I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
Richard Fitch
@tudorcook.bsky.social
He/him Historic Kitchens Manager and experimental historian by day...tiresome lay-about by day also. All views own, yada yada yada. Now formally considered neuro spicy! No expectation of mutual following.
It’s Lammas Day! In the traditional rural calendar, Lammas Day signalled the annual shift from planting crops to grazing animals. It was the last day on which grass was cut for hay, and the day grazing could commence and the hunting season began.
Lost very happy ten minutes to fascinated scrolling through his journey. Delightfully bonkers.
Sophie E. Hill@sophieehill.bsky.social · last wk."TikTok is just AI slop, teenagers dancing, and political misinformation" SKILL ISSUE. MY TikTok feed is 100% the guy structuring an elephant puppet around a toddler carrier and using it to invade Italy via Hannibal Barca's 218BC route through the Alps. vm.tiktok.com/ZN8JcuTJd/
"BBC News - UK's iconic Jodrell Bank telescope faces axe in science cuts" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... FFS!
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
bbc.co.uk
"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes..."
Sardonicus@sardonicus.eu · 8mo ago'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.' Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
www.independent.co.uk/news/science... "Pompeii archaeologists unveil stunning fresco ceiling in ancient banquet hall" Nice!
Pompeii archaeologists unveil stunning fresco ceiling in ancient banquet hall
The vault depicts Dionysus and Ariadne, whose union is one of the best-known Greek myths
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Absolutely loving this new merch design from New Bedford Whaling Museum store.whalingmuseum.org/en-gb/produc...
‘America’s oldest John Doe’ is finally identified via DNA from bones on a Revolutionary War battlefield | The Independent share.google/WFT5ZcJYZZ05...
‘America’s oldest John Doe’ is finally identified after 246 years
Archaeologists surveying the area in 2020 came across human bones protruding from the ground
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Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition share.google/su8u6tJ6MHLm...
Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition
Canadian scientists visit remains of polar exploration vessels in ‘golden era for shipwreck investigating’
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BBC News - Metal detectorist finds 'rare' Roman treasures in Buckinghamshire - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Metal detectorist finds 'rare' Roman treasures in Buckinghamshire
The finds include a rattle of "exceptional quality".
bbc.co.uk
NEW For the first time, researchers have identified the name of a #Maya 'mathematician-astronomer', enabling us to place an Indigenous Maya scholar amongst the ranks of other great astronomers from history. Read the new research 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
Now waiting to hear news of the discovery of caramel inside Mars
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoNatural sugar discovered in cloud of dust and gas near centre of Milky Way
On this day in 1981, Richard Cobb got an honorary degree from the University of Essex. That may not seem significant to you, but it makes this afternoon the 45th anniversary of one of the finest graduation addresses ever delivered 🧵
Fantastic news!
Digital Scholarship @ British Library@bldigischol.bsky.social · 4w agoEThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Hear me out....this is a radical thought I know....but how about NOT talking about the self serving prick* for a day 🤷 *Insert your choice here, there are so many to pick from
My feed seems to be full of pictures of some tiny, shonky arch today. If you're going to make a shonky looking arch, then at least make it edible
Each word in this headline is utterly impossible to predict from the one that precedes it.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo agoTherapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... So *that's* why people keep chanting "it's coming home"...cool.
Lost Tudor tapestry returned home to Oxburgh Hall after 100 years
The artwork, which once hung in Oxburgh Hall, depicts a scene from the Old Testament Book of Esther.
bbc.co.uk
Today, we celebrate 180 years of preserving and sharing Sussex’s heritage. 🎉 Founded in Lewes on 18 June 1846, we've spent nearly two centuries caring for historic places, collections and archaeological sites across the county. Read more: sussexpast.co.uk/180-years-ce...
180 Years of The Sussex Archaeological Society - Sussex Past
Celebrating and sharing the heritage of Sussex since 1846 This year marks a remarkable milestone for The Sussex Archaeological Society as we celebrate our 180th anniversary. Founded on 18 June 1846 in...
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🟦 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 | The £400m new London Museum at Smithfield Market will open to the public on Saturday 28 November
Sad news but what an amazing life. The Major Oak was a similar age to the oak trees used to build the Hall.
Major Oak: Ancient 'Robin Hood' tree is dead, experts say
The Major Oak is thought to have stood for more than 1,000 years in the heart of Nottinghamshire's Sherwood Forest.
bbc.co.uk