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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 9d

Big week, Darren.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 9d

How did this even originate? Awful.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 9d

Realised today that I have never knowingly been for drinks with an agent.

This is a lapse. All the real trade publishers do it. I am clearly off the pace here.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 19d

Mesozoic Art II - edited by @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and myself and featuring the incredible work of 25 cutting-edge palaeoartists - is out in just a few days. The ultimate must-have book on modern #palaeoart / #paleoart. Buy yours now ... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mesozoic-... #books #dinosaurs

Mesozoic Art II

Following on from the hugely popular Mesozoic Art, this magnificent new volume showcases 25 amazing artists whose work represents the very best of palaeoart.Our…

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 17d

What a wonderful piece. Thanks.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 18d

Yes this is a tough one.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 18d

There's a mind-blowing Jimi Hendrix concert on BBC4 iPlayer at the moment. Atlanta Festival 1970. Heard bits of it but never seen it before.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 19d

You are thanked in the paper's acknowledgements!

Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 20d

I reject your pedantry outright.

Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 20d

Neolithic Great Auk capture ILLUSTRATED. Mind is blown.

BOU @bou.org.uk · 20d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

A Neolithic rock engraving apparently showing a Great Auk being captured | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Tim R. Birkhead, Robert Montgomerie | #ornithology 🪶

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 20d

Every day, I open my email to find something intractable that I can't solve. It's wearing.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 22d

Today's recovery movie is The Running Man, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Inexplicably I've never watched this before. Enjoying bunkum.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 23d

Ill on the sofa. The Thursday Murder Club ft. Mirren, Imrie, Kingsley and Brosnan is bringing me the good cheer I needed.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 27d

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"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 27d

Shout out to the photo on this cover for making me scared of stairs between the ages 11-the present day

Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 27d

Out TODAY - this magnificent new book by
@alicevernon10.bsky.social. GHOSTED. A brilliant journey into ghost-hunting, historically and today. Why are we so fascinated with the paranormal? Get a copy here to find out: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...

Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking a book by Alice Vernon.

A social, historical and scientific exploration of ghost-hunting, and why our fascination with the paranormal is as timeless as the ghosts we hope to find.The history of ghosts is ancient, but the his...

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 27d

Yep. Same here.

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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 27d

Out TODAY - this magnificent new book by
@alicevernon10.bsky.social. GHOSTED. A brilliant journey into ghost-hunting, historically and today. Why are we so fascinated with the paranormal? Get a copy here to find out: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...

Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking a book by Alice Vernon.

A social, historical and scientific exploration of ghost-hunting, and why our fascination with the paranormal is as timeless as the ghosts we hope to find.The history of ghosts is ancient, but the his...

uk.bookshop.org

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