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Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
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"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
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It's actually simpler than this:
Q: Would an ignorant journalist refer to you as 'dusty'?
[YES]
A: You're an archive.
Q: Would an ignorant journalist refer to you as 'dusty'?
[YES]
A: You're an archive.
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It's actually simpler than this:
Q: Would an ignorant journalist refer to you as 'dusty'?
[YES]
A: You're an archive.
Q: Would an ignorant journalist refer to you as 'dusty'?
[YES]
A: You're an archive.
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.
May 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.
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July 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The adventures of Richards and Inglefield's bothersome guest, and his potential skelewidow 💀💗💀 (The bones in question are those since proposed to belong to HDS Goodsir.) Hashtag myskellington
August 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The adventures of Richards and Inglefield's bothersome guest, and his potential skelewidow 💀💗💀 (The bones in question are those since proposed to belong to HDS Goodsir.) Hashtag myskellington
happy Saturday Chillin sunday
August 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
happy Saturday Chillin sunday
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Jack Aubrey. #masterandcommander #russellcrowe #jackaubrey #aubreyad #digitalart #digitaloilpainting #ageofsail #COMMSOPEN #procreate
July 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Ross and Crozier attempt to make their way up the harbour in the pinnace, but the wind springs their mizzenmast. The pinnace nearly founders, and they are forced to throw the dinghy overboard to lighten it.
July 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Ross and Crozier attempt to make their way up the harbour in the pinnace, but the wind springs their mizzenmast. The pinnace nearly founders, and they are forced to throw the dinghy overboard to lighten it.
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In a way, it’s sort of a good thing most of the pubs mentioned in this piece by @illuminator.bsky.social and @finger-post.blog are gone, because IMAGINE the carnage a Franklin pub crawl would create across London.
www.illuminator.blog/p/londonpubs...
www.illuminator.blog/p/londonpubs...
The wreck of The Sir John Franklin (and other Franklin Expedition pubs of London).
By Logan Zachary & Alison Freebairn. July 15, 2025. { Outside the East India Docks. May 25th, 2023. } Perhaps everyone reading...
www.illuminator.blog
July 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In a way, it’s sort of a good thing most of the pubs mentioned in this piece by @illuminator.bsky.social and @finger-post.blog are gone, because IMAGINE the carnage a Franklin pub crawl would create across London.
www.illuminator.blog/p/londonpubs...
www.illuminator.blog/p/londonpubs...
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Jane, Lady Franklin died OTD in 1875, aged 83. She was interred in the catacombs of Kensal Green Cemetery, and I'm not kidding when I say that getting down there to pay my respects in person was one of the best days of my life.
www.illuminator.blog/p/jane-catac...
www.illuminator.blog/p/jane-catac...
Vault 61: Jane Franklin in the Catacombs of Kensal Green Cemetery.
By Logan Zachary & Alison Freebairn. April 7th, 2024. { ▽ Jane Franklin, nameplate and coffin. } Jane Franklin’s final resting place ...
www.illuminator.blog
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Jane, Lady Franklin died OTD in 1875, aged 83. She was interred in the catacombs of Kensal Green Cemetery, and I'm not kidding when I say that getting down there to pay my respects in person was one of the best days of my life.
www.illuminator.blog/p/jane-catac...
www.illuminator.blog/p/jane-catac...
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McCormick and Abernethy return to Swan Bay. They see a dozen black-necked swans, who are "sagacious enough to persistently keep to the centre of the lake," frustrating McCormick's intentions of adding them to his ornithological collections.
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
McCormick and Abernethy return to Swan Bay. They see a dozen black-necked swans, who are "sagacious enough to persistently keep to the centre of the lake," frustrating McCormick's intentions of adding them to his ornithological collections.
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I'm going through John Barrow Jr's Franklin Search correspondence & found this fun overview Captain Henry Kellett sent him of the captains of the vessels in the 1852-54 Search. Steady Sherry & Irish Macca!! [Kellett to Barrow Jr. 26 April 1852]
#NavalHistory
#NavalHistory
July 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'm going through John Barrow Jr's Franklin Search correspondence & found this fun overview Captain Henry Kellett sent him of the captains of the vessels in the 1852-54 Search. Steady Sherry & Irish Macca!! [Kellett to Barrow Jr. 26 April 1852]
#NavalHistory
#NavalHistory
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Shocked to hear that someone's had their nomination for a top Navy job rescinded for taking part in drag acts on board.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
July 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Shocked to hear that someone's had their nomination for a top Navy job rescinded for taking part in drag acts on board.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
As if that wasn't a major part of shipboard life for centuries.
L-R George Frederick McDougall, Richard Bulkeley Pearse and George Frederick Mecham of #HMSResolute in 1850-51.
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The new(ish) 'umbrella' site for archive collections across Scotland is worth checking out/bookmarking despite the sad fact that not all archives have added their catalogues: it can only get better! Pleased to see it includes university collections.
yourscottisharchives.com
yourscottisharchives.com
Your Scottish Archives
Explore and discover archive collections across Scotland
yourscottisharchives.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The new(ish) 'umbrella' site for archive collections across Scotland is worth checking out/bookmarking despite the sad fact that not all archives have added their catalogues: it can only get better! Pleased to see it includes university collections.
yourscottisharchives.com
yourscottisharchives.com
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Visited Thomas Abernethy yesterday after a long time. His gravestone had survived another winter - no mean feat in Peterhead AND facing the sea - but this is Abernethy, whose widow would have needed a massive wall of granite to reflect his service record in the Arctic and the Antarctic alone.
February 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Visited Thomas Abernethy yesterday after a long time. His gravestone had survived another winter - no mean feat in Peterhead AND facing the sea - but this is Abernethy, whose widow would have needed a massive wall of granite to reflect his service record in the Arctic and the Antarctic alone.
I think we should all approach life with the unfounded enthusiasm and confidence of Sir John Ross in 1829 tbh
(Westmorland Gazette, 18th July)
(Westmorland Gazette, 18th July)
July 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think we should all approach life with the unfounded enthusiasm and confidence of Sir John Ross in 1829 tbh
(Westmorland Gazette, 18th July)
(Westmorland Gazette, 18th July)
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4 July 1842: Carysfort exercises her guns; Cunningham records, "very good firing She made, having flag, Staff, and buoy away at Separate Shots".
July 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
4 July 1842: Carysfort exercises her guns; Cunningham records, "very good firing She made, having flag, Staff, and buoy away at Separate Shots".
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Sir John Ross, engraving, 1833. [My collection] He's looking very honest and friendly. #NavalHistory
July 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sir John Ross, engraving, 1833. [My collection] He's looking very honest and friendly. #NavalHistory