@silviaalexandra.bsky.social
History, mysteries, swamp goth, truth telling, I WILL post pictures of an insect I saw. I work in conservation, heritage, natural history, museums, and libraries. Writing from Wonnarua Country.
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“Dangit I hate gift shopping for my family, they’re so hard to buy f—“
"The perfect mug does not exist."
The perfect mug:
The perfect mug:
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Dangit I hate gift shopping for my family, they’re so hard to buy f—“
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These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Legends whomever
alright fess up which of you did historical advising on the new season of interview with a vampire
✅self-aware comments about race relations in 1945 Paris vs USA
✅ “don’t use gloves for those archive documents they’re more damaging than hands”
✅self-aware comments about race relations in 1945 Paris vs USA
✅ “don’t use gloves for those archive documents they’re more damaging than hands”
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Legends whomever
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They put Kate Beaton on a stamp. THEY PUT HER ON A STAMP!
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
They put Kate Beaton on a stamp. THEY PUT HER ON A STAMP!
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/blogs/person...
Studying art history realising I did not like art curation, talking to an American conservator friend on LiveJournal (via the Tall Ships fandom) who informed me you could study conservation without having a full bachelor of science degree. I am still goodest friends with her though we've never met.
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Studying art history realising I did not like art curation, talking to an American conservator friend on LiveJournal (via the Tall Ships fandom) who informed me you could study conservation without having a full bachelor of science degree. I am still goodest friends with her though we've never met.
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Allez, bonne journée, ce matin est porteur d'une toute petite bonne nouvelle !
www.faunesauvage.fr/sinformer/si...
www.faunesauvage.fr/sinformer/si...
Sans néonicotinoïdes, les oiseaux reviennent à la campagne - Faune Sauvage
Une étude scientifique inédite montre qu’à peine quatre ans après l’interdiction des néonicotinoïdes en France, [...]
www.faunesauvage.fr
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Allez, bonne journée, ce matin est porteur d'une toute petite bonne nouvelle !
www.faunesauvage.fr/sinformer/si...
www.faunesauvage.fr/sinformer/si...
This story has EVERYTHING
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This story has EVERYTHING
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Thank you @davidpocock.bsky.social
Please Sign the petition: Save Our CSIRO www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csi...
#auspol
Please Sign the petition: Save Our CSIRO www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csi...
#auspol
David Pocock - Independent Senator for the ACT
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
www.davidpocock.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Thank you @davidpocock.bsky.social
Please Sign the petition: Save Our CSIRO www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csi...
#auspol
Please Sign the petition: Save Our CSIRO www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csi...
#auspol
Interestingly, one of my last museums had a number of cultural artefacts collected by 'a police officer in the NT', with literally no information that could be used to identify or repatriate. A loss for everyone.
What role did Australian police forces play in generating Aboriginal cultural artefacts for museums?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Disarming the Resistance: Police Collecting of Indigenous Australian Cultural Property for Museums
This article examines the history, legality and modern implications of police collecting of Indigenous Ancestral Remains and cultural property, and the role of museums and governments in encouragin...
www.tandfonline.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Interestingly, one of my last museums had a number of cultural artefacts collected by 'a police officer in the NT', with literally no information that could be used to identify or repatriate. A loss for everyone.
Uh oh
The angry pasties (angry gyozas?) Have arrived in Japanese seas…
Et, pour ma part, j'accueille avec joie le retour de notre Seigneur Cthulhu
www.slate.fr/sciences/med...
www.slate.fr/sciences/med...
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Uh oh
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Barnbow Factory at Crossgates, Leeds. Many more were seriously injured. Between 1915-18, workers at Barnbow filled 24,750,000 shells. #remembrance #women
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Barnbow Factory at Crossgates, Leeds. Many more were seriously injured. Between 1915-18, workers at Barnbow filled 24,750,000 shells. #remembrance #women
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🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10...
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
Yep 👑
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Yep 👑
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"The university sector’s rolling scandals and ongoing governance crisis are causing it to lose the trust of the general public. OVER HALF OF AUSTRALIANS THINK THAT MAKING A PROFIT IS A PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR UNIVERSITIES." [my emphasis]
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Less than one in 20 (3%) of Australians think that making a profit should be a primary purpose of universities, yet more than half (54%) believe that it currently is a primary purpose.
For the full polling results:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...
For the full polling results:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...
Australians believe universities are too expensive and not doing their job: polling
New Australia Institute polling research shows most Australians, regardless of who they vote for, think most university degrees are too expensive.
australiainstitute.org.au
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"The university sector’s rolling scandals and ongoing governance crisis are causing it to lose the trust of the general public. OVER HALF OF AUSTRALIANS THINK THAT MAKING A PROFIT IS A PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR UNIVERSITIES." [my emphasis]
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According to our guide "it's normal for the steam engine to scream when it's working"
You and me both, steam engine.
You and me both, steam engine.
October 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
According to our guide "it's normal for the steam engine to scream when it's working"
You and me both, steam engine.
You and me both, steam engine.
Aaaaah...no. This is not what asbestos management during construction looks like. This is not what following preservation protections for built heritage looks like. This is a health and heritage disaster all in one. Both irreversible.
I’ve asked White House contractor ACECO whether it followed asbestos safety rules during the East Wing demolition. Cutting corners is reckless and a threat to workers and public health. Everyone near the demolition site deserves answers.
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Aaaaah...no. This is not what asbestos management during construction looks like. This is not what following preservation protections for built heritage looks like. This is a health and heritage disaster all in one. Both irreversible.
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A big moth, or something from Day of the Dead? One man’s search for an otherworldly Australian insect
A big moth, or something from Day of the Dead? One man’s search for an otherworldly Australian insect
For seven years Ian McMaster has been mothing on his painstakingly rehabilitated Queensland property. But only once has he encountered the elusive southern pink underwing
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Dark descends upon a dead-end property atop a winding mountain road and Ian McMaster steps out into the forest.
Protective goggles perched atop his grey hair, torch in hand, McMaster is drawn into the gums that surround his rammed-earth home toward a white sheet shining in UV light like a stage prop moon. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A big moth, or something from Day of the Dead? One man’s search for an otherworldly Australian insect
Great news🥂
So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Great news🥂
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The National Museum of Ireland is part of a community network that links locals to their heritage. Here’s a natural history project showing what goes on behind the scenes and how it emerges into an exhibition @nmireland.bsky.social
“Our Irish Natural History”: Increasing the Accessibility of Natural History Collections through Community-Driven Interpretation
Written by Adriana Ballinger, Yale University Charles P. Howland Postgraduate Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History. Natural history…
Written by Adriana Ballinger, Yale University Charles P. Howland Postgraduate Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History. Natural history…
“Our Irish Natural History”: Increasing the Accessibility of Natural History Collections through Community-Driven Interpretation
Written by Adriana Ballinger, Yale University Charles P. Howland Postgraduate Research Fellow at the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History. Natural history specimens are often inaccessible to the communities from which they were collected. As a result, source communities lack opportunities to connect with elements of their local heritage, and museums and their publics overlook the place-based expertise that many of these communities hold about the specimens we research and see on display.
natsca.blog
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The National Museum of Ireland is part of a community network that links locals to their heritage. Here’s a natural history project showing what goes on behind the scenes and how it emerges into an exhibition @nmireland.bsky.social
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Wednesday 27 October you can hear @paoloviscardi.bsky.social in Dublin on the value of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History in addressing #biodiversity issues
For our next #SamhainAgusScience event, join Paolo Viscardi, @nmireland.bsky.social , who will discuss the role the ‘Dead Zoo’ plays in understanding biodiversity.
Wednesday, 7pm, DIAS HQ. Reserve your tickets eventbrite.ie/e/1739159816... #DIASdisovers #DIAS85
Wednesday, 7pm, DIAS HQ. Reserve your tickets eventbrite.ie/e/1739159816... #DIASdisovers #DIAS85
Denizens of the Dead Zoo
We are delighted to welcome Paolo Viscardi, Keeper of Natural History at the "Dead Zoo" for tonight's talk.
eventbrite.ie
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Wednesday 27 October you can hear @paoloviscardi.bsky.social in Dublin on the value of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History in addressing #biodiversity issues
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We have skull from the Dead Zoo for this week's Friday mystery object. Any idea what might be?
Friday mystery object #524
For this week's mystery object, I have a skull from the collections of the Dead Zoo to test your identification skills: I look forward to hearing what you think it might be. Have fun with it!
paoloviscardi.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We have skull from the Dead Zoo for this week's Friday mystery object. Any idea what might be?
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The superpower of books like Sapiens is that they require expertise in like 12 academic fields to debunk. So you get these super detailed takedowns of small sections that look to laypeople like nitpicking.
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The superpower of books like Sapiens is that they require expertise in like 12 academic fields to debunk. So you get these super detailed takedowns of small sections that look to laypeople like nitpicking.