Daily Mirror news story by Graham Hiscott, 'This land is *their* land...' Subtitle, 'Quarter of our farms owned by just 2,500 toffs and fatcats'. Comment piece by Guy Shrubsole, 'Aristos and stars must pay their faire share'.

REVEALED: Just 2,500 farms own a QUARTER of the farmland in England

Startling new stats I obtained from DEFRA & shared with @mirror.co.uk show how unequal land ownership is in this country

Large landowners must pay their fair share of tax
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www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Elon Musk should donate to Reform UK, says father Errol - Politics.co.uk The SpaceX owner has repeatedly issued fierce criticisms of the UK government and prime minister Keir Starmer.

This is a graphic illustration of why we must make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform in the world, say boll**** to Elon Musk & send him packing. We CAN do it

www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/12...

Nation's First Trans Congresswoman Slams GOP's Proposed Bathroom Ban At U.S. Capitol A true class act.

A true class act.

Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome!

With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:

An interesting thing about hashtags on Bluesky is if you click on a hashtag (on desktop; long press for mobile) on a user’s post or profile, you can filter to see all the user’s posts using that hashtag.

So if you share work on here, it’s a convenient way to catalogue all your work in one place

leak the fucking report, you all have 473 reporters on speed dial, stop playing by rules nobody cares about and embarrass these people by any means necessary

Genuinely MAGA guys… most people just say no to this question

Long before Musk’s takeover, historians outsourced our public sphere to a private corporation.

Now is a great opportunity learn from that experiment — or rather: that mistake.

Would there be interest in an online workshop on public history after X?

Gilgamesh and the Flood YouTube video by The Histocrat

Another project I'm proud of is a long form video I made examining the development of the Gilgamesh/Bilgamesh myths, along with the tale's association with the Mesopotamian flood myth. I remember being terrified it was going to bomb whilst making it so I'm glad so many people watched it.

I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)

Interested in Mediterranean Island Prehistory from multiple perspectives? Then the #IslandLegacies conference is the one for you! Click the below link for info - 3 days with lunch included, keynote with wine reception, gala dinner and excursions all for €125!
www.um.edu.mt/events/islan...

Election 2024 poll: Support for Independents jumps but Fine Gael remains most popular party Irish Times Ipsos B&A findings list cost of living, healthcare and housing among electorate’s top concerns as campaigning continues

Voter concerns in Ireland #GE24 two weeks before election day

Cost of living: 30%
Health: 18%
House prices: 17%

Way down the list

Immigration: 9%
Economy: 6%
Cost of rent: 6%
Law & order: 5%
Climate: 4%
Tax: 3%

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Elon Musk's AI turns on him, labels him 'one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X' His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."

this guy sucks so hard that he can't get any friends, so he bought a site to make all the users his friends, and they left; and he made a robot to tell him he was cool and it instead said he fucking sucks just like we all know he does

how shit do you have to human to fail at paying for pals

Big wins in the US for measles, mumps, rubella, polio whooping cough, diphtheria and hep B! 🙌

#ComebackKids

Submissions open for Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation until 1 January 2025. Cuirtear fáilte roimh thráchtais i mBéarla nó i nGaeilge: acisweb.org/dalsimer-pri...

Extract from tribute to Adele Dalsimer (1939–200) by Vera Kreilkamp, Éire-Ireland, 2003.

A large group photo of IPBES stakeholders standing together in front of a stage backdrop decorated with colorful illustrations of plants, animals, and nature scenes. Above the group, a large IPBES logo is displayed, along with the slogan "Science and Policy for People and Nature." The text overlay at the bottom reads: "IPBES 11 - Join Us for Stakeholder Day!"

📢 Join us for #IPBES11 Stakeholder Day in Windhoek, Namibia!

🗓️ 9 December 2024

Showcase your IPBES-related projects with a poster!

Register by 10 November: www.ipbes.net/ipbes-11/sta...

Can't attend in person? Watch the webcast live! 🌍🧪

Context: Elon Musk dislikes Scientific American’s editorial perspectives on social and climate justice, and has been fanning a targetted harassment campaign this week in an effort to silence the magazine.

It appears to have worked.

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Gregory of Tours describing a historical event
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Gregory of Tours about that one guy miraculously healed from hiccups, St Martin be praised
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PBAthaCliath2024 is the handle, only set up last night

I'm here too 🤣 The Dublin Penya is up or will be up soon

See? This is the sort of nonsense we used to enjoy.

2,100 Fakes Rounded Up in Art Forgeries Bust Italian officials said they had dismantled a Europe-wide network of forgers and dealers selling works purported to be by A-list artists, mostly through auction houses.

Yet again, the due diligence of auction houses seems somewhat lacklustre:
Italian officials said they had dismantled a Europe-wide network of forgers and dealers selling works purported to be by A-list artists, mostly through auction houses.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/w...

I find it funny how many of his fans (both Rogan and Lex) call me "arrogant." It's like, nah, I'm summarizing the research of thousands of scholars when I present #RealArchaeology to the public, and I credit them

But, him saying he knows more than an entire field of study. That's real arrogance

Trump Picks Burgum for Interior Secretary The North Dakota governor helped strengthen ties between the oil industry and President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Burgum is from fossil fuels. The trouble with “eff around and find out” is that not only people are going to find out - the National Parks and federal lands and their environments and its creatures are going to find out www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/c...

The Lower Lake at Glendalough..

#Glendalough #Wicklow #Ireland 🇮🇪 #autumn #fall #landscape ##photography #nikonz3

A round cat…moth? Attracted to the light.

I propose Bluesky night owls be known as moths! Anyway, going to bed now.

#oc #art

Music from Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns with the Evergreen Philharmonic YouTube video by Guild Wars 2

Several years back I helped coordinate a live performance of GW2 music. My parents reluctantly came in an "I guess we'll endure this to support you" fashion. They were absolutely dumbfounded. "We didn't know it was like THAT". Performance link, just for fun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8nw...

Put video game music in symphony halls. DONT tell them it’s from a video game. Watch how they lose their minds.