David Stott

@davstott.bsky.social

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Paleotopographer. Asking how people changed landscapes and landscapes changed people.

GIS, remote sensing, archaeology.

Tinkerer.

Glaswegian in Jutland.

Archaeologist at Moesgaard Museum. Personal account. All views my own etc. .. more

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · Nov 13

There's enough of us now to do one of these!

go.bsky.app/M9FwG2K

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 6h

Now is the time of fly tying and day-dreaming about being on the water.

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 10h

It's all fun and games until you need a shibboleth to spot infiltrators from the neighbouring polity.

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 11h

Just realised this exists as the 3 Blue 1 Brown YouTube channel

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 11h

See also salt and vinegar vs salt and sauce.

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 12h

TV pitch: Numberblocks for grownups.

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 12h

I thought adulthood would be all spreadsheets and parties, but it turns out a lot of it is spent dealing with drainage and cleaning up shite.

madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · 15h

so I have finally started digging the trench in the garden for the French drain

would you all like to guess what I found

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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · 15h

so I have finally started digging the trench in the garden for the French drain

would you all like to guess what I found

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 17h

🗣📹📼 Watch the recordings of Prof. Steve's Dalrymple Lectures!

Either click FOLLOW THIS LINK here:

www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...

Or, this link should take you to the recordings of both lectures:

echo360.org.uk/section/e305...

Information about the Dalrymple Lectures with Prof. Steve Driscoll.

Reposted by David Stott

The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 2d

Today is Quartidi the 4th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate medlar.#JacobinDay

More information on medlar

Reposted by Howard Williams, David Stott

Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

A hugely popular and internationally recognised symbol of Britishness, associated with time travel & outlandish speculative fictions. And the TARDIS.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 2d

Wha’s Doctor Wha? Wha better kens nor he
that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels
o time and space, shape-shiftin as he reels
through endless versions o reality…

—James Robertson, “Doctor Wha”
in WHERE ROCKETS BURN THROUGH (2012) , ed @russjoneswrites.bsky.social
A #poem for #DoctorWhoDay

Doctor Wha
by James Robertson

Wha’s Doctor Wha? Wha better kens nor he
that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels
o time and space, shape-shiftin as he reels
through endless versions o reality?
Bit dis he ken himsel? Weel, mibbe sae,
yet wha’s tae ken gin aw that’s kent by Wha
maks mair or less or better sense ava
nor whit we ithers ken, or think we dae?
The universe is fou o parallels:
wha’s like us? Hunners? Thoosans? We oorsels
micht be mere glisks o life-forms yet tae be.
Whit’s real? Whaur’s here? When’s noo? Wha’s quick or deid?
Wha’s jist a thochtie in anither’s heid?
Wha’s Doctor Wha? Wha better kens nor he?

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 3d

Landscape of the Early Bronze Age miners..⛏️

Driving home through Cwmystwyth valley yesterday in mid Wales, below the EBA mine on Copa Hill (out of picture, above right) it never fails to impress how a few true geniuses 4500 years ago managed to spot ores in these bleak hills

Incredible🤯

📷 My own

An autumnal upland valley with a central winding river

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.

We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/

www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline

As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...

www.thenerve.news

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world

A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room. Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 4d

Today is Duodi the 2nd of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate cattle turnips.#JacobinDay

More information on cattle turnips

An old time-y illustration of a Cattle turnips.

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

Nice. Thanks!

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

Should be a yawning maw of an open goal for labour as well, but I suspect that they won't do much to capitalise on it because they are abjectly incompetent and afraid of taking a stand on anything.

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 4d

By request, here's a thread of books that I think make excellent gifts this holiday season (obviously they're cartographically inclined, you know me)

1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

One or two would be much appreciated

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · Mar 7

Late for both #gischat and the UK / Ireland version of #worldbookday, but what GIS related books would you recommend?

First on my list would always be How to Lie With Maps. It's essential reading for avoiding cartographic blunders and being able to review other people's maps and #dataviz

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

Which books about maps though?

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 4d

this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time

Mr Men x Agatha Christie crossover with Mr Poirot in Mischief on the Nile

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Mr Men x Agatha Christie crossover with Little Kiss Marple in Muddle at the Vicarage

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

30cm subsidence a year.

Yikes.

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d

'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'

#Iran 🇮🇷

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...

www.iranintl.com

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

A friend built one of these: www.nerdygurdy.nl/product/ng-l...

It sounds surprisingly good.

NG Linotte v2 kit – Nerdy Gurdy

www.nerdygurdy.nl

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Heide Wrobel Nørgaard @heidewnoergaard.bsky.social · 4d

One of my metallographies of #Bronzeage artefacts also impressed a jury panel. Third place in the Danish National Research Foundation's photo competition.

Hun læser fortiden i krystallerne - Danmarks Grundforskningsfond

Marie Wrobel har vundet tredjepladsen i DG's fotokonkurrence 2025 med et foto, der kan fortælle os en hel del om håndværk, teknologi og samfund i bronzealderen.

dg.dk

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

Bōtīc Bōtfǣcesson?

Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 4d

Well, that's our suggestion scuppered. 🙁

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions

Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.

www.bbc.co.uk

David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations @heidewnoergaard.bsky.social !

Danmarks Grundforskningsfond @dg.dk · 4d

🎉 A big congrats to Luka Civa, @ucph.bsky.social, Marie Odgaard, @au.dk and Heide Wrobel Nørgaard, the winners of the DNRF Photo Competition 2025!
They will be celebrated today at our annual meeting in CPH. 📸✨
More about the winners👉https://dg.dk/en/the-winners-of-the-dnrf-photo-competition-2025/