mark watson

Re-urbanist f' Dundee/ Embra; industrial, European & #WorldHeritage. #IHBC #TICCIH #EuropeanHeritage #ERIH #millgeek #pontist. X is history now. Skies are blue.

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

Lemmy addressing me in a bus garage in Leeds (No sleep till Hammersmith tour): "You there in the silly hat [my Chinese motorcycle helmet/ flying helmet] What was our first single?" Me: "Louie Louie". "Wrong- Leaving Here" & so I eXit with #Motorhead
https://t.co/Ht0t6mLpiN

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

If I understand his numbers, you’d need 67 new nuclear energy plants by 2030 just for AI data centres in the U.S. alone

Conventional ideas about protecting the planet or environment are woefully weak and pathetic faced with this - and ‘offsetting’ is nonsensical at this scale

[Scottish Heritage Social Media Group @ScotHeritageSMG]

Contemplating making the leap to Bluesky? Secured your handle but staying quiet? Started posting but not seeing growth? 📉

On 1 May, pick up tips from Justin Parke, one of the contributors to @NL_Heritage's Bluesky account which has over 4,000 followers: https://t.co/4gXNphGO81

[InstHistBdgConScot @Ihbcscotland]

In Dumfries today with Dion Corbett @midstquarter @TheStovies redefining place #reclaimtheHighStreet, and Will Mason with one of the last CARS. @IHBCtweet CPD.

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

In Poland I met 2 Scottish politicians on their way back from a humanitarian mission to Ukraine, and went up in my estimation for doing that.

[Alex Cole-Hamilton🔶🇺🇦 @agcolehamilton]

Long post, (trigger warning- injury detail)

It was the disgraceful Whitehouse monstering of Volodomyr Zelensky by Donald Trump and JD Vance that persuaded me I had to do something more to support the people of Ukraine.

[Rachel Jamison @RachelPAV]

Donation link for PAV/UFL's joint fund for hygiene supplies, food, and clothing. This goes to a 501c3 but purchases are in Ukraine with bulk discounts or military discounts.

https://t.co/zE2XBJOXWm

[Heather Middleton @HoneypearsComix]

Relics in Ruthven Lane has a pile of architectural drawings from the 50s, all by the same U of Manchester student, T Markus. Fans of brutalism might be interested (@nebopeklo)?

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

Dear SIA, I really had wanted to go to your conf in #BuffaloNY, where my Great Grandfather had worked the @TownofTonawanda lumber yards for 7 years before finding that migrants were unwelcome. But it's now far too dangerous to enter USA. Chicago was my last time, 2019.

[SocIndustArch @SocIndustArch]

Videos of presentations from sessions 6 & 7 of our “IA Online” series are now up on the SIA YouTube channel.
They feature geo-spatial approaches to locating industrial archeology sites, and geographical perspectives on industrial heritage, respectively.
https://t.co/7Wd2VedDuR

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

Pat draws attention to the similar axle that used to be on display @NtlMuseumsScot having come from Aberdeen: Woodside/ Grandholm cotton mill.

[SocIndustArch @SocIndustArch]

IA Online: Pat Malone on the First Iron Waterwheel in America https://t.co/C2zlpwdyvw via @YouTube

From the IA Online series, Pat Malone’s July 22 presentation on the first iron waterwheel in America at Waltham, Massachusetts.

[Journey Through Time @ThroughTimePod]

Was President Wilson really that liberal..? 🤔

@DavidOlusoga and Sarah Churchwell delve into the controversial views of President Woodrow Wilson…

This is a clip from Episode 1 of Journey Through Time, coming 20th March! 👀

[Saving Places @SavingPlaces]

Providence Preservation Society created a trades training program to pay unemployed Rhode Islanders to learn traditional preservation trades. #SavingPlaces

Learn about the Window and Workforce Training Program: https://t.co/sdK8Ep4pPk

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

#USAID withdrawn, which provided 1/4 of the running costs of the #WhiteHelmets who led the earthquake recovery in #Syria, and create safe paths for families to return home. Donate here: https://t.co/7YJXEGkwCA

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people.
Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

@WOLCT @NetworkRailSCOT @PathsforAll Location of the first railway in Leith, being the rails of Morton's first patent slip for hauling ships up a ramp.

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

@ScARFHub @HistEnvScot @UHIArchaeology @UofGlasgow @UofGArchaeo @ArchScot @socantscot @ScotArchStrat @RoyalSocEd @uhi_orkney When did contemporary archaeology start? Has historical archaeology ended or is it not a thing over here? Will the post -medieval ever end?

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

This year's gathering is on Saturday 8 Feb, Stirling. @scotindustria has decamped to the blue butterfly place. DM me if interested.

[ScotIndustrialHerit @Scotindustria]

SIHS Burns Doo is in Stirling on Saturday 3 Feb, with lunch. DM us to offer a 10-20 minute powerpoint to share any industrial heritage topic or just to attend. /1

[Peter Wakelin @PeterWakelin1]

And also new from Cadw, a fascinating job on listed buildings, parks and gardens: https://t.co/3LJTgC5Myp

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

@ScotRoadArchive Not to mention Thomas Telford!

[mark watson @markrustbucket]

@ScotRoadArchive Railway was originally carried on timber arches springing from those stone piers, then heightened in steel.