Reposted by Ben KJonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Check it, nerds. Recent find of late stage Maglemosian (8400 BP) antler axe with preserved wooden handle from Egholm, Northern Jutland. Fantastic to see that we still have conditions in Denmark for such fantastic organic preservation. Because it probably won’t be long before we don’t. 2378109
Reposted by Ben KMusic in the Round @musicintheround.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Music, stories & the people within Beethoven’s world 🎻 Dr Katy Hamilton joins the Consone Quartet for Beethoven & Friends, bringing together an evening of music, stories & discoveries – exploring Beethoven’s connections with the people around him. musicintheround.co.uk/events/beeth... #Barnsley 022
Reposted by Ben KHenry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 06/10/2026My latest for the PNG Courier... mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co... 26921
Reposted by Ben KThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 03/10/2026Found a little gem on youtube. Story set in Viking age Iceland, the actors speak Old Norse and the clothes and props look very impressive, the scenery even more so. Short independent film but more accurate looking than quite a few big budget films. youtu.be/8Sm5itntHV0?...youtu.beHAMRAMMR - Icelandic Historical Short Film | Full FilmYouTube video by Northern Storm Pictures 617034
Reposted by Ben KHenry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 30/09/2026UK: 2036 "Below ground, the black market in kimchi thrives. After dark, we move in tunnels from safe house to safe house, to visit underground Wordle syndicates, oat milk speakeasies and covert reformer pilates classes." www.thenewworld.co.uk/henry-morris...thenewworld.co.ukWelcome to Britain in 2036: Lee Anderson is PM, and he’s outlawed avocadosThe Channel Tunnel has been bricked up, only speakeasies sell oat milk… but there’s still a glimmer of hope 15414
Reposted by Ben KKatie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 29/09/2026absolutely fucking incredible news for public health in canada that a safer supply organization successfully fought the constitutionality of drug possession trafficking laws for not providing any legal way to operate. selfless life-saving work that is actually being identified and respected as such. 12820191
Reposted by Ben KDays Out Yorkshire @yorkshiredays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Two more days to see the Flower Carpet in Centenary Square, Bradford www.daysoutyorkshire.com/yorkshire-ev... #floralart #ukpremiere #bradford #flowerarranegement 031
Reposted by Ben KTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 563232437
Reposted by Ben KMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Giving Jim Ratcliffe a platform to discuss government policy is like inviting a toddler to address the British Medical Association conference on the amount of sweets he should be allowed to eat before dinner. 1417
Reposted by Ben KGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New Ed Sheeran support confirmed 17317
Reposted by Ben KThom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The “Math & AI” declaration has been doing the rounds. It has been written in reaction to the recent dramatic advances achieved in mathematics by AI tools. I’ve endorsed it. You should too. mathandai.orgmathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 22318
Reposted by Ben KOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 03/08/2026> systemic harms can arise when AI is uncritically embraced as a revolution for women’s health. [Concerns involve] (1) impoverished understandings of gender and sex, which are (2) fed uncritically into AI models surrounded by hype, leading to (3) harms rather than improvements in health. 1/nnature.comBeyond the hype of AI as a panacea for women’s health - npj Women's Healthnpj Women's Health - Beyond the hype of AI as a panacea for women’s health 35924
Reposted by Ben KDays Out Yorkshire @yorkshiredays.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Planning a Halloween or Christmas event in Yorkshire? We can help you promote it! 🎃🎄 List your pumpkin patch, scare maze, Santa’s grotto, or festive market on Days Out Yorkshire & reach thousands of local families planning their season! 🚀 Get listed 👇 www.daysoutyorkshire.com/work-with-usdaysoutyorkshire.comWork With Us & Media Kit - Days Out YorkshirePartner with Yorkshire's go-to leisure platform. Over 40 million annual Facebook views, 1.3M+ web visits, and 110,000+ local followers. 011
Reposted by Ben KDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times. 131363640
Reposted by Ben KOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763082015
Reposted by Ben KAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Nigel Farage straight up lied about why he didn't go to the declaration and not one publication I read called him a liar. Not one. 'Essex Police said, he said' bullshit. No enquiry about E and D putting him in the position that he's in. No race theorists saying this is typical behaviour of his race 431189
Reposted by Ben KSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 08/08/2026When a grandfather jailed for his part in the 2024 Rotherham riot died in prison, he briefly became a far-right cause célèbre - yet attention quickly moved on. We spent two weeks attending his inquest to try to understand: why did Peter end his life?sheffieldtribune.co.ukWhy did Rotherham rioter Peter Lynch end his life in prison?'It’s getting harder as I’m on my own, defending myself with words that can be changed' 0114
