Ardent Archivist
@ardentarchivist.bsky.social
Nasty woman (and occasionally proud of it). Dog mom, citizen of the Earth, history & archaeology afficionada, all-around observer, faithful commentator on the ridiculous.
Warning: there will be puns.
Also at: @[email protected]
Warning: there will be puns.
Also at: @[email protected]
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Serious Q: anyone else detest BlueSky’s habit of automatically jumping to the most recent post instead of keeping your place in your timeline?
So either you miss everything or you have to scroll back to find your place - as more ppl join, that becomes ever more impractical.
Only thing I don’t like.
So either you miss everything or you have to scroll back to find your place - as more ppl join, that becomes ever more impractical.
Only thing I don’t like.
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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I couldn't give a fuck it your "job requires an X account".
One of the top replies under an image on X of Renee Good's body slumped over in her car after an ICE agent shot her is another user asking Grok to put her body in a bikini. Grok then generated the image.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I couldn't give a fuck it your "job requires an X account".
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Gráinne married the great warrior Fionn MacCumhaill on the Hill of Tara, but at the wedding feast, she fell in love with Diarmuid, one of Fionn’s warriors.
They eloped and fled across Ireland to avoid Fionn’s anger. So began one of the most tragic tales of ancient Ireland
They eloped and fled across Ireland to avoid Fionn’s anger. So began one of the most tragic tales of ancient Ireland
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Gráinne married the great warrior Fionn MacCumhaill on the Hill of Tara, but at the wedding feast, she fell in love with Diarmuid, one of Fionn’s warriors.
They eloped and fled across Ireland to avoid Fionn’s anger. So began one of the most tragic tales of ancient Ireland
They eloped and fled across Ireland to avoid Fionn’s anger. So began one of the most tragic tales of ancient Ireland
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Ráith Gráinne • The Hill of Tara
Ráith Gráinne is a large ring-barrow on the Hill of Tara. This type of burial monument typically dates to the Bronze or Iron Age.
It is named after Gráinne, daughter of the legendary King Cormac.
Ráith Gráinne is a large ring-barrow on the Hill of Tara. This type of burial monument typically dates to the Bronze or Iron Age.
It is named after Gráinne, daughter of the legendary King Cormac.
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Ráith Gráinne • The Hill of Tara
Ráith Gráinne is a large ring-barrow on the Hill of Tara. This type of burial monument typically dates to the Bronze or Iron Age.
It is named after Gráinne, daughter of the legendary King Cormac.
Ráith Gráinne is a large ring-barrow on the Hill of Tara. This type of burial monument typically dates to the Bronze or Iron Age.
It is named after Gráinne, daughter of the legendary King Cormac.
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If you're a woman and - also knowing their history - you've got a masked ICE agent trying to force his way into your car, you'd try to drive off...
That poor woman.
That poor woman.
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
If you're a woman and - also knowing their history - you've got a masked ICE agent trying to force his way into your car, you'd try to drive off...
That poor woman.
That poor woman.
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She was murdered.
A second by second video breakdown of the needless killing by an ICE agent of a woman attempting to leave.
And then ICE agents prevented a physician from approaching her, to check her pulse.
And then the responsible ICE agent departs the scene.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
A second by second video breakdown of the needless killing by an ICE agent of a woman attempting to leave.
And then ICE agents prevented a physician from approaching her, to check her pulse.
And then the responsible ICE agent departs the scene.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
She was murdered.
A second by second video breakdown of the needless killing by an ICE agent of a woman attempting to leave.
And then ICE agents prevented a physician from approaching her, to check her pulse.
And then the responsible ICE agent departs the scene.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
A second by second video breakdown of the needless killing by an ICE agent of a woman attempting to leave.
And then ICE agents prevented a physician from approaching her, to check her pulse.
And then the responsible ICE agent departs the scene.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Heritage pops up in all kinds of situations.
Theres a museum room of Dundalk train station in the statio itself and it is the sweetest , most ridiculously Irish thing.
Please visit it.
Theres a museum room of Dundalk train station in the statio itself and it is the sweetest , most ridiculously Irish thing.
Please visit it.
January 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Heritage pops up in all kinds of situations.
Theres a museum room of Dundalk train station in the statio itself and it is the sweetest , most ridiculously Irish thing.
Please visit it.
Theres a museum room of Dundalk train station in the statio itself and it is the sweetest , most ridiculously Irish thing.
Please visit it.
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Renee Good had worked as a peace volunteer here as a young wan.
Tonight we mourn her as one of our ain. Rest in power, sweet girl
Tonight we mourn her as one of our ain. Rest in power, sweet girl
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Renee Good had worked as a peace volunteer here as a young wan.
Tonight we mourn her as one of our ain. Rest in power, sweet girl
Tonight we mourn her as one of our ain. Rest in power, sweet girl
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Listening to @jonsopel1.bsky.social Trump wants to cause enough disruption and violence to cancel the midterm elections.
January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Listening to @jonsopel1.bsky.social Trump wants to cause enough disruption and violence to cancel the midterm elections.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 999:
The more you read, the more you understand writing. The broader your reading habits, the easier it will be for you to avoid common pitfalls, tired tropes and predictable plotlines...
