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@mrsoup.bsky.social
🥣 = ⛏️💀🏺🗿🏛️⛩️🪦🗺️ 📚 📽️🎬 🎨 🛠️🗜️ ✍️🥁🕶️🏉🏴
Archaeogist, Education, Film, Art, Making.
Mr Bump personified. Welsh. Wallsend, Hadrian’s Wall.
A bit of everything goes in to the 'Soup!
Archaeogist, Education, Film, Art, Making.
Mr Bump personified. Welsh. Wallsend, Hadrian’s Wall.
A bit of everything goes in to the 'Soup!
Here's a double rainbow at the park today 🙂
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Here's a double rainbow at the park today 🙂
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
Performative cruelty to impress knuckleheads who will never vote for Labour. This is particularly cynical without any safe and legal routes for asylum seekers in place!
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Performative cruelty to impress knuckleheads who will never vote for Labour. This is particularly cynical without any safe and legal routes for asylum seekers in place!
How practically perfect that YouTube recommended Christene McConnell's gingerbread Winchester Mystery House made 6 years ago with 666k views 🤌
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
How practically perfect that YouTube recommended Christene McConnell's gingerbread Winchester Mystery House made 6 years ago with 666k views 🤌
Has the Earliest Western Written Music Been Found in Pennsylvania?
w/ @michellefranklin.bsky.social
youtu.be/LbSZxpLzAkI?...
w/ @michellefranklin.bsky.social
youtu.be/LbSZxpLzAkI?...
Has the Earliest Western Written Music Been Found in Pennsylvania?
YouTube video by Archaeosoup
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Has the Earliest Western Written Music Been Found in Pennsylvania?
w/ @michellefranklin.bsky.social
youtu.be/LbSZxpLzAkI?...
w/ @michellefranklin.bsky.social
youtu.be/LbSZxpLzAkI?...
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"the right to protest is fundamental to our democracy"
Juuuuust not if you protest genocide in Gaza, right?
When will this Labour Government understand that the people they're trying to impress are NEVER going to vote for them?
Juuuuust not if you protest genocide in Gaza, right?
When will this Labour Government understand that the people they're trying to impress are NEVER going to vote for them?
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"the right to protest is fundamental to our democracy"
Juuuuust not if you protest genocide in Gaza, right?
When will this Labour Government understand that the people they're trying to impress are NEVER going to vote for them?
Juuuuust not if you protest genocide in Gaza, right?
When will this Labour Government understand that the people they're trying to impress are NEVER going to vote for them?
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Absolutely WILD that the development of sofrware proceeded with so little heed to record-keeping that 52 year old source code is a major archaeological trove that requires special tools to gain access to, like it's a treasure room in a sealed royal tomb from 3500 years ago.
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
52 year old data tape could contain Unix history
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
www.theregister.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Absolutely WILD that the development of sofrware proceeded with so little heed to record-keeping that 52 year old source code is a major archaeological trove that requires special tools to gain access to, like it's a treasure room in a sealed royal tomb from 3500 years ago.
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Exactly. Fuck off Mike Johnson. And fuck off billionaires who by getting away with not paying their share of taxes has left the majority of us broke, sick and suffering.
Yes, exactly. Fuck off!!!
#Pinks
Yes, exactly. Fuck off!!!
#Pinks
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Exactly. Fuck off Mike Johnson. And fuck off billionaires who by getting away with not paying their share of taxes has left the majority of us broke, sick and suffering.
Yes, exactly. Fuck off!!!
#Pinks
Yes, exactly. Fuck off!!!
#Pinks
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Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
Thanks to the BBC we've just learnt that the effigies of Gog and Magog, appearing in the Lady Mayors Show are:
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
"representations of 2 giants captured by the Roman general Brutus, first governor of Londinium, back in the day" 🧐
Thank you
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Did Geoffrey of Monmouth write this script?
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
Holy ferkin Moly, Facebook is just outright recommending far right propaganda to me... When signed in as the archaeosoup FB page.
The pseudoarchaeology page recommendations is one thing, but this is crusading stormtrooper shit!
The pseudoarchaeology page recommendations is one thing, but this is crusading stormtrooper shit!
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Holy ferkin Moly, Facebook is just outright recommending far right propaganda to me... When signed in as the archaeosoup FB page.
The pseudoarchaeology page recommendations is one thing, but this is crusading stormtrooper shit!
The pseudoarchaeology page recommendations is one thing, but this is crusading stormtrooper shit!
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I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
It's always quite funny taking down the Halloween decorations in my office, because some 'halloween' stuff is in there anyway haha
I have to triple check to make sure I haven't missed anything.
I have to triple check to make sure I haven't missed anything.
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It's always quite funny taking down the Halloween decorations in my office, because some 'halloween' stuff is in there anyway haha
I have to triple check to make sure I haven't missed anything.
I have to triple check to make sure I haven't missed anything.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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One author, “a physician in Qatar, published more than 80 this year. They appeared in journals covering 58 separate topics, an unlikely breadth of expertise for a single scholar.”
Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI | Science | AAAS - fascinating report by @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI
New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
www.science.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
One author, “a physician in Qatar, published more than 80 this year. They appeared in journals covering 58 separate topics, an unlikely breadth of expertise for a single scholar.”
Oxfam Jesmond and Café 1901 🥰
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Oxfam Jesmond and Café 1901 🥰
Yesterday, I came across a theodolite in LEGO Marvel Superheroes. I love it. The clever use of the black flowers to form a tripod!
Plus I love how this bicycle is stored with its tyre separate... And Ant-Man shrinks 🥹
Plus I love how this bicycle is stored with its tyre separate... And Ant-Man shrinks 🥹
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yesterday, I came across a theodolite in LEGO Marvel Superheroes. I love it. The clever use of the black flowers to form a tripod!
Plus I love how this bicycle is stored with its tyre separate... And Ant-Man shrinks 🥹
Plus I love how this bicycle is stored with its tyre separate... And Ant-Man shrinks 🥹
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I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
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'Fireworks, Cremorne Gardens, London' (1859) by Walter Greaves
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
November 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
'Fireworks, Cremorne Gardens, London' (1859) by Walter Greaves
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
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Here's your timeline cleanse.
Ok. I needed this today! And yes - I cried heartfelt tears watching it.
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Here's your timeline cleanse.