Reposted by Belle de jourNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10hAn amazing glimpse into Mesolithic everyday life: this more than 7,500-year-old ring was made from heather roots, carefully rolled up and prepared for later use. It was discovered at the settlement of Motala/Sweden, where the same material was used for fish traps. Dating 5750–5550 BC. 🧵1/2 📷me 428472
Reposted by Belle de jourSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 9hA sad, lonely woman jilted by her brash lover is left to wile away the empty hours in an isolated flat in Dubai. After consuming yet another vodka her mind wanders & she types out far fetched fantasies desperately seeking attention & solace. Please could someone call a doctor.😬 70496112
Reposted by Belle de jourAlexander Rooksmoor @arcrooksmoor.bsky.social · 9hSunday marks the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street in East London. There are events across the weekend to mark this important milestone in opposing Fascism in Britain. #CableStreet90 togetheroncablestreet.com www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/... 1/2 12216
Reposted by Belle de jourSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23hBurnham made Farage seem “angry, thin-skinned… absurd. What we witnessed today was a masterclass in political communication which makes Farage look like an amateur” Finally. The confidence that comes with emotional intelligence. It could make all the difference. iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...iandunt.substack.comBurnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitmentIt’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here. 461102233
Reposted by Belle de jourParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23hAndy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely. 24920348
Reposted by Belle de jourBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies." 821608417
Reposted by Belle de jourDurotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Orcadian Gothic A Neolithic couple stand before the chambered cairn of Wideford Hill #Orkney Painting by Brian Lee, spotted on the Historic Scotland site interpretation board, in homage to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting Well played 👏 📷 Aug 2024 #TombTuesday #Archaeology 727665
Reposted by Belle de jourMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life. 561616591
Reposted by Belle de jouralexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BBC interview with kids in 1966 predicting the year 2000. Quite accurate is it? Also do you observe the fluency of the children? Nowdays they would speak with ah, oh, okay, whateva. 1171547558
Reposted by Belle de jourpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The models for ‘American Gothic’ pose in front of the iconic painting, 1942. 924273653
Reposted by Belle de jourNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺 24598166
Reposted by Belle de jourEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33 321001534
Reposted by Belle de jourAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026How they make Turkish pastries.. - Spiral-shaped Turkish pastry known as burma katmer sprinkled with crushed Antep pistachios over layers of dough and clotted cream (kaymak). - It's a traditional Turkish dessert popular in regions like Gaziantep and Adana. #desserts #pastry #turkish 1311996256
Reposted by Belle de jourPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Are Reform UK *sure* they want to yoke themselves to people like Daniel “Danny Tommo” Thomas? Nigel Farage was adamant for years that most voters instantly recognise and intensely dislike football thug types like him and Tommy Robinson. 93388112
Reposted by Belle de jourRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574015611778
Reposted by Belle de jourAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ancient and beautiful amber pendants worn by hunter-gatherers during the Danish Mesolithic some 10,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology 5516122
Reposted by Belle de jourlalabote @lalabote.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sir Don McCullin's photograph "Wounded Marine," shows a U.S. Marine whom he would later carry to safety, during the 1968 Battle of Hue, part of the U.S. Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. Image credit: Sir Don McCullin. www.cbsnews.com/news/don-mcc...cbsnews.comLegendary war photographer Sir Don McCullin on his final testament to Vietnam: 50 years of "pictures to hurt you""I want my pictures to hurt," British war photographer Sir Don McCullin told CBS News ahead of the publication of his final book: "Vietnam." 3303
Reposted by Belle de jourRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026😂 Sublime, US media on the counter-offensive. About time! 7484
Reposted by Belle de jourBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026South of Scotland pub used in cult classic film The Wicker Man up for auction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCreetown pub used in cult film The Wicker Man up for auctionThe Ellangowan Hotel in Creetown became the Green Man pub for the 1970s cult horror movie. 46519
Reposted by Belle de jourRichard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money! 36797403
Reposted by Belle de jourpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 21/09/2026these Art Nouveau doors by Ernest Delune in Brussels, Belgium, from the 1900s. 784519690
Reposted by Belle de jourAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl... 6644071388
Reposted by Belle de jourHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.” 817261265400
Reposted by Belle de jourJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The funniest joke ever. 😂 339208544396
Belle de jour @bowman120.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Excellent talk/ Q&A with Stephen Bush tonight at a packed meeting of the New Liberals in Fitzrovia, with views from all the main Westminster parties represented. In C17 radical style, having drunk our coffee, we should now distribute the pamphlets in the streets …. @stephenkb.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Belle de jourHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 17/09/2026he's the prime minister of Spain, but graphic design is his passion 736151
