Don Ismay (aka @prosobranchia)
@prosobranchia.bsky.social
Retired NHS Mental Health Advanced Nurse Practitioner/ Prescriber/ erstwhile marine biologist, archaeological digger.
Likes cooking, Darts (Caballeros), quizes, and loves Helen. Trainee Grandad.
Refugee from "Twitter". Cumbrian.
Likes cooking, Darts (Caballeros), quizes, and loves Helen. Trainee Grandad.
Refugee from "Twitter". Cumbrian.
Apparently I am 57% Engand & Northwestern Europe, 37%Scotland,4% Denmark and 2% Cornwall.
I would identify as English, European and I suppose a bit Scottish (37%) but being called Donald is a bit of a giveaway. I was named after my father's cousin Donald who was killed in WWII.
I would identify as English, European and I suppose a bit Scottish (37%) but being called Donald is a bit of a giveaway. I was named after my father's cousin Donald who was killed in WWII.
May 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Apparently I am 57% Engand & Northwestern Europe, 37%Scotland,4% Denmark and 2% Cornwall.
I would identify as English, European and I suppose a bit Scottish (37%) but being called Donald is a bit of a giveaway. I was named after my father's cousin Donald who was killed in WWII.
I would identify as English, European and I suppose a bit Scottish (37%) but being called Donald is a bit of a giveaway. I was named after my father's cousin Donald who was killed in WWII.
Saw the film "Ocean" today. Frightening to see the destruction caused by the trawling but also heartening to know that there is something which can be done. Attenborough mentioned the UN Ocean Conference in France in June as being a potential turning point. I hope he's right.
May 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Saw the film "Ocean" today. Frightening to see the destruction caused by the trawling but also heartening to know that there is something which can be done. Attenborough mentioned the UN Ocean Conference in France in June as being a potential turning point. I hope he's right.
Six Amigos
May 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Six Amigos
Steve Bell said it best....
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Steve Bell said it best....
@linktonian.bsky.social
Hi Iain
I don't know whether you have ever listened to Radio Caroline? I have it on my phone via a radio app
It plays album tracks. I thought it would be up your street!
Great stuff 👍
Hi Iain
I don't know whether you have ever listened to Radio Caroline? I have it on my phone via a radio app
It plays album tracks. I thought it would be up your street!
Great stuff 👍
March 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@linktonian.bsky.social
Hi Iain
I don't know whether you have ever listened to Radio Caroline? I have it on my phone via a radio app
It plays album tracks. I thought it would be up your street!
Great stuff 👍
Hi Iain
I don't know whether you have ever listened to Radio Caroline? I have it on my phone via a radio app
It plays album tracks. I thought it would be up your street!
Great stuff 👍
Maybe I can nominate myself for TIME Magazine person of the year?!!
December 12, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Maybe I can nominate myself for TIME Magazine person of the year?!!
Also featuring in.....
December 11, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Also featuring in.....
It would have been my father's 100th Birthday today, 6th December. Here are some pictures taken in various places, including the sea off Cyprus, where he was stationed with the RAF, the Trodos Mountains with a car in the snow
December 6, 2024 at 12:40 PM
It would have been my father's 100th Birthday today, 6th December. Here are some pictures taken in various places, including the sea off Cyprus, where he was stationed with the RAF, the Trodos Mountains with a car in the snow
Happy 100th Birthday to my Dad Derek, here trying out a Hula Hoop in the back of Vaseys furniture store, Scotch Street, Carlisle.
December 6, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Happy 100th Birthday to my Dad Derek, here trying out a Hula Hoop in the back of Vaseys furniture store, Scotch Street, Carlisle.
Marine biology in the Clyde 1982 just off the shore next to the University of Strathclyde Marine Laboratory at Kilcreggan.
Probably should have been looking down a microscope instead of messing about in boats! I'm sitting in the back.
Probably should have been looking down a microscope instead of messing about in boats! I'm sitting in the back.
December 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Marine biology in the Clyde 1982 just off the shore next to the University of Strathclyde Marine Laboratory at Kilcreggan.
Probably should have been looking down a microscope instead of messing about in boats! I'm sitting in the back.
Probably should have been looking down a microscope instead of messing about in boats! I'm sitting in the back.
Not my donkey, but one I met in North Cyprus two years ago. "Here's an apple"
November 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Not my donkey, but one I met in North Cyprus two years ago. "Here's an apple"
This is one of my two published scientific articles from my time at the Marine Laboratory of Strathclyde University. Most of our work was in the Solway Firth. Lots of peering down microscopes and pickling specimens in formaldehyde.
#marinebiology
#marinebiology
November 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
This is one of my two published scientific articles from my time at the Marine Laboratory of Strathclyde University. Most of our work was in the Solway Firth. Lots of peering down microscopes and pickling specimens in formaldehyde.
#marinebiology
#marinebiology
Comet visible this evening in Carlisle at about 7.30pm seen above Dixon's chimney
October 14, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Comet visible this evening in Carlisle at about 7.30pm seen above Dixon's chimney
Aurora tonight in Cumbria. Photos from garden.
October 10, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Aurora tonight in Cumbria. Photos from garden.
Hi Alastair. My tree of the day from 1979 Eretria, Greece. Protection from the sun. Giver of shade!
October 3, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Hi Alastair. My tree of the day from 1979 Eretria, Greece. Protection from the sun. Giver of shade!
Hey, says Beau, it says in the paper here-
"In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating – they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame"
"In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating – they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame"
September 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Hey, says Beau, it says in the paper here-
"In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating – they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame"
"In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating – they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame"
