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Hello Bluesky! Like many of you in recent months we're moving here from a different platform and need to rebuild our profile - so if you've any interest in @vchlondon.bsky.social and local history in its many guises, please follow us and repost!
July 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hello Bluesky! Like many of you in recent months we're moving here from a different platform and need to rebuild our profile - so if you've any interest in @vchlondon.bsky.social and local history in its many guises, please follow us and repost!
A scorching day of volcanic geology around Tobermory lighthouse led by @geologymull.bsky.social. Thank you James for pitching it just right - golden eagles too!
May 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A scorching day of volcanic geology around Tobermory lighthouse led by @geologymull.bsky.social. Thank you James for pitching it just right - golden eagles too!
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How do we separate truth from fiction? Where do we set the bar for evidence? And what do we do when our familiar methods fail us?
These are the questions at the heart of my new book Proof.
Here’s a quick overview:
(Thanks to Basic Books for putting this together!)
These are the questions at the heart of my new book Proof.
Here’s a quick overview:
(Thanks to Basic Books for putting this together!)
May 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
How do we separate truth from fiction? Where do we set the bar for evidence? And what do we do when our familiar methods fail us?
These are the questions at the heart of my new book Proof.
Here’s a quick overview:
(Thanks to Basic Books for putting this together!)
These are the questions at the heart of my new book Proof.
Here’s a quick overview:
(Thanks to Basic Books for putting this together!)
A masterpiece cared for by the excellent Friends of Friendless Churches.
Today, March 25th, is the Feast of the Annunciation, commemorating the Angel Gabriel’s visit to the Virgin Mary to announce that she would bear the Christ child. One of the most popular subjects in Christian art, there are depictions of the Annunciation in two of our churches.
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A masterpiece cared for by the excellent Friends of Friendless Churches.
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“Do not act falsely and terror […] will not consume you.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“Do not act falsely and terror […] will not consume you.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
An amazing feat of 3D thinking which is still meaningful today.
March 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
An amazing feat of 3D thinking which is still meaningful today.
At a time when idiocy gets so much airtime it is good to remember wisdom has been around since ancient times.
Seems like pretty solid advice, even a few millenia later.
Folks should read more clay tablets, honestly.
Folks should read more clay tablets, honestly.
“Do not act falsely and terror […] will not consume you.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
March 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
At a time when idiocy gets so much airtime it is good to remember wisdom has been around since ancient times.
Extraordinary footage with rock flying all over the place.
Two years ago today was one of the most thrilling moments of my life when I captured this sunrise eruption of Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego. My drone was much closer than I realized, and the eruption was the largest I saw in my two days up there. I may never again film something as remarkable as this:
March 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Extraordinary footage with rock flying all over the place.
Amazingly detailed hands - I wonder what the story is?
#frescoFriday a scene from the fresco cycle in #Tavant Church in the #Loire Valley. Admittedly relatively crude but full of motion and expression and quite unusual
March 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Amazingly detailed hands - I wonder what the story is?
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In the past, my outlook on geothermal power was… less than optimistic. But times have changed, and geothermal power technology has improved by leaps and bounds in a variety of ways. Today I have a quick update.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIl...
I Was Wrong About Geothermal Energy.
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In the past, my outlook on geothermal power was… less than optimistic. But times have changed, and geothermal power technology has improved by leaps and bounds in a variety of ways. Today I have a quick update.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIl...
Phew - looking forward to catching up with the highly skilled team
Apologies but it seems that we’ve mislaid our podcast-publishing-hammer. 🔨
Rest assured that there is a highly skilled <cough> team working on the problem & the latest episode will appear in your feed very soon.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
Meanwhile, here is some music…
Rest assured that there is a highly skilled <cough> team working on the problem & the latest episode will appear in your feed very soon.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
Meanwhile, here is some music…
February 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Phew - looking forward to catching up with the highly skilled team
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Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest. This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose.
February 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest. This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose.
Can’t help thinking there must have been someone local with a luxuriant beard and moustache on whom this was
modelled. They are beautifully painted.
modelled. They are beautifully painted.
A rare but rather fine wall painting of Thomas a #Becket from #Hauxton in #Cambridgeshire. Probably mid 13th century it is a rare example of Thomas shown as archbishop but not in the course of being martyred.
#WallpaintingWednesday
#WallpaintingWednesday
January 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Can’t help thinking there must have been someone local with a luxuriant beard and moustache on whom this was
modelled. They are beautifully painted.
modelled. They are beautifully painted.
Thank you for some great reporting Daniel.
Big thanks to all 50 people who have followed me since I joined here! Would be great to get to 100+ before budget season :) #LDReporter #Somerset
jerry from tom and jerry is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and the words thank you are below him
ALT: jerry from tom and jerry is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and the words thank you are below him
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thank you for some great reporting Daniel.
A mammoth in mammoth ivory! Thank goodness we didn’t lose it after 40,000 years
Remarkably,this little mammoth carved from mammoth ivory about 40,000 years ago was recovered from the excavation spoil at Vogelherd Cave, some 70 years after the original excavations (Tübingen Museum)
January 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A mammoth in mammoth ivory! Thank goodness we didn’t lose it after 40,000 years
Given the frightening plummet in insect numbers last Summer a pause would be sensible. The Brue spraying list last year included Bruton Dam so glysophate could be swept downstream. Did you spot anything in your research indicating river invertebrates (already depleted in our area)are affected.
This year a chemical weedkiller that has been linked to cancer in humans and to the destruction of the microbiome in bees will be used across #Somerset
One of the biggest culprits for using it, might surprise you.
It is the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com/p/tales-from...
One of the biggest culprits for using it, might surprise you.
It is the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com/p/tales-from...
Tales from the river bank
This week we take a look at the continued use of a weedkiller in Somerset that has been linked to cancer and is harmful to bees. It is being used by...... the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Given the frightening plummet in insect numbers last Summer a pause would be sensible. The Brue spraying list last year included Bruton Dam so glysophate could be swept downstream. Did you spot anything in your research indicating river invertebrates (already depleted in our area)are affected.
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This year a chemical weedkiller that has been linked to cancer in humans and to the destruction of the microbiome in bees will be used across #Somerset
One of the biggest culprits for using it, might surprise you.
It is the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com/p/tales-from...
One of the biggest culprits for using it, might surprise you.
It is the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com/p/tales-from...
Tales from the river bank
This week we take a look at the continued use of a weedkiller in Somerset that has been linked to cancer and is harmful to bees. It is being used by...... the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This year a chemical weedkiller that has been linked to cancer in humans and to the destruction of the microbiome in bees will be used across #Somerset
One of the biggest culprits for using it, might surprise you.
It is the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com/p/tales-from...
One of the biggest culprits for using it, might surprise you.
It is the Environment Agency.
somersetconfidential.substack.com/p/tales-from...
You can enjoy this podcast even as a non-techie. Good to have a panel who are comfortable challenging each other’s views.
PC Pro #podcast 725 has landed: 'You must be 18 or over to download this podcast'
@bazzacollins.bsky.social, @dariengs.bsky.social, Rois Ni Thuama & Tim Danton discuss age verification, drone mayhem & Meta's relaxed attitude to truth.
The Hot Software candidate in the spotlight is NordVPN
#PCPro
@bazzacollins.bsky.social, @dariengs.bsky.social, Rois Ni Thuama & Tim Danton discuss age verification, drone mayhem & Meta's relaxed attitude to truth.
The Hot Software candidate in the spotlight is NordVPN
#PCPro
Episode 725: You must be 18 or over to download this podcast - The PC Pro Podcast
Every week the team behind the UK's biggest technology monthly discusses the latest news and issues in computing and mobile tech.Subscribe to the magazine at https://subscribe.pcpro.co.uk
pca.st
January 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
You can enjoy this podcast even as a non-techie. Good to have a panel who are comfortable challenging each other’s views.
A bit bizarre to stumble across a great uncle in a modern ghost story!
In October we shared a @vchlondon.bsky.social ghost story in homage to the haunted antiquarians of M.R. James and the early history of the VCH. We invited you to share your own ghostly tales and are pleased to publish this by history teacher, Rupert Fitzsimmons. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/01/anot...
Another Ghost Story: Revd Dr Stapleton and Mr Thring - On History
In October 2024, we shared a Victoria County History Ghost Story here on the IHR On History blog, in homage to the 120th anniversary of the publication of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James a...
blog.history.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A bit bizarre to stumble across a great uncle in a modern ghost story!
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social
Such a miracle it was not ambitiously remodelled - now on my Kent visit itinerary. Thank you
Ightham Mote, Ightham, Kent is a medieval moated manor house. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county".
January 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Such a miracle it was not ambitiously remodelled - now on my Kent visit itinerary. Thank you
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Ightham Mote, Ightham, Kent is a medieval moated manor house. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county".
January 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ightham Mote, Ightham, Kent is a medieval moated manor house. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county".
Islands of sense in sea of nonsense
open.substack.com/pub/kucharsk...
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Islands of sense in sea of nonsense
What should we do on the occasions that people with extreme views make reasonable statements?
open.substack.com
January 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Islands of sense in sea of nonsense
open.substack.com/pub/kucharsk...
open.substack.com/pub/kucharsk...
Well deserved recognition. It is extraordinary how you have kept going through this mammoth ordeal/process. We salute you.
Great to see Jo Hamilton, Lee Castleton, Seema Misra and Chris Head get honours a Rebecca Thomson (who authored the first Computer Weekly story) all for services to justice.
NY’s Honours:
Gareth Southgate & Stephen Fry become Sirs
Ex-sub postmasters Lee Castleton, Jo Hamilton, Christopher Head & Seema Misra are made OBEs for services to justice after taking the PO to court
800m champion Keely Hodgkinson gets an MBE
Sarah Lancashire & Carey Mulligan receive CBEs
Gareth Southgate & Stephen Fry become Sirs
Ex-sub postmasters Lee Castleton, Jo Hamilton, Christopher Head & Seema Misra are made OBEs for services to justice after taking the PO to court
800m champion Keely Hodgkinson gets an MBE
Sarah Lancashire & Carey Mulligan receive CBEs
December 31, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Well deserved recognition. It is extraordinary how you have kept going through this mammoth ordeal/process. We salute you.
A terrific achievement for all involved- bravo!
One of Jimmy Carter's biggest, but probably least known accomplishments is getting us very close to eradicating Guinea worm, a horrible disease that almost no one else cared about.
Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed
Carter targeted diseases primarily affecting the poor in remote areas — notably "Guinea worm disease." Because of his commitment, case numbers plummeted from 3.6 million a year to just 13 in 2022.
www.npr.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:46 AM
A terrific achievement for all involved- bravo!