Jean Blaylock
@jeanblaylock.bsky.social
Unfair trade rules, broken food systems. Also archeology, plants and sci-fi.
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Here in the UK, it's cold, it's dark and it's wet, so for those of us running headlong into the darkest part of the winter, here's an ancient ceramic lamp from the Levant to light up your day. 📷 by me for @jennycromwell.bsky.social's 'Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging' project
#FindsFriday
#FindsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Here in the UK, it's cold, it's dark and it's wet, so for those of us running headlong into the darkest part of the winter, here's an ancient ceramic lamp from the Levant to light up your day. 📷 by me for @jennycromwell.bsky.social's 'Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging' project
#FindsFriday
#FindsFriday
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How is it reputational risk for someone to act out of conscience, but not for the CEO to completely blow it by firing them?!
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’ | Novara Media
Exclusive: Sense sacked an employee after she was arrested at a peaceful protest against Palestine Action’s proscription. In a letter, the charity told her it needed to think of its ‘brand reputation’...
novaramedia.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
How is it reputational risk for someone to act out of conscience, but not for the CEO to completely blow it by firing them?!
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
novaramedia.com/2025/12/04/d...
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A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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#RomanSiteSaturday Stumps of columns in the sand, the sad forgotten remains of the Roman port city of Meninx
📍 Djerba island, Tunisia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
📍 Djerba island, Tunisia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday Stumps of columns in the sand, the sad forgotten remains of the Roman port city of Meninx
📍 Djerba island, Tunisia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
📍 Djerba island, Tunisia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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A rainbow at Foel Drygarn yesterday (25.11.25) for #HillfortWednesday #scape
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A rainbow at Foel Drygarn yesterday (25.11.25) for #HillfortWednesday #scape
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
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Fish plate - Southern Italy
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Fish plate - Southern Italy
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
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I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
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A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
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And now, live from Orkney for #StandingStoneSunday, the Stenness 360.
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And now, live from Orkney for #StandingStoneSunday, the Stenness 360.
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
Such happiness, to be a cat, warm and asleep
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Such happiness, to be a cat, warm and asleep
In Dublin the pedestrian crossings go Pyaowww when they turn green. This is very pleasing
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In Dublin the pedestrian crossings go Pyaowww when they turn green. This is very pleasing
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I can’t wait for the articles—“Democrats won big Tuesday night. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I can’t wait for the articles—“Democrats won big Tuesday night. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats.”
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A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
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Hi.
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
Israel says it's resuming the ceasefire after its strikes in Gaza kill over 100 people
Israel's military said the ceasefire in Gaza resumed after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.
www.npr.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Hi.
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
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Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
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Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
a close up of a cartoon character wearing a hat
Alt: a close up of a female cartoon character wearing a hat and red lipstick. It is Carmen San Diego
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
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My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.
October 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.
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🦉 Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details, Egypt, 400–30 B.C.
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🦉 Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details, Egypt, 400–30 B.C.
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
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The European Trade Justice Coalition (formerly the Seattle to Brussels Network or S2B) recently had its 25 year anniversary
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
25 years of trade justice campaigning from Seattle to Brussels
YouTube video by European Trade Justice Coalition
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The European Trade Justice Coalition (formerly the Seattle to Brussels Network or S2B) recently had its 25 year anniversary
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
Sat crying reading this
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Sat crying reading this