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Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot · 28/09/2026

Castle Tioram is an ancient ruined castle in Loch Moidart one of the seats of Macdonald of Clanranald. It hit the headlines over 20 years ago when the person who claimed to own it (Lex Brown) proposed to renovate the property and convert it to residential use 1/4

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I need to be more careful; I speed-scroll past LinkedIn posts promoting AI tech companies so fast these days that I've often unwittingly hit the like button, thus letting the algorithm know that I want to see more AI tech posts. This is how they get you!

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/09/2026

By Chris at lyonkid: www.instagram.com/lyonkid.art/

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Reconstruction illustrations are gone too!

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 24/09/2026

A fun cutaway visual I made over a decade ago for the Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh. It was updated by another artist following a major interior refurbishment a few years ago, but for a long time this image was displayed on a huge panel outside the main entrance on the Royal Mile.

A cutaway drawing of a former school building in Edinburgh converted to a visitor centre. The exterior is traditional Scottish Victorian architecture, while the interior features a modern café, bar, reception, museum, and gift shop on the lower floors, and corporate function and entertainment rooms on the upper floors.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We're reaching for our smelling salts. A new vape shop will be opening on Sauchiehall St next to the world-renowned Mackintosh Tearooms. This follows the devastating fire at Union St earlier this year caused by a vape shop that destroyed a Victorian building + took the Station out of use for days 🧵

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 23/09/2026

In an environment of so many organisations turning to AI slop for their graphic design, *this* is how you do it. Be more cathedral. 🕍👏🏼

Advert from Edinburgh Minute: "Freelance graphic designer - 'St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral is searching for a freelance graphic designer to work with on a regular, long-term basis, for various print and digital media across the year (esp. summer and Christmas), including posters, flyers, and digital assets. "

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 22/09/2026

Not wanting to pick on farmers who are already under enough pressure as it is, but if they could please consider putting guards on their flail mowers before cutting hedgerows over the coming months, it would help to reduce the utter havoc that hawthorn shrapnel does to bicycle tyres. Thank you 🙏 ;)

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Great to hear there is a promising future for the wee kirk in the North East village I grew up in. My family attended an Episcopal church further up the coast, but we did drop in for the occasional service here. A generation of villagers I once knew well when I was a kid are laid to rest here.

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Therron Welstead @therronwelstead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This evening I’m doing some last minute edits for my Wednesday evening talk on women that feature in Carisbrooke Castle’s history. I genuinely love this talk as it not only includes stories and characters that are not often talked about, but also it touches on a wide range of themes.

Isabella de Fortibus' window.
The 13th century stepped window seat built as part of Isabella's great chamber.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 20/09/2026

Sorry to mention the C-word so early, but I’ve been working all through the weekend on Christmas card commissions for a client. If it weren’t for the fact the cards feature a castle, I’d be struggling through this.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 18/09/2026

A polite request and reminder to folk who manage heritage interpretation projects: Please don’t leave it too late in your project or until just a month or two before your deadline to commission us visual reconstruction artists.

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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 17/09/2026

Chatham Historic dockyard is akways fascinating. Did you know it has the longest preserved and still working ropery in the world? The 346 metre long building has made hundreds of thousands of miles of rope for centuries. I got these snaps at the weekend.

Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing the 346 metre length in long perspective.

Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing the 346 metre length in long perspective with some ceiling details.

Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing a rack with hanging portions of frayed or unfinished rope.

Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing a bicycle used to ride the 1135 foot length, the quickest way to get between both ends.

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Blender @blender.org · 16/09/2026

Update time for your Blender LTS! 🔶 Blender 5.2.2 LTS → 37 fixes 🔹 Blender 4.5.14 LTS → 1 fix Download and read the changelog at blender.org/lts #b3d #DevFund

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LTS — Blender

The Blender LTS program is aimed at ensuring that long-lasting projects can be executed using a stable Blender version with official support for 2 years.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Gosh, it's all the fun browsing the BBC technology news page these days. How many milliseconds until midnight is the Doomsday Clock at again?

The BBC Technology News page on 16 September 2026. The dominant headlines focus on the rise, impact, and uncertainty of artificial intelligence.

"OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firms."
"AI app ads promoting 'objectification of women' banned by watchdog."
"What is AI, how does it work and why are some people concerned about it?"
"Why are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they?"
"Trump downplays warnings of AI risks, citing rivalry with China."
"Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like."
"AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC."
"Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down."
"UK government rejects 'kill switch' idea for dangerous AI."

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Friends: "I can't stand seeing all these fake, generated images on the web now." Also, friends, a few moments later: "I recently uploaded a photo of my bathroom to ChatGPT, and it showed me a load of ideas for redecoration. It's absolutely amazing!"

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Hands up if you also hate Mondays because you're full of fresh ideas and can't wait to get started creating stuff, but software refuses to let you work until you've downloaded and applied the latest updates, and you've gone around in circles trying to reset your account login and billing details.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 13/09/2026

De-rigged the marquees at the Smiddy this morning and went on a bike ride along the coast to unwind after a very busy day yesterday. I stopped at Aberlady church and for the first time, I noticed these interpretation panels hiding around the back, beautifully illustrated by David Simon.

Aberlady Parish Church in East Lothian County, Scotland.

Five interpretation panels with historical information and illustrations mounted on a low stone plinth overlooking a church graveyard and a golf course behind it. This photo was taken at Aberlady Parish Church, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child My uncle’s German Shepherd dog. Wolves. The headteacher’s belt. Passing through security checkpoints in N Ireland during the troubles. Swimming in the sea. Tattoos, body art and piercings. John Carpenter films.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 11/09/2026

We’re all set up for tomorrow’s Doors Open Day at Cousland Smiddy. Come and say hello! There will be food ;)

Cousland Smiddy - a working 18th century blacksmiths workshop, Victorian era cottage, and community heritage hub in Midlothian, Scotland.

Volunteers erecting a marquee in a field.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Nice to have one of my reconstructions featured!

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 06/09/2026

Up on the hill to see the Tour of Britain race 🚴🏼🚴🏼🚴🏼🚴🏼 pass through today. Pretty windy!

A cycle race climbs up a hill in the Scottish Borders

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 05/09/2026

Some suspicious emails currently circulating. Had one sounding very personable, in well-written English, from a student claiming to be researching heritage visualisation. Except they asked me to complete an attached Google spreadsheet, which raises red flags. Deleted immediately in case malware.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Ouch! Getting quotes for a replacement 3D workstation and almost spat out my coffee. £10K for the nearest equivalent system to what I'm currently using, which cost me £4.5K in 2022! That's some serious inflation.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 03/09/2026

The horse has most definitely bolted, ArtStation. 😡

A screen grab of an email from Artstation. The text reads:

ArtStation should be the best place for professional artists to showcase their work, connect with opportunities, and get discovered. We’ve heard your feedback where we’ve fallen short on AI and we’re taking concrete steps to keep human creativity front and center while protecting your portfolio.

Starting today, protection against AI training is enabled for ArtStation users by default. Here’s what’s changing:

NoAI Tag by Default: The NoAI tag is now automatically turned on for all new uploads, as well as past work across existing profiles.
Proactive Scraping Protection: We’re expanding our partnership with Cloudflare to leverage advanced bot-management tools, blocking unauthorized AI crawlers at scale.

We’ve updated our Terms of Service to reflect these changes.

This is just our first step toward improving discovery and keeping ArtStation focused on supporting human artists. Check out the full announcement for more details.

Best,
The ArtStation Team

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Thomas Flynn @nebulousflynn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am proud to share the UK 3D Heritage Data at Risk project final report with you! 🔗 Link at the end of this thread.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 29/08/2026

Hate seeing a race leader go out of a Grand Tour like that. #LaVuelta

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 29/08/2026

The Smiddy orchard is heavy with fruit 🍎🍏🍎🍏

An allotment garden with some compost bins behind a low stone wall and an apple tree heavy with hanging fruit on the right hand side. Vegetables are growing in raised beds and there is an old workshop and cottage in the background. Sunny day with blue skies.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 27/08/2026

The best guide to #Blender3D out there, IMO. 👇

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 26/08/2026

This has only happened to me once before, but we had a whole cinema to ourselves for a screening of The Odyssey. 😀

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We Are Better Than This @better-than-this.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

CALL for EVIDENCE open to all workers in the cultural and creative sectors. Can you please: - contribute to it - share widely through your network

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 24/08/2026

Watching the highlights from today’s La Vuelta stage brought back painful memories of riding into a hailstorm around the Trotternish peninsula on the Skye Mhor Sportive a decade or so ago. Except there were no convenient hotels for us to take cover in!

