Nicola
@engineernic.bsky.social
Engineer turned museum person. Conservation, energy efficiency & decarbonisation at SS Great Britain. STEM stuff. Childless plant lady. Bristol 🇬🇧
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Nicola
@engineernic.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello! Time for a proper intro following my (small) influx of followers this week:
I’m Nic, she/her, elder millennial.
Engineer, previously nuclear power now museum energy efficiency/decarbonisation.
Also:
🌱wildlife & nature
⚙️cool engineering
🔭STEM education
🚴🏼♀️active transport
🫛garden/allotment
I’m Nic, she/her, elder millennial.
Engineer, previously nuclear power now museum energy efficiency/decarbonisation.
Also:
🌱wildlife & nature
⚙️cool engineering
🔭STEM education
🚴🏼♀️active transport
🫛garden/allotment
📢 The deadline has just been extended to submit a poster abstract for @nhsf.bsky.social ‘s first conference taking place on 10th July. You’ve now got another week to submit your abstract. Go go go!
Reminder that our call for poster abstracts is now open until 30 April!
We welcome submissions about novel and interesting heritage science research at all stages of development.
Find out more: buff.ly/18ERutq
We welcome submissions about novel and interesting heritage science research at all stages of development.
Find out more: buff.ly/18ERutq
May 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📢 The deadline has just been extended to submit a poster abstract for @nhsf.bsky.social ‘s first conference taking place on 10th July. You’ve now got another week to submit your abstract. Go go go!
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🏁🏃Ready ... set ... GO! Registrations for the first ever NHSF Conference, Trends in #HeritageScience, are now open! Register by 20 June 2025.
📅: 10 July 2025
📍: UCL, London
buff.ly/2yg34B3
📅: 10 July 2025
📍: UCL, London
buff.ly/2yg34B3
May 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🏁🏃Ready ... set ... GO! Registrations for the first ever NHSF Conference, Trends in #HeritageScience, are now open! Register by 20 June 2025.
📅: 10 July 2025
📍: UCL, London
buff.ly/2yg34B3
📅: 10 July 2025
📍: UCL, London
buff.ly/2yg34B3
My happy place. Doesn’t look quite like this in February, mind 😅
February 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My happy place. Doesn’t look quite like this in February, mind 😅
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them” - Henri Matisse 🌱
January 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them” - Henri Matisse 🌱
Hello! Happy New Year! I had a little break from socials over the festive period but seem to have gained another little flurry of new followers. If you’d like a follow back, say hi below! 👇
January 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hello! Happy New Year! I had a little break from socials over the festive period but seem to have gained another little flurry of new followers. If you’d like a follow back, say hi below! 👇
The place I had brunch yesterday pulled off the ultimate in Christmas trolling: tucked in amongst their festive playlist of mostly cover versions was the original of - you guessed it… #Whamageddon
December 23, 2024 at 12:44 PM
The place I had brunch yesterday pulled off the ultimate in Christmas trolling: tucked in amongst their festive playlist of mostly cover versions was the original of - you guessed it… #Whamageddon
Unplugging for a bit over the holidays but popping back with my visitor attraction hat on to request that if you have a great experience somewhere this Christmas, don’t forget to leave a nice review.
If it’s not so great but easily fixable, constructive feedback in private is very helpful.
If it’s not so great but easily fixable, constructive feedback in private is very helpful.
December 22, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Unplugging for a bit over the holidays but popping back with my visitor attraction hat on to request that if you have a great experience somewhere this Christmas, don’t forget to leave a nice review.
If it’s not so great but easily fixable, constructive feedback in private is very helpful.
If it’s not so great but easily fixable, constructive feedback in private is very helpful.
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My starter pack on U.K. engineers is still growing- 100 people and organisations up there, now including my own employer @raeng.org.uk and lots more of its awardees and Fellows. Let me know if I’ve missed anyone!
go.bsky.app/HZ9n48g
go.bsky.app/HZ9n48g
December 8, 2024 at 10:22 AM
My starter pack on U.K. engineers is still growing- 100 people and organisations up there, now including my own employer @raeng.org.uk and lots more of its awardees and Fellows. Let me know if I’ve missed anyone!
go.bsky.app/HZ9n48g
go.bsky.app/HZ9n48g
Still writing, still procrastinating, still panicking 🥲
Supposed to be writing a thing - a bigger thing than I’ve written before (I’m not really much of a writer)
It’s normal to be alternating between procrastination and panic, right?
It’s normal to be alternating between procrastination and panic, right?
November 29, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Still writing, still procrastinating, still panicking 🥲
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Today, we're holding space for the sphinxes that were meant to sit atop both towers of the #CliftonSuspensionBridge.
Because how cool would that have been? 💚
Because how cool would that have been? 💚
November 28, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Today, we're holding space for the sphinxes that were meant to sit atop both towers of the #CliftonSuspensionBridge.
