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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1h

Appears so, strange times these.

Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 2h

Aha! Thought it looked a bit strange. He was Royal Engineers attached to the Royal Ulster Rifles and landed at Sword.

Thank god the Americans had better leaders back then!

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 2h

Here's my grandad and his mates training for the big antifa day out on 6th June 1944

Troops from the Royal Engineers and Royal Ulster Rifles training with a machine gun in advance of D Day, (my grandad is the fella holding the magazine)

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 5h

I bought a cottage pie but I couldn't move in 😪

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 6h

Illaunloughan • Kerry

This tiny early monastic island has an oratory, a clochán, a well and a gable-shrine on a leacht (drystone altar).

The monastery was excavated in the 1990s by Claire Walsh and Jenny White Marshall, who found that the monastery generally dated between the 7th–9th centuries.

An aerial view of the small island of Illaunloughan and its early monastery, with Portmagee in the background

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 12d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 8h

It's funny how some games creep back into your mind like that.

I've been feeling the same way about Fallout lately. I absolutely do not have the time for it, but still, the hook is there.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 11h

Given how intelligent octopuses* are, I wonder if these were the smartest creatures on the planet 300m years ago?

*is the plural octopuses, octopi or octopodes?
🐙🦑🐙

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 11h

Goniatite fossils packed throughout this piece of shale. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus must have littered the sea floor that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Agree in principle. Tougher battle with the horses as it has a lot more involved. But lord knows why they back a sport that has such little public support

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure if they are involved. Pretty sure Matty McGrath is. Might be one of those independent alliance demands

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 1d

There is a full entry for this Old Irish inscription in
@ndefaoite.bsky.social's EMILI database under the code GAL-002:
emili.celt.dias.ie/en/inscripti...

@scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social
Funded by @researchireland.ie (EMISoS project) and @ria.ie (Nowlan Grant)

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

They've actually increased the budget wtf?

Did they increase the funding for the animal rescue centres that deal with the aftermath?

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Me every single budget day:

STOP GIVING MILLIONS TO GREYHOUND RACING

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants giving a thumbs up sign

Alt: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants giving a thumbs up as he gets blasted by a megaphone

media.tenor.com

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 1d

Hearing reports of Jim Gavin canvassers in the Wicklow mountains who are refusing to surrender.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 1d

'Prayer Stone’ • Inis Mór

This small stone was found at Temple Breccan on Inis Mór. The stone bears an Irish inscription:

OR[ÓlT] AR BRAN N AILITHER

'Pray for Bran the Pilgrim'.

It is likely to date to c.8-10th century. You can see it on display in the National Museum of Ireland.

#Ireland

A small round stone with a flat top incised with a cross. It bears an inscription in early Irish

Temple Brecan (also known as the Seven Churches) on Inis Mór, the Aran Islands. The ruins of stone medieval churches underneath a bright blue sky with wisps of white cloud.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Want!!!!

Looks fantastic, congratulations Francis!

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 2d

I’m pleased to say you can now pre-order my next book, ‘Fairies: A History’ (out in February 2026) from
@politybooks.bsky.social. Thank you to Jeremy Harte, Simon Young, Jo Hickey-Hall and Owen Davies for such generous endorsements! 🌿📚 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

If I were of a conspiracy theorist mindset, I would think that there was something deliberate in the constant undermining and underfunding of subjects like media studies, sociology, history, etc.

Being taught how to evaluate sources, identify bias, and understand context are critical life skills.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, the thieves ditched the safe in the skip. Thankfully they didn't think to open the envelope in the safe that contained the hoard.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 1d

There was the Coggalbeg Hoard case here in Ireland where thieves stole a safe that contained a lunula and a pair of matching sun discs. Remarkably the hoard was found in a skip in Dublin, hoping for a similar outcome 🤞

www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

The Coggalbeg Hoard | National Museum of Ireland

Throughout the Bronze Age, gold was used to make very fine, elaborated and decorative objects. These would have been worn by people of high status and most likely for special ceremonial or ritual purp...

www.museum.ie

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 2d

I know that. My original post is taking the piss

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 2d

You mean you didn't get immersed in the question of why Frogger needs to cross the road?

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 2d

I'd be similar. There's certain games that just absolutely immerse you when the story is compelling.

But then there's the likes of Helldivers etc where it's just all about switching your brain off and blasting away. Both have their place

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