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The booklet is indeed very good. Have a look: rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/30...

Oh hey, look—Elon is destroying the entire field of Astronomy.

Just over a year ago, we visited #Bromsgrove to mark the anniversary of the 1840 boiler explosion which killed Joseph Rutherford & Thomas Scaife. We were supporting #RailwayHistory research, into Bromsgrove railway staff, carried out locally: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/investigatin...

Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!

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Here's a quick starter pack for Gothic and Historical accounts here - I hope to add to it more when I have more interactions. go.bsky.app/EmzH3bp

Some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky. www.theverge.com/24295933/blu...

Heads up! Gliders incoming... 24 March 2025 is the 80th anniversary of Operation Varsity. The major Allied Airborne Operation was mounted to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine. I will be speaking about varsity at 3 locations in March 25. @armyflying @BofBBunker @EssexRecordOffice

This is a fascinating thread! 🫖

I see there is a UK Politics starter pack. That's one to miss.

Please share! Help needed Mitchell escaped 4 days ago from Woodham Aylesbury area ( HP18) friendly but very timid most likely hiding in bushes He has been registered on Dog lost. Please report any sightings on there. He is wearing a red collar / with owners tel no and red harness

Talented volunteers at The National Museum of Computing have created a beautiful topper for the Bletchley Park postbox, honouring the women whose hard work and resilience were essential to the #WWII #Codebreaking effort.

Self-promo: If you know someone who cares about the First World War battlefields in France/Belgium, they might be interested in my book, The Caretakers. It is about the British/Commonwealth FWW veterans who stayed in France to care for the cemeteries, and were trapped there by the Nazis in 1940.