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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 19h

Yeah. Think I’ll be booking at the pharmacy.

Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 20h

My local surgery just cancelled my flu vax on the basis that I’m not high risk and therefore eligible.

I mean, I look pretty risky…

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 22h

Legend is female Druids of the county did not disappear during Roman occupation, but instead melded with the forests to become its Green Ladies, its Moss Maidens. A historian will tell you this is nonsense. A folklorist will merely tell you stories hold impossible truths. - #CLNolan #FolkloreFriday

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 1d

Beware the stay belows and have a good time !

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · 1d

Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here.

#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 1d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 1d

Went to Bryn Celli Ddu in the summer, one of the best monuments I’ve been to, in a fabulous ritual landscape. Both archaeologists and earth mysteries folk get very excited about this place, with very good reason. @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 2d

We had good taste!!

I think my first single was a kids sound track thing, later I just leached my elder sister’s record collection!

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 2d

Talking Heads: Remain in Light.
45 years old.

My first LP! Super hipster 😆

Still a banger. Still got the LP somewhere.

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 2d

I’d probably add a Kettenkrad tracker motorcycle side car, maybe an armoured personnel carrier.

Plus a couple of 3d printed fantasy figures of wraiths etc.

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The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social · 2d

They Came For My Head, now we are coming for yours.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 3d

Yet more mind-blowing data and forecasts from the global renewables industry. Still not enough, but a hell of a lot of fossil fuel demand is going to get destroyed and global energy markets and geopolitics are going to get reshaped as a result. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

Renewables are set for massive growth by 2030 - but will it be enough?

Despite Trump's war on clean power, the International Energy Agency expects global renewables capacity to double over the next five years - but further acceleration is needed to meet global climate go...

www.businessgreen.com

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 3d

So much this. It also explains why there is now so much flirting with climate denial and deep state conspiracism on the right. When your theories have failed so completely it’s much easier to retreat from reality than attempt to explain it.

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 4d

It nags at me that people are dancing around the fact that one reason centre-right think-tanks are in an intellectual crisis moment is because we've spent over a decade where lots of their ideas were tried out and didn't pan out as advertised.

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 2d

Moai walked. See the experimental archaeology video. Amazing.

Jørgen Holm @jholm.bsky.social · 3d

When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History
www.anthropology.net/p/when-giant...

When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History

New archaeological evidence & physics-based experiments show that Easter Island’s colossal statues didn’t just stand; they walked, revealing the ingenuity of one of the world’s most misunderstood isla

www.anthropology.net

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Paul McGee @paulmcgee.bsky.social · 3d

If any of you had Tarzan retooling himself as a fearless crusader against the rising tide of neo-fascism *in his fucking 90s* on *your* 2025 bingo card, then as far as I'm concerned, you can just take the pot now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 3d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 3d

Went to see @profaliceroberts.bsky.social last night. Very entertaining and I learned a lot. Recommended.

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 5d

I’m back on tour with my new book DOMINATION this week - travelling to Bradford, Sheffield, Newcastle, Hull & Northampton. Expect plenty of monasteries, basilicas, hypocausts as I explore the end of the western Roman Empire and why it’s still relevant today!

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 3d

I’ve been listening to both the new @theblackdog.bsky.social album Loud Ambient, and Fragments, for the last few days off cd and they’re both excellent. Really enjoyable.

The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social · 3d

New Album, Loud Ambient and Fragments on vinyl for the first time.
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/music

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 4d

Midnight Lovers: New dub techno tune out next weekend. 126bpm space echo lushness. Comes with an ambient dub mix.

Mailing list this week then on all platforms and Bandcamp Saturday.

Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 5d

Looking forward to seeing your show on Sheffield tomorrow night.

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 5d

Milo is one of the best archaeology YouTubers. Solid science but also fairly open minded.

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 6d

That’s a really good figure though

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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 7d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who owns Scotland's offshore wind assets?

Our new interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social lets you explore who really owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit

Highlights in 🧵
Explore the map 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/scotwind

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 7d

Those tedious and mysteriously funded transphobes want to limit access to the Ponds so I’ve had a pleasant 10 mins filling this out on why seeing a variety of women is magic and judging by what people look like or can do is very slippery territory hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.isn

Future access to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds

Inviting feedback from pond users, the local community, and stakeholders on how the Kenwood Ladies’, and Highgate Men’s ponds should operate in the future.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 7d

“Thank you dad”! LOL haven’t seen that before.

Still a great album.

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No Place Like Drone @noplacelikedrone.bsky.social · 9d

You will find a handy list of Bandcamp links here:
www.buymusic.club/list/noplace...

Support the artists and labels - it's good for what ails you!

NoPlace_Drone - NPLD DDR OCT 1 2025 [You Wanna Be Sedated]

A website for curating and sharing lists of independent music downloads available on Bandcamp.

www.buymusic.club

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