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Ceritheviking

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history, sport, science & politics! green side but more about outcomes than party rosettes. works policy+public affairs. Also podcasting, theatre & ancient glass! Searching - “Dolce far niente”

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · Nov 13

Lots on my feed about the wales bill. Need to realise to make wales better it's not laws or power, but how we live, learn and act. Up to us!

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2h

This helps from the other place. Works for me now

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2h

Don’t think anything left bay greyfriars. Know where it’s supposed to be but can’t make the tower work where maps say it was !!

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2h

Hills terrace 1970.
Hard pressed to know where this is in Cardiff today !!
Some
Suggestion this is bleak by others. I like it. If modernised now think this would be thriving 🤔

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 3h

Lots can be said on Caerphilly by election, and is being. Just seen the full list including two not on the tv panel.
All men. Not mentioned much but Says something still.
Wonder if in future constituencies elect a male and female rep be an approach to consider?
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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 1d

“No man’s land” this evening @ShermanTheatre.
A very powerful piece by @racheltresize
One man show with supporting voices and missed the actors name but was fantastic. The energy he put in was immense.
Catch it if you can

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2d

Good ear recovery Mind

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 2d

Alex Jones will have to pay his $1.4 billion judgement after the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal.
Jones was handed his judgement by default after he refused to show up for court. He was found guilty of defaming families in Sandy Hook.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment — USA TODAY

Alex Jones, the conservative media personality who called the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax, was found liable for defamation and inflicting emotional distress.

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. No bad thing for me. It’s how it’s managed etc that is hey

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2d

Love this map. You can tell an awful lot about British society based on rock!

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2d

See Japan now. It’s underway.
Question is perhaps more is it a bad thing ?

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2d

It’s 75 years away culmative but yes. Still high levels

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2d

Suspect all from migration too.
Imagine reality will be very different but big changes ahead

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 2d

Spent most of yesterday in H&S training at a big industrial plant. It really was excellent. They want to look after employees, no question.
Wasn’t always that way in south wales. Most days are dark for king coal, 14 Oct one of the worst
#senghenydd #coal

Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 3d

Some bonkers changes here

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 4d

❗ Reform GAIN from Conservative

Yesterday's Bretforton and Offenham (Wychavon) council by-election result:

REF: 43.5% (+43.5)
GRN: 25.9% (+25.9)
CON: 20.1% (-35.4)
LAB: 4.0% (-25.9)
LDEM: 3.8% (-10.8)
IND: 1.5% (+1.5)
IND: 1.2% (+1.2)

Estimated turnout: ~36% (+5)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack

"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 4d

Cedric morris. Swansea boy, born 1889. Always liked this one.
‘From a Window at 45 Brook Street, London
Oil on Canvas, 1926
National Museum Cardiff
#welshart

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 5d

Many posts on here today and recent days on the Canterbury cathedral graffiti.
Tbh it’s not my thing, but it’s only there until January. It’s not permanent and is one of those art / religious installations to make you think.
Why do the same type of people get rattled by such?

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 5d

Never been here. Looks awesome
place des Vosges, Paris.

Would like Cardiff to have a top notch square of sorts

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 5d

Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

From the Aegean Bronze Age, Minoan clay vessels with black handpainted decoration.on a pale biscuity-coloured slip

Top left - clay flask decorated in Minoan ‘Marine Style’’ with an octopus with tentacles writhing around the body of the vase. Additional motifs such as seaweed and rocks represent the seabed. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC

Top right - clay rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head. A rhyton is a type of pouring vessel used for filling cups or making liquid offerings. There is a pouring hole at the bull’s mouth. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1375 BC

Bottom left - Nautilus vessel - clay rhyton depicting the seabed with nautili, corals and seaweed. From Phaistos Palace, 1500-1450 BC

Bottom right - Basket shaped rhyton decorated with double-axe motif. There is a small pouring hole in one of the bottom corners. From Pseira, 1500-1450 BC

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD 1727 the coronation of George II took place. #DYK that George was the last British monarch to ride into battle? In a 2018 article for #HistParl, Dr Robin Eagles explored his military career. historyofparliament.com/2018/10/11/h...

‘His Presence contributed greatly to the success of the Day’: George II, king and soldier - The History of Parliament

Today marks the anniversary of the coronation of George II, the British monarch known for being the last to ride into battle with their troops. He did so at

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 5d

#OtD 11 Oct 1946 the UK govt announced that 39,535 people were squatting in 1038 military camps across England and Wales. Many were ex-servicemen's families demanding housing after WWII, and eventually a forced the govt to build mass council housing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8350...

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Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 6d

Lil pavement folly that entertains me greatly. A parkland estate for a tiny signpost.

I don’t know how to describe it. A weird section of a kind of ellipse of grass tacked onto a curved piece of pavement. To call it a flowerbed would be misleading. Strident double yellow lines enclose it on the road side. In the middle of the grass stands an upright pole with a tiny sign at the top. Beyond a proper park with fields and trees is visible. I doubt this makes sense if you can’t see the image.

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 6d

So this is what happens when you don’t get a nobel prize !!! Tariff tantrum !

Dow drops 500 points, S&P 500 falls the most since April after Trump's China tariff threat - CNBC

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https://stocks.apple.com/AwdYN6v-UT_SynEzU6CKCJA

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 6d

As far as I scroll on this site it’s all about the nobel peace prize winner.

Has anyone checked truth social?
😂

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