Dr Darcey Gillie
@dfgillie.bsky.social
Careers consultant. Still loves mountains, knitting, bumblebees, agus Gàidhlig cuideachd. #Archbiscuit of #TheBiscuitAppreciationSociety Inbhir Nis. #BeeKind
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Your annual reminder that the Victorians (and earlier) used to play a Christmas game called Snapdragon where you had a big dish of burning brandy and you had to fish raisins out of it without combusting yourself
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Your annual reminder that the Victorians (and earlier) used to play a Christmas game called Snapdragon where you had a big dish of burning brandy and you had to fish raisins out of it without combusting yourself
Looking forward to this!
Happening this evening. I can promise some absolutely gratuitous shots of dendrochronologists in action. Bookings will remain open until 7pmGMT.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Looking forward to this!
@adamcsharp.bsky.social and @simonvarwell.bsky.social a punnet fore ye
You arryve at your destinacioun but your onlye piece of luggage ys now full of German sausage. Thys ys the wurst case scenario.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@adamcsharp.bsky.social and @simonvarwell.bsky.social a punnet fore ye
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Once again, with feeling:
AI IS NOT FUCKING INEVITABLE
AI IS NOT FUCKING INEVITABLE
AI will reshape publishing jobs, from editorial and production to marketing, sales and operations. The question is not whether this happens, but who shapes these changes, says Bec Evans 👇 #BookSky
Knowledge is power
ebx.sh
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Once again, with feeling:
AI IS NOT FUCKING INEVITABLE
AI IS NOT FUCKING INEVITABLE
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Bogs. Quagmires. Peatlands. Squidgy worlds full of beginnings and endings.
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Bogs. Quagmires. Peatlands. Squidgy worlds full of beginnings and endings.
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
Inspired by bogs, we hope our poetry & creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding & caring for #peatlands.
Discover the squelchy world of 'BogTalk' below.
renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poe...
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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I have to confess I’m a huge fan of LLMs
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I have to confess I’m a huge fan of LLMs
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
Scrollin past, this photo reminded me suddenly of the closing scenes of Havel's The Memorandum (The Memo) at The Traverse in Edinburgh. 🤔
Why ‘Henrys’ are turning their back on the Tories on.ft.com/43N9K7z | opinion
Why ‘Henrys’ are turning their back on the Tories
The Conservative party has lost touch with affluence — and with the generation that would like to enjoy its benefits
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Scrollin past, this photo reminded me suddenly of the closing scenes of Havel's The Memorandum (The Memo) at The Traverse in Edinburgh. 🤔
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Our new South Ronaldsay field-names site is up and running:
fieldsoftime.cmackenzie.net
fieldsoftime.cmackenzie.net
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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@martingillie.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social can't think why either of you might be interested in this...
The Scottish Water Mills Website provides a web-based resource displaying mill locations across Scotland. #maps
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maps.nls.uk/projects/mil...
Scottish water mills website - National Library of Scotland / University of Glasgow
maps.nls.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@martingillie.bsky.social @lakesstiles.bsky.social can't think why either of you might be interested in this...
Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are called the unicorn of the sea — for obvious reasons.
This illustration by Louis A. Sargent comes from "The wild beasts of the world", v. 2 (1909), contributed to BHL by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19657038 #SciArt #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌊
This illustration by Louis A. Sargent comes from "The wild beasts of the world", v. 2 (1909), contributed to BHL by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19657038 #SciArt #ILoveBHL 🧪 📖 🌊
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Oooh
Postbox bollards outside the Post Office. Absolutely delightful.
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
#WorldBollardAssociation 📮
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Oooh
I also think Kruger isn't aware of the Great Rapprochement. The whole article demonstrate why the Humanities matter.
'America is British'.
It turns out Danny Kruger is peak 'Americans are the same as us'.
Until this mindset – conscious and subconscious – is defeated in Britain, we'll never see ourselves as properly European.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It turns out Danny Kruger is peak 'Americans are the same as us'.
Until this mindset – conscious and subconscious – is defeated in Britain, we'll never see ourselves as properly European.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I also think Kruger isn't aware of the Great Rapprochement. The whole article demonstrate why the Humanities matter.
Can confirm ⬇️⬇️⬇️ read more
I promise this is not a trap
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
Using this as an excuse to share a photo of the ash ladle - made from an offcut of the boat construction- we acquired when we visited the ship in Woodbridge last Spring. Wonderful endeavour and such a special visit.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Using this as an excuse to share a photo of the ash ladle - made from an offcut of the boat construction- we acquired when we visited the ship in Woodbridge last Spring. Wonderful endeavour and such a special visit.
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This was built by a little wasp inside a birdhouse in my garden this summer. Watched it chewing wood from our bench and creating this! I think the birds have removed it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This was built by a little wasp inside a birdhouse in my garden this summer. Watched it chewing wood from our bench and creating this! I think the birds have removed it.
My first thought was: poor turtles. Followed immediately by: the phrase 'stampede of turtles' is objectively hilarious.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My first thought was: poor turtles. Followed immediately by: the phrase 'stampede of turtles' is objectively hilarious.
#PeacockTwitter 👀👀👀
New footstool with peacock feather legs. And velvet cover.
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#PeacockTwitter 👀👀👀
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Beach fox
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Beach fox
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NPR Veterans Correspondent Quil Lawrence interviewed Dave Carlson over 10 years, as the Iraq war vet went from war to incarceration to redemption on his long journey home.
An Iraqi vet navigates war and coming home — and his bond with an NPR reporter
NPR Veterans Correspondent Quil Lawrence interviewed Dave Carlson over 10 years, as the Iraq war vet went from war to incarceration to redemption on his long journey home.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
NPR Veterans Correspondent Quil Lawrence interviewed Dave Carlson over 10 years, as the Iraq war vet went from war to incarceration to redemption on his long journey home.
I was already convinced of the value of wasps but @waspwoman.bsky.social 's SUPERB talk @naturerecovery.bsky.social has inspired me to think of ways to share and promote the beauty, science, culture - and love of wasps #WaspAppreciationSociety
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I was already convinced of the value of wasps but @waspwoman.bsky.social 's SUPERB talk @naturerecovery.bsky.social has inspired me to think of ways to share and promote the beauty, science, culture - and love of wasps #WaspAppreciationSociety