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Conversation Kenge

@fenken.bsky.social
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Archaeological geophysicist, heritage nerd, Running Punk, musician and ex-dancer. Half Zen Quaker panda, half angry honey badger

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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 5h
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity
Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 15h
Current status: washing up with #AlienSexFiend. I'm already in the gutter. The next stop is the drain ...
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 19h
How would you describe your social media reach
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The Young Ones: Vyvyan Asks 'Who Likes Me!'
Alt: The Young Ones: Rik Mayall as Rick (with a silent p) asks 'Hands up who likes me!' The others all put their hands down to the ground.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Who the smeg is nick Saraev? NEVER let him near the decks...
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somedudenamedcarl.bsky.social @somedudenamedcarl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HEM: "But you'll ruin that young man's life if you report him for sexual assault." ME: Correct. I'd prefer if he didn't get to become a Supreme Court Judge or run for President.
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Karen Gillan Points Up: Yes, That
ALT: Karen Gillan Points Up: Yes, That
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Matt Nicholas @mattnic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hot take: professional archaeology in the UK accidentally invented the perfect modern career path. Break your back digging holes in your 20s and 30s, then spend the rest of your working life squinting at sherds and planning documents from behind a desk.
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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Work underway now to remove the SS Richard Montgomery's masts. The bomb-laden ship has been a looming fixture in the Thames Estuary since 1944. Its history can be heard in this bonus episode for premium subscribers on Patreon, Apple Podcasts, and Into History. www.patreon.com/posts/170284...
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Doomsday Ship: The SS Richard Montgomery | Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs
Doomsday Ship: The SS Richard Montgomery by Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs on Patreon. Join Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Thread. Make sure you read to the end.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Totally this. These are the best books.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was all about the light last night. #ElyCathedral #Ely #FenLife
Ely Cathedral at dusk. The setting sun is making all the masonry glow a kind of pinky orange colour. 

