Cat Rees
@catrees.bsky.social
Archaeologist in North Wales. Currently studying PhD looking at death in Pre-Roman Wales. Other interests include making random stuff and scruffing my hounds.
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Cat Rees
@catrees.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Darganfod 2025: Cat Rees
YouTube video by Cambrian Archaeological Association
youtu.be
Found the link to a talk I gave a little while to the Cambrian Archaeological Association looking at using folklore and tradition in the interpretation of archaeological remains. Check it out if Welsh archaeology, folklore or both are your bag youtu.be/w-VgQUM9f9c?...
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We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy.
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
January 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy.
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
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If people don't actually use the shitty AI we keep violently thrusting at them, the bubble will pop, and our wasteful investments into water guzzling, anti-human infrastructure will bankrupt us. Despite spouting shit about free markets/consumer first, we have decided you WILL use our slopgorithms.
January 20, 2026 at 10:51 PM
If people don't actually use the shitty AI we keep violently thrusting at them, the bubble will pop, and our wasteful investments into water guzzling, anti-human infrastructure will bankrupt us. Despite spouting shit about free markets/consumer first, we have decided you WILL use our slopgorithms.
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Here's a conspiracy theory - the people who have fraudulently overextended themselves re: the AI bubble have asked Trump to tank the global economy to hide that the next big recession is going to be their fault.
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Here's a conspiracy theory - the people who have fraudulently overextended themselves re: the AI bubble have asked Trump to tank the global economy to hide that the next big recession is going to be their fault.
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
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Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer – his Davos speech outlined the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer
The Canadian leader has articulated the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own
www.newstatesman.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Mark Carney’s lessons for Keir Starmer – his Davos speech outlined the “progressive realist” doctrine that should be Starmer’s own. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Dr Assal Rad—
“𝘐𝘚𝘙𝘈𝘌𝘓 𝘐𝘚 𝘙𝘜𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈 𝘕𝘌𝘛𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘒 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗𝘚 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘈𝘕𝘚
“This should be the headline in every major news outlet.”
“𝘐𝘚𝘙𝘈𝘌𝘓 𝘐𝘚 𝘙𝘜𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈 𝘕𝘌𝘛𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘒 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗𝘚 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘈𝘕𝘚
“This should be the headline in every major news outlet.”
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Dr Assal Rad—
“𝘐𝘚𝘙𝘈𝘌𝘓 𝘐𝘚 𝘙𝘜𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈 𝘕𝘌𝘛𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘒 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗𝘚 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘈𝘕𝘚
“This should be the headline in every major news outlet.”
“𝘐𝘚𝘙𝘈𝘌𝘓 𝘐𝘚 𝘙𝘜𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈 𝘕𝘌𝘛𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘒 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗𝘚 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘈𝘕𝘚
“This should be the headline in every major news outlet.”
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As we celebrate MLK holiday, we should be reminded that our national parks used to be free for everyone today. No more, now Flag Day is free which just happens to be Donald Trump’s birthday.
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
As we celebrate MLK holiday, we should be reminded that our national parks used to be free for everyone today. No more, now Flag Day is free which just happens to be Donald Trump’s birthday.
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Sheffield merely the latest university to claim that legally withdrawing your labour should actually be postponing your labour, and punishing people further. Here’s how strikes work:
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Sheffield merely the latest university to claim that legally withdrawing your labour should actually be postponing your labour, and punishing people further. Here’s how strikes work:
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
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European Union is silent:
"Israel has begun bulldozing the headquarters of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem.
The far-right government led by Netanyahu has been clamping down heavily on humanitarian groups that provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza:"
bsky.app/profile/then...
"Israel has begun bulldozing the headquarters of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem.
The far-right government led by Netanyahu has been clamping down heavily on humanitarian groups that provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza:"
bsky.app/profile/then...
Israel has begun bulldozing the headquarters of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem.
The far-right government led by Netanyahu has been clamping down heavily on humanitarian groups that provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza:
The far-right government led by Netanyahu has been clamping down heavily on humanitarian groups that provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza:
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 PM
European Union is silent:
"Israel has begun bulldozing the headquarters of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem.
The far-right government led by Netanyahu has been clamping down heavily on humanitarian groups that provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza:"
bsky.app/profile/then...
"Israel has begun bulldozing the headquarters of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem.
The far-right government led by Netanyahu has been clamping down heavily on humanitarian groups that provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza:"
bsky.app/profile/then...
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Trump's "Board of Peace" isn't an international organisation; it's a personal fiefdom.
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Trump's "Board of Peace" isn't an international organisation; it's a personal fiefdom.
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Its Charter names him personally as chair,subject only to resignation or unanimous vote of incapacity; lets him pick his successor; allows him to hire & fire the executive...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Foxhounds are ALREADY being killed by hunts!
January 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Foxhounds are ALREADY being killed by hunts!
