Annie Drynan
@adrynan.bsky.social
Newly acquired PhD in C19th Brighton & Hove associational culture. Other interests: birds, gardens, running, family history, music. I used to do what was then called UX many years ago.
Some good things keep on happening no matter what horrors are going on.
The first seal pups of 2025 have arrived on the Farne Islands!
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Some good things keep on happening no matter what horrors are going on.
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Another morning, another chance to be ashamed to be British. People are fleeing war and persecution, which we are often implicated in. Britain, smugly saying it's the best country in the world, takes their last valuables to pay for bureaucracy & sub standard accommodation. Government by anecdote
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Another morning, another chance to be ashamed to be British. People are fleeing war and persecution, which we are often implicated in. Britain, smugly saying it's the best country in the world, takes their last valuables to pay for bureaucracy & sub standard accommodation. Government by anecdote
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Most of the people who think Britain was better 50 years ago weren't even born 50 years ago. The second largest group who think it was better 50 years ago were too young to know what was going on. The third group just think it was better because they were 21 and getting a lot more sex than now.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Most of the people who think Britain was better 50 years ago weren't even born 50 years ago. The second largest group who think it was better 50 years ago were too young to know what was going on. The third group just think it was better because they were 21 and getting a lot more sex than now.
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We are devastated to confirm that bio-bead pollution has reached Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. We're working to assess the damage to the precious saltmarsh habitat and plan the clean-up.
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We are devastated to confirm that bio-bead pollution has reached Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. We're working to assess the damage to the precious saltmarsh habitat and plan the clean-up.
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
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"We're not in it for the money" tho.
Human nature is human nature I guess.
I put the blame with successive governments and with heritage bodies who aren't lobbying for better. 🏺
Human nature is human nature I guess.
I put the blame with successive governments and with heritage bodies who aren't lobbying for better. 🏺
4% of annual finds recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme were DONATED to Museums.... thats right 4%
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
OK. These are the new, updated, figures for 2023.
Utterly miserable reading -
"1,343 #treasure finds reported in 2023 (1,091 object cases and 252 coin cases). Of these cases:
❌️328 (24%) were acquired by museums (260 object cases, 68 coin cases)"❌️
1/3
#Archaeology 🏺
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Utterly miserable reading -
"1,343 #treasure finds reported in 2023 (1,091 object cases and 252 coin cases). Of these cases:
❌️328 (24%) were acquired by museums (260 object cases, 68 coin cases)"❌️
1/3
#Archaeology 🏺
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"We're not in it for the money" tho.
Human nature is human nature I guess.
I put the blame with successive governments and with heritage bodies who aren't lobbying for better. 🏺
Human nature is human nature I guess.
I put the blame with successive governments and with heritage bodies who aren't lobbying for better. 🏺
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For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Really looking forward to hosting Dr Wright, Tuesday 25th Nov, for a @sussexpast.bsky.social online talk.
A classic archaeological story, the discovery of a Saxon toilet led to locating of Harold Godwin's Hall.
Join us for a great evening of high-status Saxon fun!🏺
sussexpast.co.uk/event/autumn...
A classic archaeological story, the discovery of a Saxon toilet led to locating of Harold Godwin's Hall.
Join us for a great evening of high-status Saxon fun!🏺
sussexpast.co.uk/event/autumn...
Autumn Talk: Dr Duncan Wright - Bosham, Bayeux, and Beyond: The Archaeology of England's Earliest Medieval Lordly Centres - Sussex Past
Join our Zoom talk with Dr Duncan Wright to discover how a rare cesspit find at Bosham reveals Harold’s elite hall and transforms our understanding of medieval lordly centres in England. Tuesday 25th ...
sussexpast.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Really looking forward to hosting Dr Wright, Tuesday 25th Nov, for a @sussexpast.bsky.social online talk.
A classic archaeological story, the discovery of a Saxon toilet led to locating of Harold Godwin's Hall.
Join us for a great evening of high-status Saxon fun!🏺
sussexpast.co.uk/event/autumn...
A classic archaeological story, the discovery of a Saxon toilet led to locating of Harold Godwin's Hall.
Join us for a great evening of high-status Saxon fun!🏺
sussexpast.co.uk/event/autumn...
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So this government really thinks if they call the results of “getting lots of data and analysing it” “AI-Generated” we’ll all think:
“what an effective and modern gov we have”
“Well this must increase attendance, it’s AI generated”
What fools do they take us for?
“what an effective and modern gov we have”
“Well this must increase attendance, it’s AI generated”
What fools do they take us for?
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So this government really thinks if they call the results of “getting lots of data and analysing it” “AI-Generated” we’ll all think:
“what an effective and modern gov we have”
“Well this must increase attendance, it’s AI generated”
What fools do they take us for?
“what an effective and modern gov we have”
“Well this must increase attendance, it’s AI generated”
What fools do they take us for?
Can’t really take knitting as an “against the clock” activity. I do it to relax, not get stressed. So 1st ep of #GameofWool didn’t really do it for me (tho great to see Di Gilpin in her Lyra top (which I’ve knitted - in a lot more than 12 hours. ))
@osteoconnor.bsky.social - does S have a view?
@osteoconnor.bsky.social - does S have a view?
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Can’t really take knitting as an “against the clock” activity. I do it to relax, not get stressed. So 1st ep of #GameofWool didn’t really do it for me (tho great to see Di Gilpin in her Lyra top (which I’ve knitted - in a lot more than 12 hours. ))
@osteoconnor.bsky.social - does S have a view?
@osteoconnor.bsky.social - does S have a view?
