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@richieblyth.bsky.social

Former ergonomist/designer, sucks polos instead of smoking, not that keen on people. Husband and Dad. Can't believe how farcical the planet has become

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Im reading the article as about a different boat given the story went out on the 14th Sept and they talk about Friday (the 12th?) US illegally sunk other boat on 2nd I think - could be wrong

15.09.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly; my cat Twiggy; Goldberg variations Glenn Gould; Cooking a good roast dinner; my wife and daughter

14.09.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

from early days of the network, ARPAnet and then email etc from, 1964ish see this from p259 The dream machine : J. C. R. Licklider and the revolution that made computing personal
by
Waldrop, M. Mitchell
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York : Viking
Available from Internet Archive

14.08.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
UK Glow worm survey home page

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

05.08.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wonderful! Where can I get one!?

31.07.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

26.07.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

are they non violent? They caused over a Β£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)

06.07.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

23.05.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#TombTuesday

Let’s go inside Bryn Celli Ddu!

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

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

Anglesey, Wales

πŸŽ₯ by me

#Archaeology

04.02.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 597    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 15

And then they came for us...

07.02.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Perfectly captured.

03.02.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 82126    πŸ” 17287    πŸ’¬ 1451    πŸ“Œ 720
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Perhaps the oldest known human portrait, made from mammoth ivory, about 27,000 years old. Dolni Vestonice, Czechia.

02.02.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

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

21.01.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Au revoir

20.01.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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

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

12.01.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6752    πŸ” 1568    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 94
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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

29.12.2024 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 376    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12

It is Rincewinds hat..!

21.12.2024 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Z

12.12.2024 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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-...

03.12.2024 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jago Cooper - Wikipedia

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...

02.12.2024 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Soul of Maintaining a New Machine - First Draft | Books in Progress Books in Progress is what we call a β€œpublic 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

25.11.2024 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

Thanks @stefsimanowitz.bsky.social πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™
go.bsky.app/BKXnrpi

22.11.2024 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2169    πŸ” 501    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 40
Quote saying his political posts are because he loves his country and feels it’s his patriotic duty to oppose β€œthis demented sociopath with every fibre of me being.”

Quote saying his political posts are because he loves his country and feels it’s his patriotic duty to oppose β€œthis demented sociopath with every fibre of me being.”

Be like Mark Hamill.

15.11.2024 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 53748    πŸ” 7473    πŸ’¬ 836    πŸ“Œ 306

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!)

go.bsky.app/Tuf8yqX

15.11.2024 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 9
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Aussies don't hold punches

02.11.2024 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3801    πŸ” 1429    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 178

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

23.10.2024 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

24.09.2024 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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 πŸ—ƒοΈ πŸ›οΈΒ go.bsky.app/PtdynT4

24.09.2024 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 7

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