Geraldine Finlayson
@gibgerry.bsky.social
I’m a scientist, and diver, who works in a museum, and is interested in prehistory, geology, astronomy, linguistics, cuisine… I’m interested in many things.
But best of all, I’m a grandmother :D
But best of all, I’m a grandmother :D
📢 looking forward to the public lecture: “Dorothy Garrod and the Devil’s Tower Skull” by @DrAlexMenez on the discovery of Flint and the work of Dorothy Garrod.
🎟️ Free, pre-registration required (limited seating):
👉 gibmuseum.gi/news/dorothy-g…#Flint1000#Gibraltara#NeanderthalCityty
🎟️ Free, pre-registration required (limited seating):
👉 gibmuseum.gi/news/dorothy-g…#Flint1000#Gibraltara#NeanderthalCityty
March 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
📢 looking forward to the public lecture: “Dorothy Garrod and the Devil’s Tower Skull” by @DrAlexMenez on the discovery of Flint and the work of Dorothy Garrod.
🎟️ Free, pre-registration required (limited seating):
👉 gibmuseum.gi/news/dorothy-g…#Flint1000#Gibraltara#NeanderthalCityty
🎟️ Free, pre-registration required (limited seating):
👉 gibmuseum.gi/news/dorothy-g…#Flint1000#Gibraltara#NeanderthalCityty
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New Neanderthal footprints in Portugal reveal a life we never expected
Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites
Carlos Neto de Carvalho @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social @gibgerry.bsky.social @clivefin.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites
Carlos Neto de Carvalho @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social @gibgerry.bsky.social @clivefin.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New Neanderthal footprints in Portugal reveal a life we never expected
Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites
Carlos Neto de Carvalho @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social @gibgerry.bsky.social @clivefin.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites
Carlos Neto de Carvalho @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social @gibgerry.bsky.social @clivefin.bsky.social et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Autumn joys. The simultaneous fruiting (from the 2024 flowers) and flowering (for the 2026 fruits) seasons of strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo) already began around here.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Autumn joys. The simultaneous fruiting (from the 2024 flowers) and flowering (for the 2026 fruits) seasons of strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo) already began around here.
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Online and in-person tickets are still left for our upcoming Symposium Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World.
There are reduced prices for students and Linnean Society members.
Register now!
There are reduced prices for students and Linnean Society members.
Register now!
Hybrid Day Meeting | Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World
Join us at the Linnean Society for a one-day symposium focused on the mechanisms and consequences of variation in organismal resilience
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Online and in-person tickets are still left for our upcoming Symposium Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World.
There are reduced prices for students and Linnean Society members.
Register now!
There are reduced prices for students and Linnean Society members.
Register now!
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FLASH radiotherapy delivers a cancer treatment dose in less than a second, reducing side effects while maintaining tumour control. A Review in Nature Reviews Physics explores what is needed to bring this promising ultra-fast radiotherapy approach into clinical practice. go.nature.com/42RkjpQ 🔒
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
FLASH radiotherapy delivers a cancer treatment dose in less than a second, reducing side effects while maintaining tumour control. A Review in Nature Reviews Physics explores what is needed to bring this promising ultra-fast radiotherapy approach into clinical practice. go.nature.com/42RkjpQ 🔒
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Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carlos Neto de Carvalho, @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social, @gibgerry.bsky.social, @clivefin.bsky.social et al
Oldest-known hominin track sites in SW Europe and clues to hunting patterns of Neanderthals
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carlos Neto de Carvalho, @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social, @gibgerry.bsky.social, @clivefin.bsky.social et al
Oldest-known hominin track sites in SW Europe and clues to hunting patterns of Neanderthals
July 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carlos Neto de Carvalho, @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social, @gibgerry.bsky.social, @clivefin.bsky.social et al
Oldest-known hominin track sites in SW Europe and clues to hunting patterns of Neanderthals
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carlos Neto de Carvalho, @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social, @gibgerry.bsky.social, @clivefin.bsky.social et al
Oldest-known hominin track sites in SW Europe and clues to hunting patterns of Neanderthals
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"Questioning is the way of learning,"
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
July 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Questioning is the way of learning,"
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
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An absolutely stunning photo! The 35m-long #Roman shipwreck, along with its cargo of 6,000 (!) amphorae was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek Island of Kefalonia.
It’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean.
Photo: Ionian Aquarium
🏺 AncientBluesky
It’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean.
Photo: Ionian Aquarium
🏺 AncientBluesky
March 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
An absolutely stunning photo! The 35m-long #Roman shipwreck, along with its cargo of 6,000 (!) amphorae was discovered in 2019 off the coast of the Greek Island of Kefalonia.
It’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean.
Photo: Ionian Aquarium
🏺 AncientBluesky
It’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks found in the Mediterranean.
Photo: Ionian Aquarium
🏺 AncientBluesky
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March 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...
March 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...
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With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on the Global Biodiversity Framework to conserve and restore biodiversity.
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss
All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations.
theconversation.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on the Global Biodiversity Framework to conserve and restore biodiversity.
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
"In fact, we're actively destroying biodiversity faster than ever in human history."
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌏🌐🧪#bioinvasions
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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Captures it perfectly.
February 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Captures it perfectly.
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Remember the hobbit!
December 26, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Remember the hobbit!
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This beautiful photo, so close up you can see not only the stitch used but even the thread structure, with thin strips of metal foil wrapped round a core, exemplifies the way new appreciation of historic #embroidery is being driven by digital #photography & photo sharing.
