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Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social · 23h agoNo cheating, post your lock screen
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liking stuff since 1741. arctic expeditions, medical history, marine life, flouncy mantuas, the sea, perfume. Edward Forbes fan account. https://edwardforbes.net
Dreadnought Holiday@dreadships.bsky.social · 23h agoBOARD OF CRABS 🦀 and some other things. We are at an occult-themed cheese tasting, although these aren’t part of that
Had our results for one of those work personality tests today (not MBTI). Depending on how you read mine I’m either creative, lively and inspiring or a curt dictator who thinks details are for the weak 😳
Ok, I give in; I’m completely over sweating, headaches, noise from fans and air con, five hours’ sleep a night and no rain. I’ve been more comfortable in Singapore and that’s one degree north of the equator 😭
An intriguing addition to the line map on a Northern line train
Tycho Brahe, with presumably artificial nose, in the Painted Hall at Greenwich. Managed to get into both there and the Chapel today (they’ve been closed loads recently for various events) so also paid my respects to Harry Goodsir and companions
Today I learned that the legendary Scottish poet William McGonagall lived at the same Edinburgh address (21 Lothian Street) as Edward Forbes, the Goodsir brothers and George Day, albeit nearly 60 years later! Oh, and also some bloke called Charles Darwin lived there before any of them did.
In a new blog post, our Natural History Collections Assistant Dr. Gareth Squire details the extensive current Natural History Digitisation project, which will make much of our collection globally available and accessible. 🔗 Read all about it: shorturl.at/67vug
Just got excited seeing ‘Summer Bank Holiday’ on my phone calendar for Monday, then realised it’s only in Scotland 😭
Sleeeepy cat. He’s been really busy all day sleeping in the garden, so he needs a rest. Don’t @ me about the state of the duvet cover; it’s his. If you come to stay you can have the bed temporarily and I’ll wash the covers and all but he’ll be straight back there when you leave
Extremely pleased that ‘blobfish’ is one of these words. Four more: Buprenorphine Dive bar Oort Cloud Teletext
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
I finally wrote something new! This one's short, and full of images-- most notably, a "lost" image of the Burgess critter Sidneyia bearing the feeding appendages of a radiodont (a relative of Anomalocaris), published in 1918. Cambrian buffs, this one's for you... www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026...
All the better to catch you with, my dear — Extinct
In which Max presents a lost picture from the history of paleontology: Charles Walcott’s “Sidney crab” complete with massive claws (actually the appendages of a large radiodont)
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Latest issue of @naturcymru.bsky.social arrived today, with a beautiful cover. Includes a timely article on impacts of wildfire on Welsh wildlife and complex issues around upland management.
By Edward Forbes and Sylvanus Hanley, I own it and it’s wonderful. Although if anyone would like to send me the hand-coloured presentation edition I wouldn’t say no 😁
Biodiversity Pics@biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 6d ago🦪 A history of British Mollusca and their shells London: John Van Voorst, 1853. [Source]
Sick of the heat and the dryness? Why not enjoy an excursion to some limestone caverns in the company of Edward Forbes and 300 close friends? edwardforbes.net/2026/07/30/t...
The Dudley Expedition: an Association Medley
From the Literary Gazette, September 6 1839 Roderick Impey Murchison delivering a geological lecture in Dudley Cavern. This image is from the 1849 British Association meeting, which like the 1839 o…
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Every now and again I’ll pay for an image if I find the perfect one and it’s not available for free anywhere else, but my god Getty are having a laugh asking nearly £400 for one (1) image. Thank Poseidon for Alamy
Well, this is fucking dystopian. Bulk buying often-rare books, scanning them to train AI models, then destroying them. And not sharing the scans, of course. How many irreplaceable books have Anthropic and others destroyed? And this is considered fair use! futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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No, it's not okay to use genAI for research- or writing-adjacent activities. Those actions are also part of writing and thinking and research! Don't fall for the con of genAI boosters. Hang onto your humanity. 2/ buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
The 'I only use AI for...' fallacy
Hallo friends, and welcome, new readers! I hope you’re managing to navigate safely whatever weather challenges may have come your way this year. In today’s...
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🦕 A new dinosaur species from the Late Triassic has been discovered in Zimbabwe! It’s thought to be an early relative of Diplodocus, although it walked on two legs instead of four. Find out what this fossil tells us about early dinosaurs from this region. 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Musango: The new Zimbabwean dinosaur discovered from a boat | Natural History Museum
Musango matusadonaensis is the fifth dinosaur ever named from Zimbabwe.
nhm.ac.uk
Scientists warn that ships stranded for months in the Strait of Hormuz have accumulated unusually large amounts of marine life on their hulls. When they return to service, they could transport invasive species to ports around the world. www.whoi.edu/press-room/n... @whoi.edu @unep.org
Scientists warn of potential global marine invasive species event linked to idle ships in the Strait of Hormuz | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
New analysis says thousands of stranded vessels may unintentionally spread invasive marine life worldwide
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A horseshoe crab from last night's shore dive in NJ. Ive never noticed how red the feets of a horseshoe crab can be! 72°F, 20+ft of viz, 55min dive 🐙🦑🐟🐠🤿🦀
I’ve been spending quite a lot of time on a C19 paper about marine annelids lately so it’s nice to see images (and not of ‘my’ ones because tbh I need a break from those!)
old wildlife illustrations@wildlife.nathan.fun · last wk.A monograph of the British marine annelids. London, The Ray society, 1873/1900-1922/23. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37824145) #nature #illustration #art
Back at work today after a couple of months off with the morbs and tbh, although it’s nice to be back, it also kind of isn’t
The clouds are looking rose gold sparkle pants this evening.
Edward Forbes’ youngest brother, James Grellier Forbes. An artist, he attended the Royal Academy and worked for the British Geological Survey (wonder how he got that job? 👀) but like his oldest brother his health was never strong and he died at his aunt’s home in Douglas in 1857, aged only 26.
