Meg
@roaringmeg.bsky.social
Arts & Crafts art & architecture, Italian Renaissance art, books and beer. Family history addict. Train traveller. Environmentally conscious. Former librarian. Stratford for Europe. Green Party member. Manchester City supporter
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Outrageous!
Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
![My photo shows a thin, rectangular, dark brown leaf of wood, which is broken in places. Across the surface are six lines of cursive Latin handwriting. The text is written in black ink which appears faded and faint. The Latin reads:
nenụ ...[.]n. Brittoneṣ
nimium multi ‣ equites
gladis ‣ non ụtụṇtur equi-
tes ‣ nec residunt
Brittunculi ‣ ụt ‣ iaculos
mittant
Translated as:
… the Britons are unprotected by armour (?). There are very many cavalry. The cavalry do not use swords nor do the wretched Britons mount in order to throw javelins.
On display at the British Museum.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreiepntyce43pmmptw3xewwjw46tha2u4sqm7mptegttx5u2mqj527a@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Outrageous!
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I do this with people in football.
Kevin De Bruyne = Kevin The Brown
Franck LeBoeuf = Stamp the beef
Regis Le bris = Reggie The Cheese
Kevin De Bruyne = Kevin The Brown
Franck LeBoeuf = Stamp the beef
Regis Le bris = Reggie The Cheese
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I do this with people in football.
Kevin De Bruyne = Kevin The Brown
Franck LeBoeuf = Stamp the beef
Regis Le bris = Reggie The Cheese
Kevin De Bruyne = Kevin The Brown
Franck LeBoeuf = Stamp the beef
Regis Le bris = Reggie The Cheese
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Just started reading "A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier" by @dannydorling.bsky.social www.radstats.org.uk/books/ABette... Looking forward to chapter 2. I'd summarised chapter 1 as "let's run government by listening to people about their happiness" and perhaps "most people ...
www.radstats.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just started reading "A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier" by @dannydorling.bsky.social www.radstats.org.uk/books/ABette... Looking forward to chapter 2. I'd summarised chapter 1 as "let's run government by listening to people about their happiness" and perhaps "most people ...
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It’s hard to imagine the vast fortune that is Elon’s net worth currently estimated at $476.4billion or £360billion. If it helps, someone on an average salary who wanted to save up this much would have to had started saving in the Miocene epoch 12 million years ago. (assuming they saved every penny)
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It’s hard to imagine the vast fortune that is Elon’s net worth currently estimated at $476.4billion or £360billion. If it helps, someone on an average salary who wanted to save up this much would have to had started saving in the Miocene epoch 12 million years ago. (assuming they saved every penny)
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More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Quilt by Jen Kingwell, techer quilt designer and author #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Quilt by Jen Kingwell, techer quilt designer and author #WomensArt
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🇺🇸"The BBC removed part of Rutger Bregman's Reith lecture, where he alleged Donald Trump was the most openly corrupt president in US history"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🇺🇸"The BBC removed part of Rutger Bregman's Reith lecture, where he alleged Donald Trump was the most openly corrupt president in US history"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
Overheard in the coffee shop- three middle aged blokes talking about football. One said” I’ll never support England - they have a German manager”. I was tempted to butt in to ask which supermarket they shopped at- Aldi or Lidl?
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Overheard in the coffee shop- three middle aged blokes talking about football. One said” I’ll never support England - they have a German manager”. I was tempted to butt in to ask which supermarket they shopped at- Aldi or Lidl?
That’s scary! I actually think the woman on the left might be me #StockportArchives Brinnington Library was one of the branch libraries I looked after when I was in charge of children’s library services
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
That’s scary! I actually think the woman on the left might be me #StockportArchives Brinnington Library was one of the branch libraries I looked after when I was in charge of children’s library services
Card catalogue alert #Libraries #Stockport 1960s
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Card catalogue alert #Libraries #Stockport 1960s
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#AdoorableThursday seen in Montpelier #Cheltenham
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#AdoorableThursday seen in Montpelier #Cheltenham
#Cheltenham The Promenade Christmas lights
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#Cheltenham The Promenade Christmas lights
Bet you wish you had a TV like ours! #Television #RemoteControl Channel 9 for Bluey by the way !
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Bet you wish you had a TV like ours! #Television #RemoteControl Channel 9 for Bluey by the way !
Atherstone on Stour church spire. The church is redundant.
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Atherstone on Stour church spire. The church is redundant.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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So two-and-a-half cheers for the council tax surcharge.
More in our Budget update - see the post pinned to my profile.
More in our Budget update - see the post pinned to my profile.
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
So two-and-a-half cheers for the council tax surcharge.
More in our Budget update - see the post pinned to my profile.
More in our Budget update - see the post pinned to my profile.
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The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
#Railways #hydrogenpower #STEM
The Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre near Stratford upon Avon -developing Green hydrogen powered HydroFLEX
The Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre near Stratford upon Avon -developing Green hydrogen powered HydroFLEX
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#Railways #hydrogenpower #STEM
The Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre near Stratford upon Avon -developing Green hydrogen powered HydroFLEX
The Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre near Stratford upon Avon -developing Green hydrogen powered HydroFLEX
Is telling the story of Empire from a different perspective “bias”. So what? I learned a lot through Olusoga’s approach.
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Is telling the story of Empire from a different perspective “bias”. So what? I learned a lot through Olusoga’s approach.
Stratford Herald 27/11/25 #Reform #Warwickshire “ I love Jesus” flag, anyone?
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Stratford Herald 27/11/25 #Reform #Warwickshire “ I love Jesus” flag, anyone?
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Saints Cosmas and Damian flank Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Burning Fiery Furnace, a scene from the Book of Daniel in an Egyptian wall painting of c600 in 'Silk Roads' at the British Museum, 2024. Below are Anthimus, Leontius and Euprepius, brothers of Cosmas and Damian, martyred with them.
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Saints Cosmas and Damian flank Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Burning Fiery Furnace, a scene from the Book of Daniel in an Egyptian wall painting of c600 in 'Silk Roads' at the British Museum, 2024. Below are Anthimus, Leontius and Euprepius, brothers of Cosmas and Damian, martyred with them.
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same