Dr Matt Law
@mlaw.bsky.social
Environmental archaeologist and geographer. Senior Lecturer at Bath Spa University, UK. Editor of Open Quaternary
Forgive the purple grow light, but is this a speckled footman? Or someone else?
July 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Forgive the purple grow light, but is this a speckled footman? Or someone else?
My fabulous second year Climate & Society students designed a board game today. You play as a country beginning either carbon dioxide removal or solar radiation management and each colour square gives you +ve or -ve consequences
May 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My fabulous second year Climate & Society students designed a board game today. You play as a country beginning either carbon dioxide removal or solar radiation management and each colour square gives you +ve or -ve consequences
What the hell is this nonsense?
March 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What the hell is this nonsense?
Tomorrow I'll be celebrating the retirement of both of my PhD supervisors, having spent a rewarding couple of days today and yesterday talking snail data and survey with their academic grandchild. Strange to reflect on the wheel turning
January 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Tomorrow I'll be celebrating the retirement of both of my PhD supervisors, having spent a rewarding couple of days today and yesterday talking snail data and survey with their academic grandchild. Strange to reflect on the wheel turning
Gosh, imagine a (checks notes) 15-20 minute walk as a morning commute. The hardship!
January 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Gosh, imagine a (checks notes) 15-20 minute walk as a morning commute. The hardship!
Can anybody help me read the description on this slide? Image of the butterfly wing at x30 also attached for the curious
September 21, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Can anybody help me read the description on this slide? Image of the butterfly wing at x30 also attached for the curious
The lab next to mine houses some domino cockroaches. It turns out their home isn't escape proof
September 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
The lab next to mine houses some domino cockroaches. It turns out their home isn't escape proof
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #992,848!
September 18, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #992,848!
There were a lot of looks that said 'put the phone down and feed me'
May 2, 2024 at 8:43 PM
There were a lot of looks that said 'put the phone down and feed me'
The little colony of the North American snail Zonitoides arboreus on my balcony got a mention in Tom Walker's Conchological Society presidential address today. To celebrate, here's one of them
April 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The little colony of the North American snail Zonitoides arboreus on my balcony got a mention in Tom Walker's Conchological Society presidential address today. To celebrate, here's one of them
Anyone know a Beryl who's to turn 90?
March 24, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Anyone know a Beryl who's to turn 90?
Stained transverse section through a broom (Cytisus scoparius) stem
December 3, 2023 at 10:07 PM
Stained transverse section through a broom (Cytisus scoparius) stem
Vibrio cholerae - which gives us cholera - from an early 20th century smear at x400 magnification
November 19, 2023 at 11:24 PM
Vibrio cholerae - which gives us cholera - from an early 20th century smear at x400 magnification
Reminded me of this promotional stunt
November 6, 2023 at 11:57 AM
Reminded me of this promotional stunt
A (stained) scale of a Dover sole (Solea solea)
October 11, 2023 at 3:12 PM
A (stained) scale of a Dover sole (Solea solea)
Transverse section through beech (Fagus sylvatica) wood
October 1, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Transverse section through beech (Fagus sylvatica) wood
From the archive: filming Time Team at Buck Mill near Wincanton, Somerset in 2010 🏺
September 18, 2023 at 7:25 PM
From the archive: filming Time Team at Buck Mill near Wincanton, Somerset in 2010 🏺