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Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data shows
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *WeFix_London *TrailFinders *MetallicElephant *Boxt *TonicSurgery *HafrenFurnishers *BodyByNature *PolishTourismOrganisation *SimplyFactoring *Droylsdenglass *CityMoves *SelectSpecs *AllClearTravel *moneyfactscompare *Tufferman *Belgica *Dialaflight *IDry
Ofcom just sat in Parliament and suggested the reason they haven't upheld single complaint on climate coverage since 2020 is that "broadcasters that we regulate have a good understanding of the code and they are complying with the rules".
This is what they've been green-lighting...
This is what they've been green-lighting...
January 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *WeFix_London *TrailFinders *MetallicElephant *Boxt *TonicSurgery *HafrenFurnishers *BodyByNature *PolishTourismOrganisation *SimplyFactoring *Droylsdenglass *CityMoves *SelectSpecs *AllClearTravel *moneyfactscompare *Tufferman *Belgica *Dialaflight *IDry
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺
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His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 9:19 AM
His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
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I know the world is currently a hellscape but hey, I finally got my act together and put up a very basic page for consultation services: animalarchaeology.com/consultation...
Consultation Services
Alongside my other projects, I am also available for research consultation! I am happy to lend my expertise on a variety of subjects to your project, including the following: Zooarchaeology Funerar…
animalarchaeology.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I know the world is currently a hellscape but hey, I finally got my act together and put up a very basic page for consultation services: animalarchaeology.com/consultation...
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Yet another easily avoidable national calamity here that was forced through despite of overwhelming opposition from people who knew what they were talking about. We can only chuck it on the teetering pile of unnecessary disasters that government after government has racked up, and nobody can explain
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Yet another easily avoidable national calamity here that was forced through despite of overwhelming opposition from people who knew what they were talking about. We can only chuck it on the teetering pile of unnecessary disasters that government after government has racked up, and nobody can explain
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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🚨🇵🇸 Former IDF soldier:
“The West Bank isn’t a ‘disputed territory.’ It’s an ongoing robbery — and the IDF is the armed wing of a real estate mafia.”
“The West Bank isn’t a ‘disputed territory.’ It’s an ongoing robbery — and the IDF is the armed wing of a real estate mafia.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:59 AM
🚨🇵🇸 Former IDF soldier:
“The West Bank isn’t a ‘disputed territory.’ It’s an ongoing robbery — and the IDF is the armed wing of a real estate mafia.”
“The West Bank isn’t a ‘disputed territory.’ It’s an ongoing robbery — and the IDF is the armed wing of a real estate mafia.”
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
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Nigel Farage promised Brexit would help you.
Nigel Farage stood down 319 Reform candidates to help Boris deliver THIS SPECIFIC version of Brexit.
So if he's convinced you to blame other people for the fact that this Brexit hasn't helped you...
You're as thick as frozen shit.
Nigel Farage stood down 319 Reform candidates to help Boris deliver THIS SPECIFIC version of Brexit.
So if he's convinced you to blame other people for the fact that this Brexit hasn't helped you...
You're as thick as frozen shit.
January 12, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Nigel Farage promised Brexit would help you.
Nigel Farage stood down 319 Reform candidates to help Boris deliver THIS SPECIFIC version of Brexit.
So if he's convinced you to blame other people for the fact that this Brexit hasn't helped you...
You're as thick as frozen shit.
Nigel Farage stood down 319 Reform candidates to help Boris deliver THIS SPECIFIC version of Brexit.
So if he's convinced you to blame other people for the fact that this Brexit hasn't helped you...
You're as thick as frozen shit.
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It’s shocking that some MPs have suggested that AI deepfakes are a question of free speech.
The safety and privacy of women and children have been violated by Grok’s AI tool.
It’s a responsibility on the UK Government to protect women and girls both offline and online.
The safety and privacy of women and children have been violated by Grok’s AI tool.
It’s a responsibility on the UK Government to protect women and girls both offline and online.
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM
It’s shocking that some MPs have suggested that AI deepfakes are a question of free speech.
The safety and privacy of women and children have been violated by Grok’s AI tool.
It’s a responsibility on the UK Government to protect women and girls both offline and online.
The safety and privacy of women and children have been violated by Grok’s AI tool.
It’s a responsibility on the UK Government to protect women and girls both offline and online.
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The despicable images circulating on X via its chatbot Grok show the way we legislate & regulate isn’t fit for purpose when it comes to the challenges of AI.
I’m calling for a totally new, empowered regulator that embeds people's experience online.
I spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today.
I’m calling for a totally new, empowered regulator that embeds people's experience online.
I spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today.
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The despicable images circulating on X via its chatbot Grok show the way we legislate & regulate isn’t fit for purpose when it comes to the challenges of AI.
I’m calling for a totally new, empowered regulator that embeds people's experience online.
I spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today.
I’m calling for a totally new, empowered regulator that embeds people's experience online.
I spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today.
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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid