Sarah May
@sarahmay1.bsky.social
Heritage, Archaeologist, solidarity, she/her - hoping for more kindness, often anxious and sharp. Professionally garrulous. Living in Cardiff. Ageless, so no DMs
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm in deep trouble
I'm in deep trouble
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm in deep trouble
I'm in deep trouble
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
I remember when no one wanted to be the innkeeper. Now it seems it's an increasingly popular role.
There is a startling level of cultural illiteracy involved in complaining that a school's Christmas play has a plot about refugees from the Middle East. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inverness school's Christmas show cancelled after 'racist' abuse
Highland Council says some of the online messages were directed at staff at the primary.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I remember when no one wanted to be the innkeeper. Now it seems it's an increasingly popular role.
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There is a startling level of cultural illiteracy involved in complaining that a school's Christmas play has a plot about refugees from the Middle East. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inverness school's Christmas show cancelled after 'racist' abuse
Highland Council says some of the online messages were directed at staff at the primary.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There is a startling level of cultural illiteracy involved in complaining that a school's Christmas play has a plot about refugees from the Middle East. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What an amazing offer!
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
What an amazing offer!
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I'm so incredibly pleased about this. It's a beautiful show and Daf James is one of our greatest talents. It's so wonderful to see him getting his flowers after being so brilliant for so long.
Cardiff-set drama Lost Boys & Fairies flew the flag for Wales at last night's International Emmy Awards, taking home the prize for Best TV Movie/Mini Series
Cardiff-set drama picks up International Emmy Award
Cardiff-set drama Lost Boys & Fairies flew the flag for Wales at last night’s International Emmy Awards, taking home the prize for Best TV Movie/Mini Series. The BBC took three prizes at the 2025 Inte...
nation.cymru
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm so incredibly pleased about this. It's a beautiful show and Daf James is one of our greatest talents. It's so wonderful to see him getting his flowers after being so brilliant for so long.
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Siri: tell me what happened to the previous CEO of UnitedHealth.
United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Siri: tell me what happened to the previous CEO of UnitedHealth.
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Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Delighted to see our paper characterising the inbreeding history of dogs and wolves over the past 10,000 years published this week in @pnas.org. Work led by the excellent @katiabou.bsky.social, and co-supervised by me, Laurent Frantz and Fernando Racimo www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Delighted to see our paper characterising the inbreeding history of dogs and wolves over the past 10,000 years published this week in @pnas.org. Work led by the excellent @katiabou.bsky.social, and co-supervised by me, Laurent Frantz and Fernando Racimo www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The key is to keep the pressure on. Don’t let him ride this out.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The key is to keep the pressure on. Don’t let him ride this out.
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One of the main reasons why the Labour Government in 1945 introduced universal welfare programmes was because of the indignity & problems that can be caused by complex means testing regimes. 2/2
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
One of the main reasons why the Labour Government in 1945 introduced universal welfare programmes was because of the indignity & problems that can be caused by complex means testing regimes. 2/2
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Counterpoint. Stonehenge is no more of a mystery than any other large monumental complex, including recent ones like war memorials. We know quite a lot about its construction and use and research is constantly producing new understanding.
Stonehenge is a mystery. Who built it, how did they build it, and why did they build it? Dr Heather Sebire knows some of the answers.
Circle of Days: In-conversation with Dr Heather Sebire
YouTube video by Ken Follett
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Counterpoint. Stonehenge is no more of a mystery than any other large monumental complex, including recent ones like war memorials. We know quite a lot about its construction and use and research is constantly producing new understanding.
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Bracing analysis of the rise of the far-right in Germany: "there are widespread right-wing extremist networks within the security services, the police, and the armed forces. Europe-wide networks of fascists are operating unhindered. Something is brewing. If we don't react now, it will be too late."
»Wir haben vor der AfD gewarnt, als sie am Horizont auftauchte. Keine Reaktion. Im Gegenteil – ihre Vertreter:innen saßen in jeder Talkshow, bevor die AfD auch nur ein einziges Landtagsmandat hatte. Mit dem Erfolg, dass sie nun eine einflussreiche Partei ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...
Rechtsextremismus: Wir haben Euch gewarnt
Ein brennendes Haus in Solingen. Eine vierköpfige Familie stirbt in den Flammen. Brandstiftung. Die Schlagzeilen sind nicht von 1993, sondern von jetzt. Schon wieder.
www.blaetter.de
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Bracing analysis of the rise of the far-right in Germany: "there are widespread right-wing extremist networks within the security services, the police, and the armed forces. Europe-wide networks of fascists are operating unhindered. Something is brewing. If we don't react now, it will be too late."
