OK that's me out! Here's a nice song about dinosaurs and the deep time of natural history. Bye bye www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T-Q...
The lads at @neheritagelib.bsky.social do excellent work and I'm very chuffed to be representing @nenature.bsky.social in this year's NE History Compendium
I'm finishing my contract at @nenature.bsky.social this week, so this account will be going the way of all digital flesh on Thursday - I'll still be on Bluesky at @pdkmitchell.bsky.social though (and also on the Other Website, although that's currently full of nazis so I wouldn't recommend it)
Gutted that I missed both Space Penguins and Great Auks - two of my principal interests - last night. NHSN's Monday night talks program is great though, and also free and open to all: www.nhsn.org.uk/wp-content/u...
One for the Real Moss Heads here. You know who you are
Absolutely bonkers that the Hancock used to have its own Andean condor. All available accounts suggest that it was extremely annoyed at being kidnapped from Chile and shipped to Newcastle and put in a cage, and spent the rest of its life trying to bite people's fingers off. As you would, to be fair
Heads up: this is no longer happening, pals, I'm afraid. So if you wish to hear my trenchant views on books, birds, the north, fascists, espresso and/or anything else, you will simply have to befriend me in real life.
Correct your maps: Newcastle is Mitteleuropa
LORT BURN SPECIALS: 3 happened and it was great
keep yr eyes peeled for LORT BURN SPECIALS: 4
UNWHOLESOME TREASURE
Watching @rach-anderson.bsky.social being a legend as we launch our new Archives and Historical Research course at @nenature.bsky.social