Nick Wells
@archaeobee.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Numismatist...
... and Brentford FC
... and Brentford FC
Always listen to historians...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash
I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everywhere, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Always listen to historians...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We have a rank hypocrisy in the USA that 45,000 people a year are killed with guns, 123 a day, one every 12 minutes.
And it is almost completely ignored.
But when it is one of their people, it is a massive tragedy, as if it is not happening all the time.
And it is almost completely ignored.
But when it is one of their people, it is a massive tragedy, as if it is not happening all the time.
September 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We have a rank hypocrisy in the USA that 45,000 people a year are killed with guns, 123 a day, one every 12 minutes.
And it is almost completely ignored.
But when it is one of their people, it is a massive tragedy, as if it is not happening all the time.
And it is almost completely ignored.
But when it is one of their people, it is a massive tragedy, as if it is not happening all the time.
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Only in America is the report of children being shot at school knocked out of the news by another shooting on the same day.
September 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Only in America is the report of children being shot at school knocked out of the news by another shooting on the same day.
Hehe....
August 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hehe....
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One of many remarkable discoveries this week @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig, a beautiful Bronze Age flint arrowhead found in the floor of our 'new' roundhouse by volunteer Jojo 👌 @drtobydriver.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
One of many remarkable discoveries this week @caerheritage.bsky.social community dig, a beautiful Bronze Age flint arrowhead found in the floor of our 'new' roundhouse by volunteer Jojo 👌 @drtobydriver.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
Fascinating......and beware, America.
The BBC investigates the rise of informers in Russia. Some do it in secret, writing official letters in the hope that critics of the war are prosecuted. Others use television or social media publicly denouncing individuals and organisations they think unpatriotic....
youtube.com/watch?v=UyRV...
youtube.com/watch?v=UyRV...
Informers: Hunting the Enemy Within - BBC World Service Documentaries
YouTube video by BBC World Service
youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Fascinating......and beware, America.
Jeeeeysus!
Andor......stonking stuff.
And that Kleya character - brilliant!
Now to watch Rogue One......then rewatch Series 2 again....and then Rogue 1 again.
Def my favourite Star Wars stuff.
Andor......stonking stuff.
And that Kleya character - brilliant!
Now to watch Rogue One......then rewatch Series 2 again....and then Rogue 1 again.
Def my favourite Star Wars stuff.
May 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Jeeeeysus!
Andor......stonking stuff.
And that Kleya character - brilliant!
Now to watch Rogue One......then rewatch Series 2 again....and then Rogue 1 again.
Def my favourite Star Wars stuff.
Andor......stonking stuff.
And that Kleya character - brilliant!
Now to watch Rogue One......then rewatch Series 2 again....and then Rogue 1 again.
Def my favourite Star Wars stuff.
Underrated post -🤣
We’ve had 2 John Pauls.
I think it’s time for Pope George Ringo I.
I think it’s time for Pope George Ringo I.
May 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Underrated post -🤣
Phew!
Andor Eps 7-9......brilliant.
But Ep 9 - what astonishing writing!!!!!
Andor Eps 7-9......brilliant.
But Ep 9 - what astonishing writing!!!!!
May 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Phew!
Andor Eps 7-9......brilliant.
But Ep 9 - what astonishing writing!!!!!
Andor Eps 7-9......brilliant.
But Ep 9 - what astonishing writing!!!!!
Headline writers of the world rejoice!
May 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Headline writers of the world rejoice!
Phew.....Andor eps 4-6.......Blimey!
Classy!
Classy!
May 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Phew.....Andor eps 4-6.......Blimey!
Classy!
Classy!
So it begins....
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
April 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So it begins....
Phew - the first 3 episodes of Andor 2......blimey!
What a classy piece of work!
What a classy piece of work!
April 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Phew - the first 3 episodes of Andor 2......blimey!
What a classy piece of work!
What a classy piece of work!
Never let either of these two meet your nearest and dearest.....death follows wherever they go🤣
April 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Never let either of these two meet your nearest and dearest.....death follows wherever they go🤣
This is probably why BlueSky is better than Twitter/X;
April 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is probably why BlueSky is better than Twitter/X;
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Is this really a serious administration or one just trying to break everything?
The actual account of the White House... 😳😳
April 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Is this really a serious administration or one just trying to break everything?
An absolute bloody classic....Jimmy Christ...hehe;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL8_...
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - Jesus' Life
YouTube video by Byronic Tonic
www.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An absolute bloody classic....Jimmy Christ...hehe;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL8_...
This is very good.
Max Hastings is politically of the old 'one nation' tory type - but more importantly he is a very good historian, critical of sources and critiquing analytically other views
This is in very many ways the British view of what's happening in America
web.archive.org/web/20250409...
Max Hastings is politically of the old 'one nation' tory type - but more importantly he is a very good historian, critical of sources and critiquing analytically other views
This is in very many ways the British view of what's happening in America
web.archive.org/web/20250409...
Trump exposes gaps in the US government’s checks and balances
The American constitution was designed for reasonable people but is being tested to its limits — disillusioned Republicans must speak up
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April 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is very good.
Max Hastings is politically of the old 'one nation' tory type - but more importantly he is a very good historian, critical of sources and critiquing analytically other views
This is in very many ways the British view of what's happening in America
web.archive.org/web/20250409...
Max Hastings is politically of the old 'one nation' tory type - but more importantly he is a very good historian, critical of sources and critiquing analytically other views
This is in very many ways the British view of what's happening in America
web.archive.org/web/20250409...
I find this annoying for a number of reasons. The misuse and misinterpretation of the literary evidence is one thing...but the simple fact that it took 500 years seems to be lost on the so-called 'genius' that is called Elmo...
April 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I find this annoying for a number of reasons. The misuse and misinterpretation of the literary evidence is one thing...but the simple fact that it took 500 years seems to be lost on the so-called 'genius' that is called Elmo...
An interesting read;
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
'Trump is Recycling the Kremlin Playbook In Order to Take Over Greenland'
The 'many similarities' between the Trump administration and Putin's autocratic regime
bylinetimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An interesting read;
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/07/t...