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Jean Blaylock
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Unfair trade rules, broken food systems. Also archeology, plants and sci-fi.
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But I've now joined James in the Greens
Not exactly - majorityuk.org is what I've been putting time into the last couple years - it's what came out of the attempt to get Driscoll elected as North East Mayor. Two months ago it seemed v likely the structures Majority has put in place would provide a basis for YP in the NE. Now ... not.
Majority: Mobilising activists, building a political movement - Majority
Our political system has failed. Majority will put power back in the hands of the people. Britain should be run in the interests of the people who do the work
majorityuk.org
Yeah, I mean, I think it was the comment of some very tired, very angry people. And that was the toned down version - apparently the initial draft had somewhat more swearing.

And reading the new stmt, it still isn't really clear what happens to the money and data. Just it's Zarah's problem now
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Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses

Proper lovely 😍

🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011

For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html

#HillfortsWednesday
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My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.
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🦉 Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details, Egypt, 400–30 B.C.

🏛️ Met

🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
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The European Trade Justice Coalition (formerly the Seattle to Brussels Network or S2B) recently had its 25 year anniversary

It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
25 years of trade justice campaigning from Seattle to Brussels
YouTube video by European Trade Justice Coalition
youtu.be
Not any more - in the last few minutes getting that same error message
I keep checking the #GlobalSumudFlotilla tracker to see if the Mikeno is moving
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Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place.

@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
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Scholars of the 50s and 60s, now’s your time to remind people of how the FBI infiltrates left-wing groups and foments violent action.
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
www.kenklippenstein.com
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Today Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼

The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.

Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran
Anti-racist demonstrators blocking Tommy Robinson’s fascists from marching through the centre of Newcastle - successfully so far

But being kettled and apparently the police are agreeing an alternative route for the far right
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Vibrant colour projected onto a 2,600 year-old wall panel offers a glimpse of the past lived in glorious technicolour!

From the North Palace at Nineveh (present day Iraq), where the walls were decorated with brightly painted reliefs. 🎥 by me

#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
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Timeless design!

Incredibly, these beautiful fibre baskets are about 9,500 years old! 🤯

Look like they were made yesterday rather than by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers!

From the Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Cave of Bats), Spain. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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A while since I posted a nice Iron Age #coin, so for #FindsFriday here's a silver quarter stater loosely attributed to the Baiocasses in Normandy. From the Le Câtillon hoard, #Jersey. Fine example of the human-headed horse on the reverse which dominates the coinage of this region. #numismatics 🏺
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Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.