Reposted by Hannah O’ReganHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 11h🧵There has been a lot of discussion over the last few days about the politicising of a nostalgic view of the UK that never really existed, at least not for the vast majority of the population. The image of the traditional British country pub, a roaring log fire, wooden beams, a pint on the table 65318
Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 3hI took interested undergraduates on a nature ramble around campus at lunchtime. One of the most rewarding bits of teaching I’ve done in years. Not timetabled, just being curious and sharing fun things. Tragic lack of fungi though, let’s hope next month is damper. 090
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 4hExciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant ProfessorAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 02239
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganGirl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 3hYour cat appears to be suffering from mange; she should have one to three drops of arsenic each day in milk. 6112
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 5hHe is not burning cash. He is investing money to shape political discourse and public opinion in line with his ideology and interests. And it's a successful strategy. Also, for a billionaire losing 10 million is like losing 1000 pounds for a middle class person. 19525
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 4hFossils found in the Gobi Desert solve a mammalian mystery, introducing us to Cretaceous shrew rabbits that hopped through the same desert where Velociraptor lived. My latest newsletter for my premium subscribers! 🧪buttondown.comAncient Mammal Skull Solves a Fossil MysteryImagine a little shrew rabbit, hopping away from Velociraptor. 06815
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres 7408116
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganBSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Submissions are welcome for the London Topographical Society's Anne Saunders Prize: £1,000 for an original & unpublished research essay on the topography, development, or buildings of #London in any period. Details here: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann... #skystorians 🗃️londontopsoc.orgAnn Saunders essay prize - London Topographical Society 0913
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 14hAn amazing glimpse into Mesolithic everyday life: this more than 7,500-year-old ring was made from heather roots, carefully rolled up and prepared for later use. It was discovered at the settlement of Motala/Sweden, where the same material was used for fish traps. Dating 5750–5550 BC. 🧵1/2 📷me 437487
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganGiulia Zornetta @gzornetta.eurosky.social · 16hwhen the only reason you agree to do reviews is the financial incentive of getting your friends’ books 1236
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganStevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A fabulous morning fungi foray (finally) and a bewildering array of boletes. There might be more posts when I’ve worked out what they all are 😅 29/9/26 #fungi 5589
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDr. Katie Sagal @aksagal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Repeatedly. In the same session. And different programs that theoretically use the SSO. And oh, the 2fa code didn't come through. ☠️ 0153
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.' 29694
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganAndy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A record I always associate with a primary school camping trip to Cuffley Camp in Hertfordshire. This song seemingly blaring out of every transistor radio we encountered. All us kids singing "Ra, Ra, Rats put in, throw your dinner in the bin" as we queued up for meals in the rain. - 3143
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganBecky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lively #MosaicMonday from posh C4 #Roman villa at Horkstow Lincs once featured wheel w Orpheus in centre enchanting animals including this bear, elephant (yes really) + 6 others in panels around him. Now over Humber in Hull Museum of Archaeology 🏺 For painting of mosaics after 1797 discovery see 2/. 111332
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganEmma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026nice to be addressed by my proper title 516520
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganVanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Work in progress: Cheiridium museorum. I'm working on some pseudoscorpion drawings based on observations of live animals in the field, photographs & reference specimens. The petri dish contains specimens that were found dead in cobwebs in a church & gives an idea of how small these arachnids are. 1409
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganMoths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't know why, but I need to know if anyone else finds the sound of paint syringes being rinsed oddly satisfying? 3151
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Beautiful everyday Ladybird things Before the blue Smartie Artist: Harry Wingfield (First Picture Book, 1970) 1261072
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Four springer spaniels, plus hawk, just hanging out with their booty from the hunt. By Carstian Luyckx of Antwerp, whose day is today. 1525
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganMichael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Parents, grandparents, carers, keep your eyes peeled for showings in cinemas of a double bill of animations of 'The Tiger who came to Tea' and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Coming soon. 27325
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDoc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A mournful > of honking geese came flying over in minor key, and landed, grazing, in a field of cows, like two-legged ruminants. They reminded me that even though our winters are cold, some visitors come here because it's warmer for them. 0215
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganTOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky! 📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week 📖 Disrupting Categories, 1050–1250: Rethinking the Humanities through Premodern Texts ✍️Elaine Treharne 📲 ARC Humanities Press: www.arc-humanities.org/978180270086...arc-humanities.orgDisrupting Categories, 1050–1250 - Arc Humanities PressThis study uses a series of medieval texts to address a set of urgent critical issues in Humanities centring on categories of L/literature, history, periodiz... 044
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganMiguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When Elton wrote the statement quoted below, Japanese, European and American eels were extraordinarily abundant species When Elton died (1991) all three had collapsed Everything has gone nothing but worse since then, and other eel species are now following that same extinction path (see post below) 24328
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122102212637
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 28/09/2026Our great thanks to Prof Glen O'Hara for his excellent RHS lecture last Friday evening: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act’. Recordings are now available bit.ly/4ySyB6W #Skystorians 1/2bit.lyGlen O'Hara gives latest RHS lecture on 'Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land' - RHSOn Friday 25 September the Society hosted the latest lecture in its 2026 programme. Our great thanks to Professor Glen O'Hara (Oxford Brookes University) who spoke on: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of... 1124
