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I am interested in Viking, Irish & British archaeology, folklore & sagas. Late to Bluesky, but I left Twitter as soon as it switched hands & have missed the up to date info from academics, archaeologists, eco warriors & lefties. Can't wait to catch up.
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The search for Nigel Farage in Clacton enters its 32nd week.

Wise man…

Ancient Egyptian gold finger-ring set with a mouse amulet inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III. Gold and glazed steatite. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1479-1425 BC Squeak squeak Thutmouse! 🐭 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

Listen up.

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

The Art of the Deal - a big fat MAGA wank. youtu.be/Jk0nUUqG_Ag?...

Not my work and I don't know who to credit.

“Far from being dismissed as a useful idiot to hostile foreign powers, the British press continues to allow Farage to portray himself as a true British patriot, while he spends as much time as he possibly can outside of this country telling lies about us for money” open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

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Heartening conservation news! Wolves are recolonizing their ancient Californian hunting grounds. History in motion. Historic Move For Wolf Conservation: 12 Collared Gray Wolves Have Been Released In Northern California worldanimalnews.com/a-historic-m... #California #conservation #wolf #wolves

Fix the system? Reform UK gained ground in areas where services are collapsing, not where migration is highest. Is local government failure fuelling the populist right? @lizcrosbie.bsky.social reports, Read more:

Gorgeous #Roman glass cups decorated with colourful enamel-painted animals from the Roman arena, AD 200s. Found in richly-furnished ‘princely’ graves in Denmark, where they are known as ‘circus beakers’. National Museum of Denmark. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

British Antarctic Survey From the new Private Eye, out now.

#SarcophagusSaturday - Phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi from Sidon, beautifully carved in white marble from Greece. The sarcophagi consist of a hollowed lower box covered by a lid that slightly conveys the contours of the upper body and the legs. Dated 5th century BC. National Museum of Beirut.

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Laguna Beach is an art colony. We support the arts. Chip Bok is the brilliant award-winning political cartoonist that created this artwork.

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If you really wanted a Philosopher King, America, he was RIGHT THERE.

Musk is a 🐓

Man arrested after Cheshire Forest hounds shot at during hunt www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/2495346...

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Liz Truss spoke at the same event where Steve Bannon did a Nazi salute. Liz Truss spoke at a Nazi rally.

🔴‘Don’t Buy a Swasticar’: Tesla Hit by UK Boycott Campaign Over Elon Musk’s Far-Right Support Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right owner’s interference in British politics bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

🤔 Curious about why @elonmusk has a sudden interest in British politics and the threat it poses to our democracy? Watch this short video - and don’t forget to share! 38d.gs/sElonMusk

@newt-darkly.bsky.social omgs this reminds me of little you

Remedios Varo (1908-1963) El gato helecho (The Fern Cat), 1957. Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City #ArtSky

The US President's attempts to extort Ukraine for its natural resources, while abandoning its fate to Russia, is a return to the worst imperial politics of the past, argues Aleksandar Djokic

Elon Musk calling an Aerospace engineer ‘fully retarded’ has to be one of the highlights of his ‘edgy boi’ persona.

This thread is a thing of beauty. #FuckReformUK

MAGA. We aren't Nazi enough. I know let's misappropriate Viking mythology. So offensive

Dropped into the wonderful @whipplemuseum.bsky.social yesterday to examine a 14th-C astrolabe recently received on loan from a kind individual. Isn't it a beauty! It'll be on display v soon (as soon as I can find time to write a label for it ✍️)

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If you’re not aware that the “sin of empathy” is making real end roads into popular evangelicalism you need to be aware open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

He’s really good at this!

Think solar farms are bad for nature? Think again. Those designed for nature in East Anglia are teeming with birdlife - including threatened species. A new study reveals why. ⤵️

German far right ride Trump wave ahead of election A feuermauer (firewall) agreement amongst mainstream parties has so far managed to keep the AfD out of power, but there are now questions over whether that will last. Read @georgvh.com's report here: www.channel4.com/news/german-...

4,000 litres of diesel spilled into the River Wandle this week . Criminal . Please help South East Rivers Trust fund recovery efforts and guard against this type of pollution in the future . Please donate if you can www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-r... Video: Mirrhyn Stephen