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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Support the National Trust by voting for Council members by 11:59pm on 30 October 2026. Quickvote is convenient if you're short of time or worried about inadvertently voting for Restore Trust's Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing or Omrani. In our often bad times, the Trust's doing good things.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think we have enough data to show if you're arresting elderly human rights lawyers you are not the good guys in this story.

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My local - and excellent - Nepalese restaurant has run into philosophical deep waters.

Screenshot from an online restaurant menu. ‘Check out our menu.
Demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment so blinded except to some advantage.’

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The "Scare-Fox", 1910. A mechanical device, designed to keep foxes away from pheasants: publicdomainreview.org/collection/s…

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Brief reminder that Greenwich was not always the safe Labour constituency we see today.

Photo of a flyer advertising advice surgeries for Rosie Barnes, SDP/Liberal MP for Greenwich, 1987-1992.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Overjoyed for my fabulous colleague Nadine Mitschunas. Not only an expert field ecologist at UKCEH, but one of the UK's top gardeners, winning the BBC Gardeners World Magazine's 'best of the best' of the decade. And on a shoestring budget. Look what she created: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gu2...

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10 Years of Gardens of the Year: Meet Our Best of the Best Winner

YouTube video by BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 18/09/2026

Live, Laugh, Love but as a strategy.

The Leader of Havering Council has launched the Administration's long-term vision and ambitions for the future of the Borough.
Called 'The Havering Plan 2040' and unveiled at last night's Cabinet Meeting (16 September 2026), it sets out the aspiration of 'Creating London's Super Suburb:
This aspiration will be met by creating the best place in London for residents to LIVE. LEARN. EARN
The best place for businesses to INVEST. GROW. THRIVE.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🌸 Autumn catalogue of floricultural stock... /. Buffalo, NY: Long Brothers.. [Source]

Pansy illustration from historical archives

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"A taint of the supernatural had mixed itself with the healthy odour of the drying shallots."

A photo of a copy of the 2020 Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner. The cover art is by Georges Barbier.

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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To assume a supposedly egalitarian 'Anglo-Saxon' golden age ignores the fact that pre-conquest England was very much plugged into developments on the continent & assumes that nothing would have changed. Well, it blantly was as William's was the second violent conquest of the 11thc for starters. 12/

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Quite a selection of books at Deptford market yesterday.

Three books on a table: one on British military bayonets, one a 1970 handbook for the international Elvis Presley (something) Society, and one unknown but featuring a lightly-clad young woman.

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John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

its use 'the greater light to rule the day & the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars also 'to give light upon the earth. It is a harmless and universal propensity to magnify consequences that appertain to ourselves & woud be a foolish thing to try the test of the scriptures upon these...

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John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

order as near as I can reccolect. I have read the first chapter of Genesis the beginning of which is very fine, but the sacred historian took a great deal upon credit for this world when he imagines that God created the sun moon & stars those mysterious hosts of heaven for no other purpose than...

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Exhumated Zombie Dad @slothlydad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No connection to these folks / haven't done any diligence / am a bit skint myself to chip in rn (maybe later) / crowdfund investing is risky. But. Looks like a great little musical/cultural project, in a corner of SE London that would v much benefit from it. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sistermidn...

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Sister Midnight: The Final Push

Build a home for local music, community power and shared ownership in Catford.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Spat out my tea reading this review of The Uprising. The what of what now? Popular understanding of medieval history has taken a hell of a pounding in recent weeks. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...

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Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Well this spammy scammer brought me joy! Author Jonathan Foster (or IS it George Weinstein) missing the AI point: faint praise. Though I love the sign off ‘perkily’ & may adopt it with my earlier happy accident: ‘all beset, perkily, Nicola. And I DO want to know what the Cafe touches are. Don’t I?

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Dan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm off to my favourite charity shop in Leigh to buy a Thesaurus. Ah look, just the thing...

Bookshop with An elaborate cylindrical tower of books, a Thesaurus is at the very bottom.

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An ancient listing, flagged in an old cutting from the Guardian, for a job at Southeast Missouri State University, to teach philosophy and religious studies. Startlingly frank.

An old newspaper clipping, apparently from the Guardian:

ENCLOSED is an announcement of a tenure-track position in philosophy at the rank of assistant professor. We hope to fill this position rapidly... We are more interested in looking at candidates with real teaching experience than in newly minted PhD's, who might have unrealistic expectations about the possibilities for academic growth at an institution such as ours. Southeast Missouri State University is a regional university which serves students in the southeast portion of the state including St Louis.
Our students tend to be poorly prepared for college level work, intellectually passive, interested primarily in partying, and culturally provincial in the extreme. We offer a major in philosophy, but do not usually have more than two students officially declared as majors at any given time... We also offer a rellgious studies minor; most of the students who declare this minor are shocked to learn that Moses might not have written the Pentateuch and regard higher criticism as secular humanist propaganda.
The academic environment at
SEMO is distinctly non-intellectual - somewhat like a Norman Rockwell painting— and the candidate cannot expect to attract students by offering courses that assume innate curiosity about ideas and books, or intellectual playful-ness, or independence of moral and political thought.
Job advertisement written by the chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the Southeast Missouri State University

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Well, this is appalling and shameful www.economist.com/finance-and-... From The Economist

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

okay so the festival might be legit but I’m fairly sure the email I just received about it… is not

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 02/09/2026

今年もヒオウギ稚貝の季節がやってきた

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 31/08/2026

The only people this talking point might work on would have to live so far away from London that they don't have everyday understanding of how Ulez works and, crucially, have no vote in this election.

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I mentioned a couple of days ago that there was a pod of Dolphins in the loch. Yesterday, they came back, and I managed to get some footage. The largest of them was huge. Best guess; 4 metres long.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 26/08/2026

#OtD 26 Aug 1921 workers in the mills and bakeries declared a soviet (aka: a workers' council) in Bruree, Ireland. A rare photograph features a sign workers affixed to one of the mills, reading "Bruree Soviet Workers Mills. We make bread not profits." stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9804...

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Did early medieval Laon specialise in rebellious bishops who were nephews of bishops of Rheims, or am I just imagining the parallels between Hincmar and Adalbero? #medievalsky

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20), hundreds of stereographs of rockrose, lupin, bryony, mandrake, “akkoub”, and scores of other species: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w…

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Part of petrichor, the delish earthy smell released when rain hits parched ground, is geosmin,a compound from soil bacteria-human👃s can detect it in lower concentrations than sharks can detect blood in water. Seeking out water on dry plains was essential for our ancestors. Here’s a geosmin molecule:

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kathyincanada.bsky.social @kathyincanada.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hey #knitsky: Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for the Italian bindoff? Much appreciated. photo of some knitting for tax: 🧶

Blue and white hand knit hat. Panel in hte center says eat the rich.

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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Watch your footing, breathe in and mind your head.. a challenging entrance at St Mary's, Deerhurst. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

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EricaRhubarb @ericarhubarb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

And our local organic market garden has closed down for the rest of the summer. No crops worth saving.

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Not surprisingly, there’s a fire on Woolwich Common.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🌅 Choix des plus belles fleurs: . Paris: Ernest Panckoucke, [1833?].. [Source]

Illustration of three morning glory flowers in purple and blue hues, with prominent yellow centers and star-shaped patterns. The flowers are attached to slender, winding green stems and accompanied by large, heart-shaped green leaves. Two flower buds are visible, indicating blooms about to open. The image is a detailed botanical drawing on a plain, light background, highlighting the morning glory's delicate structure and vibrant colors.

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hummingbird Hawk-Moth in the garden. Impossible to photograph but utterly distinctive.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Everything is exhausting so here is a photo (unenhanced, untampered-with, not fucking AI-generated, just taken by muggins aiming his phone in its general direction) of a marbled white butterfly.

It’s black and white, simply beautiful, and perched on a thistle head.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I wasn't kidding when I said we need some rain here in London.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Across these centuries most will-makers took the trouble to describe in detail some items they bequeathed to particular relatives and friends. For instance in 1603 William Radcliffe of London left his sister ‘a gold ring with a picture of death’s head, for all her unkindness’. 4/

A very large handwritten book. It is a will register - the clerk of the court copied into this book all wills proved in the court.

A handwritten will, it is very messy with lots of crossing out.

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Did u know? The Hawk-moth family are impressive moths. The intense heat this summer has meant that there's been an influx of Hummingbird Hawk-moths from The Continent,which has been exciting to see. If you want to accommodate their 🐛,you'll need to plant their food plants - Lady's Bedstraw. 🌿🌱🐛🌍🪲🌱🇬🇧

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Oh, my beating heart: a lovely scream of swifts wheeling and jinking over Greenwich station. Amazing what you see, when you look up.

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Anne Robbins @hincmariana.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Goldie-looking plastic, more likely.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 13/07/2026

The 2026 World Cup (medieval edition). #MedievalMonday Bodleian Library MS. Douce 62

A medieval-style illustration features a figure in blue, poised as if about to kick a ball. The phrase "The 2026 World Cup (medieval edition)" is prominently displayed. The border of the page includes ornate designs.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Perfect pose for a pristine Peacock, Echinops ritro, in the garden

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Caring for the Bayeux Tapestry now v. the early nineteenth century.

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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Trying to understand the climate that drove M&S to produce a ‘down with womens lib’ apron in the 1970s while also wanting this because it’s camp as hell

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🥗 British sea-weeds. Drawn from Professor Harvey's "Phycologia britannica." London, Bell and Daldy, 1863. [Source]

Illustration from 1863 showing detailed, colored scientific drawings of six British seaweed species. The algae exhibit various shapes and textures: Melobesia polymorpha has a flat, irregular pattern; Melobesia fasciculata displays clustered, tubular branches; Melobesia agariciformis is circular and densely textured; Melobesia lichenoides rests on a green base with layered lobes; Hildenbrandtia rubra shows a reddish, elongated form with cut sections; and Hapalidium Phylactidium has a fan-shaped thallus alongside branching purple stems. Each is carefully labeled and set within boxed panels on a neutral background, highlighting diverse morphological features important for marine botanical study.

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