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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 15h

Incredibly alarming—after the whole ridiculous antifa roundtable at the White House, as Mark was moving with his family to Europe after threats…

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 4h

Actually we use air drying clay :)

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 6h

Estimated 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.
"the original sin was to sell higher education to policy makers as ‘skills training’ or ‘investment’ "
#HigherEd #teaching #research #edchat #students
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-n...

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 6h

Primary School Prehistory going well this morning :D

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I said that @greenparty.org.uk membership is rising by 1000 new people a day.

I was wrong.

Yesterday we welcomed 2000 new people.

We now have 88,000 members! 🎉

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Gen Existential Crisis @ru12bseen.com · 3d

While here in Vegas, we stopped by the Pinball Hall of Fame. This place is a much better place to throw away money than slots. 😂🤘🏼🤘🏼

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 5d

What Would YOU Wear to a 'Met Gala' at the British Museum?

w/ @michellefranklin.bsky.social

#archaeologynews #archaeoscoop

What Would YOU Wear to a 'Met Gala' at the British Museum?

YouTube video by Archaeosoup

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Stephen "Blunderdoom" Young @young-steveo.bsky.social · 7d

This year, I overheard my kids design a game to play using their imagination.

So, I paused working on the RPG I'd been making to turn "Kitty Cat Castle" real. It's a metroidvania-lite where a cat defends their castle from aliens.

This thread is about my experience so far

#godot #gamedev #indiedev

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 6d

If collective punishment is wrong, it's wrong. It is wrong.

There shouldn't be violence which it's acceptable to be appalled by, and violence that's 'un-British' to be appalled by.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood: Pro-Palestinian protests 'un-British' after terror attack

The home secretary told BBC Breakfast she was disappointed pro-Palestinian protests went ahead.

www.bbc.co.uk

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 6d

The Queen of the season!

youtu.be/WfdOjvjYotU?...

Making an Autumn Bat Lamp - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

YouTube video by Christine McConnell

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 7d

This always disappoints me.

When people change their mind and leave perishables in random spots on shelves in shops.

It's so disgusting and leaves me rather depressed for the state of humanity.

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 7d

It's never enough and always results in suffering.

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 7d

What they don't get, is that the alto subtle pulling of levers to make technical arguments about what they done 'on illegal migration' won't save them.

The voters they're chasing are fighting ghosts and nothing short of ICE-like raids and deportations have a vague chance of satiating them!

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 7d

People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

www.theguardian.com

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 7d

Jane Goodall made the world a better place.

She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

www.nbcnews.com

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 8d

Alot of the boys who grew up with this stuff, have become men who misunderstood the message.

'Under New Management', doesn't mean adopting their politics haha.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9d

“Please clap.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 9d

Charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD.

Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me

#Archaeology

My photo shows a mosaic fragment from the floor of a Roman villa in Spain, dated AD 100-200s. It depicts a cartoon-like, stylised octopus using red, yellow, white, and black limestone tesserae, against a white background. The front-facing octopus has a large red and white head/body outlined in black. Its yellow circular eyes are outlined in black with a central black dot. Below the head/body are eight writhing tentacles

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 9d

📕 What is gender #archaeology? 🏺

Explore how we can research gender roles in the past and how different gender issues in the academic world affect current archaeological thought in our latest #NewBookChronicle 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 9d

@michellefranklin.bsky.social will love this one in the 'archaeoscoop' gif collection!

a red background with roman archaeology written in white

ALT: a red background with roman archaeology written in white

media.tenor.com

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 9d

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 9d

An inscription VERECUNDA LUDIA LUCIUS GLADIATOR that is a love token. The main interest is that Verecunda may have been a gladiator - or an actress. Now in the Jewry Wall Experience. #EpigraphyTuesday

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 10d

Archaeology is...

a poster that says ' archaeology is ... ground breaking ! ' on it

ALT: a poster that says ' archaeology is ... ground breaking ! ' on it

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 10d

"Ye can keep yer racist hate, well away from Gallowgate.
Ye were outnumbered and outsung, by a full ten to one.
Fer despite all yer desperate invitations to a brawl, This toon is made of love, son, and that stuff conquers all."

Comparison of the anti-racist and 'nationalist' protester sizes

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𝕄𝕣 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 @mrsoup.bsky.social · 10d

Shall I send over the Sheffield vid with Voice Over to you? Give Andy an email and I'll We Transfer it

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 13d

Keir Starmers advisors are meant to be working for the Labour party. Pity they don't act like it

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13d

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

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