Hannah O’Regan
@palaeohan.bsky.social
Archaeologist studying lots of things (mainly bones) ‘cos I’m cursed with curiosity. I like cats, crafts, bears and fungi. She/her. Own views.
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TRUMP: I invented electricity. did it one day, turned on a lamp and a scientist gasped and said wow how did you do that and I said I just flicked a switch and he started crying and saying "sir you've just saved Africa from ebola"
BBC NEWS: a sober reflection on healthcare from the President
BBC NEWS: a sober reflection on healthcare from the President
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
TRUMP: I invented electricity. did it one day, turned on a lamp and a scientist gasped and said wow how did you do that and I said I just flicked a switch and he started crying and saying "sir you've just saved Africa from ebola"
BBC NEWS: a sober reflection on healthcare from the President
BBC NEWS: a sober reflection on healthcare from the President
One good thing about Winter. Tea cools to an acceptable drinking temperature in a sensible amount of time. ☕️🫖🕰️
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM
One good thing about Winter. Tea cools to an acceptable drinking temperature in a sensible amount of time. ☕️🫖🕰️
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"Kate, you should use AI to handle your terrible email inbox!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Kate, you should use AI to handle your terrible email inbox!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
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Psychopsis mimica
An unusual visitor to our Perth Hills garden moth light last night... not a moth but one of the Silky Lacewings.
First time seeing one of these beauties! It was quite sizeable, about 2cm in length.
#ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #insects #inaturalist #nature
An unusual visitor to our Perth Hills garden moth light last night... not a moth but one of the Silky Lacewings.
First time seeing one of these beauties! It was quite sizeable, about 2cm in length.
#ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #insects #inaturalist #nature
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Psychopsis mimica
An unusual visitor to our Perth Hills garden moth light last night... not a moth but one of the Silky Lacewings.
First time seeing one of these beauties! It was quite sizeable, about 2cm in length.
#ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #insects #inaturalist #nature
An unusual visitor to our Perth Hills garden moth light last night... not a moth but one of the Silky Lacewings.
First time seeing one of these beauties! It was quite sizeable, about 2cm in length.
#ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #insects #inaturalist #nature
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𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸: 𝗹𝘆𝗻𝘅 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 & 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘆
➡️ Learn about lynx ➡️ Share your views ➡️ Help shape how any future reintroduction might be managed.
👉 https://bit.pulse.ly/cl5eapj3z8
@treesforlife.bsky.social
➡️ Learn about lynx ➡️ Share your views ➡️ Help shape how any future reintroduction might be managed.
👉 https://bit.pulse.ly/cl5eapj3z8
@treesforlife.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸: 𝗹𝘆𝗻𝘅 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 & 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘆
➡️ Learn about lynx ➡️ Share your views ➡️ Help shape how any future reintroduction might be managed.
👉 https://bit.pulse.ly/cl5eapj3z8
@treesforlife.bsky.social
➡️ Learn about lynx ➡️ Share your views ➡️ Help shape how any future reintroduction might be managed.
👉 https://bit.pulse.ly/cl5eapj3z8
@treesforlife.bsky.social
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 103 Reburrus, a Spanish decurion in the 1st Pannonian cavalry regiment, received his military diploma granting him Roman citizenship: from Malpas in Cheshire, UK. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: British Museum (1813,1211.2). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (1813,1211.2). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 103 Reburrus, a Spanish decurion in the 1st Pannonian cavalry regiment, received his military diploma granting him Roman citizenship: from Malpas in Cheshire, UK. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: British Museum (1813,1211.2). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (1813,1211.2). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Bitten by a Victorian tiger. I was measuring a skull that had the jaws wired together on springs. Slammed shut in my hand.
Oooh good question for historians and archaeologists... what's the oldest thing you've accidentally been injured by?
I've cut myself with numerous flint flakes and implements ranging from 6000-3500 years old) - I'm sure someone can outdo that...
I've cut myself with numerous flint flakes and implements ranging from 6000-3500 years old) - I'm sure someone can outdo that...
The hazards of archival work
Today I got a papercut on my finger from a glossy magazine from the 1960s while scanning it
Today I got a papercut on my finger from a glossy magazine from the 1960s while scanning it
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Bitten by a Victorian tiger. I was measuring a skull that had the jaws wired together on springs. Slammed shut in my hand.
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Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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Sheffield merely the latest university to claim that legally withdrawing your labour should actually be postponing your labour, and punishing people further. Here’s how strikes work:
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Sheffield merely the latest university to claim that legally withdrawing your labour should actually be postponing your labour, and punishing people further. Here’s how strikes work:
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid.
2. Win or lose you go back to work.
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The Labour government announce teams to scruitinise public service inefficiencies & duplication.
Some may be scared or skeptical of the headline. But look at the examples given.
1) out-of-classroom youth provision
Costs over £1bn for a fragmented system spread across departments & councils
1/5
Some may be scared or skeptical of the headline. But look at the examples given.
1) out-of-classroom youth provision
Costs over £1bn for a fragmented system spread across departments & councils
1/5
January 19, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The Labour government announce teams to scruitinise public service inefficiencies & duplication.
Some may be scared or skeptical of the headline. But look at the examples given.
1) out-of-classroom youth provision
Costs over £1bn for a fragmented system spread across departments & councils
1/5
Some may be scared or skeptical of the headline. But look at the examples given.
1) out-of-classroom youth provision
Costs over £1bn for a fragmented system spread across departments & councils
1/5
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If only 38% were actually 'one-in-four'!
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM
If only 38% were actually 'one-in-four'!
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January 19, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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A certain Iron Age boar has been attracting attention recently, so for this #MosaicMonday here's a perky Roman boar. He's from the wonderful Triumph of Neptune and the Seasons mosaic from La Chebba, now in the Bardo in Tunis, and he represents Winter.
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
January 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
A certain Iron Age boar has been attracting attention recently, so for this #MosaicMonday here's a perky Roman boar. He's from the wonderful Triumph of Neptune and the Seasons mosaic from La Chebba, now in the Bardo in Tunis, and he represents Winter.
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
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Did you know that when you borrow a book (print/audio/ebook) from a UK library, the author gets a few pence plus a warm feeling in their heart?
Just found out people borrowed my books 1000s of times in 2025 and it's cheered me up. Please ask your library to order my books, and keep using libraries!
Just found out people borrowed my books 1000s of times in 2025 and it's cheered me up. Please ask your library to order my books, and keep using libraries!
January 19, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Did you know that when you borrow a book (print/audio/ebook) from a UK library, the author gets a few pence plus a warm feeling in their heart?
Just found out people borrowed my books 1000s of times in 2025 and it's cheered me up. Please ask your library to order my books, and keep using libraries!
Just found out people borrowed my books 1000s of times in 2025 and it's cheered me up. Please ask your library to order my books, and keep using libraries!
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Working in Clacton Library as internet still dodgy at home. Most desks and shared PCs taken by 9.20am and they're about to knock it down and leave everyone without for two years. The nearest one is over an hour walk at my speed, with no bus. Big well done to the council and University of Essex! Ggr.
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Working in Clacton Library as internet still dodgy at home. Most desks and shared PCs taken by 9.20am and they're about to knock it down and leave everyone without for two years. The nearest one is over an hour walk at my speed, with no bus. Big well done to the council and University of Essex! Ggr.
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NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
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For tonights #WildflowerHour some cheery gorse flowering at Windsor Great Park. Very little else seen flowering in my little corner of Berkshire this week.
January 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
For tonights #WildflowerHour some cheery gorse flowering at Windsor Great Park. Very little else seen flowering in my little corner of Berkshire this week.
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This week I spent the day at the Natural History Museum trying to decipher a herbarium sheet of Nitella dixonii with more labels than plant🌿
Taxonomy is basically historical detective work with dried algae & decades of marginalia= notes, scribbles and polite disagreements written all over the sheet.
Taxonomy is basically historical detective work with dried algae & decades of marginalia= notes, scribbles and polite disagreements written all over the sheet.
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This week I spent the day at the Natural History Museum trying to decipher a herbarium sheet of Nitella dixonii with more labels than plant🌿
Taxonomy is basically historical detective work with dried algae & decades of marginalia= notes, scribbles and polite disagreements written all over the sheet.
Taxonomy is basically historical detective work with dried algae & decades of marginalia= notes, scribbles and polite disagreements written all over the sheet.
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Interesting to see evidence of pigs rootling at Arne today, within the Purbeck wilder grazing project
Nicely turned over soil within woodland areas
Nicely turned over soil within woodland areas
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Interesting to see evidence of pigs rootling at Arne today, within the Purbeck wilder grazing project
Nicely turned over soil within woodland areas
Nicely turned over soil within woodland areas
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Just watching an old ep of “Man About the House”, really enjoying their scrabble board
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Just watching an old ep of “Man About the House”, really enjoying their scrabble board
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We hid an emoji in this artwork. We gave you a challenge. 😇 Can you spot it?
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We hid an emoji in this artwork. We gave you a challenge. 😇 Can you spot it?
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Breaking news: New baby alpaca born a few hours ago. So we moved the moms & young ones to another prairie so the big boys—male llamas and horses—don’t play too rough with the baby.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Breaking news: New baby alpaca born a few hours ago. So we moved the moms & young ones to another prairie so the big boys—male llamas and horses—don’t play too rough with the baby.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.
Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.