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Happy Sheelah's Day. This feast, largely no longer celebrated in Ireland, commemorates either St Patrick's wife or mother, who probably didn't exist. So let's celebrate a similarly-named mysterious figure today instead: the sheela na gig!

It’s never been more important for scientists to break out of the ivory tower and engage with the public. I am excited to announce that I’m now booking professional development workshops focusing on public science engagement for summer and fall 2026! #Scicomm 🧪🦑🌎

Bluesky, we need your help to count walrus! 🦭 Previously on "Walrus from Space", volunteers like you sifted through around 500,000 satellite images to support our conservation research. Now we're asking the you to help us count the walrus in those images 👀 ➡️ geohive.vantor.com/walrus/login

“Hey, who’s that? … Oh—Mitch, the janitor. Well, our first test run has just gotten a little more interesting.”

Its that time again! New Substack post just dropped: bit.ly/MagicalGoats

This could ve big: DfT have a new tool showing how well-connected every 100x100m cell in England and Wales is to work, shops, leisure, health etc, broken down by mode connectivity-tool-lite.dft.gov.uk/app

I like this frame from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social which looks at the dangers of nations behaving frivolously. The consequences such as Brexit, or the invasion of Ukraine, or the unleashing of random tariff policy, are anything but frivolous… geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/paranoia-v...

Oscars looks 🤝 medieval manuscripts Some of these outfits felt suspiciously familiar, so we went digging in the collections… #MedievalMonday Shelfmarks: MS. Bodl. 265 fols. 58r, 60r; MS. Douce 364, fol. 61v; MS. Douce 195, fol. 003r

Equilux meaning equal light is the day when daylight and darkness are closest to being exactly 12 hours each This year, the Vernal Equilux occurs on the 17th March for UK locations roughly south of Norwich, and on the 18th March for locations generally north of Norwich.

Strong Beaker vibes, especially with the dip and disappear at the end

Offloading some odds and sods. Some test pieces and year stones, a variety of types of stone. Small £30, medium £45, large £60, inc UK shipping. 10% of proceeds to salivaryglandcancer.uk As a guide, Ampersand in the middle is 33cms long. First come etc.

Making and Fitting the brass trim on the visor for the Fat Henry mouse armour project. #jeffdeboer #mouseartist #mousearmour #mouseart #henryviii

what the fuck is going on in Sam Altman’s head

I've just reviewed my 52nd Sticky Toffee Pudding. But what did it get out of 10?

🏺🗃️ Grabbing some time for artefacts - who wants to join me for a live-posting visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge? First 👀: amazing stylised muscles on a massive calcite carving from Assyria c. 800s BCE

Doing videos like these for each of the new animal WokeNotes could singlehandedly save the UK's creative industries

🎥 The rich world just made the biggest intervention in oil markets in modern history. So why did crude prices barely budge? Here's my 10m primer on the plumbing of the global economy and the surprisingly simple mathematics underlying the energy shock of 2026👇 youtu.be/0Rl51kNQ1Og?...

A day filled with poignant reflection as the permanent exhibition dedicated to the plaster casts of ancient Pompeians opened in #Pompeii. At last they are given context: where, when and how they were found, what they were found with, and details such as their sex and approximate age.

How I imagine the war updates are going at the White House

Today we have published new analysis building on the Committee's advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget. Our conclusions about the cost of decarbonising the UK and impacts on energy security were tested against different scenarios ⬇️ Read the full report here: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

Many excellent ideas in this thread

Minesweeper but it's the Strait of Hormuz. Source: sweepthestrait.com

We could all do with being a little more Kujac

The spring Interrail sale has rolled round - 15% off all passes bought before end of March. (Amusingly for me, this has launched during the 7-day free cancellation period for some passes I bought on Saturday. I will definitely not *ahem* be acting accordingly.) allaboard.eu/interrail

Great to be working with @camdencouncil.bsky.social on Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood to make attractive, healthy, accessible & safe streets for all! Have your say on improvements on this phase - the group of alleyways situated behind Holborn Station. consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-c...

Here's a little gosling inspo for all who need it. Which I guess uhh is everyone right now. Probably. 🪶 🐣

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

Footage published by Iranian media today shows damage to Chehel Sotoon, a 17th century, Safavid-era landmark palace and garden located in the historic centre of Isfahan, after air strikes in its vicinity. The Persian garden that surrounds the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

I have been waiting for @hannahritchie.bsky.social to run the numbers on this question: What’s the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand? www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-...

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

60% collected, 40% to go. Big milestone. I hope we can reach 70 percent by next Thursday.

One of my favorite things about Ramadan is its emphasis on giving and empathy for others. In what's become a 7 year old tradition, every day of Ramadan, I'll be spotlighting a single charity or cause--some international, some US-based. Follow along with #30Days30Causes & send recommendations too!

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

v1.118 rolls out today! New in this update: You can now translate posts without leaving the app. Simply tap "translate" on mobile and your phone's built-in translation takes it from there.

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Not quite ready to launch, but if you're a decentralized identity and/or AT proto nerd, you might want to take an early peek at this freeq.at

It would be terrible if America ran out of drones and had to go to Ukraine to beg for drones and cheap drone tech, and Trump to visit and be harassed by Zelensky for not wearing OD green while in a war. And Vance and Rubio had to yell Glory to the Heroes in order to get help from Europe as well.

An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landing

If you just want a souvenir, I find ashtrays or pint glasses are easier to hide in your bag

For You, For Everyone: we're thrilled to announce that our feed personalization engine is now live — and fully open source. Read our @leaflet.pub announcement below, or follow the 🧵:

In May 2021, a creepto whale asked me to write an animated cartoon script based on his cryptopunk NFTs, one being a zombie worth $$$. He wanted to produce the pilot episode but was creepy af so I said no. It took me 4 years to self-produce but I did it! Please check it out 🙏 youtu.be/ZkaFdrf71HI?...

How I arrived on Bluesky

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

The mayor of Bluesky is here for real.

200 years ago today, an elephant died, and not in a dignified manner. The unfortunate ‘Chunee’ had been kept in an upstairs room on the Strand, and was killed because he finally got sick of his confinement and mistreatment and started kicking the shit out of the place 🧵

Sergeant Serhii Tyshchenko stayed at the front for 471 consecutive days. Drones hunted down every vehicle sent to reach him. The road out was more dangerous than staying. FT: This is Ukraine kill zone. 1/

Incredible strategizing by Dmitry here 😁