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Ella Appleyard (she/her)

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Working post-ex archaeologist • born 1997

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a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone Alt: a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone

We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!

Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺

#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky

06.02.2025 09:34 — 👍 684    🔁 228    💬 20    📌 11
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Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell.

But they can lock up non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors for more than 60 years, because they are a 'danger'.

06.02.2025 12:26 — 👍 2182    🔁 863    💬 49    📌 23
Photo of a fragment of a clay tablet shaped a bit like a diamond. Although it is only a fragment, the cuneiform text on it is well-preserved. There is a vertical line down the centre which indicates it once had at least two columns. The colour is reddish brown

Photo of a fragment of a clay tablet shaped a bit like a diamond. Although it is only a fragment, the cuneiform text on it is well-preserved. There is a vertical line down the centre which indicates it once had at least two columns. The colour is reddish brown

“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”

A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.

07.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 4073    🔁 1419    💬 32    📌 71
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Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal

57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.

These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits.

The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.

10.01.2025 23:33 — 👍 19223    🔁 7355    💬 519    📌 310
Val for Nevada @ValforNevada
The sickness of capitalism is that if you kill a person with paperwork, it simply doesn't count.

Val for Nevada @ValforNevada The sickness of capitalism is that if you kill a person with paperwork, it simply doesn't count.

Read this one as many times as you need.

06.12.2024 21:22 — 👍 489    🔁 162    💬 0    📌 7
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Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire today. Idiot on a tractor causing more damage...
(Credit Jay da Costa Facebook)

24.11.2024 17:14 — 👍 328    🔁 105    💬 62    📌 17

I went to see The Lightning Thief musical last night and I highly recommend you treat yourself and see it yourself

24.11.2024 07:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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So glad I work inside now 🥶

22.11.2024 06:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – Poverty Impact Report 2024 This 2024 Poverty Impact Report is based on the responses of 644 individuals in UK archaeology. The statistics that have been collected, analysed and collated by Lu Stanton-Greenwood. The concept w…

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Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022.
Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues.
Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook
[ this time with Image ]

20.11.2024 07:42 — 👍 103    🔁 66    💬 2    📌 18