A silver leaf. Detail from a crimson velvet binding for a book of sermons from 1596, front and back covers embroidered in silver thread and silk with the arms of Elizabeth I. SSS.24.32 @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 9:21 AM
This beautiful photo, so close up you can see not only the stitch used but even the thread structure, with thin strips of metal foil wrapped round a core, exemplifies the way new appreciation of historic #embroidery is being driven by digital #photography & photo sharing.
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Looking for a unique Christmas gift? 🎄🎁 Adopt an iconic piece of aviation history and support the RAF Museum while preserving our aviation heritage.
New for 2024, you can now Adopt the VC medal bar of Sqn Ldr Arthur Scarf for £75 & get a special pack. 🏅🎁
bit.ly/3CZ0HFV
#AviationHeritage
New for 2024, you can now Adopt the VC medal bar of Sqn Ldr Arthur Scarf for £75 & get a special pack. 🏅🎁
bit.ly/3CZ0HFV
#AviationHeritage
December 9, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Looking for a unique Christmas gift? 🎄🎁 Adopt an iconic piece of aviation history and support the RAF Museum while preserving our aviation heritage.
New for 2024, you can now Adopt the VC medal bar of Sqn Ldr Arthur Scarf for £75 & get a special pack. 🏅🎁
bit.ly/3CZ0HFV
#AviationHeritage
New for 2024, you can now Adopt the VC medal bar of Sqn Ldr Arthur Scarf for £75 & get a special pack. 🏅🎁
bit.ly/3CZ0HFV
#AviationHeritage
Join us for the Gibraltar National Museum’s annual Christmas Lecture, presented by Prof. Clive Finlayson, Museum Curator and Beacon Professor at the University of Gibraltar.
www.gibmuseum.gi/news/castle-...
#Gibraltar #Archaeology #Heritage #Castle #History #Conservation
www.gibmuseum.gi/news/castle-...
#Gibraltar #Archaeology #Heritage #Castle #History #Conservation
The Castle of Gibraltar by Prof Clive Finlayson
Explore the rich history of the Castle of Gibraltar with Prof. Clive Finlayson at this year’s Christmas Lecture. Free entry!
www.gibmuseum.gi
December 8, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Join us for the Gibraltar National Museum’s annual Christmas Lecture, presented by Prof. Clive Finlayson, Museum Curator and Beacon Professor at the University of Gibraltar.
www.gibmuseum.gi/news/castle-...
#Gibraltar #Archaeology #Heritage #Castle #History #Conservation
www.gibmuseum.gi/news/castle-...
#Gibraltar #Archaeology #Heritage #Castle #History #Conservation
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On one hand, the Christmas gift-buying crowds at your local shopping centre.
On the other, a sixteenth century shipwreck and all the amazing objects found on board.
Make the right choice this weekend...
MaryRose.org/visit
#ShipPicSaturday
On the other, a sixteenth century shipwreck and all the amazing objects found on board.
Make the right choice this weekend...
MaryRose.org/visit
#ShipPicSaturday
December 7, 2024 at 8:21 AM
On one hand, the Christmas gift-buying crowds at your local shopping centre.
On the other, a sixteenth century shipwreck and all the amazing objects found on board.
Make the right choice this weekend...
MaryRose.org/visit
#ShipPicSaturday
On the other, a sixteenth century shipwreck and all the amazing objects found on board.
Make the right choice this weekend...
MaryRose.org/visit
#ShipPicSaturday
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We’re deeply disappointed at the intervention by the PM to scupper a deal on the Nature Positive Bills, despite overwhelming support from everyday Australians.
"We can't have a situation where this country is run by the mining lobby," said Biodiversity Council Director James Trezise to ABC News.
"We can't have a situation where this country is run by the mining lobby," said Biodiversity Council Director James Trezise to ABC News.
December 5, 2024 at 1:21 AM
We’re deeply disappointed at the intervention by the PM to scupper a deal on the Nature Positive Bills, despite overwhelming support from everyday Australians.
"We can't have a situation where this country is run by the mining lobby," said Biodiversity Council Director James Trezise to ABC News.
"We can't have a situation where this country is run by the mining lobby," said Biodiversity Council Director James Trezise to ABC News.
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An Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) feeds on the carcass of a Golden Jackal (Canis aureus), in Hungary. Being familiar with the sister species, the Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti), it has been great to be able to make comparisons. @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social @gibgerry.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 4:16 PM
An Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) feeds on the carcass of a Golden Jackal (Canis aureus), in Hungary. Being familiar with the sister species, the Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti), it has been great to be able to make comparisons. @stewartfinlayson.bsky.social @gibgerry.bsky.social
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Here’s a starter pack of dad jokers. If you want to be included, reply with a dad joke and I’ll add my favourite ten. I’ll kick things off with the best dad joke I’ve ever come up with (so all downhill from here)…
Why should a flat battery in a car be called a flattery?
Because it gets you nowhere
Why should a flat battery in a car be called a flattery?
Because it gets you nowhere
December 4, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Here’s a starter pack of dad jokers. If you want to be included, reply with a dad joke and I’ll add my favourite ten. I’ll kick things off with the best dad joke I’ve ever come up with (so all downhill from here)…
Why should a flat battery in a car be called a flattery?
Because it gets you nowhere
Why should a flat battery in a car be called a flattery?
Because it gets you nowhere