The photo is from the North West. The West Tower and Galilee Porch are in the centre of the frame, with the stump of the northwest transept to the left and The Gallery to the right.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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markh60.bsky.social @markh60.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh the irony. When a celebrity says "Free Palestine" live on stage and criticises Israeli policy it's denounced widely and rapidly as antisemitism by powerful pro-Israel voices. When a German town votes to ban Holocaust memorial stones Netanyahu and the Israeli government say nothing at all. 🤷‍♂️
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#QuoteOfTheDay: "You don't understand! My life is reverb!"
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I need to ditch Meta products because Meta, but it is the only way large parts of my family communicate and without it we may never speak again. Do I a) Grit my teeth and swallow my principles, or b) Forget I ever had a family...?
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Living in caves. With their West Bank homes demolished, Palestinians turn to living in caves reut.rs/4hBTAEi 📷 Mussa Qawasma
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With their West Bank homes demolished, Palestinians turn to living in caves
Their homes demolished by Israeli forces, some Palestinians in the West Bank have turned to carving caves into the hillsides for shelter.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes, Janice. Next question.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The state of the skirting boards is not the point of this photograph...
A photo of a pair of paws sticking out from round a corner, resting on top of some skirting boards. The paint is old and chipped.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#RunningPunks #VirtualRunClub. As ever, remember the #BrokenPunks and all in the #NoRunClub. #SelfieSunday #Heron
Black and white selfie of idiot in running kit on a river bankGrey heron with a clear reflection. It is hunting.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trying my hand at an @richardmortimer.bsky.social style still life. More practice required, I think.
Black and white photo of the dining room table with an open laptop and a half empty bottle of wine. Similar scene with different lighting - black and white photo of a laptop and a half empty bottle of wine on a table.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I watched five of these and one season of a sixth. There are a few I watched a single episode of. Most of them I haven't heard of.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Haven't got these bad boys out for some time, but today it seemed appropriate.
A set of Morris bells on brown leather bell pads (the straps that hold them to your legs). Each pad has a top strap and a bottom lace, joined by five straps, each with five bells, so 25 bells per leg.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I am off to a funeral this afternoon. I have had a spate of friends and people I know dying in the last week or two. I don't like it, so can you all look after yourselves, please?
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A few reflections on my favourite #Fen #heron. #FenLife
A grey heron in the reeds by a river. The water is pretty still, so there is a good reflection.The same photo rotated 180° so the reflected bird is at the top. It is very similar, for obvious reasons.
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dr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
More people need to know about Broadus Mitchell
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Thread
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 24/09/2026
Now what we can do, because again this is a grand national tradition, is rudely nickname people in a way that is *obviously a nickname*, and one that we, as culture, apply pretty universally to people we do and don’t like. it’s fair game because it’s equal. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#QuoteOfTheDay: 'We're at the bum end of the Prime Minister Cinematic Universe' @aiannucci.bsky.social is a genius and I am SO HAPPY #StrongMessageHere is back. Extra points for @nataliehaynes.bsky.social in this episode.
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Dawn Robertson 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If Reform won next UK General Election support for Scottish independence rose to 65% Yes against 35% No. That is a 13-point increase in the Yes share if Farage becomes UK PM.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Crap! Let's have some Hawkwind or Marillion!
A CD copy of Space Ritual, by Hawkwind. You can't hear it, but it is currently playing on the hi fi.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There are quite a few charges that can be levelled against the bawbag behind this. And I think he is already facing charges from other events. We can only think ourselves lucky he wasn't doing something serious like holding a placard mentioning Palestine Action...
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I appear to have gathered a number of new followers recently - I am losing track so I am sorry if I have not followed back. Anyway, you are very welcome, but are you sure? I am not remotely sensible.
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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
‘It’s a privilege to be in a position where you can help someone in their direst need’ said the RNLI volunteer on BBC2 just now. Yes it is. And you can help the helpers: rnli.org
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Took my film camera and ended up not using it. Fun sunset, though. Just look at the colour of that sky! #Ely #FenLife
Black and white photo of the riverside in Ely. Weeping willow on the left then some barges.
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Just Jim will do. @justjim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you are teaching a language, or linguistics, surely you have to make it accessible? Otherwise what is the point? Much love to @lenniesaurus.bsky.social
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Poet Len Pennie on making language accessible
YouTube video by The Braw and The Brave
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Darren Mark Skilton @darrenmarkskilton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FREE PALESTINE. YES, I'M STILL SAYING IT. NO THE ALGORITHM HASN'T CHANGED MY MIND.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#QuoteOfTheDay: 'And take your headphones off when I am bollocking you!'
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Haven't had a #WeirdStuffOnGoogleEarth for a while. Reckon I probably won't follow up on this offer of a Fiat 500, though
GoogleEarth view of the River Thames flowing through London. Cannon Street Station is at the top of the picture, Cannon Street Railway Bridge runs down the left of the picture. City of London at the top, Southwark at the bottom. In the middle of the river is a pin saying 'Fiat 500 for sale near me uk'. In the middle of the river.
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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One assumes 'Are we the baddies?' is among them, so as not to offend people with legitimate concerns.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dear Bosses, I can't come to work today as I am trapped under a cat. Love Conversation Kenge
A tabby cat lying along my legs. He is fast asleep and very comfortable. I am comfortable but wide awake and need to get up for work.
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A #heron and an #egret cheered me on for my #RunningPunks #VirtualRunClub today (while I was cheering on the #BrokenPunks and all in the #NoRunClub). Soundtrack was Soulside
A grey heron in some reeds by a river bank A little egret on the same river bank, a bit further downBlack and white photo of an idiot in running kit stood on a marina.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Conversation Kenge @fenken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today in three photos... #Quaker #VigilForPeace
Quaker Vigil For Peace walking up Whitehall past the end of Downing Street (we walked down Whitehall, turned at Downing Street and up the other side)Quaker Vigil For Peace heading up Horse Guards AvenuePaddle Steamer Tattershall Castle moored in the Thames.
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