Carl Legge
@cfl.bsky.social
Cook - Gardener - Author - Artist
Eclectic interests: law, politics, climate, biodiversity, food/foraging, horticulture, history, landscape, science, arts & crafts, bushcraft & survival skills...
LLB & MBA
📍Llyn Peninsula 🏴
carllegge.com
Eclectic interests: law, politics, climate, biodiversity, food/foraging, horticulture, history, landscape, science, arts & crafts, bushcraft & survival skills...
LLB & MBA
📍Llyn Peninsula 🏴
carllegge.com
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Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
March 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
January 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)
August 20, 2023 at 1:55 AM
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)
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Obelix (shouting between gusts):
“WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE TOMORROW, ASTERIX?”
Asterix (wishing he’d put a jumper on): “COLDER.”
#PlaymobilInfestation
“WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE TOMORROW, ASTERIX?”
Asterix (wishing he’d put a jumper on): “COLDER.”
#PlaymobilInfestation
November 24, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Obelix (shouting between gusts):
“WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE TOMORROW, ASTERIX?”
Asterix (wishing he’d put a jumper on): “COLDER.”
#PlaymobilInfestation
“WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE TOMORROW, ASTERIX?”
Asterix (wishing he’d put a jumper on): “COLDER.”
#PlaymobilInfestation
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Loch Garry sunset
November 23, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Loch Garry sunset
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I miss summer & the leaves on the trees, but not why you think
My father told me the wind helps the trees sing, & if I listen carefully I will hear fragments of music familiar to me
I am surrounded by a symphony of my musical life in our summer woodland. It reminds me of him
My father told me the wind helps the trees sing, & if I listen carefully I will hear fragments of music familiar to me
I am surrounded by a symphony of my musical life in our summer woodland. It reminds me of him
November 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM
I miss summer & the leaves on the trees, but not why you think
My father told me the wind helps the trees sing, & if I listen carefully I will hear fragments of music familiar to me
I am surrounded by a symphony of my musical life in our summer woodland. It reminds me of him
My father told me the wind helps the trees sing, & if I listen carefully I will hear fragments of music familiar to me
I am surrounded by a symphony of my musical life in our summer woodland. It reminds me of him
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My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
July 3, 2023 at 12:04 PM
My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
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This week's sky at a glance, November 22-December 1. Very useful Sky & Telescope observing guide by Alan MacRobert. 🔭 🧪 skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 22 – December 1
Last call for Mercury! Jupiter and Mars climb high earlier in the night. The waning crescent Moon occults Spica for much of North America.
skyandtelescope.org
November 22, 2024 at 9:42 AM
This week's sky at a glance, November 22-December 1. Very useful Sky & Telescope observing guide by Alan MacRobert. 🔭 🧪 skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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Finally it's #HillfortsWednesday 🎉
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Finally it's #HillfortsWednesday 🎉
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
During the 2019 excavations of Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort in Gwynedd, I knocked up a pencil sketch of what the enormous 13-metre diameter roundhouse 🛖 might have looked like 🤔
It was good to help the public visualise this huge Romano-British home 🤩
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Very easy to share news stories here on Bluesky
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
Seen a few people grumble about lack of Bluesky share buttons on websites
📲 If you have an iPhone, here’s how to easily share links to Bluesky
Step one - click the share button at bottom centre in Safari
🧵
📲 If you have an iPhone, here’s how to easily share links to Bluesky
Step one - click the share button at bottom centre in Safari
🧵
November 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Very easy to share news stories here on Bluesky
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
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Old English (all used today)
ac - oak
flacca - snowflake
heofon - sky (heaven)
heorot - deer (Hart)
pæþ - path
reġnboga - rainbow
treow - tree
Weald - Forest (Wald in modern German)
wudu - woodland
wuduweard - Forester (Warden)
All still recognisable
ac - oak
flacca - snowflake
heofon - sky (heaven)
heorot - deer (Hart)
pæþ - path
reġnboga - rainbow
treow - tree
Weald - Forest (Wald in modern German)
wudu - woodland
wuduweard - Forester (Warden)
All still recognisable
November 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Old English (all used today)
ac - oak
flacca - snowflake
heofon - sky (heaven)
heorot - deer (Hart)
pæþ - path
reġnboga - rainbow
treow - tree
Weald - Forest (Wald in modern German)
wudu - woodland
wuduweard - Forester (Warden)
All still recognisable
ac - oak
flacca - snowflake
heofon - sky (heaven)
heorot - deer (Hart)
pæþ - path
reġnboga - rainbow
treow - tree
Weald - Forest (Wald in modern German)
wudu - woodland
wuduweard - Forester (Warden)
All still recognisable
Caules funus 😬😂
Trigger warning: death, family, brassicas.
My niece asked me recently whether I'd like a cabbage on my coffin when I die.
She laughed.
I thought for a moment, then said, yes. Yes I would like a cabbage. And I told her that SHE had to be the one to put it on my coffin.
She stopped laughing.
My niece asked me recently whether I'd like a cabbage on my coffin when I die.
She laughed.
I thought for a moment, then said, yes. Yes I would like a cabbage. And I told her that SHE had to be the one to put it on my coffin.
She stopped laughing.
November 18, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Caules funus 😬😂
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@muddypaw.bsky.social mentioned #mentalhealth benefits of wargaming earlier. In Battlechat 106, I spoke to Dr Gary Colman about this very subject – he runs Game Therapy UK that uses D&D in particular for precisely that purpose. Listen from ~55:14 for flow discussion www.patreon.com/posts/935048...
Battlechat 106 with Gary Colman Audio | Henry Hyde
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November 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM
@muddypaw.bsky.social mentioned #mentalhealth benefits of wargaming earlier. In Battlechat 106, I spoke to Dr Gary Colman about this very subject – he runs Game Therapy UK that uses D&D in particular for precisely that purpose. Listen from ~55:14 for flow discussion www.patreon.com/posts/935048...
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For my new Bluesky friends, want to know more about Boudica? Here’s a podcast I recorded with BBC History Extra this summer, based on my book Echolands - A Journey in Search of Boudica. It’s also on YouTube if you’d rather watch it. Hope you enjoy it!
Boudica: life of the week
History Extra podcast · Episode
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November 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM
For my new Bluesky friends, want to know more about Boudica? Here’s a podcast I recorded with BBC History Extra this summer, based on my book Echolands - A Journey in Search of Boudica. It’s also on YouTube if you’d rather watch it. Hope you enjoy it!
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Fascinating.
When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses and ilex, pea plants and more than 50 types of grasses.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
November 17, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Fascinating.
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Watch a little Guillemot chick fledge at only 20 days old, still completely flightless, seeking the safety of the open sea with its dad following behind - one of those iconic wildlife behaviour moments #wildlifephotography #ukbirding
November 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Watch a little Guillemot chick fledge at only 20 days old, still completely flightless, seeking the safety of the open sea with its dad following behind - one of those iconic wildlife behaviour moments #wildlifephotography #ukbirding
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Excellent tips here. I get locked in sometimes to my methods, great to see other insights.
Here is a thread of some unusual materials you may find really helpful for #miniaturepainting #miniatures.
1. Isopropyl alchohol.
You can use this to thin paints and inks down so they run into only the deepest recesses. You can also add bicarb soda to this to make superglue accelerant.
1. Isopropyl alchohol.
You can use this to thin paints and inks down so they run into only the deepest recesses. You can also add bicarb soda to this to make superglue accelerant.
November 16, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Excellent tips here. I get locked in sometimes to my methods, great to see other insights.
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November 16, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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📢 New Episode 📢
In the new episode, we explore the deep blue sea and its wonderful lore, as well as its unlikely relationship with Shropshire tales. We had so much fun recording this, so I really hope you enjoy listening!
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Folklore #Shropshire #Sealore #podcast
In the new episode, we explore the deep blue sea and its wonderful lore, as well as its unlikely relationship with Shropshire tales. We had so much fun recording this, so I really hope you enjoy listening!
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Folklore #Shropshire #Sealore #podcast
November 15, 2024 at 7:45 AM
📢 New Episode 📢
In the new episode, we explore the deep blue sea and its wonderful lore, as well as its unlikely relationship with Shropshire tales. We had so much fun recording this, so I really hope you enjoy listening!
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Folklore #Shropshire #Sealore #podcast
In the new episode, we explore the deep blue sea and its wonderful lore, as well as its unlikely relationship with Shropshire tales. We had so much fun recording this, so I really hope you enjoy listening!
media.rss.com/the-shropshi...
#Folklore #Shropshire #Sealore #podcast
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Someone on the hell app said 'Britain's countryside isn't particularly beautiful,' and to that I say... lol okay.
#Photography
#Photography
October 8, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Someone on the hell app said 'Britain's countryside isn't particularly beautiful,' and to that I say... lol okay.
#Photography
#Photography
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Hillforts rising above the morning fog on Cardigan Bay, Wales, today
November 14, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Hillforts rising above the morning fog on Cardigan Bay, Wales, today
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This was a banger of a post back in the day in the Other Place before its takeover, so here I’m tagging the astronomy and science feeds so you can see it too 🔭🧪
The Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos
November 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
This was a banger of a post back in the day in the Other Place before its takeover, so here I’m tagging the astronomy and science feeds so you can see it too 🔭🧪
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I feel a lot more inclined to start sharing my photography and birding moments on here after leaving Twitter behind, starting with a Yellowhammer from this spring in Aberdeenshire. Never has a bird matched its surroundings better! #BirdingScotland
November 13, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I feel a lot more inclined to start sharing my photography and birding moments on here after leaving Twitter behind, starting with a Yellowhammer from this spring in Aberdeenshire. Never has a bird matched its surroundings better! #BirdingScotland
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Since we’re trying to keep this new site as a nice place, a few ground rules:
November 12, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Since we’re trying to keep this new site as a nice place, a few ground rules: