Remembering Antarctica's nuclear past with 'Nukey Poo'

Aka "Nukey Poo"!

Remembering Antarctica's nuclear past with 'Nukey Poo' | University of Tasmania share.google/6449Lp5UN32w...

Interesting - the National Gallery are going to set up a Citizens' Assembly of 50 participants, selected by lottery, with invitations sent out to 15,000 households across the UK.

They will ‘reflect on the Gallery’s purpose, priorities and public value’
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/pre...

‘Just ticking away in the background’: old Euston departures board lives on in millionaire’s Margate warehouse Board continues to show live updates in Jeremy Hosking’s storage space which will open to public next weekend

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Bearded man on left, face to face with a Kudu antelope

Paolo Viscardi, Keeper of Natural History at the National Museum of Ireland @paoloviscardi.bsky.social stares death in the face every day! Front page of Irish Independent magazine Saturday 2 August 2025

The Vimar Curatorial Fellow (Paintings 1600 - 1800) - London (Central), London (Greater) job with THE NATIONAL GALLERY | 9693493 The National Gallery invites applications for the Vivmar Curatorial Fellowship, a 22-month paid position starting in October 2025.

Early career, fixed-term curatorial fellowship focusing on European paintings 1600-1800 at the National Gallery, London. #earlymodern #arthistory
jobs.theguardian.com/job/9693493/...

London GLAM peeps! Would you be interested in a regular, informal meet up? Let's say, once a month after work at a venue in central London. No agenda, just a get together.

A yellow temporary street sign with black text "Car Park Museum" and a black arrow pointing to the right.

OMG LET'S GO 🥰

Still can't get used to the white covers ...

Question for all you #MuseumDocumentation people out there ⬇️

#MuseumDocumentation

Tom Lehrer - Wikipedia

RIP Tom Lehrer, who a couple of years ago donated all of his songs and recordings to the public domain

Introducing Clio 1.0 London Museum's Conversational Search: The Journey (Article 1 of 2) OK folks it’s time for some more ramblings about our latest digital innovations over at London Museum. Heads up this is Part 1 of a 2 part update because there is a lot to say! Following the rollout o...

... in which case you might be interested in this post by their Head of Digital Innovation, Trish Thomas (and the second part) www.linkedin.com/pulse/introd...

Introducing our conversational search agent

OK, I'm assuming you're all aware now of @londonmuseum.bsky.social's #AI conversational search #chatbot, Clio: www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/introdu... ...

Norfolk woman hands over 16th-century painting identified as stolen 50 years ago Exclusive: Barbara de Dozsa had argued ownership because work by Italian artist Solario had been bought in good faith

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

A screengrab from the Royal Mail online postage website saying 'Where's your item going? United Kingdom. Sorry, there are no available services to this country.'

Anyone else been getting this on the Royal Mail website?

A fire door

Visited the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, new home of Oxford Internet institute @oiioxford. Spotted the fire escape: it seems the emergency escape from internet research is ‘through Philosophy’. Couldn’t agree more. (Image is a fire door in a corridor)
www.schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk

Here's a great #MuseumJobs for anyone interested in promoting and working with #MuseumDocumentation data, #DigitalHumanities etc.: Research Manager at Collections Trust collectionstrust.org.uk/news/were-lo...

BBC Sounds - Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant on BBC Sounds.

One advantage to not sleeping well - I discovered Sarah Dunant going through Isabella d'Este's letters: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Cracking #MuseumDocumentation #MuseumJobs coming up at Manx National Heritage: Collection Information Manager www.jobtrain.co.uk/iomgovjobs/J...

The Millennials’ Polar Expedition The time for competition is past; we must cooperate or perish, but we’ve forgotten how.  The Scott story, if told properly, explodes the lie that has ruled our lives: that you make your own l…

*re: the modern preoccupation with Winners and what our historical narrative interests say about where society is: worstjourney.com/2023/11/23/t...

AI scraper bots are disrupting online collections, report finds - Museums Association Concern that bot ‘swarms’ could result in escalating costs for institutions

News | AI scraper bots are disrupting online collections, report finds – concern that bot ‘swarms’ could result in escalating costs for institutions

These sound very like the Database Pixies who live in digital systems and make all your legacy / kludged / "oh god let's just get it all in now and tidy it later" data fit for purpose. Existence often implied by senior management yet They Must Never Be Named - or funded. #MuseumDocumentation

Sheriff Fatman T-Shirt — Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Sheriff Fatman single cover on the front and you can now choose whether to have it with the highly offensive back print or without. This might be THE most iconic t-shirt ever produced from any early 9...

If you wish to buy a picture of the toilet in my student flat on a T-shirt, you may do so here: www.carterusmstore.com/shop/sheriff...

Job!

The @provenancelab.bsky.social is seeking research associates with computational experience and/or experience working with collections from colonial contexts (3 years, full-time.)

If you know anyone who might be interested, please share.

And distribute wherever you deem appropriate. Thx!

Honours List: V&A deputy Tim Reeve among museum professionals recognised - Museums Association Other recipients of King's Birthday Honours include Camilla Hampshire, former head of Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Delighted to see my former boss at @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social , Kirsten Walker, down for an MBE - well-deserved!

www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Those designs for the Sainsbury Wing don't look so monstrous now ...

For those in need of a smile, a reminder that one 19th-century name for a penguin was ‘arsefoot’.

Great news that Flora Dennis will be joining the Warburg Institute as Deputy Director in October 👏 #earlymodern

Co-edited by me with Roberta J.M. Olson and Patricia L. Reilly, these are the papers from sessions at Kalamazoo organised in collaboration with the #MaterialRenaissance project #RenaissanceStudies #ArtHistory #MaterialCulture

You'll find my article ‘Francesca Venusta, the Battle of San Ruffillo, and Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti’ on pp. 156-170. #ArtHistory #RenaissanceStudies