Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann

Nettle cloth is very smooth cloth and perfect in hot weather. It is only the outer bits that sting (hence the retting)

You can use the same tool (literally) to spin very thin nettle yarn, when the heavier spindles would break it.

I would love to go to that museum!

Usually in Britain archaeology. The historical record is really patchy and archaeology is quite good at blowing holes into it.
In history's defence, it does tell the better stories, grande duree is all very well, but it can be a bit short on the personal view.

Thank you, Tess, that's really kind.

Down detector map of BT outage reports since about lunchtime....I .

Downdetector seems to suggest BT may be having one of its off days. I guess, I won't be answering my emails then tonight. #apologies

Best idea of the day! Plus a small essay on. "You are invited for coffee. When should you come and what should you expect, please conside regional variations and coffee options."

...and? That is pretty par for the course....there are children's games on who can make the longest words in German....they weren't even trying. 😊

Is it Friday already? Celebrating this #FindsFriday with this intricate faience ring from the Third Intermediate Period.

The ring depicts a cat with kittens on the face, and the band is carved in the shape of flowering papyrus.🏺

#Egypt #egyptology

Thanks for thinking about it, perhaps a kind developer will come up with something in the near future

My android environment? Not really.

Same here, but it is getting to be a smaller pond to work in.

They will bring it back in 3 weeks time through the backdoor, that's how the new owners operate with their other apps/programs. I am afraid.

For those currently leaving #WeTransfer because of the #copyright/ #AI issues. Be aware, if you are on a paid plan, they will keep all outstanding fees, regardless when your renewal date is. #moneygrabbing. Not impressed.

I do that with big texts, but even second edits create mistakes thanks to my 'Butterfingers'. With letters, short messages etc, Grammarly saves a lot of time and paper.
And in Blue sky you all just have to suffer as there is no spell checker. My apologies!

Not big Ai, but small AI: Grammarly has become pretty ubiquitous in the last two years and even the free version will provide AE spelling advice and basic grammar concepts - but interestingly with Oxford Comma.
That's no more cheating than using Microsoft's spell checker in my book #dyslexiasupport

Yes please, that would be really helpful.

Funnily, the same quote is attributed in Germany to Bismarck

Bei mir ist jetzt gesundheitsbedingt drittes Jahr Wiese. Die Nachbarn sind ruhig und reden inzwischen stattdessen von Artenschutz und Igeln.

I donated for 25 years before I was put on disqualifying medication. In that time my husband had 2 major surgeries, my mother had 3. That means all my donations would not have been enough to cover their needs. Thank you for all who donate, you literally save lives.

How many legs?

Auch nicht wirklich besser im 19ten Jahrhundert

Im dunklen Wollanzug mit Weste...nun das kann sich schon etwas wärmer anfühlen.

foto rosinenbomber berlin tempelhof 1948

26.6.1948 Sperrung des Personen- u. Warenverkehrs von und nach W.-Berlin durch die UdSSR am 24.6.48, beginnt Berlin Blockade. 2 Tage später nehmen die Westalliierten Versorgung von West-Berlin aus der Luft auf, der Beginn der Berliner Luftbrücke, die bis 30.9.1949 andauert.

#OTD #Geschichte #Berlin

Photo of the mosaic showing geometric patterns in white, black l, yellow, and red.

New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered an extraordinary #Roman mosaic in Alès in the Gard department.

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🏺 #archaeology

What a shame. It was one of things I looked for when coming home from a trip.

That would certainly explain the failure rate.

This was a static fire test? Did this happen during assembly or after countdown? Asking because there are a lot of people working on the pads during assembly. Is everyone accounted for?

Looks amazing, but it will have to wait until we the ebook.

🥴🤢🤢 oh dear, so there is worse. But is there one that works against weeds on the patio?