Because how cool would that have been? 💚
Because how cool would that have been? 💚
Unpopular opinion: wearing excessive amounts of fragrance in enclosed public spaces is every bit as antisocial as playing audible music/phone sounds 🚌🤧🤢
November 21, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Unpopular opinion: wearing excessive amounts of fragrance in enclosed public spaces is every bit as antisocial as playing audible music/phone sounds 🚌🤧🤢
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a starter pack of conservators from various disciplines - please let me know if you'd like to be added, and who I've missed...
go.bsky.app/4HjAJJX
go.bsky.app/4HjAJJX
November 15, 2024 at 1:16 PM
a starter pack of conservators from various disciplines - please let me know if you'd like to be added, and who I've missed...
go.bsky.app/4HjAJJX
go.bsky.app/4HjAJJX
Am writing a thing about enthalpy, and reminded of a favourite quote about thermodynamics:
"Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points...(1/2)
"Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points...(1/2)
November 19, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Am writing a thing about enthalpy, and reminded of a favourite quote about thermodynamics:
"Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points...(1/2)
"Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points...(1/2)
The snow has finally made it to Bristol ❄️⛄️
November 19, 2024 at 10:48 AM
The snow has finally made it to Bristol ❄️⛄️
🌱 I grew a 5kg squash! (That’s a full size kitchen knife)
I don’t have a big freezer so now I have about 4.5kg of squash to use up. Tell me your favourite recipes please! 👇
I don’t have a big freezer so now I have about 4.5kg of squash to use up. Tell me your favourite recipes please! 👇
November 18, 2024 at 7:47 PM
🌱 I grew a 5kg squash! (That’s a full size kitchen knife)
I don’t have a big freezer so now I have about 4.5kg of squash to use up. Tell me your favourite recipes please! 👇
I don’t have a big freezer so now I have about 4.5kg of squash to use up. Tell me your favourite recipes please! 👇
Reposted by Nicola
Hello! Time for a proper intro following my (small) influx of followers this week:
I’m Nic, she/her, elder millennial.
Engineer, previously nuclear power now museum energy efficiency/decarbonisation.
Also:
🌱wildlife & nature
⚙️cool engineering
🔭STEM education
🚴🏼♀️active transport
🫛garden/allotment
I’m Nic, she/her, elder millennial.
Engineer, previously nuclear power now museum energy efficiency/decarbonisation.
Also:
🌱wildlife & nature
⚙️cool engineering
🔭STEM education
🚴🏼♀️active transport
🫛garden/allotment
November 16, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Hello! Time for a proper intro following my (small) influx of followers this week:
I’m Nic, she/her, elder millennial.
Engineer, previously nuclear power now museum energy efficiency/decarbonisation.
Also:
🌱wildlife & nature
⚙️cool engineering
🔭STEM education
🚴🏼♀️active transport
🫛garden/allotment
I’m Nic, she/her, elder millennial.
Engineer, previously nuclear power now museum energy efficiency/decarbonisation.
Also:
🌱wildlife & nature
⚙️cool engineering
🔭STEM education
🚴🏼♀️active transport
🫛garden/allotment
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Make it your mission to reach out to someone today, a family member you haven't seen in a while, maybe a old friend, or someone you've fallen out with. Perhaps a stranger that needs support or that person who really went out of their way to help. Reaching out is good for you ❤
November 15, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Make it your mission to reach out to someone today, a family member you haven't seen in a while, maybe a old friend, or someone you've fallen out with. Perhaps a stranger that needs support or that person who really went out of their way to help. Reaching out is good for you ❤
Every week my amazing colleagues host an “archive in five” lunchtime session, allowing visitors to see an object not normally out on display in the #museums.
Now these sessions can be enjoyed on our YouTube channel too - check this week’s out!
youtu.be/C_rW0p6hpgQ?...
Now these sessions can be enjoyed on our YouTube channel too - check this week’s out!
youtu.be/C_rW0p6hpgQ?...
Victorian music on Steamships | Archive in Five
YouTube video by SSGreatBritain
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Every week my amazing colleagues host an “archive in five” lunchtime session, allowing visitors to see an object not normally out on display in the #museums.
Now these sessions can be enjoyed on our YouTube channel too - check this week’s out!
youtu.be/C_rW0p6hpgQ?...
Now these sessions can be enjoyed on our YouTube channel too - check this week’s out!
youtu.be/C_rW0p6hpgQ?...
Thanks to NHSF for inviting me to speak at today’s Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK launch event:
www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/s...
Lots of important work in there, particularly interested in the drive to improve access to resources and funding outside of academia 🙌
www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/s...
Lots of important work in there, particularly interested in the drive to improve access to resources and funding outside of academia 🙌
Strategic Framework | National Heritage Science Forum
www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk
November 14, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Thanks to NHSF for inviting me to speak at today’s Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK launch event:
www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/s...
Lots of important work in there, particularly interested in the drive to improve access to resources and funding outside of academia 🙌
www.heritagescienceforum.org.uk/what-we-do/s...
Lots of important work in there, particularly interested in the drive to improve access to resources and funding outside of academia 🙌
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Hello, we're the Mary Rose Museum!
If you're here for the events info, the historical banter or just to look at pretty pictures of Tudor objects recovered from the seabed, we hope you'll stick around!
MaryRose.org
If you're here for the events info, the historical banter or just to look at pretty pictures of Tudor objects recovered from the seabed, we hope you'll stick around!
MaryRose.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Hello, we're the Mary Rose Museum!
If you're here for the events info, the historical banter or just to look at pretty pictures of Tudor objects recovered from the seabed, we hope you'll stick around!
MaryRose.org
If you're here for the events info, the historical banter or just to look at pretty pictures of Tudor objects recovered from the seabed, we hope you'll stick around!
MaryRose.org
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Today’s poem is called ‘Monetisation’.
November 14, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘Monetisation’.
I don’t have any pets but my pics of other people’s animals seem to be more popular than anything else I post on here, so here’s the cat who hangs out at my allotment, for your Thursday morning 🌱
November 14, 2024 at 8:52 AM
I don’t have any pets but my pics of other people’s animals seem to be more popular than anything else I post on here, so here’s the cat who hangs out at my allotment, for your Thursday morning 🌱