorland. In September we had an event to mark this and to place the volume in the context of the series and to showcase the extraordinary work behind it. #Skystorians

That's a first! A bone-eating worm named after Eunice Foote! (See ref. 5) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The Cumbria County History Trust has just launched the first 'Red Book' in the Victoria County History of Westmorland, covering the Kirkby Lonsdale area. We'll be on Radio Cumbria c.1215/1220 today. Link available after c.2pm today, c.2hrs 15 mins in: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I think Fringed and Field Gentians #GentianFamily but admittedly in Switzerland hence bonus Edelweiss. All found within sight of the Matterhorn #WildflowerHour

Grass of Parnassus, flower of Cumberland #Cumbria, high up in Newlands #WildflowerHour

Looking up and down Coledale, with a finish of course in the Coledale Inn #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Views from Green Gable #LakeDistrict #Cumbria

An interesting paper arguing that the anthropogenic effect of burning fossil fuels could in principle have been detected in the late nineteenth century www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... #histsci #c19th

Looking down the Glencoyne valley to Ullswater, and a red deer in the bracken just above the lake ##LakeDistrict #Cumbria

At long last, my PhD dissertation—Charles Darwin’s Science of History—has been filed and approved. I graduate shortly. The abstract is below. 🌱🐋🦋🦫🗃️🧠🧪 #HistSTM #PhilSci

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In the end, we didn't think we could make that definitive extrapolation, but it's clear that Eunice Foote showed evidence for the warming effect of atmospheric CO2...in 1856!

Today in #LakeDistrict sunny paradise it is Newlands and swimming under waterfalls (extremely cold)

Today in #LakeDistrict paradise weather it's Blencathra, and the first swim of the year, but the heating is not switched on in Scales Tarn

One for the #LakeDistrict connoisseur, Steeple today.

Another day in #LakeDistrict paradise, this time with a homage to the spectacular climbing ground of Pillar Rock (completely deserted today)

Stunning weather in the #LakeDistrict today. Buttermere, Crummock, Ennerdale, and a deserted Grey Crag.

Hmm. Meta has apparently stolen lots of my stuff too. But I do wonder what it made of my well-known publication 'The binding of 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl derivatives to the mouse myeloma protein MOPC 315'.

Huge excitement in the office today at the arrival of the page proofs from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social for a very special publication. Lonsdale Ward will be the first ever volume we have produced for the historic county of Westmorland, and will also be our 250th #BigRedBook. 🗃️

Derwentwater regatta underway #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Perfect weather for the Derwentwater regatta this morning #Cumbria

Did you know that the Nationwide's name can be traced to an event in Millom? #Cumbria www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/millom-co-op...

For some reason I missed this, but it's a lovely obituary of a wonderful person, with whom I was privileged to work over many years.

Any experts on terrible #C19th handwriting on here? #histsci

On Black Combe and the Ordnance Survey in #Cumbria #C19 #histsci www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/black-combe-...

Winter conditions in Cumbria this week, but also of course in Switzerland here in the upper Rhone valley.

Do Barnacle Geese hatch from barnacles? www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/barnacles-an...

Sty Head Tarn like an ice mirror, and a glimpse towards Great End #Cumbria

Sharp Edge on Blencathra was interesting today. Spot the climbers! #Cumbria

The invention of Kendal Mint Cake, courtesy of the #Cumbria County History Trust www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/kendal-mint-...

This one is for @lakesstiles.bsky.social: the stile at Hole in't Wall on Helvellyn is normally a good 2m high.

Superb day on Striding and Swirral edges on Helvellyn, apart from deep drifts of unconsolidated snow #Cumbria

Full winter conditions on Blencathra with stinging spindrift and stunning light effects below the cloud ##Cumbria

Fleeting views above the cloud inversion seen on the Melmerby Scar Challenge today. A fog bow and, if you look carefully, the summits of Helvellyn and other high fells just proud of the cloud #Cumbria

Boxing Day stroll over Gowbarrow via Aira Force, and view along Ullswater towards Helvellyn #Cumbria

Early Christmas dusting of snow on Knapside Hill this morning #Cumbria

Today I argue that the fusion of Big Tech and politics in the Tony Blair Institute is causing trouble for both The Royal Society and Keir Starmer.

An overlong review essay of Metropolitan Science: London Sites and Cultures of Knowledge and Practice, c. 1600–1800 by Rebekah Higgitt & Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin with Noah Moxham #histsci #histtech thonyc.wordpress.com/2024/11/28/s...

For the many joining, if you are interested in #Cumbria and the #LakeDistrict you can convert this starter pack into a list by following these instructions: nws-bot.us/bskyStarterP.... NB, the list does not update when the starter pack is updated. You can of course update or edit the list yourself.

Here's my new account, dedicated to #GrasmereDialectPlays. I'm very excited about this research - and really want to share with you all! Please follow!

Took me a while to spot this

Very good review of what looks like a very good book on science policy. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Awaiting the exact publication date next year, but this will be a big day for history in #Cumbria

Interested in 1930s contemporary novels, set in #Cumbria, with tales of class, politics, illegality and torrid relationships? I have recently published my grandmother's two previously unseen novels. The first is The Miner and the Flockmaster www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CHDDMP3S.

Updated starter pack on #Cumbria and the #LakeDistrict. See the link below. If you want to be included, just let me know.

Since I seem to be managing the starter pack for #Cumbria and the #LakeDistrict I thought I’d better post a picture of Herdwicks in the mist somewhere near Sprinkling Tarn

This is a starter pack for Lake District and Cumbria folks. Thanks to @rolandjackson.bsky.social for putting it together. go.bsky.app/Tew7cxp

There's also a chapter on vaccination politics and scientific advice in #c19 in this quite cheap book... #histsci www.amazon.co.uk/Studies-Scie...

Not my usual content, but couldn't resist a c50m queue for a handbag shop.

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