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@fenken.bsky.social

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Archaeological geophysicist, heritage nerd, Running Punk, musician and ex-dancer.

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · Nov 19

I have made a Maritime Archaeologists Starter Pack. I need to go through my follow/followers lists to populate it more fully, but please share and let me know who I should be including!

go.bsky.app/Q9TbFV2

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1h

I was once on an excavation with a load of classicists. There was a sculpture called the Emperor's Triumphal Relief and not one of them giggled.

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1h

#QuoteOfTheDay: 'You need to go into your settings and turn off Autopun'

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 3h

I only found out about this now. I haven't watched QT in years because of the blatant bias of Fiona "he only hit her once" Bruce.

But this is disgusting. People aren't interested in an elected representative pleading guilty to taking bribes from Russia. Really?🤔
www.thenational.scot/news/2553221...

Fiona Bruce shuts down Zack Polanski grilling of Reform UK's Zia Yusuf

FIONA Bruce shut down Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time as he pressed Zia Yusuf over Reform UK’s links to Russia ...

www.thenational.scot

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 6h

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 5h

Winning on every level!

Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 6h

All about the light this morning.

Sunrise behind two transmission towers in a flat landscape. There is low cloud to the south.

Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 6h

Buying stuff to get into a new hobby IS actually doing the new hobby.

I am assured of this.

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 22h

My brother was a community dentist on Orkney. When we we kids he was always fairly prone to seasickness. I always wondered how he fared on journeys like that (he would never say).

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 23h

Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day...

Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Although I stand by my glaikit* blancmanges comment.

* Glaikit - a Scots word similar to vacuous, but not so complimentary...

Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

That's really well put!

Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

So many unkind comments, so little time...

In a lifetime of hanging around with total weirdos, I have encountered very few that would fit into whatever bit of the Venn diagram these glaikit blancmanges occupy...

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 1d

Mental ill health is frequently caused or exacerbated by entrenched workplace cultures of overwork and bullying.

Until all UK workplaces are forced to take their statutory workplace mental health & safety duties seriously, people with mental ill health will be unable to return to or remain in work.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a picture of a sow feeding 13 (yes, thirteen) one day old piglets, for anyone who needs it.

It is what I say it is. A large sow lying on her port side, feeding thirteen tiny, one day old piglets. She is a dirty pink colour, the piglets are black and pink. She is lying on straw. There is the entrance to a brick sty behind. Photo taken from mummy pig's starboard quarter.

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Outstanding work!

Tommy Mackay @tommyreckless.bsky.social · 1d

Song of the day in the Daily Reckless. #SongOfTheDay

Brelvet Underground | Daily Reckless

On the anniversary of Jacques Brel's death, another chance to hear... Jacques Brel meets the Velvet Underground in the port of the Black Angel. Inspired by this post by Pocket Lint. see also: https...

www.dailyreckless.com

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Gallus! Love Jacques Brel. That's one of my favourite Velvets tunes too. They fit together perfectly.

Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

And the fascists in my country who long to be just like the fascists in your country want to convert our health service, which is free at the point of delivery, into a health service just like yours. And people say they will vote for that!

Cute cat though. Here's my cute cat.

A fat tabby cat called Smartie lies on the closed keyboard of an early 20th century upright piano. His front paws are crossed and if you know him, you will know that looks in his eye means the next person to come within range is going to lose a useful quantity of claret.

He is beautiful, though. And he and I have an understanding.

Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

As a diver (well, ex diver these days) I was more than slightly alarmed by the lack of coordination of the activities of the vessel and the dive team.

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Oops... One for @dreadships.bsky.social, possibly?

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2551596...

Serious concerns over university hiring unsafe boat which partially sank in Orkney

Serious concerns have been raised over a Scots university hiring an uncertified, unseaworthy boat which had to be abandoned in Orkney

www.heraldscotland.com

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Adrie van der Luijt @traumainformedcontent.com · 1d

So if there’s a peace deal in Gaza, does that mean that the whole Netanyahu clique can now go on trial in The Hague?

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Henry Kendall was the architect. Mid 19th century

The main house is quite impressive too, if that is your thing. Most of what you see outside is by Henry Flitcroft and is mid 18th century, but it is a palimpsest of lots of older and newer work, like most country houses.

Wimpole Hall. A symmetrical building with three projecting bays in the middle under a pediment, flanked by two bays either side, with two flanking wings of five bays each. In red brick with limestone dressings.

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

For the avoidance of doubt, I have danced here

Gateway to the stable block at Wimpole Hall. Red brick arch, square in plan, with a brick and stone clock tower and cupola over it. This is a wide angle shot showing the cast iron columns a d arcade within the stable block itself.

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Well that's a pretty uncomfortable thread. Excellent work by @jacksapoch.bsky.social here.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a man with a gold toilet complaining that other people spend money on stuff?

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MOLA @museumofloot.bsky.social · 1d

At least 100 out of 1,000 well-known archaeological sites around Sudan have already been destroyed so far, especially through the use of heavy, gold-digging machinery.

allthatsinteresting.com/sudan-jabal-...

Illegal Miners Destroy 2,000-Year-Old Heritage Site In Sudan While Digging For Gold

Hundreds of archaeological sites have been vandalized in a similar fashion by illegal miners across Sudan.

allthatsinteresting.com

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