Reposted by Belle de jourNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/09/20269,500 years old! And still intact! A Mesolithic woven baskets from Spain’s Cueva de los Murciélagos (“Cave of the Bats”) are Europe’s oldest known basketry. Thanks to the cave’s near‑zero humidity, organic materials didn’t decay, preserving several baskets for more than 9,000. 🧵/1/2 📷 me 9592174
Reposted by Belle de jourKreatives Chaos 👀✌️💪👍👊 @kreativeschaos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Nimmer lange hin bis Weihnachten. Meinen Ugly-Christmas-Sweater habe ich schon an. 😂 912416
Reposted by Belle de jourArchaeology @archaeology07.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Around 40,000 years ago, someone carved a human body with the head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. Found in Germany’s Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave, the 31 cm-tall Lion Man is among the oldest known figurative artworks—and proof that imagination has very ancient roots. 1649491
Reposted by Belle de jourThe Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026'Monumental Roman wall mosaic revealed beneath the Baths of Trajan' - maybe biggest wall mosaic ever found. www.heritagedaily.com/2026/09/monu...heritagedaily.comMonumental Roman wall mosaic revealed beneath the Baths of TrajanArchaeologists in Rome have revealed what is believed to be the largest ancient Roman wall mosaic ever discovered, following the opening of new archaeological spaces beneath the Baths of Trajan. - Her... 16319
Reposted by Belle de jourThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I'd like to enter this into the "best thing I've seen on the Internet this month" contest. This racist piece of shit called ICE after these fellas built his fence to avoid paying them. They handled their business. And I love the music this is set to. "You've been, THUNDERSTRUCK!" 1713237888
Reposted by Belle de jourRosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Reform MP defends billionaire donations, says Reform is a “disruptor” and compares Reform to Jesus. 2033372
Reposted by Belle de jourchristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Admittedly there are potential risks in the rapid development of Dalek tech: extermination, loss of civilisation, possible destruction of all human life. But we must consider potential benefits in productivity, medicine, scientific discovery. And even if we DO slow down, other countries might not... 920460
Reposted by Belle de jourRG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#BattleofBritainDay Exhaustion on the face of BoB pilot Squadron Leader B.J.E. "Sandy" Lane, 1940. MIA on 13 December 1942. #WW2 #HISTORY 510510
Reposted by Belle de jourSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 15/09/2026What Reform UK will spend their £72M donations on: Robert Jenrick’s Mounjaro Bacon sandwiches Balaclavas Recruiting Conservative ex ministers Full home and away football kits Oysters Pints of beer used as props Holidays to Dubai Gags for Zia Yusuf Old men with walking sticks. 🇬🇧 4329989
Reposted by Belle de jourrogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Who Was the Mysterious Gallic Warrior Buried in Britain with a Unique 2,000-Year-Old Helmet? | Arkeonews arkeonews.net/who-was-the-...arkeonews.netWho Was the Mysterious Gallic Warrior Buried in Britain with a Unique 2,000-Year-Old Helmet? | ArkeonewsA unique 2,000-year-old helmet buried with the North Bersted warrior raises questions about his identity and links between Britain, Gaul and Rome. 04314
Reposted by Belle de jourNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Venus of Willendorf: A 29,500‑year‑old masterpiece and one of the most iconic works of Paleolithic art. Standing just 11.1 cm tall, the figurine was carved from oolitic limestone and originally coated with red ochre, a pigment that still leaves faint traces today. 🧵1/2 📷 me #archaeology 8454115
Reposted by Belle de jourNeil Brand @neilkbrand.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Come on folks - this is a priceless asset that we will LOSE if the money is not raised in the next ten days!!! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-cinema...crowdfunder.co.ukThe Cinema Museum: HELP US BUY OUR HOMEAfter 40 years of uncertainty, we have a chance to secure our home. We need £500,000 to purchase our home and we have five months to do it! 04455
Reposted by Belle de jourHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059742380
Reposted by Belle de jourMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026PETER O’TOOLE outside the famous Coach and Horses pub in Soho (1999) 351423115
Reposted by Belle de jourDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Best bit of the Bayeux tapestry is the 1944 addendum 1445896
Reposted by Belle de jourSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period. 11444139
Belle de jour @bowman120.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Well into the Last Night of the Proms….contrary to the critics, Nicky Spence in a kilt (with shoulder Loch Ness monster) and my non scientific count suggests something like 2:1 ratio of EU to Union Jack flags! Always think of this event as the real transition from Summer to Autumn…. 060
Reposted by Belle de jourRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaireBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump 371010469
Reposted by Belle de jourAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"Masked men in black shirts 'echo the 1930s' warns Lord who escaped Nazis" 'Today, Alf’s decision to speak up for refugees means he suffers abuse, mainly online... “But it’s always much worse for women than men, and for black women than white women ...' www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...mirror.co.ukMasked men in black shirts 'echo the 1930s' warns Nazi survivorLord Alf Dubs is still giving back to the country that adopted him. Now he's released his autobiography 'The Boy with the Knapsack’ 7275116
Reposted by Belle de jourOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Stop the vote-buying far right "It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said UK mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this & ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy" via Stella Creasey 12410204
Reposted by Belle de jourPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Er... did you check the use-by date on this caterpillar cake?" From the new Private Eye, in shops now. 127631