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Good point, well made.
The 1970/80s was the era of Jim Davidson doing "chalky" on tv and the Black and White Minstrels. A different time... yes Nigel but here's the thing...
If fellow pupils remember you being racist at school in that clinate then you were being REALLY racist because the standards were rock bottom.
If fellow pupils remember you being racist at school in that clinate then you were being REALLY racist because the standards were rock bottom.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Good point, well made.
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Also any MPs who want their claims to give a shit about trans people to be taken seriously, you could do worse than to stand up in Parliament and directly ask the government about this.
Any journos or other people with access to streeting
Ask him why he thinks it's ok to continue asking a group who think blocking childline access, refusing rape crisis counselling, putting chilli sauce in make up and promoting DIY conversion therapy guides for their thoughts on trans healthcare.
Ask him why he thinks it's ok to continue asking a group who think blocking childline access, refusing rape crisis counselling, putting chilli sauce in make up and promoting DIY conversion therapy guides for their thoughts on trans healthcare.
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Also any MPs who want their claims to give a shit about trans people to be taken seriously, you could do worse than to stand up in Parliament and directly ask the government about this.
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It's interesting, but I don't think it properly grapples with what Gill did. Effectively, it's saying he was a good apple who inexplicably turned bad, as if this, and the particular form it took, had nothing whatsoever to do with the parties he belonged to or anyone else in them. 1/2
An interesting piece and the first one to properly grapple with what Nathan Gill did by a figure from within Reform
gawaintowler.substack.com/p/the-deep-b...
gawaintowler.substack.com/p/the-deep-b...
The Deep Betrayal of Nathan Gill
A Personal Reckoning
gawaintowler.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
It's interesting, but I don't think it properly grapples with what Gill did. Effectively, it's saying he was a good apple who inexplicably turned bad, as if this, and the particular form it took, had nothing whatsoever to do with the parties he belonged to or anyone else in them. 1/2
Old Tory grandees might share many critiques of current politics with folks on the left, esp Brexit & even immigration. Just because they can't see that their politics led to these politics doesn't mean they don't have responsibility. Thatcherites poisoned our well in many ways, it's their legacy
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Old Tory grandees might share many critiques of current politics with folks on the left, esp Brexit & even immigration. Just because they can't see that their politics led to these politics doesn't mean they don't have responsibility. Thatcherites poisoned our well in many ways, it's their legacy
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You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
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Germany uses the excuse of the ’ceasefire’ which Israel routinely violates to sell weapons to Israel again. Israel is being rewarded for committing genocide by the country that pretends to have learned from the holocaust.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Germany uses the excuse of the ’ceasefire’ which Israel routinely violates to sell weapons to Israel again. Israel is being rewarded for committing genocide by the country that pretends to have learned from the holocaust.
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Soon, my partner and I will be getting British citizenship, to try to secure our rights. It'll be close to 10 grand & they can still make us 2nd class citizens later, without so much as an Act of Parliament. Getting citizenship should be a celebration but now it's just a bitter taste in my mouth.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Soon, my partner and I will be getting British citizenship, to try to secure our rights. It'll be close to 10 grand & they can still make us 2nd class citizens later, without so much as an Act of Parliament. Getting citizenship should be a celebration but now it's just a bitter taste in my mouth.
Sometimes you might think 'I don't need alt text, I've described the image in my post'. 'beautiful view over the river' or 'bivallate hillfort'.
But then why include the image? What does it add?
That's what should be in your alt text. Those things that folks get *from the image*
But then why include the image? What does it add?
That's what should be in your alt text. Those things that folks get *from the image*
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Sometimes you might think 'I don't need alt text, I've described the image in my post'. 'beautiful view over the river' or 'bivallate hillfort'.
But then why include the image? What does it add?
That's what should be in your alt text. Those things that folks get *from the image*
But then why include the image? What does it add?
That's what should be in your alt text. Those things that folks get *from the image*
My mother in law's funeral is this week. She was 100 and she did suffer with dementia in the last few years. Music was always a joy to her and some of my best memories of her in these years have been enjoying music together.
See also www.takenote.org.uk work by Adam Ockelford and others at Roehampton
Take Note
www.takenote.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My mother in law's funeral is this week. She was 100 and she did suffer with dementia in the last few years. Music was always a joy to her and some of my best memories of her in these years have been enjoying music together.