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Donal Lucey @dodoarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Review of National Museum, Cardiff: Pros: - Free - Triceratops horn - Learned cool stuff about geology - Touched a meteorite - Cute trilobites - Rockpool diorama Cons - Hot af - Annoying giant heavy doors - Almost no archaeology :( - Exhibits no explain stuff good/ very old - Tiny gift shop 3/5

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Are you interested in how interactive video games could inspire interest in heritage across new audiences? My student Sophie has designed a trailer for 'Ancient Kernow' - she would love you to watch it and take her short survey: youtu.be/Ilau7-52GAE

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Ancient Kernow Trailer

YouTube video by Sophie J Art

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 25/07/2026

God, I love Pentiment so much - the level of research and detail in that game is incredible and I really encourage my historian and archaeologist friends to check it out if they haven’t, a real masterclass in using narrative and media to explore the past.

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Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

TODAY ✨Free family-friendly Bristol event at Blaise Castle, 11am - 4pm Explore Bristol’s Brilliant Archaeology with lots of hands-on activities! Details: www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/bla... #bristol #archaeology #blaise

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Bristol's Brilliant Archaeology 2026 | Bristol Museums

Join the museum team and a whole host of local societies, re-enactors and heritage organisations to celebrate Bristol’s Brilliant Archaeology.

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Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Had such a great Festival of Archaeology evening with Dr. Lorena Becerra-Valdivia & Dr. Jenni Butterworth on a panel discussing the books that inspires our eternal love for archaeology 🩷 Thanks to Lloyd and team for hosting us at Redland Library @redlandlibevents.bsky.social

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21/07/2026

I appreciate what Frances does and this is not an attack. I merely want to point out how Phillipson has ordered schools to terrorise trans kids, children who have had no issue are to be segregated from their friends from September and people just don't even know no matter how much we shout

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 19/07/2026

Reminder that the PSNI have banned officers from participating in Pride in their uniforms, but posing with terrorists is quite alright

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Had a fantastic time at this year's #FestivalOfArchaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social launch at Westonbirt Arboretum, bumping into lots of familiar faces, talking about my Stonehenge book and even finding some rock art! Find events close to you: www.archaeologyuk.org/festival/fes...

James Dilley holds a group of children and adults spellbound as he explains why a polished stone axe was much better than a flaked one. He is dressed in prehistoric clothing, surrounded by knapping debris and tools, inside an open-sided tent

A bearded re-enactor dressed in a medieval style smock explains to a group of small children how a wooden cart fits together.

A display of medieval writing tools, quill pens and a half-finished manuscript

A lump of rock with a series of straight lines cut into it, forming a lattice-like pattern. From Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.

These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need.

In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

30,000 signatures! We want to defend University of Exeter, a place of academic excellence, high-quality teaching and outstanding research #DefendExeterUni www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Donal Lucey @dodoarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Kinda looks like the Bayeaux Tapestry is being treated like a velociraptor at Jurassic Park

A news headline that reads "Bayeaux Tapestry arrives in UK for first time in 900 years under police guard". On the left is an image of part of the Bayeaux Tapestry showing two knights on horseback. On the right is a photo of a group of workers moving a large steel cage

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Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Happening tonight 7pm UK time! #archaeology Book your FREE ticket now

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 30/06/2026

A fleeting moment in time captured by an unknown artist. This faded depiction of a horse chase can be found on the face of a rock outcrop above the road leading from the ruined medieval church at Carron in the Burren of County Clare.

A limestone rock outcrop above a grassy shelf in the Burren. A faint depiction of a hunting scene can be seen, in black and white paint.

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Morning all. Week two of the fight back:

'EXETER UCU: OUR SIX KEY MESSAGES

1. EXETER UNI'S FINANCES ARE STRONG. WE'VE LARGE CASH RESERVES (£200M IN 24/25). NEVER HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS 'CRISIS' IS MANUFACTURED.
2. EXECUTIVE PAY AT EXETER IS OUT OF CONTROL. IF JUST THE 16 HIGHEST-PAID EXECS CAPPED THEIR SALARY AT £120K, WE'D SAVE MORE MONEY THAN ALL THE CUTS TO ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY!
3. NO MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION, BUT A CONFUSED MESS: FAULTY AND INSUFFICIENT DATA, NO REAL DISCUSSION, AND AN IMPOSSIBLE, INSULTING AND UNREASONABLE TIMETABLE TO PUSH THIS THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER.
4. AN ALL-STAFF MEETING OF 600 STAFF RESOUNDINGLY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN VICE CHANCELLOR LISA ROBERTS (WHOSE PAY IS PUSHING £400K). WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE VOTE BY ANY UNI STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF UK HE.
5. REDUNDANCIES ARE A MANAGEMENT CHOICE, NOT A FINANCIAL NECESSITY. THEY EVEN HAVE ALTERNATIVE COSTED PLANS WITH NO CUTS, BUT THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO FOR JOB LOSSES.
6. EXETER IS A FANTASTIC UNI, WITH WORLD CLASS RESEARCH, CREATIVE AND INSPIRING TEACHING, THOUGHTFUL AND IMAGINATIVE COMMUNITY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.'

