Michael Harris
@davidmichaelharris.bsky.social
MA (Hons), MScR, FSA Scot
Archaeologist. Adult Education Tutor. Editor & proofreader.
Member: Friends of the Earth Scotland; Red Rope; Solidarity Federation-IWA
Archaeologist. Adult Education Tutor. Editor & proofreader.
Member: Friends of the Earth Scotland; Red Rope; Solidarity Federation-IWA
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#ICYMI
Something small is watching Goddard. This account doesn't post often, but in times like these, every perspective counts. #NASA
Something small is watching Goddard. This account doesn't post often, but in times like these, every perspective counts. #NASA
I’ve been asked how I feel about my live brethren infesting other centers. I have no comment… I’m a zombie roach. I’m one of only a few dead roaches in my building, and my human office mates have embraced me. Which makes me special.
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Too many cockroaches, not enough desks: The 'complete chaos' of NASA's return-to-office
The government’s HR agency said in-person work will ‘strengthen collaboration’ as federal staff report chaos and confusion...
www.hrgrapevine.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Previously on Bylines Scotland...
Mad, bad and dangerous to know: the perils of a post-vaccine US
RFK Jr’s advisor is trying to strip US citizens of access to key vaccines – this could turn the country into a plague-ridden no-man’s-land
bylines.scot
January 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Previously on Bylines Scotland...
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"Public forgetting, like public memorialization, can have a swift and easy outcome if the forces intent on causing the loss of memory have enough power and put enough effort into the project."
I've Never Seen Anything
How could the Jedi Order vanish from public memory in less than a generation?
contingentmagazine.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Public forgetting, like public memorialization, can have a swift and easy outcome if the forces intent on causing the loss of memory have enough power and put enough effort into the project."
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As an object of anthropological enquiry, the bunkered data centre continues the ancient human practice of storing precious relics in underground sites, like the tumuli and burial mounds of our ancestors, where tools, silver, gold and other treasures were interred.
Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack
Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.
tcnv.link
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As an object of anthropological enquiry, the bunkered data centre continues the ancient human practice of storing precious relics in underground sites, like the tumuli and burial mounds of our ancestors, where tools, silver, gold and other treasures were interred.
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It's been a year of weather extremes that has pushed nature to its limits, but there have been some wins along the way.
From drought to deluge, find out how the UK’s wildlife was tested in our 2025 review: buff.ly/24LdwL0
Photos: Hanne Siebers, Sarah Davis, Paul Harris, Laurence Perry
From drought to deluge, find out how the UK’s wildlife was tested in our 2025 review: buff.ly/24LdwL0
Photos: Hanne Siebers, Sarah Davis, Paul Harris, Laurence Perry
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
It's been a year of weather extremes that has pushed nature to its limits, but there have been some wins along the way.
From drought to deluge, find out how the UK’s wildlife was tested in our 2025 review: buff.ly/24LdwL0
Photos: Hanne Siebers, Sarah Davis, Paul Harris, Laurence Perry
From drought to deluge, find out how the UK’s wildlife was tested in our 2025 review: buff.ly/24LdwL0
Photos: Hanne Siebers, Sarah Davis, Paul Harris, Laurence Perry
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The Home Office has FINALLY announced a public consultation on how police are using unregulated facial recognition tech.
But it's being rapidly rolled out to town centres across the country.
Join us in calling for safeguards on how its being used.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/182163/...
But it's being rapidly rolled out to town centres across the country.
Join us in calling for safeguards on how its being used.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/182163/...
December 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Home Office has FINALLY announced a public consultation on how police are using unregulated facial recognition tech.
But it's being rapidly rolled out to town centres across the country.
Join us in calling for safeguards on how its being used.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/182163/...
But it's being rapidly rolled out to town centres across the country.
Join us in calling for safeguards on how its being used.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/182163/...
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I'm pleased to see that the manifesto by staff and students at Aberdeen University 'Reclaiming our University' is still available on the web. It is still a terribly necessary and well-considered list of demands. reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
Reclaiming our University
Visit the post for more.
reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I'm pleased to see that the manifesto by staff and students at Aberdeen University 'Reclaiming our University' is still available on the web. It is still a terribly necessary and well-considered list of demands. reclaimingouruniversity.wordpress.com
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On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
In the persons of these two revolutionaries, two distinct projects clashed within the First International.
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Bakunin versus Marx - Freedom News
In the persons of these two revolutionaries, two distinct projects clashed within the First International ~ Carlos Taibo ~ There are more elements …
freedomnews.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In the persons of these two revolutionaries, two distinct projects clashed within the First International.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/12/26/b...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/12/26/b...
When archaeologists shovel snow.
December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When archaeologists shovel snow.
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jd vance panders to an audience who would have his wife turned into a rape slave and his children thrown out of a helicopter
Vance defended the administration’s vile immigration policies in a way that fundamentally degraded his own family: people he is bound by vows—which should be sacred to a Christian—to love and protect.
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Who Is JD Vance? (No, Seriously. Who Is He?)
The vice president is a cynical shapeshifter, willing to say anything—and be anybody—to become the most powerful person in America.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
jd vance panders to an audience who would have his wife turned into a rape slave and his children thrown out of a helicopter
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The Liz Truss Show - Behind the Scenes
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Liz Truss Show - Behind the Scenes
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The Free Speech Union, GB News, and Spiked all care passionately about free speech will all be incensed by this and offering their support.
Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard
Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard
Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices
Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after taking part in a protest holding a sign expressing support for Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers.
The Swedish activist arrived after a protest had begun outside the offices of an insurance company in London and she sat down with a sign saying “I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Free Speech Union, GB News, and Spiked all care passionately about free speech will all be incensed by this and offering their support.
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The UK media’s silence on the Palestine Action activists’ hunger strikes is a deliberate editorial choice - Professor Bart Cammaerts
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blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
The UK media’s silence on the Palestine Action activists’ hunger strikes is a deliberate editorial choice - Media@LSE
LSE's Professor Bart Cammaerts discusses the lack of coverage of the hunger strikes of imprisoned Palestine Action activists in the UK media.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The UK media’s silence on the Palestine Action activists’ hunger strikes is a deliberate editorial choice - Professor Bart Cammaerts
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
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This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
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With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
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Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
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‘The British state will let them rot in a prison and die’: The Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
‘The British state will let them rot in a prison and die’: The Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
‘The British state will let them rot in a prison and die’: The Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
December 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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“Try me for treason. I betrayed your deranged state”, the anti-war protester Andrei Trofimov said in court. He is now behind bars for 13 years. Russia's political prisoners need our support peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/t...
Try Me For Treason
“Try me for treason. I betrayed your deranged state”, the Russian anti-war protester Andrei Trofimov told the Second Western District Military Court in May. In 2023, Trofimov was sentenced to ten y…
peopleandnature.wordpress.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Try me for treason. I betrayed your deranged state”, the anti-war protester Andrei Trofimov said in court. He is now behind bars for 13 years. Russia's political prisoners need our support peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/t...
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Talking about _The Player of Games_ by Iain M. Banks.
www.newscientist.com/video/250912...
www.newscientist.com/video/250912...
Author Ken MacLeod on the life and work of the late Iain M. Banks
Sci-fi author Ken MacLeod shares stories about his friend, the late Iain M. Banks, author of the genre-redefining Culture series of science-fiction novels
www.newscientist.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Talking about _The Player of Games_ by Iain M. Banks.
www.newscientist.com/video/250912...
www.newscientist.com/video/250912...
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Demogorgons, Shadow Monsters and psychokinetically gifted 12-year-olds are strictly fictional creations - but what about the parallel universe at the core of Stranger Things?
go.nature.com/4aW1arh
go.nature.com/4aW1arh
Are we living in a parallel universe? The strange physics of Stranger Things
Nature speaks to theoretical physicists to explore the real theories that inspired the hit series. Warning: contains spoilers.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Demogorgons, Shadow Monsters and psychokinetically gifted 12-year-olds are strictly fictional creations - but what about the parallel universe at the core of Stranger Things?
go.nature.com/4aW1arh
go.nature.com/4aW1arh
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Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320