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Andy Agate

@andyagate.bsky.social
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Archaeologist, ex-Finds Liason Officer for Northumberland and Newcastle, Visiting Fellow Newcastle University.

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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 17h
"Thatcher's three great lies: 1/ TINA “There is no alternative” 2) There is no government money, only taxpayers money. 3) The government budget is like a household budget, it must balance expenditure with income." I can't remember who first wrote it.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I bet it wasn't as cold and wet as it is in northern Crete right now. I've went on holiday by mistake. 🙄
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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Never not going to be excited at seeing my books in an actual honest to goodness bookshop. #RomanFortThursday
Book on a black shelf. Cover image is a grassy landscape of a rocky promontory stretching to the horizon with a stone wall snaking up it to the right. The sky above is dramatic grey clouds. In the foreground to the right is superimposed a stone statue of a seated man wearing draped robes. The book title Roman Life on Hadrian's Wall and author's name Claire Millington are prominent.
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Princess Tabi 👑💜🌈+ Dezi @chieftabi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I really love this sentiment Doesn’t apply to me as I don’t shrink myself….already short enough but this approach is the epitome of authenticity, tbh
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is, 'Do ponies living wild on a hillfort have Iron Age chariot dreams?' The name of your next book? And will the folm be called Silence of the Foals? Probably not.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm looking forward to the upgrade to simple despair.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've said it before, it's never about the money until it's about the money, and then it's ALL about the money.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bloody tourists!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Danny Tommo currently youtu.be/KsdzKnJNAC8?...
youtu.be
The Simpsons - Videotaping This Crime Spree
YouTube video by hommere's choices
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm happy to add some personal perspective to this - I waited for 2 and a half years for my liver transplant. It was a living nightmare. Organ donation is a gift worth giving!
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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do go to the NHS App and make sure you’ve got your organ donation wishes correctly registered. There’s been a sharp decline in donors (is it part of the general trend of health fuckwittery?) so please update both the NHS and your family. www.organdonation.nhs.uk/news/nhs-ann...
Picture from the front page of NHS app. Text reads: Organ donors save lives
Take 2 minutes to check and confirm your organ donation decision
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gimmer than grim.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Exactly the sort of reason I'm no longer an FLO. The number of f**ks given by detectorists is lower than zero.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You've got 1 hour 50 minutes to eat as many pies as humanly possible! GO! Let's see that U/S, CT or MRI! Good luck!
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Like the first Ga a a ry.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bad Motherfucker.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why can't they integrate?
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I would like to amputate 10% of Jared Kushner. If he wanted to concede those bits of his anatomy, then we could have a deal tomorrow. But right now he does not want to do that.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The last one was champion, so yeah, go on then.
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026
The courage of those who set out to save those at risk of drowning can never be overestimated. Each rescue is a challenge. I used to watch the Orkney lifeboat head out into rough seas with my heart in my mouth. Remarkable bravery. Donate to the #RNLI here: shop.rnli.org/products/don...
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Donation to RNLI
It costs us around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your kind donation will help deliver our lifesaving work.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 06/09/2026
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
'Nazis, I hate these guys.'
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/09/2026
There's an argument for calling them masked thugs, because that is factually true. There's an argument for calling them pathetic cosplaying loser incels, also true, and laughing at them damages their tough-guy self image and hurts recruitment. There is no argument for calling them protesters.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
And the American Arc de triomphe remains empty of victories.
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I was lucky enough to be up close with the crystal jar in the NMS labs one day while researching a similar piece of gold work from Northumberland. Speechless!
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you see Sid, kill him.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I hope it goes well and I hope you're really happy in your new home!
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I can hear St James' from my house and it was horrible.
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sunderland result?
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Vox Hiberionacum @voxhib.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Archaeologist: That's not a cup, it's a pot.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Medical Advice
How to survive the global heatwave 
Stay hydrated 
Treat yourself to an ice cream 
Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class
Loose fitting clothing
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#true
PROBLEMS, STRESS, PAIN?
80S MUSIC is the hug you need to get through it
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
😂
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Chris Barrett @mrchrisbarrett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
the homeopathic theory of governance
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You only need bridges if you're commuting. If you're on a journey somewhere, it's not that important to your future.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Whatever happens in Clacton tomorrow Farage is going to end up looking absolutely ridiculous He wanted to prove himself to be the hero of the hour, taking on and taking down the mythical "establishment". Instead he's going to look like an absolute clown - surrounded by clowns at a clown convention
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🤣🤣
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So torcs are just IA washing machine door props?? Who knew!
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
‘Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice has been accused of using “nasty tactics” in an attempt to intimidate journalists and deflect attention from his own financial affairs after issuing a legal threat to the Guardian.’ 1/
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Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian
Reform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sources
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 10/08/2026
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Interesting the Express haven't adopted the metric system.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 08/08/2026
‘One​ morning in October 1552, Felix Platter left his hometown of Basel for Montpellier, where he was to study medicine. He was fifteen years old. Things started to happen to him, and he wrote them down in his daybook.’ @erinmaglaque.bsky.social on a Renaissance diary: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Erin Maglaque · Green into Gold: A Renaissance Diary
For all the force of his curiosity I’m not sure Felix Platter’s life was any less elusive to him. His diary is...
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Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I live 350 miles away from their home. It's been a challenge. Even bad luck runs out. I hope that's soon.
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