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Lover of history. Fan of Star Trek and Star Wars. Craves fairness, compassion, justice and equity for us all. He/ Him Connoisseur of pizza. Safe space 🏳️‍🌈
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'Have absolutely no illusions': Incoming German leader sends Europe a warning about Trump: Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union in Germany, wasted no time after his party's victory in national elections warning about the dangers posed by President Donald Trump…

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Sign of the day…

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Well this is going to upset a few people. "Ancient DNA Reveals Most Europeans Had Dark Skin Until Just 3,000 Years Ago": www.zmescience.com/science/news... Read the research, link at the bottom of the article.

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

Holy shit

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Hey. America. Remember what you lads did in 1776? It inspired so many revolutions. You can do it again you know...no kings

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A stunnning miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms. On display at British Museum 📷me 🏺

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.

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I’m sorry. You can’t conduct “peace talks” with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine without Ukraine at the table.

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For #FindsFriday #Roman bronze figurines of deities from the ‘Treasure of Weißenburg’, one of the most important hoards north of the Alps, consisting of around 150 objects, e. g. votive plaques, figurines of deities and various vessels. It's believed...🧵1/2 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

#RomanSiteSaturday: The Porta Nigra in Trier is the best preserved #Roman city gate North of the Alps. It was built around 170 AD and converted into a church in the Middle Ages. The Porta Nigra was restored to its original state in 1804 at Napoleon's behest. 📷 me 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

submitted 8 days ago • 10 comments

How Neanderthals Kept Our Ancestors Warm nautil.us/how-neandert...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

submitted 11 days ago • 569 comments

I’m afraid we’ve turned a very dark corner in our walk towards fascist authoritarian rule. We are clearly unprepared to meet this moment. I hope I’m wrong.

submitted 10 days ago • 17 comments

trumpgolftrack.com

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Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork

submitted 12 days ago • 837 comments

Decided, on balance, not to terrify my (week 3) hieroglyphs students with "Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive" in Middle Egyptian.

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Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it. So we moved over to blue sky. Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-) Please do Follow Retweet & repeat

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