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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 4h

Cavall the Spanish rescue Griffon says hi back

Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 4h

I really enjoyed reading “Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees” by @francescasimon.bsky.social I remember being told my archaeology degree would be useless, but I’ve been lucky enough to have had a career in technology and always worked. Humanities degrees give you all kinds of life skills

Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon

I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon

www.theguardian.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 5h

Why the past matters. Chilling testimony from Hannah Arendt writing in the middle of the last century on how darkness thrives when we stop listening to each other’s stories

In Our Time - Hannah Arendt (Archive Episode) - BBC Sounds

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you to @iwm21.bsky.social for this link. I have to confess I love a good graveyard. You can learn so much about peoples’ lives who didn’t make it into the history books, about attitudes to death and burial and headstones are wonderful microcosms of nature too

Tombstone tourism: Why visiting graveyards is becoming so popular

A growing number of tourists are “rebelling against tick-box travel” by ditching the popular sights for a trip to the graveyard.

www.euronews.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 1d

It was a day for magazines in the post. We also got our latest update from @englishheritage.bsky.social including an account of the varied uses of castles featuring Stokesay Castle in #Shropshire. It’s a truly magical setting and a wonderful haven for wildlife too

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve just received our latest newsletter from @shared-interest.bsky.social following on from Fairtrade Fortnight. The magazine prompts current members to help to grow the community, so if you’re interested in taking out the middle men and directly supporting farmers in the global south 👇

Shared Interest @shared-interest.bsky.social · 14d

The true power of the coffee sector lies in the unity of every individual within the supply chain — from producers to consumers. It is this collaboration that makes coffee a key part of the solution to equitable economic and social development.

Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 4d

Hi Azouz, we give what we can to MSF to try to help as many people as possible. Hoping the ceasefire holds

Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 8d

The curious case of the tombstone of Sextus Congenius Veras and it’s journey to a New Orleans yard

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

www.theguardian.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 8d

This from @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social on possible means of human extinctions past and future "If Slimak is right, then it may not be our consumption of fossil fuels that ultimately results in the demise of Homo sapiens; it will, rather, be our annihilation of meaning that annihilates us."

Humans outside time

Some reflections on Ludovic Slimak's 'The Last Neanderthal'

drfrancisyoung.substack.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 9d

Anas, we believe what is happening in Gaza is horrific and needs to stop. We give what we can afford to MSF to try to help as many people as we can. We hope the war ends soon and you can live in peace

Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 9d

“Embrace autumn! 20 reasons to be cheerful – from red wine to sensational star-gazing” featuring Worcester’s two day October light festival

Embrace autumn! 20 reasons to be cheerful – from red wine to sensational star-gazing

From light festivals and Bonfire Night to spectacular forest walks and mushroom foraging, there’s plenty to enjoy. Or if you’d rather stay in, sip mulled wine as you take in a fantastic season of TV

www.theguardian.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 10d

It used to be that reflecting on life choices ‘Nobody wishes they’d spent more time in the office’ was the go to. Maybe we should move on to ‘Nobody wishes they’d spent more time shouting at people online who they’ve never met’. Spawned from this excellent @theguardian.com article on enshitification

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 14d

If you're near Bishop's Castle in Shropshire this event in early October organised by the Middle Marches Community Land Trust in support of their White Grit Meadows appeal sounds wonderful

MARCHES ARTISTS FOR NATURE

araneoides.eocampaign1.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 19d

We believe what is happening in Gaza is horrific and Palestine needs to be free. We give to MSF to try to help as many people as we can.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 21d

A12 month archaeological Manpower Services Commission contract did the same for me. Opened up opportunities for work and education I couldn’t otherwise have imagined. A cheap investment in me at 100 times the price.

Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 21d

A rare good news story. Proof that investing time and energy as well as money in young people can turn lives around. Your access to university should not be predicated on your ability to pay

‘It changed my view’: the letter campaign urging pupils in deprived areas to try university

Personalised notes from students who share similar backgrounds are designed to make higher education feel more accessible

www.theguardian.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 22d

“I would say that Malvern pudding is most worthy of rehabilitation” Worcestershire crème brûlée! A pudding worth saving - unlike some others 👇 from @timdowling.bsky.social

Steam, stodge – and so much suet: I made 10 endangered British puddings. Are any actually worth saving?

With many classic puddings on the verge of dying out, I set out to discover which should be back on the menu. It was a journey through some of the heaviest desserts in history

www.theguardian.com

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 22d

A Lively Medieval Tavern Cover of Green Day’s ‘Basket Case’ Played on Instruments From the Middle Ages laughingsquid.com/green-day-ba...

A Lively Medieval Tavern Cover of Green Day's 'Basket Case' Played on Instruments From the Middle Ages

Algal the Bard performed a lively Medieval tavern cover of the Green Day song "Basket Case" on instruments from the Middle Ages.

laughingsquid.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 23d

I very much enjoyed reading and reflecting on this recent free-to-read post from @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social on Upon a White Horse by @peteralanross.bsky.social For archaeologists context is everything and the book and the review provide many thought-provoking prompts. Looking forward to my copy.

Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 23d

"Upon A White Horse is a moving, compelling, heart-achingly beautiful book." I'm grateful to Dr Francis Young for that kind remark, of course, but even more so for his deep and insightful engagement with the themes and ideas of my book.

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 23d

Over on 'All Old Strange Things' I've written a new free-to-read post reflecting on @peteralanross.bsky.social's thought-provoking book 'Upon A White Horse': substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 23d

This kind of trauma speaks through the ages. 'Records of deadly 1934 pit explosion in Wrexham to be displayed near site'

Records of deadly 1934 pit explosion in Wrexham to be displayed near site

Documents include letters calling for recovery of bodies and a falsified safety log that was part of a cover-up

www.theguardian.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24d

Something to lift our Sundays. Three Austrian nuns have broken out of their nursing home and returned to their convent. They have started an Instagram account @nonnen_goldenstein and are crowdfunding for supplies. Go sisters Regina (86), Rita (81) and Bernadette (88)!

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24d

The skills in creating this piece from #Shropshire are all the more remarkable in light of its being just 3.6 x 4.7 cm! Thank you for sharing @drnwillburger.bsky.social

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 24d

The 3,000-year-old gold Shropshire sun pendant was dicovered in 2018.
Crafted with incredible skill and decorated with intricate geometric patterns, it symbolizes the importance of the sun in Bronze Age society.
As scientific analysis has indicated, the pendant...🧵1/2

📷 me

#archaeology 🏺

A gold half-disc pendant decorated with intricate geometric patterns of triangles and lines, displayed upright against a dark background with a soft circular light in the distance.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24d

I’d missed this one. Thank you!

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 25d

““All this cannot come in so fast on a duck’s bottom,” Ancient seeds and their potential for pond restoration

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

www.theguardian.com

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 25d

I've been reminded of the campaign that the Woodland Trust are running to rescue the ancient forests hidden in modern plantations in Cymru and England. Please consider helping to support their campaign to protect these precious resources www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-t...

Rescue our Forgotten Forests - Woodland Trust

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

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