Richard Sims
@simsre.bsky.social
Railway and Industrial Historian, especially the sailcloth, twine and netting industry of S Somerset and W Dorset.
Pinned
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Here’s the Nature paper: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here’s the Nature paper: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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LANCASTER BOMBER POPPY GOODNESS
Local church is carpet bombing poppies for Jesus @remembrancewatch.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
LANCASTER BOMBER POPPY GOODNESS
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My reconstruction of Allen Smelt Mill (2017) is a good contender for being among my most challenging visualisation projects. It required months of effort, research, and problem-solving with the aid of 3D models. I wrote an article about the experience.... bob-marshall.blogspot.com/2018/01/reco...
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
My reconstruction of Allen Smelt Mill (2017) is a good contender for being among my most challenging visualisation projects. It required months of effort, research, and problem-solving with the aid of 3D models. I wrote an article about the experience.... bob-marshall.blogspot.com/2018/01/reco...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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We now have the privilege once more of being serenaded nightly by his hoots from the nest he shares with his mate in the oak tree outside our house. One of the most surreal yet worthwhile commitments I’ve ever made.
If this folklore malarky ever falls through, I think I might have found my calling…
If this folklore malarky ever falls through, I think I might have found my calling…
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We now have the privilege once more of being serenaded nightly by his hoots from the nest he shares with his mate in the oak tree outside our house. One of the most surreal yet worthwhile commitments I’ve ever made.
If this folklore malarky ever falls through, I think I might have found my calling…
If this folklore malarky ever falls through, I think I might have found my calling…
Our lunch venue today being our anniversary, as it was all those years ago!
October 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Our lunch venue today being our anniversary, as it was all those years ago!
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The cricketing world has lost a legend today. Thank you for the memories, Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE.
May you rest in peace.
#WeAreSomerset
May you rest in peace.
#WeAreSomerset
September 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The cricketing world has lost a legend today. Thank you for the memories, Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE.
May you rest in peace.
#WeAreSomerset
May you rest in peace.
#WeAreSomerset
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Just to note that to geneticists this is not a surprise, and the latest data confirms all the other data that has been building since the time of Darwin. We're all amazing mongrels, and this planet belongs to us all, to share and nurture.
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Just to note that to geneticists this is not a surprise, and the latest data confirms all the other data that has been building since the time of Darwin. We're all amazing mongrels, and this planet belongs to us all, to share and nurture.
West Bay’s fishing fleet tied up in the harbour.
September 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
West Bay’s fishing fleet tied up in the harbour.
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“The big perspective change from ancient DNA study is that people living today are almost never the descendants of the people in the same place thousands of years before”
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“The big perspective change from ancient DNA study is that people living today are almost never the descendants of the people in the same place thousands of years before”
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
While at Eype Church stewarding an exhibition, I have time to read Whispers of Rock. Within a few pages I am transported to the galleries at Grimes Graves where, in the 1970s, an antler was found, the thumb print of the Neolithic miner still visible in the puddled clay
While at Eype Church stewarding an exhibition, I have time to read Whispers of Rock. Within a few pages I am transported to the galleries at Grimes Graves where, in the 1970s, an antler was found, the thumb print of the Neolithic miner still visible in the puddled clay
September 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
While at Eype Church stewarding an exhibition, I have time to read Whispers of Rock. Within a few pages I am transported to the galleries at Grimes Graves where, in the 1970s, an antler was found, the thumb print of the Neolithic miner still visible in the puddled clay
While at Eype Church stewarding an exhibition, I have time to read Whispers of Rock. Within a few pages I am transported to the galleries at Grimes Graves where, in the 1970s, an antler was found, the thumb print of the Neolithic miner still visible in the puddled clay
I have been looking at the Visitation of Dorset 1565 to try and understand the history of Mapperton, near Beaminster. Could a #mediaeval specialist clarify whether the use of the word residence means that the person lives there or just has property there .
September 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I have been looking at the Visitation of Dorset 1565 to try and understand the history of Mapperton, near Beaminster. Could a #mediaeval specialist clarify whether the use of the word residence means that the person lives there or just has property there .
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I have been looking at the Visitation of Dorset 1565 to try and understand the history of Mapperton, near Beaminster. Could a #mediaeval specialist clarify whether the use of the word residence means that the person lives there or just has property there .
