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I am an archaeologist, fencer and martial artist. I probably won't post much, but will lurk a lot.

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Plus, isn't Gabbo the evil ventriloquist dummy in the Simpsons?

13.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take) YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen

youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...

Love this

09.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

28.02.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 10794 πŸ” 2972 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 94
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Zack Polanski on how Keir Starmer could have changed the April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling to protect trans rights (EXCLUSIVE) Zack Polanski revealed how Keir Starmer could have acted to protect trans rights after April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling.

It’s the Government’s duty to protect all communities - including trans people.

They’re failing to do that.

Trans people deserve safety and dignity.

www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...

16.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 2232 πŸ” 616 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 47
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

05.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 42994 πŸ” 6205 πŸ’¬ 2317 πŸ“Œ 1300
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February Half Term at Fishbourne Roman Palace - Sussex Past Live Like a Roman this half term with fun family activities from 16th to 20th February at Fishbourne Roman Palace, near Chichester

Only a couple of weeks left until Half Term fun begins. Join us at Fishbourne Roman Palace from 16-20th February for Roman themed activities every day. Get hands-on with mosaics, discover ancient flavours, and step back in time.

sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...

05.02.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 32294 πŸ” 13866 πŸ’¬ 589 πŸ“Œ 1595

Looks about right

02.01.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scanning some old slides for an article. This is a petroglyph from the far west of Tibet, made before 0CE. In the so-called Scythian style, in which sinuous game animals appear to float on tiptoe

01.01.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Etna update πŸŒ‹

#INGV reported that a new eruptive vent has opened near Mt. Simone at ~2,100 m a.s.l., feeding a lava flow down the Valle del Bove. The most advanced front has reached 1,500–1,400 m a.s.l.
INGV teams are currently on site monitoring the flow’s evolution.

πŸ“Έ E. Messina

01.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Just after midnight on 1 January 2026, a new eruption started from #Etna's eastern flank: a fissure opened at ~2100 m elevation, and a lava flow is descending through the desert-like Valle del Bove. Photos taken in the evening of 1 January from Etna's east and southeast flanks

01.01.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

This puts into words quite a lot of what I have been thinking about AI

29.12.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance

Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn

Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter

28.12.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 7102 πŸ” 2115 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 51

One thing that gets me every time this comes up is when somebody turns evil and people act like they were evil their whole life. No.

Children are not born evil or hateful or bigoted. That behaviour is learned and people learn it at different points in their lives.

28.12.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 11
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πŸ˜‚ Imagine the flavour - lol

23.12.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Classical fortifications unearthed at ancient Palaepaphos Archaeologists announced on Tuesday the discovery of extensive fortifications at ancient Palaepaphos. Researchers uncovered a series of large stone towers forming part of a massive fortification wall ...

β€˜Classical fortifications unearthed at ancient Palaepaphos’

Amazing season results by the University of Cyprus team led by Maria Iacovou
#archaeologynews 🏺

cyprus-mail.com/2025/12/23/c... A

23.12.2025 10:59 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please share. Thanks

22.12.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 202 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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New Odyssey trailer is out and I’m screaming. Like WHAT is this helmet?! Also the Greeks apparently have Viking ships. 😑😱

22.12.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.

When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at Β£150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA

22.12.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 1630 πŸ” 781 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 22
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15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis.

Bloomberg Analysis: 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open
Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access."
GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

22.12.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 475 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 27

Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.

Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.

17.12.2025 15:47 πŸ‘ 1889 πŸ” 643 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 53
Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.

Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.

GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.

But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

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Hundreds of items stolen in 'high-value' Bristol museum raid More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection were taken.

BBC News - Hundreds of items stolen in 'high-value' Bristol museum raid - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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for clarity, the City of London refers to a 1 (one) square mile area in central London. this is not even all the churches in that area

02.12.2025 09:20 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1