Terry O'Connor
@osteoconnor.bsky.social
Old bloke in Yorkshire, interested in wildlife, gardening, books, classical music, archaeology, cats. Often muddy. Born at 313ppm.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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“I wouldn’t do that, bartender. ... Unless, of course, you think you’re fast enough.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“I wouldn’t do that, bartender. ... Unless, of course, you think you’re fast enough.”
PhD on MIS5e faunas! Deep joy!
Hippos?! In Devon?! Check out this fully-funded PhD opportunity @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social focused on the isotope ecology of the non-analogue faunal communities of MIS5e Britain @ukri.org NERC/BBSRC funded via QUARTILES - open to U.K. & international applicants! 🦛 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
QUARTILES DLA CASE: Hippo and hyena haven: Exploring the isotope palaeoecology of a non-analogue ecosystem in MIS5e Britain at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Hippo and hyena haven: Exploring the isotope palaeoecology of a non-analogue ecosystem in MIS5e Britain at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
PhD on MIS5e faunas! Deep joy!
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Come to work with us in an international team. I am hiring a lab tech in isotope chemistry. More information below. www.euraxess.cz/jobs/389191
Laboratory technician
Workplace: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Type of Contract: temporary position with 1-year contract, non-academic
www.euraxess.cz
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Come to work with us in an international team. I am hiring a lab tech in isotope chemistry. More information below. www.euraxess.cz/jobs/389191
Oh no! Bsky is developing emoji factions!! 😯😵💫🙄😬🤨🥱😡💀
I have developed quite an affection for the 🤣 emoji. It’s awful but enthusiastic.
My hatred for 🤔, however, remains undimmed.
My hatred for 🤔, however, remains undimmed.
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Oh no! Bsky is developing emoji factions!! 😯😵💫🙄😬🤨🥱😡💀
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Community Engagement and Social Value Project Manager
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
Community Engagement and Social Value Project Manager - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annumClosing Date: 09/12/25Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Community Engagement and Social Value Project Manager
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
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Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers
An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the British Academy’s events programme.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
In other news, I needed to do some ISA business with Leeds Building Society, so I rang them up.
Got straight through.
Really helpful staff.
Job done in 5 mins flat.
See, other banks etc, IT CAN BE DONE!
Got straight through.
Really helpful staff.
Job done in 5 mins flat.
See, other banks etc, IT CAN BE DONE!
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In other news, I needed to do some ISA business with Leeds Building Society, so I rang them up.
Got straight through.
Really helpful staff.
Job done in 5 mins flat.
See, other banks etc, IT CAN BE DONE!
Got straight through.
Really helpful staff.
Job done in 5 mins flat.
See, other banks etc, IT CAN BE DONE!
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Lovely to see that Lemn Sissay's gorgeous winter walk to Dent Station is being repeated on BBC4 again tonight.
BBC Four - Winter Walks, Series 1, Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay journeys into a world of snow-capped hills, blue skies and birdsong.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Lovely to see that Lemn Sissay's gorgeous winter walk to Dent Station is being repeated on BBC4 again tonight.
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Sometimes, with colleagues, I dabble in Forensic taphonomy, and this is one of this occasions! This article explores how damage and fractures on bones influences the physiochemical composition of bone over time, which may impact in PMI estimation!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Physicochemical changes to surface deposited decomposing bone over different timescales: Investigating the influence of bone fractures and the use of non-destructive analytical techniques
Considerations on the drivers of bone diagenesis have received a lot of attention, yet there is still more to understand, particularly in relation to …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sometimes, with colleagues, I dabble in Forensic taphonomy, and this is one of this occasions! This article explores how damage and fractures on bones influences the physiochemical composition of bone over time, which may impact in PMI estimation!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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This is what I have lived my entire life in Europe. Why I never moved to the US, been offered many jobs, but the lack of proper health care, and the thought of my children being killed by some gun loon in school, kind of put me off. Proper health care is a human right, not a luxury.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This is what I have lived my entire life in Europe. Why I never moved to the US, been offered many jobs, but the lack of proper health care, and the thought of my children being killed by some gun loon in school, kind of put me off. Proper health care is a human right, not a luxury.
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Labour Party seems to have moved from:
“We will look out for you, from the cradle to the grave.”
To
“Life’s unfair. Deal with it.”
“We will look out for you, from the cradle to the grave.”
To
“Life’s unfair. Deal with it.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Labour Party seems to have moved from:
“We will look out for you, from the cradle to the grave.”
To
“Life’s unfair. Deal with it.”
“We will look out for you, from the cradle to the grave.”
To
“Life’s unfair. Deal with it.”
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Here’s the press release for our new project on Neolithic wastescapes in English from the university of York. The project is funded jointly by the UK and Germany, allowing us to effectively collaborate Internationally. Can’t wait to get started with Henny and the team :-)
Can't wait to start on this exciting endeavour with Penny, Bruno and the international team! Here is also the English press release: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2025/research/ancient-rubbish-early-farmers/
Ancient rubbish shows how early farmers learned to live with waste
A new archaeological project aims to shed light on how Neolithic rubbish could help understand how Europe’s first farmers adapted to a more settled way of life.
www.york.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Here’s the press release for our new project on Neolithic wastescapes in English from the university of York. The project is funded jointly by the UK and Germany, allowing us to effectively collaborate Internationally. Can’t wait to get started with Henny and the team :-)
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Reminder that In the 1990s Farage sought the backing of the disgraced former Conservative MP and notorious racist Enoch Powell and twice asked him to stand as a candidate for UKIP.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Nigel Farage asked former Conservative MP Enoch Powell to back Ukip
Despite his ‘rivers of blood’ speech, the Ukip leader has said the central thrust of Powell’s immigration arguments hold true
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reminder that In the 1990s Farage sought the backing of the disgraced former Conservative MP and notorious racist Enoch Powell and twice asked him to stand as a candidate for UKIP.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Extensive effort by multiple law enforcement / science / conservation partners to determine this as a wildlife crime. But of course, yet again the offender hasn't been identified, charged, prosecuted etc. Something needs to change.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
#RaptorResearch
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Hen Harrier found dead in Northumberland National Park with shotgun damage to satellite tag
This is a blog about one of those dead Hen Harriers for whom we’ve been waiting over a year for Natural England to confirm the cause of death. A Hen Harrier (photo by Pete Walkden) The young …
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Extensive effort by multiple law enforcement / science / conservation partners to determine this as a wildlife crime. But of course, yet again the offender hasn't been identified, charged, prosecuted etc. Something needs to change.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
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The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
📜
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Librarian
The Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute is one of the most comprehensive collections of published polar information in the world. This highly specialist reference collection, which attracts
www.cam.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
📜
📜
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So I would be rescued by the magnificent Bettany Hughes?
Sounds fine to me.
Sounds fine to me.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Touch and go, I reckon
Touch and go, I reckon
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
So I would be rescued by the magnificent Bettany Hughes?
Sounds fine to me.
Sounds fine to me.
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Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
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Can't believe they're going to end trial by jury. It's one of our most fundamental rights. Literally Magna Carta stuff.
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Can't believe they're going to end trial by jury. It's one of our most fundamental rights. Literally Magna Carta stuff.