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I have made a Maritime Archaeologists Starter Pack. I need to go through my follow/followers lists to populate it more fully, but please share and let me know who I should be including! go.bsky.app/Q9TbFV2

If I had my brain in when I took these photos, I would have realised that there were two models of two different HMS #Achilles opposite one another. The light cruiser was difficult to photograph (glass case + lighting), so you will have to make do with its Walrus and catapult.

A comic that comes into my head and makes me smile, you say?

'It's only a model...' 'Shh!'

I did a survey there once (the priory, not the 'Abbey')

This week we will be mostly forgetting that the US bombed a school because AI told them to and reenacting the 1957 Defence White Paper... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I'd say I won't warn you again, but I probably will.

I wrote a little guide to my books here (which includes links to all the CORRECT versions to purchase): tomcox.substack.com/p/a-brief-gu...

My family made me watch an episode of Celebrity Traitors and now my brain doesn't work. How long till this wears off?

Let me put it like this: If you are more concerned with "fairness" in sports than with the right of folks to freely participate in society, your priorities are seriously fucked and you should work on yourself a little. And it's not the job of the rest of us to hold your hand while you do it.

Me and the regular group who like my posts

Genius #Thread

Yes, I will die on the hill of "Fuck off & stop internetifying literature". Yes, I will die on the hill of "The intended reader had no problem with reading long paragraphs in an EL Doctorow or Dorothy Lessing novel in 1974 & the intended reader will have no problem reading them in my novels either."

Evensong in @elycathedral.bsky.social this evening (photo NOT taken during the service) revealed some interesting shadows on the masonry. Evensong was lovely, by the way.

Bonus points if you can guess which one I have danced at... www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Nay, nay! Titter ye not! This is a serious device! That said, while I do know what it is for, I am also incredibly childish.

Hey Wes, have you thought about republishing this?

I am the egg man #nichepun #nerdpun #MakeItStop

Any excuse to post this gif, really.

Probably not what J G Ballard had in mind...

Errr... Left hand down a bit...

#BookReview Monsters: What Do We Do With Great Art By Bad People, by @clairedederer.bsky.social Not a handbook, but a personal journey. There are no answers here, but many discussions. Witty, moving, thought-provoking and the starter of a thousand fun arguments. HIGHLY recommended!

I have been called a compendium of ridiculous and frankly I am really proud of that!

#QuoteOfTheDay: 'The truth is, art-making and parenthood act very efficiently as disincentives to one another, and people who say otherwise are deluded, or childless, or men'

In case anyone was in any doubt that coffee is a form of holy water...

This evening's #WheresWally is an easy one.

No matter how often I do this train journey, I cannot go past the field with the causewayed enclosure in it without thinking 'I scheduled that'. #AMAA1979

Finished my book 25 minutes into a 3 1/2 hour train journey. Lucky I brought a spare!

A lot of the 'extras' doing the fast roping scene in Black Hawk Down were the same Rangers who fast roped into Mogadishu on the day in question. Some of the Little Bird pilots were the same, too. The US military were happy to cooperate so long as they took the friendly fire scenes out.

#ThingsFoundWhileRunning #AlvinStardust Possibly a bit too glam to qualify for #RunningPunks

To facilitate these projects, thousands of tonnes of stone were shipped daily around the shores and rivers of England. Despite this, surviving shipwrecks are rare, limiting our knowledge of 13th-century trade networks 2/2 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

I can only reiterate, if anyone thinks these ghouls will stop at trans people, they’re delusional. This ‘person’ would have been right at home on the drafting team for the Nuremberg Race Laws.

Gaza has revealed to us that if they can greenlight and support this atrocity in Gaza, they can do it anywhere. They can do it to any one of us whom they deem as subhuman.

🧵With a big thank you to Dr Mel for this. How have I not visited this? Rooley Moor Road, Rochdale or The Cotton Famine Road, is a lasting reminder of hardship, resilience and solidarity. During the Lancashire Cotton Famine, caused by the disruption of cotton supplies during the American Civil War,

'Boat' - post one you like... Are you sure, sir? Have you thought this one through, sir?

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social Stop making me like US politicians! (this is the second time I have seen this man speak - not Tommy - and the second time I have been interested by the answer)

Listening to a radio adaptation of the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman* and now I can't stop whistling Lilibulero... * The book is better, obviously, but harder to engage with whilst cooking/cleaning etc. and it is interesting to hear someone else's interpretation.

This is a really interesting response that goes beyond US politics and into a number of spheres

'One of the many paradoxes of the climate debate is that the far right talks as though disaster is not real, but acts as though it’s imminent. The left does the opposite, talking of catastrophe but acting as if there’s time to lose.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I knew someone who used to ask me 'Been on any good digs recently?' every time they saw me, then would stop listening when I said I wasn't that type of archaeologist. Here's why:

#BlackAndWhite #RailwaySignageThursday #MadeUpHashtag

If they also forget your anniversary*, that cancels it out, right? Right? * It was some time ago. In my defence, I didn't realise what month we were in at the time.

'made it easier' now involves accessing a QR code, downloading an app and repeatedly jabbing an unresponsive 'Submit' button, rather than either just going and picking it up or making a quick phone call. Why must everything be enshittified?

This #Thread is really important and a brave attempt to summarise a far from simple situation. Please give it a read.

I reckon I would watch this, yes... (watched the Patrick Stewart version at the weekend. They could keep the tradition and cast him as Father Mapple).

Well, over all the controversy, at least the Norman conquest of England is settled. I wonder what's in the newspaper today... Oh.