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Seriously, just look at this graph - Somerset were ahead of Warwickshire in the first over, and then off the last but one ball. This, by and large, *does not happen*.
September 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Seriously, just look at this graph - Somerset were ahead of Warwickshire in the first over, and then off the last but one ball. This, by and large, *does not happen*.
The Artists of the Jurassic Coast Exhibition is on at Eype Church from tomorrow until the 28th. The photos show Marion’s work
@annadillon.bsky.social
@annadillon.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Artists of the Jurassic Coast Exhibition is on at Eype Church from tomorrow until the 28th. The photos show Marion’s work
@annadillon.bsky.social
@annadillon.bsky.social
While setting up for Artists of the Jurassic Coast we noticed 7 hang gliders over Thorncombe Beacon
September 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
While setting up for Artists of the Jurassic Coast we noticed 7 hang gliders over Thorncombe Beacon
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Credit to Ed Davey for this. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Credit to Ed Davey for this. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Marion Taylor’s ceramics form part of an #art-exhibition at Sou Sou West Gallery in Symondsbury until the 30th of August. @annadillon.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Marion Taylor’s ceramics form part of an #art-exhibition at Sou Sou West Gallery in Symondsbury until the 30th of August. @annadillon.bsky.social
@kejamieson.bsky.social One for you?
@danpascoe79.bsky.social Hopefully a quick one for you! Have you come across many (what seems to be) 4pdrs in your travels? We haven't found any marks on it yet, and it has no provenance. Thanks in advance! (I hope all is well with you!)
Question for naval history/gunnery people. I've been asked if anyone can identify this. It was given to the museum by the Newhaven Port Authority. It is 36 inches long, and with a bore of around 3". There's no obvious maker's mark on it. #NavalHistory #Archaeology
August 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@kejamieson.bsky.social One for you?
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“We have previously made our views public on the Vitality Blast. Alongside some others; we were not supportive of a reduction in matches from 14 to 12 and we remain disappointed that this change had majority support and will occur.
Read the full story ⤵️⤵️
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Read the full story ⤵️⤵️
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Changes Confirmed for 2026 Schedule - Somerset
The Professional County Cricket Clubs (PCCs) have reached agreements to alter the formats of the Vitality Blast men’s competition,...
somersetcountycc.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“We have previously made our views public on the Vitality Blast. Alongside some others; we were not supportive of a reduction in matches from 14 to 12 and we remain disappointed that this change had majority support and will occur.
Read the full story ⤵️⤵️
somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/club-ne...
Read the full story ⤵️⤵️
somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/club-ne...
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A curiosity in our garden, this Giant Echium appeared last year. Although covered the apex was damaged by the one hard frost we had. As a result it now has FIVE stems growing out!
A curiosity in our garden, this Giant Echium appeared last year. Although covered the apex was damaged by the one hard frost we had. As a result it now has FIVE stems growing out!
August 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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A curiosity in our garden, this Giant Echium appeared last year. Although covered the apex was damaged by the one hard frost we had. As a result it now has FIVE stems growing out!
A curiosity in our garden, this Giant Echium appeared last year. Although covered the apex was damaged by the one hard frost we had. As a result it now has FIVE stems growing out!
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In search of the Durotriges:
"I took my proposal to the university professors who said: ‘That’s all very well Martin, but did the Durotriges exist? You’ll need to try to prove it"
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www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
"I took my proposal to the university professors who said: ‘That’s all very well Martin, but did the Durotriges exist? You’ll need to try to prove it"
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www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
In search of the Durotriges in Dorset
Are the Durotriges the first named people of Dorset? Archaeologist Martin Papworth explores evidence of their existence and tantalising clues they…
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
In search of the Durotriges:
"I took my proposal to the university professors who said: ‘That’s all very well Martin, but did the Durotriges exist? You’ll need to try to prove it"
👇👇👇
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
"I took my proposal to the university professors who said: ‘That’s all very well Martin, but did the Durotriges exist? You’ll need to try to prove it"
👇👇👇
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/do...
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Sign on East Bridge, Bridport. Dorset County Council was formed in 1888 and Fooks was their first clerk
July 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sign on East Bridge, Bridport. Dorset County Council was formed in 1888 and Fooks was their first clerk