The more you read, the more you understand writing. The broader your reading habits, the easier it will be for you to avoid common pitfalls, tired tropes and predictable plotlines...
January 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 999:
The more you read, the more you understand writing. The broader your reading habits, the easier it will be for you to avoid common pitfalls, tired tropes and predictable plotlines...
The more you read, the more you understand writing. The broader your reading habits, the easier it will be for you to avoid common pitfalls, tired tropes and predictable plotlines...
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Murdered
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Murdered
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Roman poo 💩 - nearly 2000-year-old.
Found in a latrine in Eschenz, Switzerland.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld.
📷 me
🏺
#archaeology
Found in a latrine in Eschenz, Switzerland.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld.
📷 me
🏺
#archaeology
January 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Roman poo 💩 - nearly 2000-year-old.
Found in a latrine in Eschenz, Switzerland.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld.
📷 me
🏺
#archaeology
Found in a latrine in Eschenz, Switzerland.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld.
📷 me
🏺
#archaeology
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Spineless response so far. An abject refusal to protect citizens.
Ireland has a really important role as the EU base for these companies, and the government needs to take that seriously.
Ireland has a really important role as the EU base for these companies, and the government needs to take that seriously.
My word. (Again.)
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Spineless response so far. An abject refusal to protect citizens.
Ireland has a really important role as the EU base for these companies, and the government needs to take that seriously.
Ireland has a really important role as the EU base for these companies, and the government needs to take that seriously.
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Imperialism then and now. Some Roman parallels for military and non-military interventions. tinyurl.com/yv7awyjj
Venezuela and Rome
It knew that it would only be a matter of hours after the removal of Maduro before people were asking for the Roman parallels. To be honest, I am not sure
tinyurl.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Imperialism then and now. Some Roman parallels for military and non-military interventions. tinyurl.com/yv7awyjj
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Not one coherent argument why it's okay for anyone, but especially supposedly progressive people, to keep posting (socially!) on a platform whose very infrastructure is being used to mass humiliate and abuse women and children
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Not one coherent argument why it's okay for anyone, but especially supposedly progressive people, to keep posting (socially!) on a platform whose very infrastructure is being used to mass humiliate and abuse women and children
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Nigel Farage has acted - quite literally - as a cheerleader for Trump's brand of fascism for over a decade. God help us if he ever gets his hands on power in the UK.
Fascism *always* means murder, oppression & war.
#Minneapolis
westcountryvoices.co.uk/nigel-farage...
Fascism *always* means murder, oppression & war.
#Minneapolis
westcountryvoices.co.uk/nigel-farage...
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Nigel Farage has acted - quite literally - as a cheerleader for Trump's brand of fascism for over a decade. God help us if he ever gets his hands on power in the UK.
Fascism *always* means murder, oppression & war.
#Minneapolis
westcountryvoices.co.uk/nigel-farage...
Fascism *always* means murder, oppression & war.
#Minneapolis
westcountryvoices.co.uk/nigel-farage...
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This.
People living in UK - especially GB - should not be thinking 'at least we're not as bad as America,' when Northern Ireland exists and civilians were being shot by state forces there for decades, and recent governments have given those forces amnesty. @grantsana.bsky.social leading bsky voice here.
January 8, 2026 at 9:48 AM
This.
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And this morning the Shed is a pillar of salt overlooking a desert…
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
And this morning the Shed is a pillar of salt overlooking a desert…
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So how do people feel about the fact that an increasingly unhinged country has military bases in other people's countries all over Europe?
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 AM
So how do people feel about the fact that an increasingly unhinged country has military bases in other people's countries all over Europe?
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Trump is now upset and has asked the Department of the Interior to crack down on stickers covering his face on annual national park passes. They are attempting to claim that placing a sticker over his image voids the pass entirely.
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Trump is now upset and has asked the Department of the Interior to crack down on stickers covering his face on annual national park passes. They are attempting to claim that placing a sticker over his image voids the pass entirely.
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A large cross-inscribed ogham stone at Kilcolman on the Dingle Peninsula.
The ogham inscription that runs from the bottom left, up over the top of the stone, reads:
ANM COLOLOLN ALILTIR
'The name of Colmán the Pilgrim'
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
The ogham inscription that runs from the bottom left, up over the top of the stone, reads:
ANM COLOLOLN ALILTIR
'The name of Colmán the Pilgrim'
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A large cross-inscribed ogham stone at Kilcolman on the Dingle Peninsula.
The ogham inscription that runs from the bottom left, up over the top of the stone, reads:
ANM COLOLOLN ALILTIR
'The name of Colmán the Pilgrim'
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
The ogham inscription that runs from the bottom left, up over the top of the stone, reads:
ANM COLOLOLN ALILTIR
'The name of Colmán the Pilgrim'
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
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Fiction and fantasy aren't "fake" any more than light seen through a prism is fake. It's just seen from a different perspective. Light seen through a prism is still light. Truth seen through a story is still the truth.
January 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Fiction and fantasy aren't "fake" any more than light seen through a prism is fake. It's just seen from a different perspective. Light seen through a prism is still light. Truth seen through a story is still the truth.
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