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Iain Davidson AU

@archaeoiain.bsky.social

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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

So true. But still it will probably become Liberal Party policy to poison Native Grassland.

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

Who would have thought? There are two questions. First, is this the Palestinian or the Israeli "river to the sea"? Second, if Netanyahoo gets his way will this be "The final countdown"?

Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 18h

John Farnham, 1998.

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 18h

John Farnham, 1998.

Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 19h

It was one of the most appalling performances I have seen by a government official. Did anyone tell her how the financial indicators she spruiked might affect the wealth of the men who raped girls thanks to Epstein. This is a crime of wealthy men versus the poor and vulnerable female children

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Ruth Lackner Hiller @hillerruth.bsky.social · 19h

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Mothers Against Genocide on Instagram

7,009 likes, 195 comments - mothersagainstgenocide on February 5, 2026

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 22h

I was running the argument that I hate AI so much that I would refuse to use words with either letter in. Until my wife put me right, and a colleague called me __n.

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

Is there a sarcasm emoji?

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

Hahahaha

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

*can't

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

Indeed the time when people can be asked to change their passive behaviour because another person feels unsafe is a time when social cohesion has broken down because of the insistence of the person who says they feel unsafe.

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

And do not forget to bet on the outcome

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

Social cohesion in this context means "my way or the highway"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, child sex trafficking is bad.

But did you know the Dow is doing well?

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

Read this. Some very memorable stuff in it, and she hits the mark. Let's remember you do not lower the temperature by fanning the flames, Albanese. And that both sides use the phrase "from the river to the sea". Why is one side allowed to use it and not the other?

Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 1d

'Social cohesion'? No, it's just a net to trap us all

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This is not 'social cohesion' – it's just a tighter net to trap us all

Australians have been lectured a lot on social cohesion, but it reached a fever pitch after protests against the visit by Israel’s president.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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

"From the river to the beach, Australia is not to have free speech". Brilliant, Amy

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

"7000 Jewish people in the opposite direction". I have seen zero reporting on this. What is the evidence and what were they doing and were they subjected to the same police brutality? Or is this a Minns excuse?

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

The job.
My @smh cartoon.

Two frames. (Like two pages of a picture book.) 1. Scene of PM Albanese at his desk, looking embattled, holding a phone that is shouting at him, pen in other hand. IN tray stacked full of papers on one side of him, OUT tray empty. Waste paper basket overflowing one side of desk, fire extinguisher other side. Text: “He used to wish he could just get on with his job, instead of spending all his time pandering to special interest groups…” 2. Zoom in on PM in same position, now looking at us, text continues: “Until one day he realised that *was* his job.”

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 1d

'Social cohesion'? No, it's just a net to trap us all

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

This is not 'social cohesion' – it's just a tighter net to trap us all

Australians have been lectured a lot on social cohesion, but it reached a fever pitch after protests against the visit by Israel’s president.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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

I presume that they can now put any member of the Israeli Likud party in prison because "from the river to the sea" is the first item in their charter.

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

I would have thought that the Herzog visit has done the exact opposite of what was intended. It has made more people aware of the importance of opposing state violence in all its forms. Far from Albanese's desire to "turn the temperature down" it had done the exact opposite. His invitation did that.

Horatio Hornblower 🇭🇲 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @horatio-hornblower.bsky.social · 1d

First Dog always seems able to transmogrify frustration & despair into laughter & energy.

Good on ya Dog!

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It appears you no longer have the right to protest | First Dog on the Moon

Police charged at people who could not flee due to being kettled. As always police say that is not what happened

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

Hostages

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

She talks about all the numbers which will make rich people in the US richer, and then says she should be talking about making people "safe". I can' compute why all people in the US will be safe if some are rich. Especially when the Epstein crowd seemed rich and predatory, making kids less safe.

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

An aggressively militaristic ex soldier versus an environmental vandal. Are there ANY good candidates in the Liberal Party?

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

I might have just lost all respect for you if you really mean that, as he did.

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

Thank you Gavin. This is the piece by an Australian Jewish retired psychiatrist who emigrated from South Africa to get away from police brutality under apartheid. It is worth reading. He contrasts the peaceful Queensland (!) protests with NSW police brutality