Man from Southern Water on radio this afternoon explaining how well the clean up of beads on the beach at Camber was going, and assuring us that SW would pay for the clean-up. “Now you won’t”
I shrieked, “we bloody customers will pay for it!”
I shrieked, “we bloody customers will pay for it!”
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Man from Southern Water on radio this afternoon explaining how well the clean up of beads on the beach at Camber was going, and assuring us that SW would pay for the clean-up. “Now you won’t”
I shrieked, “we bloody customers will pay for it!”
I shrieked, “we bloody customers will pay for it!”
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If the BBC is guilty of anything it has been far too ready and willing to follow the right-wing media narratives pushed by the billionaire press barons, instead of pursuing its own independent journalism based on exposing and uncovering the truth – regardless of whether people want to hear it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If the BBC is guilty of anything it has been far too ready and willing to follow the right-wing media narratives pushed by the billionaire press barons, instead of pursuing its own independent journalism based on exposing and uncovering the truth – regardless of whether people want to hear it.
Today’s hospital appointment had 2 medical students in the room. Both seemed very bored and uninterested in what the consultant had to say.
As ever, I wanted to shout “How dare you not be interested. You’re geniuses. You’ve got Physics bloody A level”
As ever, I wanted to shout “How dare you not be interested. You’re geniuses. You’ve got Physics bloody A level”
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today’s hospital appointment had 2 medical students in the room. Both seemed very bored and uninterested in what the consultant had to say.
As ever, I wanted to shout “How dare you not be interested. You’re geniuses. You’ve got Physics bloody A level”
As ever, I wanted to shout “How dare you not be interested. You’re geniuses. You’ve got Physics bloody A level”
Was so looking forward to the #SussexArchaeologicalSociety annual conference today. What a day to have The Cold from Hell. I don’t want to be That Person Who Turns Up with a Cold and Gives it to Everyone Else.
I’m sure it’ll be great. So sorry to
miss it.
I’m sure it’ll be great. So sorry to
miss it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Was so looking forward to the #SussexArchaeologicalSociety annual conference today. What a day to have The Cold from Hell. I don’t want to be That Person Who Turns Up with a Cold and Gives it to Everyone Else.
I’m sure it’ll be great. So sorry to
miss it.
I’m sure it’ll be great. So sorry to
miss it.
“Titular dignity” ?
Is that a euphemism for a lady’s undergarment, or a band I saw at the Half Moon, Putney, in 1986?
Is that a euphemism for a lady’s undergarment, or a band I saw at the Half Moon, Putney, in 1986?
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Titular dignity” ?
Is that a euphemism for a lady’s undergarment, or a band I saw at the Half Moon, Putney, in 1986?
Is that a euphemism for a lady’s undergarment, or a band I saw at the Half Moon, Putney, in 1986?
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Evening all. I'm running a study day on Sat 13 Dec at Highgate Lit & Sci about 19th/early 20th century mental health history. We'll explore various diagnoses/labels plus the administration of ‘lunacy’ law and the private and public asylums in the London area.
Now booking hlsi.org.uk/courses/day-...
Now booking hlsi.org.uk/courses/day-...
Autumn 2025: Mental Health History (19th-early 20th cent.) - HLSI
Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
hlsi.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Evening all. I'm running a study day on Sat 13 Dec at Highgate Lit & Sci about 19th/early 20th century mental health history. We'll explore various diagnoses/labels plus the administration of ‘lunacy’ law and the private and public asylums in the London area.
Now booking hlsi.org.uk/courses/day-...
Now booking hlsi.org.uk/courses/day-...
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It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
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I am SO not the target audience for the John Lewis ad.
So I view it as mawkish pap, I’m afraid. Lovely for the menfolk to bond - it appears the women in the household are in the background laying the table. Nice to know they know their place.
So I view it as mawkish pap, I’m afraid. Lovely for the menfolk to bond - it appears the women in the household are in the background laying the table. Nice to know they know their place.
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am SO not the target audience for the John Lewis ad.
So I view it as mawkish pap, I’m afraid. Lovely for the menfolk to bond - it appears the women in the household are in the background laying the table. Nice to know they know their place.
So I view it as mawkish pap, I’m afraid. Lovely for the menfolk to bond - it appears the women in the household are in the background laying the table. Nice to know they know their place.
The BBC is hailing “A highly unusual speech as Reeves lays Budget groundwork”
Presented through the medium of interpretive dance?
Presented through the medium of interpretive dance?
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The BBC is hailing “A highly unusual speech as Reeves lays Budget groundwork”
Presented through the medium of interpretive dance?
Presented through the medium of interpretive dance?
Never dreamt I would spend so much time today trying to sort a massive jamb in my 50 year old sewing machine - and failing to fix it.
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Never dreamt I would spend so much time today trying to sort a massive jamb in my 50 year old sewing machine - and failing to fix it.
Gosh. Don’t think I’ve ever had so much attention here as I just have about a throw away remark about not using a knife to cut lettuce - don’t ask why, it’s a #TheArchers thing!
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Gosh. Don’t think I’ve ever had so much attention here as I just have about a throw away remark about not using a knife to cut lettuce - don’t ask why, it’s a #TheArchers thing!
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Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Fascinating piece by @mattlodder.com in the latest #RHSGarden magazine about botanical tattoos.
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fascinating piece by @mattlodder.com in the latest #RHSGarden magazine about botanical tattoos.
Just how long does it take for one’s servant to pack one a bag and drive one to one of one’s brother’s houses?
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just how long does it take for one’s servant to pack one a bag and drive one to one of one’s brother’s houses?