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Iain Davidson AU

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Father, husband, grandfather, archaeologist, Emeritus Professor, Australian, aficionado of Iberia, archaeology of Aboriginal Australia, writer "Art or Scribbles? ..." w/ Springer (now published). I take photos. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031904578 .. more

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · Oct 21

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Art or Scribbles? In the Eye of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Emergence of Visual Communication

This book descibes the origin and evolution of art and that art consists of relationships between people. It challenges the standard definitions of art

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 18h

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Erasing a Word Erases a People: Reinstate Palestine in the British Museum

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 23h

I don't get it. Such refugees are those who want to escape from places that have become unbearable because of the attacks on them.
From the Guardian

Clip from the Guardian announcing Liberal intention to ban migrants from Gaza, Afghanistan and Somalia.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

This was simple looting. The scandal is exacerbated by the fact that a magnificent rooster from Benin ended up in the dining hall of Jesus College Cambridge where the Master was an archaeologist who did much to draw attention to looting of archaeological objects. That rooster was belatedly returned.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

The Epstein saga shows us the impotence of polite 'centrist' media – Greg Jericho
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The Epstein saga shows us the impotence of polite 'centrist' media – Greg Jericho

Journalism that panders to fascists and mass murderers is fuelling our societal collapse

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone write about the "division" of finds from foreign excavations. Many expeditions were partly funded by museums. The quid pro quo was a division of finds which gave some of them to the funder supervised by the relevant Dept of Antiquities. But colonial powers influenced the relevant Dept.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump Issues a Death Sentence on Our Children, Grandchildren and the Planet With His Payoff to the Fossil Fuel Industry" | My interview with Ian Masters of #BackgroundBriefing courtesy of @kpfk.bsky.social So. Cal public radio: soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

That's Pluto as in the Roman ru.er of the Underworld. seems appropriate. Not the dog.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

I agree of course but issues like this don't get resolved by logic but by careful campaigns. Publicity about the torcs as glorious object which show great British ingenuity and belong to everyone. How detectorism is not luck, not clever, but theft. The story with context v without. Emphasise story

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d

I think you need to engage in a carefully designed campaign to vilify the thieves on social media and to persuade journalists not to share their joy.

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 1d

I've said it before but, in the absence of proper regulation and the licensing of metal detecting, then we must rely on the good old fashioned fairy curses attached to each and every hoard. Let the folk beyond the veil sort it out. 🏺🪙🧚🏼‍♂️☠️

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely. So why does it remain their, apart from the arrogance of the curators of the BM?

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 2d

Still a way to travel, but Radio National has benefitted from a charter-informed sense of its significance in our public culture.
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ABC’s Radio National report card: Have the big changes worked?

New shows, new hosts, a new name of sorts and a new tagline are just some of the changes the ABC’s new guard has made to its flagship radio station in the past two years.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

So much for social cohesion.

sorensen-rose.bsky.social @sorensen-rose.bsky.social · 2d

he has divided Australia by gaslighting those who speak out against fascism

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

And that is a good thing

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sorensen-rose.bsky.social @sorensen-rose.bsky.social · 2d

he has divided Australia by gaslighting those who speak out against fascism

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Nail @nail82826717.bsky.social · 2d

Albanese's recent efforts will have made more Australians suspicious of the motives of Zionists.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

So why is it in London?

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

I bet it was not found originally in Manhatten

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

It would be good to look at the list of long-serving Prime Ministers and put against them a list of achievements. I think Albanese will not be able to claim that his longevity is due to his caution, just to the nebulousness of the opposition. How has Albanese changed Australia?

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

Amy really is on a roll. Thank you.
"Albanese is cementing a legacy of cautious, centrist incrementalism at a time when he could be making reforms that would make a material difference in people’s lives, addressing the inequality and stacked deck that has plagued Australians for the past 30 years."

Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 2d

Lightweight Libs have Labor laughing all the way to an election

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Lightweight Libs have Labor laughing all the way to an election

Short of his party moving against him, Anthony Albanese is almost certain to win another term as Prime Minister.

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 2d

Lightweight Libs have Labor laughing all the way to an election

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Lightweight Libs have Labor laughing all the way to an election

Short of his party moving against him, Anthony Albanese is almost certain to win another term as Prime Minister.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d

But his emails...

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Meljomur @meljomur.bsky.social · 2d

This whole Epstein File episode has really brought home how much we’ve lost our empathy on a massive scale. There is actual evidence both documented and verified by survivors of horrific crimes. Committed by people at the highest levels. Yet not one of them has been punished.

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Drop Bear @drop-bear.bsky.social · 3d

"… NSW is now one of the most draconian anti protest jurisdictions in the democratic world”
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#AusPol #NSWpol #MossadMinns #Herzog #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #protest

Genocide is the story, not antisemitism

The Australian government’s response to Gaza, and its handling of President Isaac Herzog’s visit, has blurred the line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel. The result is deeper division, weak...

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

I hope this means that the hunger strikers will not die.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

And did you see that Herzog gave his vicious speech in Melbourne in front of a Star of David which had been made to look like a symbol of hate by having a large Z superimposed on it.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

They are an abomination. There must be people of conscience in the back bench who would be willing to vote against this vandalism

Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 4d

Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension.

Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.

In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 3d

Because she was next to their Head of State. When did our Governor General visit Bondi?

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