New-Cleckit Dominie
@ncdominie.bsky.social
University maths teacher (failed academic); very amateur local history; slightly worse photography. Uaireannan beagan Gàidhlig cuideachd. Same handle on the elephant site. Web: http://www.dominie.scot.
There was one on the Monkland Canal in Glasgow, used instead of the locks during periods of low water supply. As far as I can make out there's basically no trace on the ground, though as often with canal features you can see a hint in the Lidar.
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There was one on the Monkland Canal in Glasgow, used instead of the locks during periods of low water supply. As far as I can make out there's basically no trace on the ground, though as often with canal features you can see a hint in the Lidar.
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Annual repost for this: in memory of Ted, of Joe, and of Doris; and for the silence.
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/silks/
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/silks/
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Annual repost for this: in memory of Ted, of Joe, and of Doris; and for the silence.
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/silks/
new-cleckit.dominie.scot/silks/
One for Southsiders: Snuff Mill Bridge in an anonymous painting from 1836 (artuk.org/discover/art...).
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
One for Southsiders: Snuff Mill Bridge in an anonymous painting from 1836 (artuk.org/discover/art...).
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
A couple of photies of that spectacular sunset earlier this week.
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A couple of photies of that spectacular sunset earlier this week.
Sometimes my morning commute goes all in on the effects.
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Sometimes my morning commute goes all in on the effects.
Trying to work out what definition of "humanities and social sciences" the Kimpton Fitzroy Group are using here to arrive at a total of only 40%. Can anyone who knows the ways of HESA unpuzzle me?
(www.russellgroup.ac.uk/sites/defaul...)
(www.russellgroup.ac.uk/sites/defaul...)
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Trying to work out what definition of "humanities and social sciences" the Kimpton Fitzroy Group are using here to arrive at a total of only 40%. Can anyone who knows the ways of HESA unpuzzle me?
(www.russellgroup.ac.uk/sites/defaul...)
(www.russellgroup.ac.uk/sites/defaul...)
James Sumner (who I wish were still on the socials) has a fascinating discussion of Accum in his book on brewing, stressing how ambiguous his position was: note "Accum's list" of poisonous ingredients on the wall here.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
James Sumner (who I wish were still on the socials) has a fascinating discussion of Accum in his book on brewing, stressing how ambiguous his position was: note "Accum's list" of poisonous ingredients on the wall here.
"The full end-to-end workflow of scientific knowledge creation."
I blame everyone who's ever pontificated in public about The Scientific Method.
www.aria.org.uk/ai-scientist...
I blame everyone who's ever pontificated in public about The Scientific Method.
www.aria.org.uk/ai-scientist...
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"The full end-to-end workflow of scientific knowledge creation."
I blame everyone who's ever pontificated in public about The Scientific Method.
www.aria.org.uk/ai-scientist...
I blame everyone who's ever pontificated in public about The Scientific Method.
www.aria.org.uk/ai-scientist...
The OED informs me, pleasingly, that petard is from "pet" +ard, where this sense of "pet" means "to break wind".
It shines a new light on a famous line from Shakespeare.
It shines a new light on a famous line from Shakespeare.
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The OED informs me, pleasingly, that petard is from "pet" +ard, where this sense of "pet" means "to break wind".
It shines a new light on a famous line from Shakespeare.
It shines a new light on a famous line from Shakespeare.
Today's big pedagogical judgement call: will I regret introducing the class to my statistical advisor Dr Elephant?
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Today's big pedagogical judgement call: will I regret introducing the class to my statistical advisor Dr Elephant?
Some jokers tried the "religious exemption" trick at the time of the poll tax. I wonder if we'll see the Holy Order of the Gnomes revived.
November 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Some jokers tried the "religious exemption" trick at the time of the poll tax. I wonder if we'll see the Holy Order of the Gnomes revived.
I'm also struck by this detail. I'm glad that Professor Murphy raised the effect on her research team, but what happened to them? Have they received an apology? Have they been reinstated?
It would be nice if the reporters had thought to ask who they were.
It would be nice if the reporters had thought to ask who they were.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I'm also struck by this detail. I'm glad that Professor Murphy raised the effect on her research team, but what happened to them? Have they received an apology? Have they been reinstated?
It would be nice if the reporters had thought to ask who they were.
It would be nice if the reporters had thought to ask who they were.
When it's your first day as a customer-facing angel, and you've just been told rather rudely that they didn't order the fish after all.
(Glasgow Museums: artuk.org/discover/art...)
(Glasgow Museums: artuk.org/discover/art...)
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
When it's your first day as a customer-facing angel, and you've just been told rather rudely that they didn't order the fish after all.
(Glasgow Museums: artuk.org/discover/art...)
(Glasgow Museums: artuk.org/discover/art...)
"Dr Hornbook's" gravestone is still visible, built into the wall of the old Gorbals Burying Ground.
(I'd not realised they'd remained on speaking terms despite the poem; I must update my blog post on the GBG.)
(I'd not realised they'd remained on speaking terms despite the poem; I must update my blog post on the GBG.)
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"Dr Hornbook's" gravestone is still visible, built into the wall of the old Gorbals Burying Ground.
(I'd not realised they'd remained on speaking terms despite the poem; I must update my blog post on the GBG.)
(I'd not realised they'd remained on speaking terms despite the poem; I must update my blog post on the GBG.)
It's easy for you to dismiss it as pareidolia. You're not the one being stared at by a big brick skull.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It's easy for you to dismiss it as pareidolia. You're not the one being stared at by a big brick skull.
OTD, 1925, the Sunday Post reports that one Lieutenant F. W. Kealey is mounting an expedition to Cocos Island to recover £14M in buried pirate treasure, using "a secret method known only to himself".
I can find no evidence that Lieutenant Kealey was successful.
I can find no evidence that Lieutenant Kealey was successful.
November 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
OTD, 1925, the Sunday Post reports that one Lieutenant F. W. Kealey is mounting an expedition to Cocos Island to recover £14M in buried pirate treasure, using "a secret method known only to himself".
I can find no evidence that Lieutenant Kealey was successful.
I can find no evidence that Lieutenant Kealey was successful.
It was quite dramatic outside the office window for a few minutes there.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It was quite dramatic outside the office window for a few minutes there.
The end of the line.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The end of the line.
Wondering if some local landowner was hoping to use it as part of an improvement/development scheme — there are a couple of refs in property-to-let ads in the early 1860s.
(Also this sad death of the stationmaster in Jan 1863.)
(Also this sad death of the stationmaster in Jan 1863.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wondering if some local landowner was hoping to use it as part of an improvement/development scheme — there are a couple of refs in property-to-let ads in the early 1860s.
(Also this sad death of the stationmaster in Jan 1863.)
(Also this sad death of the stationmaster in Jan 1863.)
In a lab somewhere, mathematical biologists are now breeding a giant pumpkin that cannot pass through itself.
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In a lab somewhere, mathematical biologists are now breeding a giant pumpkin that cannot pass through itself.