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Herb Morgan
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eclectic generalist, incessant dabbler, surfer of a perpetually revolving set of interests
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Herb Morgan @monkmorgan.bsky.social · Nov 28
Hello, Bluesky. Liking it here, so far.
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antiquity.ac.uk
The Antiquity archive contains all of our issues going back to the journal's foundation in 1927!

Check out almost 100 years of archaeological research online 👇
antiquity.ac.uk/issues-by-co...

🏺 #Archaeology
Shelves in an archive, stacked with folders, with the text 'Antiquity Archive' overlaid.
January 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
What’s the best way to lower cholesterol? 🫀New treatments, such as CRISPR technology that could turn off cholesterol-making genes for life, are in the works.
Looking Beyond Statins For New Ways To Lower Cholesterol
When it comes to “bad” cholesterol, most cardiologists say lower is better. But what’s the best way to get that number down?
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January 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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dark-shark.bsky.social
Jon Hassell & Brian Eno: Charm (Over "Burundi Cloud") - from their 1980 album, Fourth World Volume 1: Possible Musics www.youtube.com/watch?v=eufZ...
Charm (Over "Burundi Cloud")
YouTube video by Jon Hassell - Topic
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January 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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theblogginggoth.bsky.social
On this day one year ago, #DavidLynch left us for places wonderful and strange. Rest in Peace.
Two pictures of David Lynch from his YouTube series during lockdown. In panel one he says "good morning, everyone. It's..." In panel two he looks to the side in slightly aggrieved perplexity and the caption reads "It's an absolute shitshow out there, today." Thanks to @sadpeaks on IG for this!
January 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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splcenter.org
#OTD we honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., born Jan. 15, 1929. His leadership in the struggle for racial justice, voting rights and economic equity continues to guide the work. #TheMarchContinues
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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anildash.com
Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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greatdismal.bsky.social
1950-something
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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pittriversmuseum.bsky.social
Experience reimagined global sound recordings from the archives through live performance, artist conversations and interactive activities in 'A Century of Sounds: Live' in collaboration with Cities and Memory & @ocmevents.bsky.social. Fri 27 Feb 6.30-9pm. Tickets £10 (Members £5).

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January 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
Learn more about the archaeology of sound and music in Antiquity, with articles on Neolithic shell trumpets in Catalonia (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...), Bronze Age cymbals from Oman (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...) and the earliest stringed instruments in Vietnam (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...)
A conch shell with the apex removed and two holes in its body, labelled A and B. A pair of green-coloured metal (copper alloy) cymbals viewed from above and from the side, alongside illustrations of them from the same angles. A piece of deer antler with an illustration overlaid reconstructing how a string was strung on it to create a single-stringed chordophone. Alongside are four illustrations of traditional Vietnamese single-stringed instruments for comparison.
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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theblogginggoth.bsky.social
A photograph of Andrew Eldritch and Patricia Morrison from The Sisters of Mercy. Eldritch has some tacky "Happy New Year" sunglasses edited over his regular shades. The caption reads "If you start the 12" single of 'This Corrosion' by The Sisters Of Mercy at 11:58:18 tonight, the first HEY NOW will start at exactly midnight. Start your year off like always - in denial."
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
monkmorgan.bsky.social
#booksky #musicsky #brianeno
Brian Eno's Book and Music Recommendations
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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December 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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npr.org
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up. n.pr/3YIJurW
In Memoriam 2025: The Musicians We Lost
D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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thequietus.com
'Brett’s greatest trick in channeling Holmes was to make Holmes seem like himself. His performances were an integration and shedding of the self, a foretaste and remembrance of where the character was going, and where he had come from.'

Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Watson (Edward Hardwicke) standing beside a body of water and some foliage.
December 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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scifri.bsky.social
Ancient cave art is beautiful to look at—and it was likely also meant to be part of a listening experience. A growing field of archeology is uncovering the role music played during the Ice and Stone Ages. 🎶
How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?
What did a vulture-bone flute sound like inside a cave? How about singing inside a tomb? Researchers are bringing ancient sounds back to life.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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thequietus.com
'They might seem new age-y, but SOTL always sound too damaged for that categorisation to make absolute sense. The beauty comes from the reflections of inner turmoil.'

#StarsOfTheLid - Music for Nitrous Oxide is No 5 in tQ’s Reissues, posthumous releases Etc. of the Year 2025

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Stars Of TheLid - Music for Nitrous Oxide album cover. Close up of an historical painting. An individual sat at a desk with a quill pen.
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
monkmorgan.bsky.social
A couple pics of the Moon from this morning
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
📰 Are Catalonian conch shells among the earliest musical instruments?

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments
Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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theblogginggoth.bsky.social
Remembering Julee Cruise, born this day in 1956 who collaborated so memorably with Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch, including her single "Falling" in Twin Peaks.
Julee Cruise - Falling (Twin Peaks Soundtrack)
YouTube video by Serge K
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December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
monkmorgan.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2

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The picture shows six needles of different sizes. They were made of bone resemble their modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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apod.shinyakato.dev
🔭 Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field

Image Credit & Copyright: Alvaro Ibanez Perez

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A starfield is shown with thin wisps of gray and red running through it. In the center is an usual ball -- which is a globular cluster of stars upon closer inspection. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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huubeggen.bsky.social
On 18 November 2017 an astronaut aboard space station #ISS took this image of aurora borealis from over southwestern Canada. The brightest city in the image is Edmonton, Alberta. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social #25YearsOnISS
The image shows a nighttime view of earth with many city and road lights in the lower part of the image. At top green veils of aurora stretch towards the curved horizon of earth. On this day, 18 November 2017, only nighttime timelapses were shot from the space station. Auroras are a favourite subject for astronauts to take timelapses of. The videos made from these timelapses are always wonderful to see. At the average height of around 420 kilometres above earth ISS when reaching its highest inclination of 51.7 degrees at times passes almost over the green auroras since these are formed at lower altitudes. Sometimes when looking at the videos it looks like the station is even flying through them.
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
monkmorgan.bsky.social
Work drawing 20251114
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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dark-shark.bsky.social
Brian Eno's album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) was released on November 14, 1974
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
The latest book from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social’s LAMP project (who invited me to lecture on Baltic religion last month) is out in open access: Indo-European Afterlives: blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se/2025/11/11/h...
How the Indo-European peoples imagined death – Language, myth and archaeology in a new book
By interweaving philological analysis, archaeological evidence and mythological narratives, Indo-European Afterlives offers new perspectives on how notions of death and the beyond w…
blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM