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Geological Analyst for National Museums Scotland. Minerals, microscopes, maps, mountains, music.

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They are being decommissioned and put beyond use - per the Good Friday Agreement.

08.08.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

Can't believe people are still surprised that GPT does this. It just strings words together like predictive text and always will.

08.08.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just drank three pints from plastic cups in Bristo Square. I may never financially recover.

07.08.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As a non-trekkie that was not an easy solve, but I appreciated the beauty of the puzzle.

04.08.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Test cricket, man. Good gracious.

04.08.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œfrom whence” is redundant. it’s just β€œwhence you came”.

03.08.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I vaguely suspect men are increasingly participating in hobbies by buying stuff online, doing stuff on their own at home, then posting the results on reddit. Whereas women are increasingly incorporating hobbies into their time out of the house. You rarely see men knitting on the train.

03.08.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of a cricket match from the stands.

A photo of a cricket match from the stands.

A takeaway box of lamb curry and rice with a samosa.

A takeaway box of lamb curry and rice with a samosa.

Day three of the final England-India test at the Oval. Nightwatchman half-century, obscenely good curry. 10/10

02.08.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Newington already total bedlam. Very glad to be heading to central London for the weekend for some peace and quiet.

01.08.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder why left wing men – who, in general, aren't weird freaks who hate women and themselves – aren't talking about how men can't get laid...?

01.08.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The M8.8 off Kamchatka appears to be the largest earthquake ever recorded that apparently didn't kill anyone. That's really remarkable, if true. βš’οΈ

31.07.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Flyered at already. It’s gonna be a looooong Fringe…

31.07.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

2025 Orioles possibly the best team to ever play the game.

29.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two men performing on a stage in a festival marquee. One is playing acoustic guitar and the other is playing mandolin. Both have baseball caps and moustaches.

Two men performing on a stage in a festival marquee. One is playing acoustic guitar and the other is playing mandolin. Both have baseball caps and moustaches.

A close up of a guitarist and bass player performing with an out of shot band. They are wearing open shirts, sunglasses and cowboy hats.

A close up of a guitarist and bass player performing with an out of shot band. They are wearing open shirts, sunglasses and cowboy hats.

My concentration face suggests I take my bluegrass duo and Blues Brothers tribute band more seriously than is perhaps necessary.

28.07.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A tweet from Hugh Brechin from 2022 which reads β€œit’s a great bit that Keir Starmer, a man who genuinely loves football, manages whenever he posts about it to come across like he had never heard of it before reading the Wikipedia page this morning”.

A tweet from Hugh Brechin from 2022 which reads β€œit’s a great bit that Keir Starmer, a man who genuinely loves football, manages whenever he posts about it to come across like he had never heard of it before reading the Wikipedia page this morning”.

Looking forward to some of this either way.

27.07.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

American Gods. Plugged away at it for ages assuming something would happen.

24.07.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.

Ozzy, in the underworld, screaming at the ferryman: Charon! Charon!

news.sky.com/story/ozzy-o...

22.07.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2490    πŸ” 420    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 51

Apple with a full-sized rootstock.

21.07.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see what3words are doing another marketing drive to convince people they've solved a problem that everyone's phones can already do, but more capitalistly and worse.

10.07.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Shift + right click in File Explorer to get proper right click options

10.07.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously a very daft share-bait headline, but it's a fun article with an almost Iannuccian lamentation that people these days have lost all respect for the subtle art of good swearing.

09.07.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Two across the Great Glen Fault? Bold.

08.07.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I use a keyboard without a number pad so can't use alt codes. So I have AutoHotKey shortcuts for – and β€” which I think makes me a robot.

07.07.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A pink axolotl with pink gills and beady black eyes sitting on top of a log in an aquarium surrounded by plants.

A pink axolotl with pink gills and beady black eyes sitting on top of a log in an aquarium surrounded by plants.

said axolotl. gary.

06.07.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Why I kick down Peak District stone stacks' Stuart Cox says he wants to raise awareness of the damage the stacks can do to the environment.

A hill I will die on is that as long as you’re not damaging paths, walls, or monuments, stone stacks are fine and cool. A lot of the hate comes from the outdoor activity β€˜old guard’ who feel other people are enjoying the outdoors wrong.

06.07.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we just have to make sure gary’s tank doesn’t get too warm, and if it does pop some ice bottles in.

04.07.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

it is ten to midnight. I have just let myself into an airbnb in london having left edinburgh seventeen hours ago. within the last hour, our host informed us that our stay would involve some minor axolotl husbandry.

04.07.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Visitors behaving badly? Damage to museum objects sparks sector debate - Museums Association A number of high profile incidents have taken place in recent weeks, but who should take the blame?

the lesson to learn here isn't "modern museum visitors like taking photographs too much", it's "don't have wacky chairs at chair height on open display and expect people to just look at them while stroking their chins and saying 'hmmm, yes, art'".

01.07.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the High Court decided it was fine for us to sell jets to Israel today btw

30.06.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

urban renewal will manifest as a series of demolitions viewed through phones etc etc

30.06.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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