@silviaalexandra.bsky.social
History, mysteries, swamp goth, truth telling, I WILL post pictures of an insect I saw. I work in conservation, heritage, natural history, museums, and libraries. Writing from Wonnarua Country.
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Barnbow Factory at Crossgates, Leeds. Many more were seriously injured. Between 1915-18, workers at Barnbow filled 24,750,000 shells. #remembrance #women
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Barnbow Factory at Crossgates, Leeds. Many more were seriously injured. Between 1915-18, workers at Barnbow filled 24,750,000 shells. #remembrance #women
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🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
Yep 👑
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Yep 👑
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"The university sector’s rolling scandals and ongoing governance crisis are causing it to lose the trust of the general public. OVER HALF OF AUSTRALIANS THINK THAT MAKING A PROFIT IS A PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR UNIVERSITIES." [my emphasis]
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Less than one in 20 (3%) of Australians think that making a profit should be a primary purpose of universities, yet more than half (54%) believe that it currently is a primary purpose.
For the full polling results:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...
For the full polling results:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...
Australians believe universities are too expensive and not doing their job: polling
New Australia Institute polling research shows most Australians, regardless of who they vote for, think most university degrees are too expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"The university sector’s rolling scandals and ongoing governance crisis are causing it to lose the trust of the general public. OVER HALF OF AUSTRALIANS THINK THAT MAKING A PROFIT IS A PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR UNIVERSITIES." [my emphasis]
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According to our guide "it's normal for the steam engine to scream when it's working"
You and me both, steam engine.
You and me both, steam engine.
October 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
According to our guide "it's normal for the steam engine to scream when it's working"
You and me both, steam engine.
You and me both, steam engine.
Aaaaah...no. This is not what asbestos management during construction looks like. This is not what following preservation protections for built heritage looks like. This is a health and heritage disaster all in one. Both irreversible.
I’ve asked White House contractor ACECO whether it followed asbestos safety rules during the East Wing demolition. Cutting corners is reckless and a threat to workers and public health. Everyone near the demolition site deserves answers.
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Aaaaah...no. This is not what asbestos management during construction looks like. This is not what following preservation protections for built heritage looks like. This is a health and heritage disaster all in one. Both irreversible.
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A big moth, or something from Day of the Dead? One man’s search for an otherworldly Australian insect
A big moth, or something from Day of the Dead? One man’s search for an otherworldly Australian insect
For seven years Ian McMaster has been mothing on his painstakingly rehabilitated Queensland property. But only once has he encountered the elusive southern pink underwing
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Dark descends upon a dead-end property atop a winding mountain road and Ian McMaster steps out into the forest.
Protective goggles perched atop his grey hair, torch in hand, McMaster is drawn into the gums that surround his rammed-earth home toward a white sheet shining in UV light like a stage prop moon. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A big moth, or something from Day of the Dead? One man’s search for an otherworldly Australian insect
Great news🥂
So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Great news🥂
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The National Museum of Ireland is part of a community network that links locals to their heritage. Here’s a natural history project showing what goes on behind the scenes and how it emerges into an exhibition @nmireland.bsky.social
“Our Irish Natural History”: Increasing the Accessibility of Natural History Collections through Community-Driven Interpretation
Written by Adriana Ballinger, Yale University Charles P. Howland Postgraduate Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History. Natural history…
Written by Adriana Ballinger, Yale University Charles P. Howland Postgraduate Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History. Natural history…
“Our Irish Natural History”: Increasing the Accessibility of Natural History Collections through Community-Driven Interpretation
Written by Adriana Ballinger, Yale University Charles P. Howland Postgraduate Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History. Natural history specimens are often inaccessible to the communities from which they were collected. As a result, source communities lack opportunities to connect with elements of their local heritage, and museums and their publics overlook the place-based expertise that many of these communities hold about the specimens we research and see on display.
natsca.blog
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The National Museum of Ireland is part of a community network that links locals to their heritage. Here’s a natural history project showing what goes on behind the scenes and how it emerges into an exhibition @nmireland.bsky.social
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Wednesday 27 October you can hear @paoloviscardi.bsky.social in Dublin on the value of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History in addressing #biodiversity issues
For our next #SamhainAgusScience event, join Paolo Viscardi, @nmireland.bsky.social , who will discuss the role the ‘Dead Zoo’ plays in understanding biodiversity.
Wednesday, 7pm, DIAS HQ. Reserve your tickets eventbrite.ie/e/1739159816... #DIASdisovers #DIAS85
Wednesday, 7pm, DIAS HQ. Reserve your tickets eventbrite.ie/e/1739159816... #DIASdisovers #DIAS85
Denizens of the Dead Zoo
We are delighted to welcome Paolo Viscardi, Keeper of Natural History at the "Dead Zoo" for tonight's talk.
eventbrite.ie
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Wednesday 27 October you can hear @paoloviscardi.bsky.social in Dublin on the value of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History in addressing #biodiversity issues
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We have skull from the Dead Zoo for this week's Friday mystery object. Any idea what might be?
