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prehistorian.bsky.social
Reader in European Prehistory and Archaeology Lead at UoL • VP The Prehistoric Society • Chair AGE (EAA) Digs British hillforts and non-British Celts • Unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past • Personal a/c #NUFC
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"In Norway, Tesla saw a 38% sales slump, in France sales dropped by 63%, and in Spain by 75%. Tesla sales dropped 13% across the whole European Union last year and are expected to fall further... Tesla registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany in January, a year-on-year drop of 59.5%."

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Even if you’ve only got a tiny bit of rainbow to you, and so perhaps you’ve always passed as heteronormative, now’s the time to start showing that tiny bit of rainbow. It’s beautiful, and it needs protecting.

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Always share carnyx videos when they appear. It’s a rule.

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Go harder. Be more feminist, more Black, more gay, more queer. Ramp it up. Conform even less. Diversify and include with even more gusto. And do not fear. Because these are the death throes of a dying age.

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I’ll be here talking about Peggy Piggott, of Sutton Hoo fame, and the importance of writing women back in to history. 🏺| ‘Female Foundations: The Lives and Legacies of Women in the Earth Sciences’ | Dorchester, 8th March 2025 #IWD2025 | Tickets available here: www.reachequality.org/events?fbcli...

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We are planning an exhibition on Ancient DNA at The Crick! If you are an artist and are interested in being involved please consider applying to lend us a hand. www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...

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Liverpool and the North West coming out with a strong showing in SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy) provision in this new interactive map from @britishacademy.bsky.social www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r... #AcademicSky

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SHAPE subjects: Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy.

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This is the image I put on the introductory slide of my paper last week. Cú Chulainn and the three people who want to be buried with him 💚

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Not that far back, we were all black.

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Psychopathy’s fascinating at first, because it masquerades as genius. It’s that fascination (did he really just say that) that feeds it. But fascination turns to fear, as it becomes clear that there are zero boundaries, and you can’t stop psychopathic need from multiplying. And it’s in government.

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Whenever anyone laments the state we’re in, they’re met with a chorus of “but what do we do?” As plenty of good options are available, this response might often be wilful impotence*. I invite you all to nominate in this thread the best proposals and practices, around which we should gather. Thanks

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This is incredibly important. Thanking all involved. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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I’m getting far too old for 1 day off in 12.

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I especially agree with the points made below that many people just don't know about what universities do and how they operate in the local economy of their region...

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The amusing thing is that if we held men accountable for the enormity of the crime of rape. But.

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University leaders: you have access to historically large levels of expertise about law, government, and poltical affairs. It’s okay—even important—to say “This is unconstitutional.”

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Read this! 👇

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Majestic.

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As with digital photography / photogrammetry replacing the archaeological site drawing.

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Since forced pregnancy, every statement about freedom of speech, and about democracy, is now bracketed with an ‘except for women’.

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