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Ardent Archivist

@ardentarchivist.bsky.social

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Nasty woman (and occasionally proud of it). Dog mom, citizen of the Earth, history & archaeology afficionada, all-around observer, faithful commentator on the ridiculous. Warning: there will be puns. Also at: @[email protected]

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · Nov 9

Serious Q: anyone else detest BlueSky’s habit of automatically jumping to the most recent post instead of keeping your place in your timeline?
So either you miss everything or you have to scroll back to find your place - as more ppl join, that becomes ever more impractical.

Only thing I don’t like.

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 1h

Desperate attempt by little man with eyesight problems to regain some relevance:

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

Cabinet Office rejects Cummings' claim that China breached high-level systems

Boris Johnson's ex-Downing Street aide says Beijing obtained

www.bbc.co.uk

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 8h

You’d have to think the story behind a bucket of 8,000 early medieval coins is one where it didn’t end well for the people who buried it.. a story lost to history

North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 23h

The Hexham Hoard was discovered in the abbey grounds by the sexton and his assistant while digging a grave #OTD in 1832. Some 8,000 Northumbrian coins of the C9th were found preserved in a bronze bucket of the same period. 📸British Museum #medievalsky

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 9h

… because they’re soooo hard done by.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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

Bankers to get bonuses quicker under rule change

The change is a relaxation of rules that were brought in after the 2008 financial crash.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 9h

Utterly predictable, utterly shameful, and utterly unsustainable.

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

Controversial UK oil field reveals climate impact if approved

The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 9h

I’m shocked.

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

Baroness Mone-linked PPE firm misses deadline to pay £122m

PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 10h

🤣🤣 Nobody messes with Miss Piggy!

Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 10h

Dat’s me! 😋

Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 12h

I was going to say, maybe they mistook the clarinettist for a snake-charmer? But no, the snake oil, snake-charmer types are in the White House…

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 12h

Very interesting feature on BBCNI news on a future border poll.

Basically: the ones in the middle will decide it. And we all want/need to know EXACTLY what we’d be voting for well in advance - the repeated comment was "The last thing we want is another Brexit!"

Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 13h

Pathetic.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 14h

I must say, I am feeling quite exhausted after a truly wonderful day spent in the "Marcus Aurelius" exhibition and the Landesmuseum Trier.

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 14h

Oh, very cool - I’d not thought about the etymology of Jupiter before!

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 15h

From Dyeus Puhter to Zeus Pater to Jupiter.

Linguists have reconstructed dead languages - could we do the same for lost stories? And if so, how far back can we go?

@manvir.bsky.social in @newyorker.com about Indo-European spolia in our shared (?) mythologies:

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Story

From thunder gods to serpent slayers, scholars are reconstructing myths that vanished millennia ago. How much further can we go—and what might we find?

www.newyorker.com

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 15h

Ship name, can always be a bit strange even today.

Thanks for the added detail!

Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 15h

They look like extras from The Clangers, minions of the Soup Dragon!

🤣🤣

(In addition to looking wonderful, that is. 👍👍)

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 16h

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, no-one can tell me that’s purely utilitarian. That was made by a master craftsperson.

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 19h

So beautiful

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology @maacambridge.bsky.social · 21h

The West Tofts hand axe, with its fossilised shell, is one of the most popular objects on display at MAA. It has been assumed that the position of the shell was an aesthetic choice by the axe's creator, but this interpretation has been challenged. What do you think? 1/2

A flint hand axe shaped around a fossil shell, which is located centrally on one face.

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 20h

👏👏👏👏

(Nerdish note: Tim didn’t invent the internet, he invented the WWWeb. Not the same thing.
But 100% agreement with the thought & sentiment!)

((The internet was developed by a bunch of over-achieving science nerds who worked for the US Gov and *gasp* UNIVERSITIES. 🧐 Fully funded universities.)

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 23h

I wonder if Tim Berners-Lee is up for building an entirely new Internet from scratch.

One that is totally AI free and has guardrails against billionaires

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

The increased volume of AI-generated videos online could eventually turn people away from social media platforms, an expert has said

AI videos could turn people off social media - expert

The increased volume of AI-generated videos online could eventually turn people away from social media platforms, an expert has said.

www.rte.ie

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 20h

👍👍👏👏

Which reminds me of:

"There was a young woman named Bright
Who exceeded the speed of light.
She went out one day -
In a relative way -
And came back the previous night!"

(ba dum TISH 😃😉)

((Wish I knew who to credit 😔))

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23h

And this morning the Shed is a particle, travelling at a speed hitherto considered unimaginable…

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 23h

I visited the magnificent Porta Nigra in Trier yesterday! It’s the best preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps! 🤩

I’m here for a few days with my museum buddy @drnwillburger.bsky.social Today we’re going to the State Exhibition ‘Marcus Aurelius’.

#Archaeology

A photo of me standing in front of the huge Roman city gate known as the ‘Porta Nigra’ in Trier yesterday. The afternoon sun is shining through an upper window.

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Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn’t there a Legio Augusta? Can’t remember the number, don’t know if it could possibly be connected. 🤷‍♀️

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d

From war-ravaged Portland

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