Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@qoto.org

The #Girthgate ("Sanctuary Road") near Blainslie - an ancient road at least one thousand years old. Linking Melrose Abbey and Soutra Hospital, this was King Malcolm IV's Royal Road - probably reusing an older Roman Road - stunning. #ScottishBorders #ScottishHistory

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What a lovely day at the beach😅
Impressive roll cloud with 'fingers' grabbed the empty beach with all it's power.⛈️

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Rockanje NL, 13 mei 2021

#photography #followfriday #fensterfreitag #potd #netherlands #weather

It’s #SunDog Sid (very friendly, not vicious). Wishing new friends & old here a #Smilodon kind of day

Got this here, on Mastodon. Every new member should be given one... enormously helpful

The UK's vaccine rollout was not a "brexit benefit".

Over 20,000 died in western Europe’s summer heatwaves, figures show

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/24/over-20000-died-western-europe-heatwaves-figures-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Steirapollen, Lofoten, Norway. #photography #lofoten #norway

Quick little tip: You don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon.

All links on Mastodon count for 23 characters towards your limit, no matter how many characters they really are.

However, you need to include https:// at the beginning of links to make them clickable.

If you don't laugh with him, you're dead inside 🤩

The fact that Russia is choosing to use its expensive, dwindling and hard to replenish supplies of precision-guided missiles to degrade and destroy the Ukrainian energy grid is a very good indication that they are not able to do so with (cheaper) cyber attacks.

Yet another reminder of the practical limitations of offensive cyber, or, at least, the limitations of Russian ability to conduct strategic offensive cyber attacks

Just published
@ScienceMagazine

A universal influenza mRNA vaccine effective against all 20 lineages of influenza A and B, protective in experimental models
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm0271

If anyone is in the vicinity of Newark (the UK one!!) on Saturday 14th January 2023, and fancies coming to hear myself and Roland talk about the Newark torc, then you can!!!

Booking details:

http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/seedo/events/the-torc-talk.php

#Archaeology #Gold #Torc #Research #lecture #meeting #event

Paper here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277317