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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 7h

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 12: How, Why, or Which in the title.

Roy Harper ‘How Does It Feel’.

Roy Harper - How Does It Feel - Live Studio Performance 1969 / 1970

YouTube video by Roy Harper

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 8h

Congratulations!

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Ryan Clark @ryanbclark.bsky.social · 15h

#davidsmonthofmusic #musicchallenge #musicsky #nonprimarycolor #psychedelicfurs #prettyinpink

DAY 11

A song with a non-primary color in title

PSYCHEDELIC FURS : Pretty in Pink

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The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink (Official Video)

YouTube video by PsychedelicFursVEVO

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 19h

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 11: a song with a non primary colour/shade in the title.

Hawkwind ‘Silver Machine’.

Hawkwind - Silver machine (1972)

YouTube video by Tele Verket

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 21h

It was, if the spirit of Iain Banks will forgive me, the day the pope exploded

Or, to be strictly accurate, today is the 67th anniversary of the day a botched embalming saw Pius XII’s rotting torso break open while he was lying in state

(Yes, sorry*. This thread is disgusting)

(*Well, kind of)

Papal Swiss guards in costumes – and especially helmets – that could have come from the 1980 Flash Gordon film flanking the dead body of Pope Pius XII in a big, posh room in a palace in Rome. The pope is covered in plastic, in a way that suggests he has been inexpertly shrink-wrapped. This will be explained later

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 21h

Nothing Farage says stands up to scrutiny, the man’s a complete charlatan.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

🔴UPDATE 🔴

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told @bylinetimes.bsky.social it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about Gill’s pro-Russian statements

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Pro-Russian Sympathies Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about Gill's pro Russian statements

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

Grab some wine! Some late antique communion bread 🥖 loaves from the 7th-8th centuries with Jesus upon them have been discovered in Anatolia. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/c...

Charred Byzantine-Era Loaves of Bread with Greek Inscriptions Discovered in Anatolia

An archaeological excavation campaign carried out at the Topraktepe site, corresponding to the ancient city of Irenopolis, has yielded a discovery of extraordinary scientific significance: five charre...

www.labrujulaverde.com

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 1d

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Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social · 2d

I have it from serious sources that Trump is about to announce a one-million percent tariff on inflatable frog costumes.

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 3d

"No more than a liter of wine a day" - In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption was 140+ liters/capita, France launched the campaign "Santé Sobriété" to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became the chief designer. #WineHistory`

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 2d

#FindsFriday
Papyrus with lists of #Roman centurions stationed in #Egypt have found by Polish archaeologists in Berenike. These documents were found along with, among other things, pottery from Italy, Roman coins, in what may be the remains of a centurion’s office. #Archaeology #History

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 2d

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 10: an album title track.

Mikey Dread ‘World War III’.

World War III (Extended)

YouTube video by Mikey Dread - Topic

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 2d

Never knew that, brilliant! 🤩

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 2d

Always creepy, but protected by the Beeb like so many other others who worked for them.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 3d

I am thinking of you because I am sad.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3d

An amazing miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms.

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On display at British Museum

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A green stone bust of a woman displayed in a museum. The sculpture features an elaborate hairdo and a solemn expression. The bust is mounted on a clear stand, with a blurred background showcasing other artifacts in the exhibition.

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 3d

#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 9: a song by a fictional or virtual band.

Ruben And The Jets ‘Deseri’

Deseri - Ruben & The Jets

YouTube video by Jack Strong

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 3d

First lived near Tai O and that was a bit of a schlep, but then moved to Mui Wo and I could do door to door in just under an hour, so not too bad. Definitely worth it for the quality of life.

Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 3d

I lived on Lantau so I must have only visited Sai Kung once in over a decade!

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 3d

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 4d

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to authorities. In full: buff.ly/roPWvdO

HK bars 13 films from screening on nat. sec grounds since 2021 censorship law

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to...

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 4d

It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the…

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 4d

Simply obscene.

‘Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society’.

Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 4d

We've finally made it to #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🛖

Here's a reconstruction of Buckspool coastal promontory fort in south Pembrokeshire, a craggy limestone headland defended by a set of intermittent banks & packed with house platforms 😮

Excavations in 2025 revealed a wealth of Roman finds 🏺

📷 My own

Drawing of a coastal fort seen from the air with many roundhouses inside & smoke rising

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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 4d

Fabulous! Where did you spot that one?

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