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Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 1d

But I've now joined James in the Greens

Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 1d

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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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 1d

Hi.

This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire

Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...

Israel says it's resuming the ceasefire after its strikes in Gaza kill over 100 people

Israel's military said the ceasefire in Gaza resumed after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.

www.npr.org

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Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 1d

x.com/JamieDriscol...

Jamie Driscoll on X: "A statement from me, @BethWinterCynon and @andrewfeinstein https://t.co/QG6J6mK8Y0" / X

A statement from me, @BethWinterCynon and @andrewfeinstein https://t.co/QG6J6mK8Y0

x.com

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Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 4d

Not just threatening

10isdsstories.org/case/case-4/

Huawei vs Sweden - ISDS Red Carpet Courts

Cybersecurity concerns led many countries to ban or limit Huawei’s involvement in building the new 5G mobile network. Sweden was one of the first to take action on national security grounds, and is no...

10isdsstories.org

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 9d

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

The grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort plus foundations of stone built prehistoric structures looking down from the air

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 12d

Who robbed the Louvre right answers only

a close up of a cartoon character wearing a hat

Alt: a close up of a female cartoon character wearing a hat and red lipstick. It is Carmen San Diego

media.tenor.com

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13d

My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.

A painting of George Washington with NO KINGS in orange ombré letters, in front of an American flag. Mixed media on posterboard. Can you tell she has an MFA?

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 16d

🦉 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

Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details. The plague is made of limestone.

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European Trade Justice Coalition @eurtradejustice.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 23d

Sat crying reading this

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 29d

Not any more - in the last few minutes getting that same error message

Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · 29d

I keep checking the #GlobalSumudFlotilla tracker to see if the Mikeno is moving

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · Sep 30

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

Drystone facade with large megalithic stones forming entrance to passage entering large cairn

Passage of cairn with large stone side slabs all covered incised decoration and with stone slab floor and capstones

Large standing forming side slab of passage. Covered in incised decoration comprising rainbow 🌈 shaped forms, large ones in middle and smaller to side.

View into large square chamber at end of passage. Two large decorated backslabs and massive single paving stone.

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Jamie Driscoll @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social · Sep 28

When 150 far-right tried to march through Newcastle yesterday, 3000 Geordies stopped them. I’m proud of our city and its people.
My article is a first-hand account of the day.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Geordies weren't letting far-right fascists spout hate in their city this weekend

A far-right rogues gallery of racists came to Newcastle on Saturday 27 September - and yes, racists is the correct term. Or fascists...

www.thecanary.co

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Sep 27

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.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Sep 27

🚨 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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Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social · Sep 27

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

Image of a crowd of protesters at grey’s monument in Newcastle, holding placards saying Majority against racism.

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Jean Blaylock @jeanblaylock.bsky.social · Sep 27

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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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Sep 25

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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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Sep 24

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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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Sep 19

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

My photo shows three small brown fibre baskets made from twined esparto grass. They are remarkably well-preserved and almost complete. They have been radio-carbon dated to the Mesolithic period some 9,500 years ago. Dimensions:

Left basket: Height = 10.7 cm; Diameter = 7.2 cm
Front Central basket Height = 9.4 cm, Diameter = 6.5cm
Right basket: Height = 13.5 cm; Diameter = 8.6 cm

The exceptional preservation of the baskets is due to

“The unique conditions for the preservation of organic material in the cave are related to the null humidity resulting from the geological character of the cave. Moreover, a dry wind current is generated by the prevailing climate in the area, and the north-south direction and narrow and deep morphology of the Angosturas gorge channel the wind toward the cave, through the narrow upper entrance. The wind cools as it travels through the cave, increasing in speed; it is cold as it exits through another narrow entrance located in the lower part of the shelter. The lack of prevailing humidity in the area and the circulation of wind in the cave as it cools and dries prevent the proliferation of bacteria, increasing the amount and diversity of preserved perishable material at the site.” Quote from the research article: ‘The earliest basketry in southern Europe: Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol)’

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · Sep 19

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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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · Sep 14

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.

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