So this was kind of fascinating - a victim of some inappropriate navigation being reduced to bits (it was temporarily refloated to get it there)
Dreadnought Holiday
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If it's horrible and floats it'll wash up here eventually. #Histodon-adjacent (mostly) nautical nonsense.
@kolya Also, the ship itself had been used previously by the recycling firm involved to carry their materials, which adds a nice circularity to things
@kolya Most of it's steel, so melted down and reused. I think they took the bridge off intact to use as a visitor viewpoint on the site, at least temporarily.
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@PublicChaffinch @Scornflakegrrrl I think they're quite easy to take cuttings from, if you want to give it a go. Have a check online, but I suspect in spring when they're ready to start growing again would be the best time.
Echoes in the Sky
John ConwayHi everyone, it's now one just week (eep!) before my book "A History of Painting: with Dinosaurs" launches in #London (UK) at Kings College.
Join me as I take you on a crazy journey through the history of art as it could have been, if the great artist had painted #dinosaurs. It's free for anyone to attend, but you need to put your name on the list to get in:
I'd love to have some Mastodonians/Fediversians show up!
CerylIrena Kempówna-Zabiełło (20 October 1920 - 17 June 2002) Polish glider pilot, record-breaking aviator and flight instructor, now has a @wikipedia page in English, written after reading a post on the birdplace about her and discovering she didn't have one! #wikiwomeninred https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Kemp%C3%B3wna #WomenPilots #PolishWomen #Wikipedia #Wikimedian
Before you laugh, this account often reminds people that you should never judge a book by its cover.
@wordsmith As in the tank? Generally avoid them as tank fans are weirdly and scarily knowledgeable
@aethylred It migrated my follow just fine. Noticed you'd done it as you restored the accounts you were following, so I got a notification