Reposted by Ben KJoshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Why did Rotherham rioter Peter Lynch end his life in prison? Fantastic reporting by my @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social colleague Vicky Munro. Some of the tiny details in this piece really capture how someone gets stuck in a conspiratorial, far-right mindset. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/why-did-roth...sheffieldtribune.co.ukWhy did Rotherham rioter Peter Lynch end his life in prison?'It’s getting harder as I’m on my own, defending myself with words that can be changed' 096
Reposted by Ben KParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"I said it's a bold move by Reform to use the Navy to return migrants. What did I say Roy?" "You said it's an unworkable load of bollocks designed to win back some racist numbskulls from Rupert Lowe and distract attention from Farage's £5m bung" 4641180
Reposted by Ben Kc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg. 321990
Reposted by Ben KWe Are Opus @weareopus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This video highlights some of the amazing work happening across #Sheffield to make culture available to everybody. If you want to have your say on what goes into Sheffield's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029, you have until close-of-play Thursday. Fill out the survey 👉 lnkd.in/eeJf6qrmyoutube.comCulture without barriers - Sheffield City of Culture bid seriesYouTube video by Welcome to Sheffield 1108
Reposted by Ben KSacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Why is everything so transparently evil now? 532383601
Reposted by Ben KNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 18/07/2026It’s that time of year we shine a spotlight on the stories often hidden beneath our feet: buff.ly/ARbB1jt The Festival of Archaeology, organised by @archaeologyuk.bsky.social, is here! If you’re curious about finds from your garden or have a desire to dig, you're sure to find an event near you. 16012
Reposted by Ben KSpace Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 01/07/2026What did Hubble see on your birthday? 🎂 Select your date and check out the images this great observatory has taken over the last 36 years: go.nasa.gov/4eHwD2g ⭐ Share your favorite birthday image in the comments! 🔭 711249
Reposted by Ben KGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The England football team is rooted in immigration. Whether it succeeds or fails at this World Cup, it’s a great example of the brilliance of multiculturalism in the UK. 415320
Reposted by Ben KTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 27/06/2026do you wanna tell math-based ghost-stories, or is the poor little baby 2² 19593124
Reposted by Ben KSeth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026New protein testing reveals all 20 tested Homo naledi fossils in the Dinaledi Chamber are female. For my work on symbolic behavior, this is an incredible, strange turning point that shatters old dogmas. Read "The Daughters of Dinaledi": open.substack.com/pub/deephist...open.substack.comThe Daughters of Dinaledi: Ancient Paleoproteomics, Gendered Mortuary Space, and the Collapse of the Cognitive RubiconIntroduction 041
Reposted by Ben KDays Out Yorkshire @yorkshiredays.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A UK Exclusive Exhibition is opening at the Royal Armouries in Leeds tomorrow This Ghengis Khan: How The Mongols Ruled The World - brings together over 250 rare ancient treasures from Mongolia alongside cutting-edge CGI displays. It's a must-do. #RoyalArmouries #GenghisKhan #YorkshireEvents 111
Reposted by Ben Kellie_ancient @elenaessel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026So happy and proud to see this paper out in @natcomms.nature.com today! We show that traces of human DNA can persist on cave walls for thousands of years. Absolutely fantastic work by the wonderful Alba Bossoms Mesa at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social and a great team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comInvestigating ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art - Nature CommunicationsAncient DNA can be preserved on materials from archaeological floor deposits such as bones, sediments and artifacts. Here, the authors investigate whether Palaeolithic wall art can preserve human DNA ... 111141
Ben K @benjk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026"Addictive, frictionless thinking" is about as good a description of AI I've seen, and captures the danger it represents so succinctly. 05111
Reposted by Ben KJay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 19/06/2026New pinned post! Hello friends - I'm Jay and I'm a TV producer (Evolution, Walking with Dinosaurs 2025, & Earth), a science communicator, and a paleoartist. My current ongoing projects include short animated films, 3D sculpts, illustrations, a book proposal, and more! #sciart #paleoart 515430
Reposted by Ben KSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Would you look at that... 900. We’re close now. Very close. But this is the hardest bit - the final 100 people who decide whether we hit 1,000 and deliver all five pledges for Sheffield. 154
