richard blyth

I think we call them Glow worms in the UK and they are widespread, see www.glowworms.org.uk or www.wildlifetrusts.org/where_to_see... - happy hunting

wonderful! Where can I get one!?

Petition: Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza Act to ensure deliverer of fuel, food, aid, life saving services etc. We think this shouldn't be dependant/on condition of Israeli facilitation as the Knesset voted against UNWRA access to Gaza. We th...

the government could deliver aid to Gaza and do more than just condemn what is happening there. This petition requests the government to do that and we can at least show the depth of feeling about what is happening in Gaza - UK citizens only petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

are they non violent? They caused over a £1M worth of damage at Thales factory in Glasgow. The Sheriff, in sentencing for the violent crimes, spoke of the panic among staff who feared for their safety as pyrotechnics and smoke bombs were thrown - (from court judgement Case No: AC-2025-LON-002122)

It's because he knew we are living on Discworld.!

#TombTuesday

Let’s go inside Bryn Celli Ddu!

A remarkable Neolithic passage tomb built some 5,000 years ago to align with midsummer sunrise! 🌅

Look out for the stone pillar in the burial chamber. Pehaps a tomb guardian keeping watch from the shadows!

Anglesey, Wales

🎥 by me

#Archaeology

And then they came for us...

Perfectly captured.

Perhaps the oldest known human portrait, made from mammoth ivory, about 27,000 years old. Dolni Vestonice, Czechia.

I am living in the wrong country! Falmouth to Ipswich return £183 return!

Au revoir

A venn diagram. The three circles are labelled: The Archaeologist The Pirate The Dog The area where all threel overlap is labelled: Loves digging things up Dog/Archaeologist overlap is labelled: Gets excited by bones Pirate/Archaeologist overlap is labelled: Good with maps Dog/Pirate overlap is labelled: Buries things for later

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social

When I was a PhD student, I wrote to President Carter asking of his relationship with Thatcher. It was a long shot & never in a million years did I believe he’d respond. He will forever be my favourite historical source & a President that I can’t not admire. I’ve read everything he’s ever said #RIP

It is Rincewinds hat..!

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What is Small Beer & When Was it Brewed? Small Beer dates back to the middle ages when people drank beer rather than water.

Small beer originally described a low alcohol beer brewed in the middle ages that was safer, and more palatable, to drink than water, which was often contaminated. The brewing process cleaned up the water. People drank a lot of it daily, see theoriginalsmallbeer.com/blogs/small-...

Jago Cooper I thought did a great BBC series on the Americas - I expect you know his work as well en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jago_Co...

The Soul of Maintaining a New Machine - First Draft | Books in Progress Books in Progress is what we call a “public drafting tool”: Drafts will be made available for comment from the public, allowing for direct collaboration between author and reader.

An interesting read on the "messy" details of work can be found here books.worksinprogress.co/book/mainten... in this case it was anthropologists doing the study, neither ergonomists or psychologists

A simple click to follow all the good people and organisations i recommend in my book
All now on @bluesky

Thanks @stefsimanowitz.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Quote saying his political posts are because he loves his country and feels it’s his patriotic duty to oppose “this demented sociopath with every fibre of me being.”

Be like Mark Hamill.

Now seems a good time to collate a list of reputable, trustworthy public health voices.

UK Public Health Starter Pack ⤵️

(Work in progress - will add suggestions!)

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and we are "groggy" in the morning because Admiral Vernon (old Grog) introduced the British Navy rum ration

Thank you so much, will mass follow in a mo. And if you fancy, here is one for beeb folks - i hope BBCAfrica will soon adopt bsky 🤞too:
go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD

Here's a starter pack for those interested in medieval and early modern #art 🎨
Let me know if I've missed/forgotten someone, or if you want me to remove you from the list. I hope this is helpful!
#medievalsky #earlymodern #histsci #skystorians #arthistory 🗃️ 🏛️ go.bsky.app/PtdynT4

Silence of the girls by pat Barker is a great read and retelling of the trojan wars

please leave a review - I am thinking of going as well, and thanks for all the astronomy posts!