TMW
@trevwi.bsky.social
Natural History, Archaeology. Male, Retired, Wiltshire
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact.
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact.
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC
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By strange coincidence, I’m wearing my Cirencester Roman Cockerel T-shirt today! I love Tess’s chocolate version. Any other representations out there? 🏺🏛️
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
By strange coincidence, I’m wearing my Cirencester Roman Cockerel T-shirt today! I love Tess’s chocolate version. Any other representations out there? 🏺🏛️
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New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast!
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast!
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
Thank you, @juliet-turner.bsky.social , for those incredibly good educational links.
I look forward to seeing you interviewed on
www.youtube.com/StatedCasually
I look forward to seeing you interviewed on
www.youtube.com/StatedCasually
December 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thank you, @juliet-turner.bsky.social , for those incredibly good educational links.
I look forward to seeing you interviewed on
www.youtube.com/StatedCasually
I look forward to seeing you interviewed on
www.youtube.com/StatedCasually
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“It seems that for Britain’s creaking, risk-averse bureaucracies the real danger isn’t damage to the environment, rubbish falling into the river, or criminal gangs running rampant in rural Oxfordshire: it’s that they might be made accountable for dealing with a difficult problem.”
My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“It seems that for Britain’s creaking, risk-averse bureaucracies the real danger isn’t damage to the environment, rubbish falling into the river, or criminal gangs running rampant in rural Oxfordshire: it’s that they might be made accountable for dealing with a difficult problem.”
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Hard for me to say how this is different from Fox News's entire business model, except that it's less sophisticated. This is transparently and obviously bad — and Elon should ban these accounts — but the spirit here of trading rage for money is pretty much a lot of right-wing media.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Hard for me to say how this is different from Fox News's entire business model, except that it's less sophisticated. This is transparently and obviously bad — and Elon should ban these accounts — but the spirit here of trading rage for money is pretty much a lot of right-wing media.
H. L. Mencken is quoted as saying :-
"No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has any one ever lost public office thereby."
"No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has any one ever lost public office thereby."
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
H. L. Mencken is quoted as saying :-
"No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has any one ever lost public office thereby."
"No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has any one ever lost public office thereby."
It's a sad world that 'marketing', 'selling oneself' and 'politics' as practised today has created.
it's how lots of male-led environments work, isn't it? reminds me of sales jobs i had as a younger man, when you're taught that not knowing the answer to something is some sort of weakness and that confidently being wrong is preferable to nervously being right or asking for help.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's a sad world that 'marketing', 'selling oneself' and 'politics' as practised today has created.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 - information that has been suppressed by government raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 – information that has been suppressed by government
Press release from independent group, Wildlife Poisoning Research UK, 15th November 2025. WHERE THE POISONED BODIES WERE FOUND! Many people probably imagine that the use of poisons to kill protecte…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 - information that has been suppressed by government raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
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Believe the survivors. Release the files. All of the files.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Believe the survivors. Release the files. All of the files.
#wildflowerhour Dandelion from a profusion of dandelions flowering on 15th November in Churchill Gardens, Salisbury.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#wildflowerhour Dandelion from a profusion of dandelions flowering on 15th November in Churchill Gardens, Salisbury.
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
Primordial Energy and Primeval Beauty :-)
Strid Woods this afternoon — a gold rush of tumbling leaves, and the Strid itself rushing wild beside us.
I arrived tired but the river’s fierce energy gifted me a rush of my own.
There’s something ancient in its roar — something that clears the mind and stirs the soul. #AutumnEnergy #WildYorkshire
I arrived tired but the river’s fierce energy gifted me a rush of my own.
There’s something ancient in its roar — something that clears the mind and stirs the soul. #AutumnEnergy #WildYorkshire
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Primordial Energy and Primeval Beauty :-)
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Something lovely for the weekend!
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Something lovely for the weekend!
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago.
Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the dark and make hair stand on end, as if by magic✨
📷 me
#Archaeology
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LLMs are shaping how info's created'n disseminated
Sellers, candidates, influencers vye for audience approval
+6.3% in sales is accompanied by +14.0% in deceptive marketing
+4.9% in votes share coincides with +22.3% disinformation
on social media, a +7.5% engagement comes with +188.6% disinformation
Sellers, candidates, influencers vye for audience approval
+6.3% in sales is accompanied by +14.0% in deceptive marketing
+4.9% in votes share coincides with +22.3% disinformation
on social media, a +7.5% engagement comes with +188.6% disinformation
arxiv.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
LLMs are shaping how info's created'n disseminated
Sellers, candidates, influencers vye for audience approval
+6.3% in sales is accompanied by +14.0% in deceptive marketing
+4.9% in votes share coincides with +22.3% disinformation
on social media, a +7.5% engagement comes with +188.6% disinformation
Sellers, candidates, influencers vye for audience approval
+6.3% in sales is accompanied by +14.0% in deceptive marketing
+4.9% in votes share coincides with +22.3% disinformation
on social media, a +7.5% engagement comes with +188.6% disinformation
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First snow of the season in Finland has fallen today morning in Enontekiö, Lapland.
This year, the first snow was about three weeks late. Usually the first measurable snow is registered somewhere in the country in late September.
This year, the first snow was about three weeks late. Usually the first measurable snow is registered somewhere in the country in late September.
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
First snow of the season in Finland has fallen today morning in Enontekiö, Lapland.
This year, the first snow was about three weeks late. Usually the first measurable snow is registered somewhere in the country in late September.
This year, the first snow was about three weeks late. Usually the first measurable snow is registered somewhere in the country in late September.
October 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A 20 minute Gem of a programme www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A 20 minute Gem of a programme www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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The group describes itself as a ‘spiritual army’ opposed to ‘sin and cultural decay’, and ‘a coalition of Christians… who believe it’s time for the Church to stop living like civilians and start fighting like soldiers’. humanists.uk/2025/10/09/h...
Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district
A homophobic religious mob calling themselves the ‘King’s Army’ organised an intimidating mob in the streets of London’s Soho – the heart of London’s LGBT+ community, home to many LGBT+ bars, clubs,…
humanists.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The group describes itself as a ‘spiritual army’ opposed to ‘sin and cultural decay’, and ‘a coalition of Christians… who believe it’s time for the Church to stop living like civilians and start fighting like soldiers’. humanists.uk/2025/10/09/h...