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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 23h

Remarkable archaeological finds are telling a new story of how prehistoric humans turned clothing from a necessity into a means of self-expression

How our ancestors invented clothing and transformed it into fashion

www.newscientist.com

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 23h

And Portals are opening…

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iTEXTILIS | The IK Workshop Society @itextilis.bsky.social · 12h

From the Archive: Second-hand Clothes & The Rag Trade – 1810s to 1910s in Whitby (2100 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/se...

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 9h

The Sieges of Dover Castle 1216–17 (English Heritage)

The Sieges of Dover

Two sieges at Dover Castle, in the summers of 1216 and 1217, were important events during the First Barons’ War. The circumstances that gave rise to this attack were part of a complex and bitter disag...

www.english-heritage.org.uk

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 7h

Red velvet Victorian smoking cap. This was part of our Hats! Hats! Hats! Exhibition. (Not currently on display)

The hat was made by Patterson. It is embroidered with gold and cream cross stitches and it has a matching tassel of red, beige and cream.

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Nina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 1d

#Owlishmonday 'Hollow Lane' Wood Carving Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 8h

Sunbeam, South #Pacific #Ocean 14.10.1876. "In the afternoon a large shoal of #whales came round the yacht...they did not seem to be in the least afraid of us...we could see right down their capacious throats. The children were especially delighted with this performance..." #Brassey #History #1870s

Page and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Whales in the South Pacific 14.10.1876.

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 9h

🙌ADA🙌
#AdaLovelaceDay

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 10h

Fourth and last of the old postcards of tombs at Carnac. This one is Le Mane Remor (obviously that e on Mane should have an accent on it but I can't for the life of me work out how to add one!).
#TombTuesday #Neolithic #dailymegalith #Brittany

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 9h

"The Green Aero Engine
The above photo, which was taken by our photographer at #Brooklands Aerodrome...shows one of the famous engines invented by Mr G. Green of Bexhill, & which have lately met with such success in competition."
#Bexhill Observer 14.10.1911. #GustavusGreen #Aviation #History #1910s

Newspaper cutting from the Bexhill Observer 14.10.1911. "The Green Aero Engine" invented by Gustavus Green of Bexhill.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 11h

Wolfsbane, or monkshood (Aconitum napellus), is a deadly flower tied to werewolf lore. In medieval Europe it was said to repel or cure lycanthropy, the power or curse of turning into a wolf. Some tales claim witches used wolfsbane ointments to change shape. #FairytaleTuesday

Collage of wolfsbane and werewolf lore. Top left: 1941 pulp illustration of a werewolf crouched in moonlit woodland (Weird Tales, “The Werewolf Howls”). Right and bottom: close-up photos of purple wolfsbane (monkshood) flowers with green foliage.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 23h

Goodnight.
Hamlet and the Ghost, Frederick James Shields, 1901. #31DaysofHalloween #Gothtober

As described, beneath night sky, cloud, haloed moon, painting.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 11h

"Treasure Seekers At Bexhill-On-Sea." The beach below Channel View, postcard c.1910. #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #Beach #Holiday #History #1910s

Black and white photograph as postcard. Children looking in rock pools on Bexhill beach c.1910.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 12h

The transepted passage grave of Keriaval in Carnac (Morbihan) had a passage leading to 2 chambers on either side and a terminal cell though the chambers on the south are badly ruined. This card shows the NE chamber and the terminal cell beyond. #TombTuesday.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 12h

Frits Thaulow’s Peaceful Night
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_T...

narrow track passing stone houses, and scrub on the other side, wisps of cloud hang in the night sky

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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 11h

A hearty Japanese giant salamander in the @zoologymuseum.bsky.social.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

#RodentOfTheDay Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) "

"The feet are short and adapted for climbing with opposable thumbs : the species rarely comes to ground."

#MouseMonday

Ph/Inf: www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammal...

This small mouse is characterised by its relatively long tail, which is equivalent to 135% of the head-body length. The soft fur on the upperparts varies from pale fawn to pale grey, and the underparts are white. The tail is generally hairy, ending in a brush-like tip. The head is short, the eyes relatively large, the ears rounded, and the whiskers long.

This picture shows the body of one mouse as it perches on the opening of a tree. There is another peeking from the hole, just its face visible.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 1d

🖼️ Edith Holden

Dead leaves
Elm, Oak
Beech
Chesnut, and Sycamore.

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 1d

#MolluscMonday: Rather nice example of the Lower Lias bivalve Gryphaea in life position, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 1d

Eothen, Gulf of #Maine #Atlantic #Ocean 13.10.1872. "..wind veered round to the south-east; the waves rose high, striking the vessel abeam & at 8 o'clock every skylight & the after-hatchway were stove in..for a moment it seemed as though she could never right herself again." #Brassey #Sailing #1870s

Page from "A Cruise in the Eothen" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1873.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Have you investigated #Bexhill OpenStreetMap yet? It’s on @bexhill-osm.org.uk There is loads of local information and history on there. Why not check it out?

This is the front of the business card which advertises the map. The text reads “Bexhill OpenStreetMap bexhill-osm.org.uk A community created map of Bexhill-on-sea. Discover local information, detailed town history, historical maps, walking directions and more.” To the left is a picture of a a magnifying glass with the Bexhill flag in it, held over a map.

This is the back of the business card. It says Alexis Markwick. Digital Cartographer/Archivist info@bexhill-osm.org.uk 07855 246686 Then there is a QR code underneath it. To the right is a larger section of map.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Annie.

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

River Meavy near Norsworthy bridge a couple of weeks ago. #Dartmoor #Devon #Autumn #photography #river

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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Karloff and his Bedlington Terriers to brighten up your day.

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