At the bottom of the poster:
#DefendExeterUni
Instagram handle @uniexeterucu
QR link to sign the petition

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Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Celebrate the Festival of Archaeology and all things books and reading! 7pm Tuesday 21 July, Redland Library, Whiteladies Road, Bristol. Myself and others will share our reflections on the books that encouraged us to become archaeologists! #archaeology #FestivalofArchaeology

text based poster that says FRIENDS OF REDLAND LIBRARY
present
TUESDAY 21st JULY 7pm
(Doors Open 6:45pm)
REDLAND LIBRARY, WHITELADIES ROAD, BRISTOL
To coincide with the Council of British Archaeology’s
2026 Festival of Archaeology, which takes place across
the UK from Saturday 18th July to Sunday 2nd August.
BOOKS
THAT MADE ME AN
ARCHAEOLOGIST
Local archaeologists talk about the books that have influenced their life journey
The panel includes:
• Dr. LORENA BECERRA-VALDIVIA
( Lecturer, Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Bristol )
• Dr. JENNI BUTTERWORTH
( Archaeologist and former member of “Time Team” )
• Dr. AISLING TIERNEY
( Archaeologist and Lecturer, Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching, University of Bristol )
Admission £3 ( Pay at the door – Cash only )
For further information please
email: FriendsOfRedlandLibrary@gmail.com or visit: https://FriendsOfRedlandLibrary.org.uk

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/06/2026

The UK media love to do this, too. Will grab some examples during the week.

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Shaun Aitcheson @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a whopping 55% off in the Steam Summer Sale! 💀⛏️🩸 It's a great time to check out our folk horror adventure set on the moors of Northern England. The answers lie in the soil...

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Please support our colleagues at the University for Exeter Archaeology department. A prestigious and impactful centre for prehistory, archaeological science and experimental archaeology and so much more. its one of the pillars of our academic archaeological community and needs our support. 🏺

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

As I’ve said before, any serious attempt to ban conversion practices in Britain has to confront the fact that the NHS never stopped doing it. This draft bill not only fails, it explicitly gives “healthcare providers” permission to continue.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hi! If you're a fan of You're Dead To Me, I have BIG NEWS! New series starts tomorrow on BBC Sounds... ...AND BBC iPLAYER!!! Yes, from now on, YDTM is a video podcast too!!! And we launch with an episode about Homer and The Odyssey, featuring Kiell Smith-Bynoe www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC Radio 4 - You're Dead to Me, Announcing Series 12

Greg Jenner looks ahead to the new series of You're Dead to Me.

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

'The Torch' Photo taken this morning at sunrise on Glastonbury Tor. Have a fabulous Friday and weekend ☀️

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 24/06/2026

Folks, there's a fundraiser for the families of the trans kids who were with WellBN but are being stripped of their healthcare and it urgently needs eyes and wallets on it. Full details on the fundraiser page. Please share. www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...

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Donate to Emergency Support for WellBN Families, organized by Wellbn Families Fund

Families of trans children urgently need help before a 31 July 2026 NHS med… Wellbn Families Fund needs your support for Emergency Support for WellBN Families

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Donal Lucey @dodoarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Maybe he'll preemptively resign as PM before he gets there?

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026

If you think Keir Starmer is a 'decent' person, you need to speak to the many, many minorities his government has targeted mercilessly. You can't speak to all of them, however, because many of them are dead because of choices Keir Starmer's government made

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 20/06/2026

On our way to @kelhampride.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 If we're going to recycle stuff from the 80s, I'd rather it was the fashion than the homophobia

Me and my dog Princess in matching 80s outfits

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

⚠️ Durotriges Big Dig OPEN DAY alert ⚠️ Sunday 28 June 10-4.30 Free Parking (on private land) at North West Farm Winterborne Kingston Dorset DT11 9AT The dig is a 20 min walk but minibuses are available Guided tours PLUS the Big Dig Brewhouse, cafe + chips!! Maybe see you there? #Durotriges26

Archaeologists in yellow hi viz vests investigate prehistoric pits

Visitors to the Big Dig open day in 2025

A sign saying Big Dig in a green field with trees in the distance

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Yesterday's headline but such good news it's worth sharing again. 💪

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Amidst the horrors this didn't seem to be getting the notice it deserves. Harvesting gamers data (including data generated by children) for military purposes is seriously dystopian.