Reposted by Ben KSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Sheffield is full of people with great stories to tell. Not all of them get the chance. If we reach 1,000 members, we’ll launch a new writers’ programme - inviting pitches every two months, selecting the best idea and working with the writer each time to get it published. 184
Reposted by Ben KMU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026How The Death Of The Dinosaurs Is Why We Sleep At Night The theory that supports this is known as the “nocturnal bottleneck hypothesis” Temporal niche expansion in mammals from a nocturnal ancestor after dinosaur extinction🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... (👉For image Treemble from treemble.org.) 0137
Ben K @benjk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Somehow the description of today looks even better in French. La masterclass delivered. #Notts 000
Reposted by Ben KTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 253133969735
Reposted by Ben KJoshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble. I wrote this for @manchestermill.bsky.social I hope it’s insightful and fair. manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...manchestermill.co.ukStop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found itWatching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister? 67733
Reposted by Ben KswirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The Danish gov’t has installed floating platforms planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in the harbors and canals of Copenhagen, to create urban habitat sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. #FlowersOfBluesky #InnovativeSolutions💡 439167233328
Reposted by Ben KNanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Subscribe to the Continent. It’s free, and it’s so good. 01518
Reposted by Ben KDays Out Yorkshire @yorkshiredays.bsky.social · 14/05/2026🛡️ The Melsonby Hoard exhibition officially opens at the Yorkshire Museum tomorrow. It’s the largest Iron Age metalwork hoard ever found in the UK—over 800 objects including chariot wheels, cauldrons and weapons 🏺 shorturl.at/6EYNA #MelsonbyHoard #YorkshireMuseum #IronAge #BritishHistory 15121
Reposted by Ben KModern Toss @moderntoss.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Our exhibition is coming to Sheffield 24 Oct - 9 Nov, book here yeah! 👉 bit.ly/ModernTossSh... 2105
Reposted by Ben KAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Happy 13th anniversary to that terrible misunderstanding at a WI meeting. 281475432
Reposted by Ben KDr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I am excited to announce that I will be talking about my adventures in search of Roman Scotland at the Boswell Book Festival @bozzybookfest.bsky.social at Dumfries House on Sunday 10th May. In person or online tickets available here: shorturl.at/qjcGm #RomanFortThursday 14513
Reposted by Ben KRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 11/04/2026"He just thought he had some kind of duty, as a senior figure in the environmental establishment, to keep the morale of his young audience up." Read about my meeting with the former boss of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan. rupertsreads.substack.com/p/how-those-...rupertsreads.substack.comHOW THOSE AT THE TOP LAND US IN THE SH*T:My day in the shade with Sir James Bevan, former Head of the Environment Agency 086
Reposted by Ben KDavid Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Huge hidden cave under castle with prehistoric hippo bones 'once in a lifetime' find. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Enormous' cave under Pembroke Castle could rewrite history, researchers sayArchaeologists have so far uncovered 33317
Reposted by Ben KKit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 13/04/2026If you're sick of water companies being allowed to pump s**t into our rivers with no accountability: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownershipHold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh... 311795
Reposted by Ben KAdrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026@locusmag.bsky.social have a fundraiser on at the moment. They are an absolute mainstay of SF so please do take a look. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...indiegogo.comLocus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2026 by Locus Publications - IndiegogoCelebrating and uplifting authors, artists, and story -- the guide to the world's imagination. 04414
Ben K @benjk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is great news, and an amazing turnaround to achieve within 2 years #sheffieldbbc.co.ukTwo-year Shire Brook nature recovery project completedA council project at Shire Brook Valley Nature Reserve is boosting wildlife populations. 000
Reposted by Ben KHenry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 03/04/2026NEW - I got to interview Dominic Cummings earlier this week. Britain's 16-bit Shaman. open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...open.substack.comDominic Cummings - Britain’s 16-bit ShamanA Profile 1917437
Reposted by Ben KSheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 02/04/2026BREAKING: Andrew Milne has been arrested. A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police told The Tribune: "Detectives investigating allegations linked to the purchase and sale of freeholds in Sheffield have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud and blackmail." 1635996