See also piece in The National on ROE www.thenational.scot/news/2603782... (though, 130-year-old "space observatory"?!) 🔭#histSTM

To answer my own question – yes, of course there's a #histSTM event!

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World, 1-3 July 2026
shnh.org.uk/the-zoologic....

‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL Zoological Society of London commissions poet laureate for animation to mark its 200th anniversary

A reminder that @zslofficial.bsky.social celebrates its bicentenary this year. Are there #histSTM events?

In Simon Armitage's poem, the Moon is a Maintainer, implying ZSL is (or at least its zoo keepers are), but the question is open for humans www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

I'm just catching up on the other reviews that you've posted - an example to us all! They capture the work, add a significant something of your own and are a pleasure to read.

Hamnet-era mourning jewel from celebrated painting rediscovered after 400 years Exclusive: pendant appears in 1635 painting Sir Thomas Aston at the Deathbed of His Wife that hangs in the Manchester Art Gallery

What the heck is this "Hamnet era"? The painting is, in any case, a generation later than Hamnet Shakespeare's short life www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

An interesting and thoughtful review, that asks what #histsci was/is/will be. I'm also sympathetic to Dear - the Q of how science gained authority, and was shaped in the process, underlies much of what I do - but we gain from research on other kinds of natural knowledge. But is that #histsci?

Good tip - thank you!

The Lighthouse Museum is on my list. I was wondering about train and bus options - doable?

😆 You can see it!

I was amused by Darwin's comments: "I have been a good deal interested in Millar, but ... I rather wish the scenic descriptions were shorter, & that there was a little less geologic eloquence." Though he expressed his "very great pleasure" in reading Millar's works in a letter to him. #histSTM

18thC buildings, some with thatch, along a small road, hills in the back.

I took the (budding earth scientist) 18yo to the Hugh Millar Birthplace Museum #histSTM

This looks great, and of #histtech #histSTM interest - out today

Further still

I shall look out for it!

It is. Heading to Orkney tomorrow.

Photograph of grey skies and grey river with a cathedral and hills in the background.

Photograph of a river with a bridge - buildings across the other side and daffodils in the foreground.

Find myself further north than usual

Stay to the very end AND the day after for opportunities to visit @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social stores and other trips #ESHS-HSS

OMG the #ESHS-HSS program is wild! So many parallel sessions!
Stay until the very last session to hear @arnoldke.bsky.social , @whitmerkelly.bsky.social , @annalsvensson.bsky.social & yours truly talk about #pedagogy #objects #collections & #NaturalHistoryHumanities

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Some images of the geology/natural history/scientific instrument inspired installation - in place for the rest of the Edinburgh Science Festival, along with a range of activities linked to scientific instruments and #histsci

A 1000-year-old star catcher | National Museums Scotland This astrolabe was made by Muhammad ibn al-Ṣaffār in Córdoba in Al-Andalus (now Spain) during the period of Umayyad rule. It dates to the year 417 in the I

I've written a post on our 1000-year-old astrolabe, and have included details of the places/latitudes of the plates and the stars on the rete. (I do not read Arabic, sadly, so have drawn on previous transcriptions - if there are errors, do let me know!)
www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat... #histSTM 📜

Phone or tablet, yes - sorry I misunderstood your point (but I gather that you can borrow Kindle books from US libraries).

You can't get library books on a Kindle in the UK.

Thanks! I'd read about them somewhere then promptly forgot.

The big, yellow tech looks less huge in this photo of sea, sky and port infrastructure.

Sunshine on Leith, and on some *really* big yellow bits of maritime tech (wind turbines?)

I think you have to convert the format - there are various webpages and YouTube videos that explain further.

Before you get too excited... I think their Overdrive catalogue may be different to their main one. I haven't fully tested yet!

I can borrow from either Edinburgh City libraries or the university library on Overdrive - it's great!

I have a Kobo e-reader, on which you can read ebooks, download PDFs and borrow books from the library.

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