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 15/08/2026

This resonates. I lost my beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Mrs Pickles, two summers ago, and I still miss her every day. We walked hundreds of miles together during the Covid lockdowns. She was always by my side in the office for every illustration I worked on from 2009 to 2024. Dogs are ace.

bbc.co.uk

Greg James was 'completely floored' by his dog's death - I know how he feels

The grief of losing a pet is complicated and often comes with guilt, writes Helena Wilkinson.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Mini pinhole viewer I rustled up at lunchtime for observing the eclipse. Tested and works great! I just bet the clouds roll in a spoil the show now.

A makeshift pinhole viewer made for observing a solar eclipse fashioned out of a small cardboard box.

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Following our successful WtP Two in York, WtP Three returns to Stirling next year. Feel free to contact tim_meek@icloud.com to discuss your ideas and we are keen to hear from younger presenters and trades. @limefinishesgroup1.bsky.social

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Me pedalling up to White Castle Hillfort, East Lothian, yesterday afternoon. 🚴🏼 #HillfortWednesday White Castle: scarf.scot/regional/ses...

A landscape view of East Lothian in Scotland on a warm summer day with blue skies. On the left side of the image in the foreground, a man is riding up a hill on a paved road. There is a fence in the middle of the image surrounded by lots of green bracken. On the centre-right side of the image are the remains of White Castle - an Iron Age hillfort.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 04/08/2026

I like Leonard Nimoy's reading... archive.org/details/brad...

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 02/08/2026

Bothering Dunfermline Abbey by bike… again. 🚴🏼

A bicycle leaning against a lamppost with a ruinous medieval abbey refectory in the background. Dunfermline, Scotland.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Reopened my Mackintosh Art School 3D model project files from twelve years ago. Did a few test renders today at 4K resolution. The original model and animations were made using a really old version of #Blender3D, so I'm going to have to completely remake the interior cutaways.

An outline drawing (computer 3D rendering) of the North facade of the Glasgow School of Art building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The drawing depicts the building on completion of its second phase in 1909. © Bob Marshall

An outline drawing (computer 3D rendering) of the south side of the Glasgow School of Art building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The drawing depicts the building on completion of its second phase in 1909. © Bob Marshall

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Simon Hintermann @aurumek.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon

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Scottish History @scottishhistory.org · 31/07/2026

Threave Castle will welcome visitors back to its interior for the first time in four years, starting Saturday 1 August, following the completion of high-level masonry inspections and necessary conservation work by Historic Environment Scotland (HES).

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Threave Castle interior reopens to the public after conservation work

Threave Castle will welcome visitors back to its interior for the first time in four years, starting Saturday 1 August, following the successful completion of high-level masonry inspections and necess...

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 30/07/2026

Set off for a ride on the gravel bike at 5 am this morning. The sun rising over Bass Rock and Tantallon Castle was an amazing sight. Extremely annoyed with myself, though, as I forgot to charge my phone overnight, so I couldn't take a photo. Anyway, 52 miles banked. Ready for coffee now!

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Attention fellow artists, the Association Of Illustrators want to hear about your experiences of generative AI and how it's affected you and your work: www.surveymonkey.com/r/2RWD3Y7 Survey deadline is tomorrow (Weds 29th July)

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AI and the Future of Illustration

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 28/07/2026

I'm probably late in noticing this devil creeping into LinkedIn's privacy settings, which is turned ON by default. This really ought to be an opt-in, not an opt-out, setting. 😠

Screen grab from the LinkedIn Privacy settings. The text reads:

Data for Generative AI Improvement. Can LinkedIn and its affiliates use your personal data and content you create on LinkedIn to train generative AI models that create content?

Use my data for training content creation AI models

When this setting is on, LinkedIn and its affiliates can use your data and content to train content-generating AI models that are used in product features. The data we use for this purpose does not include your private messages.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 28/07/2026

I made this little reconstruction model of Old Castle Toward, Argyll, for a wonderful client in Idaho, USA, with ancestral connections to Clan Lamont. I'll post more detailed information about the reconstruction on my website once I've finished editing the docs. Really fun project. #Blender3D model.

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