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lynncorrigan.bsky.social
@lynncorrigan.bsky.social
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Clyde-built. Recovered shambrarian, monger of metadata and fettler of systems. Genealogy/Local history. Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.
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andymitchellmedia.bsky.social
Fascinating little snapshot of sporting history - I came across the programme for the 'Original English Lady Cricketers' who played a three-day match at the Edinburgh Exhibition in August 1890.
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 AM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
Nice to see the Alexander Thomson events continuing at the Mitchell. One for canal connoisseur @ncdominie.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-forth-...
The Forth and Clyde Canal
The largest civil engineering task in Scotland since the Antonine Wall, and the first sea-to-sea canal in the world. Find out more.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 AM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
I'd normally complain about YouTube having ads every 5 minutes, but I suspect that was the alogorithm trying to preotect the viewers sanity. Night everyone and thanks for the company. #TheFilmCrowd
January 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
I've got that exact same birdbath! #TheFilmCrowd
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
Looks like she's got dressed by rolling about in a haberdashery department covered in glue. #TheFilmCrowd
January 26, 2026 at 8:10 PM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
How do folks. #TheFilmCrowd
January 26, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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sihart.bsky.social
I don't suppose you've ever wondered what an RHS librarian does but if you have, I can answer that question.

This is what we do!
A warm welcome to RHS libraries: explore rare gardening books, archives, and more | The RHS
YouTube video by RHS - Royal Horticultural Society
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January 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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oldedinburghclub.bsky.social
Good news from Edinburgh City Council Archives: The Archives search room reopened on 20th January by appointment only, from Tuesday to Thursday, 10am - 4:30 pm. More info on their website buff.ly/mgz7Xl6

#edinburgharchives #edinburghhistory
January 22, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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nasibov.me
Klimt Eastwood
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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slowbikeiain.bsky.social
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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alangodfreymaps.bsky.social
Here for all your beautifully reprinted OS map needs 😄
#Genealogy #History #Transport #NHS

Current £1 sale - #Surrey Bargains!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Sur...

*DON'T FORGET OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS!*
Currently running some great value #London subscriptions, with free post and map discounts 👍🗺️
January 21, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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kamack.bsky.social
Give the people (me), what they want, a large mural in Glasgow City Cente of Coatbridge-born Margaret Skinnider - maths teacher in Lambhill, fighter in the Easter Rising, lesbian feminist icon.
Incredible picture of Margaret Skinnider dressed in men's clothing with a flat cap and a cigarette hanging out her mouth, linking arms with two smiling dark haired women in white shirts. Unbelievable levels of style
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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devilsporridge.bsky.social
Hello. We're new here. 👋

Wondering what devil's porridge is? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle coined the phrase to describe the explosive materials he saw munitions workers at H.M. Factory Gretna mixing in large pans. They were making cordite.

Please don't eat devil's porridge. 💥
#DevilsPorridge #WW1history
Two munitions workers mixing cordite in large nitrating pans inside H.M. Factory Gretna. This is a black and white archive photo from the past.
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social
Thanks to a post on iNaturalist, and a series of serendipitous events, an Australian flowering plant thought extinct for almost 60 years has been rediscovered.
au.news.yahoo.com/photo-leads-...
Photo leads to rediscovery of Aussie species plant almost 60 years after 'extinction'
The incredible find was only possible due to a series of 'serendipitous' events. Find out more.
au.news.yahoo.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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gedboy58.bsky.social
1 of 4 #scotsfoundedfootball You know how I am not overly interested in stats and who won what? It is because I focus on how Football mirrored society. Scottish Combination spread because it was the right time. I want to come back to the Glasgow Charity Cup and to whom the Committee gave grants.
January 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
Great fun in excellent company. And was that a kitchen sink I saw thrown in at the end? #TheFilmCrowd
January 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
The Cush! In a cravat! Drink! #TheFilmCrowd
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
Evening all #TheFilmCrowd
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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historyofgeology.bsky.social
A new mineral has been named Anningite-(Ce) in honor of Victorian fossilist Mary Anning's paleontological work on coprolites 💩💎
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January 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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glennyrodge.bsky.social
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
One of those captcha things. This one says ‘select all images with bicycles. Click verify once there are none left’. There are 9 squares - 4 contain photos of bicycle seats, with the remaining 5 showing the beautiful head and face of a grey greyhound with a white stripe going from the top of their head to the tip of their nose.
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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drcraigmc.bsky.social
Just a reminder that NOAA releases monthly desktop screens with calendars featuring deep-sea animals and its reminder right now that at least some in government are still wholesome oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/c...
Chimaera - NOAA Ocean Exploration
This cute chimaera was seen at a depth of 820 meters (2,690 feet) in the Stetson-Miami Terrace Deepwater Coral Habitat of Particular Concern off the coast of Florida during Dive 04 of the 2019 Southea...
oceanexplorer.noaa.gov
January 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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ninabake2.bsky.social
Off to Dumbarton this evening to give a talk on the history of women in the maritime industries, to the Lennox Heritage Society: lennoxheritagesociet.wixsite.com/lennox-herit...
All welcome
Poster for talk about women in shipping shipbuilding ropemaking and other maritime fields. 14 Jan 2026, 1900 for 1930. Concord centre, st marys way, Dumbarton
January 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
Happy St Kentigern's Day.
ncdominie.bsky.social New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 15d
Saints Kentigern (left) and Columba (right) giving it their all in a famous no-holds-barred saint-off by the Molendinar.

[Stained glass by Lorraine Lamond in St Alphonsus at the Barras.]
Modern stained-glass window. On the left, a bloke in monk kit has apparently just conjured a bird out of his left hand. On the right, his opponent (also monked up) is dismayed but undefeated. He might be about to start beatboxing.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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lhdirectory.bsky.social
The Northern Lighthouse Board will relight the historic Fresnel lens of the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse in the Shetland islands around February 5 after an 18 month project to repair the lantern room and replace the mercury bath with a mechanical rotation system. www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/excitin...
‘Exciting news’ - Permanent light returning to Sumburgh Head after major refurbishment
A permanent light is returning to Sumburgh Head Lighthouse next month after a major refurbishment project.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
lynncorrigan.bsky.social
Well that was .. a film. And some of the least appropriate music of all time. See you next time! #TheFilmCrowd
January 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM