Reposted by Dave PeterKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 07/04/2026Photos coming back from #ArtemisII taken from the far side of the moon are a bit 👀👀 711916 119
Reposted by Dave PeterJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Unsolicited writing advice, no. 21: There is no excuse for using gen. AI. None at all. If Jean-Dominique Bauby could write THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY using nothing but determination, brainwork and his eyelids, then you can manage without cheating. 427063 270
Reposted by Dave PeterSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025. 20299462655 9.9K
Reposted by Dave PeterTolkien Universe @tolkienuniverse.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Gimli & Legolas -Battle of the Morannon 🏹 🪓 2525 52
Reposted by Dave Peter(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 18/09/2024I very much enjoyed this with a cup of coffee as I got up this morning 151 5
Reposted by Dave PeterGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/06/2024In 1945, the Allies understood that facism, imperial conquest and mass murder all arose from oligarchy. They went to great lengths to destroy it in Japan and build a political and economic democracy to prevent its resurgence. Now the same nations open their doors to oligarchy. 1406 40
Reposted by Dave PeterMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/12/2023This time of year I like to list a few of those who turned DOWN (or returned) honours - David Bowie - Albert Finney - Alan Rickman - Ken Loach - Michael Sheen - Paul Weller - Danny Boyle - John Lennon - LS Lowry - John Cleese - CS Lewis - Stephen Hawking - Jim Broadbent - Francis Bacon 2817763 177
Reposted by Dave PeterFiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 18/11/2023Just a fabulous discovery - after years of searching, the early medieval monastery of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire has been found! #medievalskypressandjournal.co.uk'We've found the monastery!': Archaeologist on moment discovery of 'missing' Deer Monastery was conf...Ali Cameron told us about the work which went into finding the site of the ancient Deer Monastery in Buchan 0319 31
Dave Peter @dave4472.bsky.social · 18/10/2023Thinking this applies to so many of us just now. Live the image. Save our libraries. 020 2
Reposted by Dave PeterKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 09/10/2023My latest for Live Science is on a hoard of coins found hidden in a Scottish fireplace, possibly just before a historic event. 🧪 🏺livescience.com330-year-old coin hoard hidden in Scottish fireplace may have been buried moments before MacDonald c...Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered a rare pot of coins in the fireplace of Alasdair "Maclain" MacDonald, the massacred chief of the MacDonald clan. 0379 37
Reposted by Dave PeterGraham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2023Newly uploaded to our YouTube channel: A visit to the Neolithic Chambered Cairn and Museum at Port Charlotte on the island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland #Archaeology #StoneAge youtu.be/lG48dSorcg0?...youtu.beNeolithic Chambered Cairn at Port Charlotte IslayA visit to a Neolithic chambered cairn that has been incorporated into the grounds of a community centre at Port Charlotte, on the island of Islay (pronounce... 0113 11
Reposted by Dave PeterKatherine Wright @katrwright.bsky.social · 26/09/2023An option not considered: contact a journalist. We can ask hard Qs without fear of losing our jobs. In fact, asking those Qs is part of our remit. Also, we take confidentiality very seriously. If you don't know who to contact, I can point you in the right direction🧪 physicsworld.com/a/science-wi...physicsworld.comScience will suffer if we fail to preserve academic integrity – Physics WorldCaitlin Duffy says that if trust in science is to be maintained, researchers must be able to report their concerns 055 5
Reposted by Dave PeterDaniel MacLean @danielmaclean.bsky.social · 27/09/2023Two sides of the same stone. The simply stunning Aberlemno Roadside cross slab. 041 4
Reposted by Dave PeterPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/09/2023The British Museum is asking the public and experts to help recover stolen artifactsbbc.comBritish Museum asks public and experts to help recover stolen artefactsThe museum gives more details of 2,000 artefacts from its collection that are missing or stolen. 168631101 631
Reposted by Dave PeterDavid Petts @davidpetts1.bsky.social · 24/09/2023End of the dig for this year - backfill starts tomorrow #Lindisfarne 1131 13