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDavid Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technical debt and relying on third party vendors is the downfall of many a heritage database site. As someone who's stood awfy close to that fire a few times now: - Build and nurture internal capabilities. Try and retain people that know how it works. 163
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganLisa-Marie Shillito @archaeologylisa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Introduction to Archaeological Science has a cover! As well as the usual peer review, text was reviewed by students, who gave feedback on how well it works for its intended audience. If you decide to use it, let us know! (pre-order for Nov 30th publication date). www.routledge.com/Introduction...routledge.comIntroduction to Archaeological ScienceIntroduction to Archaeological Science offers a clear, comprehensive introduction to archaeological science for students encountering the field for the first time. This book presents the principal are... 22010
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 27/09/2026This spellbook (~13th c.) is great. It's got spells for invisibility, protecting travellers, predicting pregnancy, causing love and hate, and scrying in a mirror. The magician started a spell for "gathering demons," but seems to have had second thoughts and stopped after 4 words. @theul.bsky.social 35719
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganHarry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026OUT NOW - Selling the Word of God: The Early Commercial History of the English Bible Pictured here at Emmanuel College beneath the Tyndale window, and with the @newnhamcollege.bsky.social table and pink velvet chaise longue that enabled its writing bodleianshop.co.uk/products/sel... 193
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganCambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Very excited for this talk by Dr Grace Exley, Munby Fellow at @theul.bsky.social and a Natural History Humanities Postdoctoral Research Associate at @camglamresearch.bsky.social! 077
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganRuth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is the Black Castle (Arnos Castle) in Bristol built c. 1750 from blocks of cast slag from copper smelting works. Visited by Horace Walpole, it doesn’t get more gothic than this! And they serve snakebite and black #urbangeology #gothic #18thCentury 24210
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDarren Underwood @dku1000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) - minus one back leg - Long Melford, Suffolk. The first for the garden (actually indoors). Originally native to North America, this is yet another accidentally introduced species to Europe (which has since spread to the UK). #UKBugs 1162
Reposted by Hannah O’Regan👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 27/09/2026so i posit that annunciation day was in fact not the first day of mary's last period, aka the start of the 40 weeks, but rather the ovulation date, the day the egg was fertilised, aka the start of exactly nine months.* 2451
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganJohn Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Labour conference will be suffused with the imagery of class politics. Most of the speeches will refer to “working people”, and imply that the party represents the poor and middle-income majority against the rich. It has been untrue for years. www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...independent.co.ukBy ’eck, Labour is the middle-class party nowAndy Burnham’s appeal to a northern working class that no longer exists could be the key to winning the next election – especially for a party whose supporters are now better-off and better-educated t... 4115
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganLiz Louise @lizlouise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026An Orange Grisette hatching. (Amanita crocea) Peak District #Fungi #Mushrooms @britmycolsoc.org.uk 216613
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganBotany One @botany.one · 27/09/2026PDRA in Macroalgal Population Genetics // Scotland www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTA346/p... Your research will focus on identifying genetic loci associated with kelp phenotypes such as growth rate, blade morphology and polysaccharide content. #BotanyJobsjobs.ac.ukPDRA in Macroalgal Population Genetics at Scottish Association for Marine Science - SAMSAn academic position as a PDRA in Macroalgal Population Genetics is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities. 022
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganChris McKeon @cjmckeon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Can I interest you in Pop Art Harold Wilson? 5214
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Come on down to the Council House for International Day of Birmingham, see the Re-Union Jack ♥️ #OneBrum Goldship have repurposed dozens of dirty & torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts to create a huge Union Jack, adorned with the names of people who have called Birmingham home 4300105
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Harvest #moon 620125
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925171712
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganCatherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today I found my first seabean. This seed has travelled a long way to reach #Shetland. Starting it's journey in a tropical forest, travelling with ocean currents and washing up with our first autumn storms. A little piece of luck and joy to hold onto as daylight fades and winter approaches. 625138
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganGuilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026kitten wondering if it's worth using this last bit of her favorite perfume that was discontinued years ago 429071
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganRuth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026More caterpillar conundrums: I found two of these large noctuid caterpillars (about 3cm long) when I removed a large mat of grass from a crack in our patio. Any ID suggestions gratefully received as I can’t find a match in my field guide. #teammoth @rlewington2.bsky.social 2131
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganHolly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 26/09/2026Every time I try to talk about deaf cats, my phone corrects it to "dead." It's getting quite awkward. "Have you got any dead cats that need a home?" "Would you consider adopting a dead cat?" "He can't live with kids, he's dead" 2845947
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 24/08/2026We’ve got a wonderful success story at Great Mell Fell 🦋 Once on the brink of extinction in Cumbria, the Marsh Fritillary is one of the UK's rarest butterflies, but we're thrilled to share a colony in Ullswater Valley has grown spread further along the fellside. 118235
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganDr Beccy Scott @beccyscottuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Well, some real shocks during the group stage of the #BiscuitWorldCup - bourbons didn't make it through! Good to see plucky newcomers Jezyki qualify 6151
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganJoe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For anyone without access via university affiliation then membership to the British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social entitles you to a discounted subscription of this fantastic database of published historical research. www.history.ac.uk/resources/on... 1159
Reposted by Hannah O’ReganHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🧵8 Posts: High on the windy ridge above the Spen Valley, beside Walton Cross Farm at Hartshead, stands a remarkable survivor from Yorkshire’s medieval past. At first glance, it appears to be little more than a weathered block of grey gritstone. Yet this is the surviving base of 317551