Christopher Hilton

chilton-bb.bsky.social

17 October 2026 08:02

This looks distinctly tempting....

Richard Fallon

richardfallon.bsky.social

17 October 2026 07:13

An image (originally 1892, by Joseph Smit) unsubtly imitated in E. Ray Lankester's Extinct Animals (1905, left) through which it found its way into P. L. Forbes's artwork for Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1912, right).

Richard Fallon

richardfallon.bsky.social

17 October 2026 07:13

I didn't realise that Prehistoric Peeps – as @koprolitos.bsky.social says, the earliest surviving film to, er, 'depict' prehistoric animals – could be seen on Youtube. My eyes!

Rohan Maitzen

rohanmaitzen.bsky.social

16 October 2026 15:01

The last time I assigned Middlemarch we all agreed the OUP cover was terribly dreary so we redecorated our copies with stickers. I'm teaching it again starting Monday and my copy makes me so happy. There's even a little squirrel. ❤️

Dr Renske Janssen🟥

renskejanssen.bsky.social

13 October 2026 16:26

Turns out that fascinating-sounding book I found when compiling a starting bibliography for a new project I'm working on is clearly, plainly and manifestly written by AI. Ready to burn it all down at this point.