Thony Christie
Aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now resides mostly in 16th century Nürnberg.
- Reposted by Thony Christie#NavalHistory aficianados might also notice the location of the Nore. This map was drawn just three years after the Nore Mutiny. The Sheerness royal dockyard is drawn where the River Medway meets the Thames, on the Isle of 'Sheepy'.
- Looking at maps on the @natlibscot.bsky.social website, which I love to do, and came across this map by R. Batley showing the coast from Yarmouth to Dover, as well as the Thames Estuary. Great stuff! #CoastalHistory maps.nls.uk/view/261418469
- Reposted by Thony ChristieI will never understand how people who advise the govt to do and say nothing about this look at themselves in the mirror without throwing up. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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- Reposted by Thony ChristieWELL! WE ALL KNOW WHAT TO DO! "Trump screamed at NBC for using this pic of him. He hates it. Don't spread it around the internet anymore." #politics #pics
- Reposted by Thony ChristieA timepiece of seventeenth-century Germany. A single-sheet item printed in red and black. A broadside ("Horologium Pietatis: Zwölff geistliche Betrachtungen...") drawing on the clock’s ubiquitous presence in early modern culture. Have a closer look at this 🧵 dear #skystorians 1/
- Reposted by Thony ChristieSubmitting this for publication shortly, and we're now at 2920 signatures. It would be amazing to get it over three thousand before I turn it in...
- There are now over 2000 UK academic signatories to our open letter in support of trans rights & inclusion, along with hundreds of other UK educators & international supporters. It's heartening to see such support from colleagues for our trans siblings. #NotInOurName docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Reposted by Thony ChristieI agree with this whole thread — it’s just factually true! — and it also highlights a bigger truth: however much you think you hate the planning system, they are the last bastion of state regulation against *property developers*. Why does the left suddenly like *property developers*????
- I don't think the government has any idea how much of a political liability this is. When people twig what the Planning and Infrastructure Bill means - that our precious wild places will have no meaningful protection against whatever a corporation wants to do - it'll be felt as a monstrous betrayal.
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Sir David, who will be 99 on Thursday, says: "After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - Reposted by Thony ChristieHere I am standing in the anatomical amphitheater at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, which was built in 1630. It was used for dissecting dead animals and humans. It was not used as an operating theater for living patients. @tealcartoons.bsky.social felt a bit queasy taking the photo!