Friday mystery object #524
For this week's mystery object, I have a skull from the collections of the Dead Zoo to test your identification skills: I look forward to hearing what you think it might be. Have fun with it!
paoloviscardi.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We have skull from the Dead Zoo for this week's Friday mystery object. Any idea what might be?
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The superpower of books like Sapiens is that they require expertise in like 12 academic fields to debunk. So you get these super detailed takedowns of small sections that look to laypeople like nitpicking.
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The superpower of books like Sapiens is that they require expertise in like 12 academic fields to debunk. So you get these super detailed takedowns of small sections that look to laypeople like nitpicking.
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The variety of size and orientation of these Goniatite fossils makes them look like celestial bodies suspended in the darkness of space.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The variety of size and orientation of these Goniatite fossils makes them look like celestial bodies suspended in the darkness of space.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the sloths, for today is their special day!
This woodcut of a sloth* was printed in 1635 in 'Historia Naturae, Maxime Peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg.
* may it not haunt your nightmares
📷Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio
#InternationalSlothDay
This woodcut of a sloth* was printed in 1635 in 'Historia Naturae, Maxime Peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg.
* may it not haunt your nightmares
📷Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio
#InternationalSlothDay
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the sloths, for today is their special day!
This woodcut of a sloth* was printed in 1635 in 'Historia Naturae, Maxime Peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg.
* may it not haunt your nightmares
📷Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio
#InternationalSlothDay
This woodcut of a sloth* was printed in 1635 in 'Historia Naturae, Maxime Peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg.
* may it not haunt your nightmares
📷Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio
#InternationalSlothDay
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It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S
Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S
jobs.uc.edu
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
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I interviewed the very brave MSF coordinator Dr Mohammed Abu Mughassib who recently left Gaza after spending the last two years helping prop up its collapsing health system
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Leaving Gaza for Ireland: My soul is there. My memories are there. My cat is there
Dr Mohammed Abu Mughessib, who has lived in Gaza for 25 years, has been accepted for an MSF advisory job based in Ireland
www.irishtimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I interviewed the very brave MSF coordinator Dr Mohammed Abu Mughassib who recently left Gaza after spending the last two years helping prop up its collapsing health system
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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The best short ghost story ever.
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The best short ghost story ever.
14 degrees at night to 39 in the day is completely bizarre. A pleasant spring time for all.
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
14 degrees at night to 39 in the day is completely bizarre. A pleasant spring time for all.
Perpetually delighted by the Aves do Brasil account @avesbrasil.bsky.social who just post a photo, map, and sound clip of a Brazilian bird (once a day? Possibly more?). Look at this thing. Just look at that little tuft.
🇧🇷Suiriri-cavaleiro
🌎Machetornis rixosa
Conservação:Pouco Preocupante
O suiriri-cavaleiro é uma ave passeriforme da família Tyrannidae
📷 Guilherme Brandão
🌎Machetornis rixosa
Conservação:Pouco Preocupante
O suiriri-cavaleiro é uma ave passeriforme da família Tyrannidae
📷 Guilherme Brandão
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Perpetually delighted by the Aves do Brasil account @avesbrasil.bsky.social who just post a photo, map, and sound clip of a Brazilian bird (once a day? Possibly more?). Look at this thing. Just look at that little tuft.
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After complaints about Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1797) being entirely devoid of punctuation, in future editions the eccentric businessman supplied a supplemental page so that people “may peper and solt as they please”: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dexter-pickle
October 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
After complaints about Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1797) being entirely devoid of punctuation, in future editions the eccentric businessman supplied a supplemental page so that people “may peper and solt as they please”: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dexter-pickle
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With the Powerful Owl now out, I'm going for the Southern Emu-wren. It needs protection from habitat destruction (I'm looking at you rocket launch site). It'd be great if it could survive the next couple of days of voting and finish in the top 5. Vote here:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
With the Powerful Owl now out, I'm going for the Southern Emu-wren. It needs protection from habitat destruction (I'm looking at you rocket launch site). It'd be great if it could survive the next couple of days of voting and finish in the top 5. Vote here:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One for @maxrushden.bsky.social and @phlaimeaux.bsky.social
New episode! "Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss - Part 1." The first of a 2-part series about the life of the legendary explorer. Part 1 takes you from his birth through the end of his 2nd polar expedition aboard the Nimrod.
shipwrecksandseadogs.com/90
#maritimehistory #history #shackleton #podcast
shipwrecksandseadogs.com/90
#maritimehistory #history #shackleton #podcast
Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss - Part 1
Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer best known for his daring Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration.
shipwrecksandseadogs.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
One for @maxrushden.bsky.social and @phlaimeaux.bsky.social
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Whatever that praying means for you, get it done. That includes scientifically cheering for her wellbeing. Don’t fuss about it, just make good thoughts for a good woman.
listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly
October 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Whatever that praying means for you, get it done. That includes scientifically cheering for her wellbeing. Don’t fuss about it, just make good thoughts for a good woman.
So many good birds, but my heart is always in the swamp so I've put my love and my vote behind the Australasian Bittern
October 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
So many good birds, but my heart is always in the swamp so I've put my love and my vote behind the Australasian Bittern