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 17/06/2026

🏺 Been busy today officially opening the new research centre at @garstangmuseum.bsky.social! 📜 It’s a well-deserved new space for such an incredible Egyptology and archaeology collection and we’re keen to facilitate more heritage science research there! 🧪

A screen on a light beige wall with a blue slide that read, “UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
RECONSTRUCTING THE ANCIENT PAST: DIGITAL ACCESS AND VISIBILITY OF THE GARSTANG DISTRIBUTED COLLECTION.
Libraries, Museums & Galleries
Garstang Research Centre Opening
17th June 2026”

A lab space with several white tables in the centre. On the tables are various artefacts and archival materials.

Rows of lit cabinets displays various Egyptian and Meroitic artefacts.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Almost identical to the ‘weapon dancer’ who features on the Torslunda die matrices! This horned, spear-wielding, foot-stepping figure is ubiquitous across North Sea ‘warrior’ groups, and is possibly Odinic in nature

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 16/06/2026

They aren't going to use their anti-trans playbook on the rest of the rainbow, they are already doing it.

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Oh it's #MosaicMonday? Well here is the one being uncovered at Halberton, Devon as part of our SHARE fieldschool and community excavation project. Next open day, when the mosaic will be fully uncovered, is 11 July!

Vertical view of an excavation trench where rubble walls define a small square room. In the centre are the partial remains of a mosaic - large chunky corridor tessarae around the edge, and a detailed pattern in the centre. Scale bars and a levelling staff show the room (and mosaic) to be c.4 metres across

Closer view of the best preserved part of the detailed mosaic. A central roundel with flower type pattern is almost all preserved, as well as part of the border. All geometric patterns. Several large roofing slates still cover parts of the mosaic.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/06/2026

NOOOOOO! Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv‑Pechersk Lavra — a UNESCO World Heritage site and priceless cultural landmark — has been struck and is burning.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...

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A picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four years

In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.

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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Hearing rumours of cuts to the specialist archaeology teams at Historic England, which is sad news. Does anyone know more? Can we petition, write letters etc?

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 12/06/2026

With UK universities slashing budgets and doing redundancies left and right, I am really worried about the survival of many of the digital projects that were funded in the past decade or so, many of which were already a miracle that they were being maintained after all this time.

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm writing a conference paper and contemplating how medieval people thought about crossing bodies of water. There's a long history of the idea of a bridge to Ireland: William Rufus stated that he would make a bridge with his ships, and Boris Johnson revived the Irish Sea Bridge idea in 2020. 1/

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Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The Dig the Castle team share behind the scenes footage of the 3D reconstruction of the archaeology of Great Torrington Big thanks to Donal for months of hard work translating historical, archaeological and LiDAR data into something so impressive! @dodoarchaeology.bsky.social #castle #archaeology

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 10/06/2026

It’s 2026, I really need folks to stop giving the benefit of the doubt to politicians who have otherwise clearly signalled their allegiance to explicitly white supremacist and fascist values.

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Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Dig the Castle showcase behind the scenes views of what Donal has spent several months developing - a 3D interactive representation of 12th century Great Torrington. Video: vm.tiktok.com/ZNRvvmcXe/ #castle #archaeology #GreatTorrington #motteandbailey #northdevon #publicengagement #medieval

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

💥 BREAKING NEWS ⤵️ 📰 Roman Legion's Inscribed Marker Stone Found in Farm Wall next to Hadrian’s Wall 🧱 📰 Early Elite Roman Burial 📰 ‘Unique’ Romano-British Brooch Revealed 📰 Ancient Port Found Under Navy Base open.substack.com/pub/historyh... #Archaeology #History #historytok #Roman #Romans

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Curt @neoriffic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Part of my survey of Archaeology YouTube that I presented at the CAAs identified, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the overwhelming majority of heritage YouTube content creators are cishet (and white and male). There is SO much room for diversity. Got some queer archaeology? Share it! 🌈🏺

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Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Incidentally if you like what you've been seeing here lately (the games and history/gender/sexuality/Humanities things mostly, although the cricket too if that works), I am actively job hunting.

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Kate is excellent and any university department would be lucky to have her! Also she’s a consultant for videogames 👀

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