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Archaeology grad. Museum worker. Dysgwr Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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If you don’t put in the Erfurt, you’ll just end up with a Baden-Baden.

20.11.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oof.

11.11.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global US president’s latest media target comes from across the pond as he continues to scrutinize coverage he does not like

Freedom of speech warrior eh www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

11.11.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Carved standing stone in front of mountain landscape with the words Crowdfunding Campaign Launch over it

Carved standing stone in front of mountain landscape with the words Crowdfunding Campaign Launch over it

CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: β€˜Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’

Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...

06.11.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 6
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Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class

You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk

Who writes this junk?

24.10.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 559    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 11

The reason that I try and draw attention to this every year is that the UK government still haven't properly funded the clean up the tips nearly 60yrs later. They've extracted resources from Wales for a couple of centuries, bled it dry and dgaf. It should shock people, everyone should be reminded.

21.10.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Robin Cook quote of the day: β€œWe must shed the British double standard that labels spending on welfare benefits as wasted, but expenditure on health or education as a valid priority. There is an entire library of literature on the correlation between poverty and ill health.”

20.10.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...

"Yes, this gang stole from the most famous museum in the world but it’s in the name of training their AI software so it can do good doodle of jewels and maximise shareholder value so we are powerless to stand in the way"
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l... #Louvre

20.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to work knowing or suspecting that you have flu or covid should be a criminal offence.

17.10.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 288    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5
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DOUBLETHINK DOES DOUBLETIME STEWART LEE

And he’s back!!

Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.

His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

05.10.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 565    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 13
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. β™₯οΈπŸ“š
#amindofmyown

07.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1083    πŸ” 1176    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 42
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Remember that pic of the Caerphilly Reform candidate which looked edited?

Well I asked Reform UK about it.

Apparently it wasn't edited. The party indicated that the camera "glitched" which happened to "glitch out" of the photo the former UKIP politician and Reform supporter Mark Reckless...

1/2

06.10.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

Love it!

04.10.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses?
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

03.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8103    πŸ” 2586    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 80
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In light of Nathan Gill (ex Reform leader in Wales)pleading guiltyto accepting Russian money, I assume the #Newsnight team are currently working on a similar image for when they next have Reform on.

28.09.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

28.09.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4166    πŸ” 1609    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 51
Photo of page from Guardian Weekend magazine showing Patrick’s 13-year-old daughter Milly and the starting words of a long feature story about her battle with Lyme Disease which was missed by the NHS for years.

Photo of page from Guardian Weekend magazine showing Patrick’s 13-year-old daughter Milly and the starting words of a long feature story about her battle with Lyme Disease which was missed by the NHS for years.

If you pick up the Guardian Weekend Magazine today, please read about my daughter Milly’s battle with Lyme disease. And if you’re feeling bold, drop your copy into your local GP. There are thousands of Millys out there. Most are currently not helped at all by the NHS or, worse, not believed.

27.09.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6
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Funds still needed for Oxfordshire museum to keep Henley Iron Age hoard A metal detectorist discovered the hoard found inside a pot buried in a field five years ago.

#FindsFriday

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

26.09.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Time running out to save metal detectorist's hoard Time is running out to help Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum acquire an Iron Age hoard discovered by a metal detectorist near Henley.

β€œThis Oxfordshire hoard, buried nearly 2,000 years ago, really belongs to all of Oxfordshire residents.'
Angie Bolton, curator of archaeology, Oxfordshire museum service

But the sad fact is, under current legislation, Treasure Hoards can be sold for private profit, broken up and never seen again.

25.09.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œHistory shows it clearly, 
austerity creates the conditions 
in which fascism thrives. When 
Gov'ts strip away public services, 
weaken safety nets and deepen 
inequality, people lose hope 
in democracy and turn to 
authoritarian strongmen.’”
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  - Richard Murphy

β€œHistory shows it clearly, austerity creates the conditions in which fascism thrives. When Gov'ts strip away public services, weaken safety nets and deepen inequality, people lose hope in democracy and turn to authoritarian strongmen.’” . - Richard Murphy

Being Anti-Fascist is important but we need to also be aware about Fascism's root causes.

23.09.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 255    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain Reform UK’s so-called β€œBoriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.

Today Reform UK widened their scapegoating - moving from illegal migrants to people with Indefinite Leave to Remain.

I must ask: how long before the shift goes from Trans people to the rest of the LGBTQ+ community?

I suspect not very long.

22.09.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 3
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Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza Exclusive: Declassified has obtained a list of Israelis who graduated from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. We’re publishing it for the first time.

We discovered that at least 32 Israeli military officers have been trained at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, including numerous senior figures now engaged in the genocide in Gaza.

www.declassifieduk.org/britain-trai...

17.09.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

Why anyone in Wales would vote for an English nationalist party is beyond me.

No more free prescriptions
No more free parking in hospitals
No more NHS

17.09.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTheir silence, because they’re afraid, is their support to the genocide.” πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

15.09.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 931    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 24
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The stunning Moel Hebog shield. Late Bronze Age (also nice to see bilingual signage in an English city that has hosted many Welsh speaking inhabitants) Treasures exhibition, Museum of Liverpool #prehistory #archaeology #bronzeage #cymru

13.09.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listen to Greta Thunberg πŸ‘‡

08.09.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12
Bram Stoker
1847-1912
A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

Bram Stoker 1847-1912 A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

07.09.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2556    πŸ” 779    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 54

Hello & welcome! πŸ‘‹ This is the new @JnlWetlandArch account, sharing news & updates on all things wetland archaeology. πŸŒΏπŸ’§ Follow along for the latest news and updates!

02.09.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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