I very much like these small paintings of explosions, volcanic and other mechanisms, by artist Donna McLean. They are part of a larger installation called (you guessed it) Boom! @saatchigallery.bsky.social

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seriously tho i think there are legitimately multiple academics out there whose career trajectories can *only* be explained by their deep need to become a specialist in an additional field just so they can make a particularly complex joke in a paper title

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The new Deep Time Trail to Siccar Point, opened this year to mark the tercentenary of the birth of geologist James Hutton, now has the interpretation this famous and important site deserves. Great work by @scottishgeology.bsky.social and Edinburgh Geological Society and donors.

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I dunno how many people share my love of that post-disco / R&B / boogie sound of 1982/3 (Kashif / Sharon Redd / D-Train / Melba Moore etc) but Galaxians (from Leeds) evidently do. Can’t stop listening to this record. Unashamedly retro but absolutely banging galaxians.bandcamp.com/album/feel-i...

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I'm thinking my next book should be on the Byzantine Empire. I mean, I mean I have a PhD so I think i'm qualified to write it and I don't think i've heard of anyone else doing any work on it. #envhist #envhum #histsci

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