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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"An eminent prehistorian… a scholar of international repute who reached a wider public." --The Times Available for pre-order now!
What Happened in History
by Gordon Childe

Introduction by David Wengrow
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Amanda E 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @sammagotchi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Singularity is basically the Rapture for tech bros
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@pictcon.bsky.social www.livescience.com/space/exopla...
livescience.com
Astronomers detected radio signals coming from an exoplanet for the first time
Scientists have found the first convincing direct evidence of radio signals coming out of the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Class war @amendlocke.bsky.social @edmundgriffiths.bsky.social @ianpaulwright.bsky.social @ruthaylett.bsky.social BBC News - Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes
The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@amendlocke.bsky.social Accelerationism...! www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
japantimes.co.jp
AI is reviving Chinese Marxist economics
China’s Marxist economists argue that AI-driven automation could eliminate the rent trap and undermine capitalism’s foundations.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Eat your heart out, Glasgow... Ernest Griset, morning 17th October, 1866, "The Statue" on Leicester Square @ncdominie.bsky.social @ninabake2.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social
The equestrian statue of George 1st had a dunces cap
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The nights are fair drawing in... Ward off the darkness with Equinox by myself and @ruthaylett.bsky.social from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/equi...
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Equinox – Stairwell Books
Helen and Malcolm independently stumble upon interlocking pieces of a multi-faceted conspiracy, concerning the Fundamental Forces (F2) plant on the Moor. It’s soon clear that deeper, perhaps darker, powers are at play. Helen and Malcolm have twelve days to learn to cooperate, to piece the mystery together, save many worlds.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@ninabake2.bsky.social
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@ncdominie.bsky.social A Uni posts: Dedicated work is now needed via the League Table Working Group and our University community to address areas [of] significant decline over this past year - and in previous years...to reversing these trends, and driving the University back into the UK Top 20.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@mattpope.bsky.social @fossilhistory.bsky.social New Yorker 192x W. J. Bryan ... opposed Darwinism on religious and humanitarian grounds, most famously as a prosecutor in the 1925 Scopes trial, dying soon after.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Clava Cairns #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BBC News - AI gold rush draws crypto firms away from Bitcoin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Iconic Bitcoin mine pivots to AI as industry turns back on crypto
The price of Bitcoin has risen in August but is still far below its peak almost a year ago - and companies are refitting their mines.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@urbanprehistorian.bsky.social www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now...
dailyrecord.co.uk
Scotland's abandoned 'ghost town' museum that was left to rot
Archaeolink Prehistory Park was state-of-the-art when it opened in the 1990s.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@ncdominie.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social BBC News - Viral 'Cat in the Hat' TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Viral Cat in the Hat TikTok trend sparks fake videos and real fear
The social media posts have prompted police forces in Ireland and the UK to issue statements that the images are fake.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Mound, Sutherland. Only 2 of 6 stones visible amongst the bracken. @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday
Upright stone above valley Toppled stoneToppled stone on left and upright stone on right
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@satnam6502.bsky.social
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm delighted that this includes my wee article about one of the first prehistoric cartoons to appear in Punch. www.prehistoricsociety.org/publications...
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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Isle of Coll Not the best photo due to clegs! @gjmichaelson.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social
Standing stone with short sides rising to a almost equilateral triangle point to the fore, aligned to second stone, rear, looking out to sea
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Dunnet Head #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social
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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
BBC News - Israel accused of weaponising archaeology at ancient West Bank sites www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Israel accused of weaponising archaeology at ancient West Bank sites
Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@amendlocke.bsky.social @ruthaylett.bsky.social "I feel like I dug my own grave," she says. "We were the ones who trained the artificial intelligence that replaced us." BBC News - 'I feel like I dug my own grave': The workers caught in the AI transition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
How AI is changing jobs in the Philippines' outsourcing industry
AI is reshaping the Philippines' outsourcing industry, raising questions over the future of the industry.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
BBC News - BP profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
BP profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price
Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
BBC News - Meta shares fall as frustration grows over AI spending plans - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Meta shares fall as frustration grows over AI spending plans
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the firm intends to sell its AI tools to other companies for the first time.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
BBC News - Shell profits double as oil prices rise due to Iran war www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
@pittsmike.bsky.social I succombed, and bought and read Stones of Evil. It mixes soft core sex with ultra violence. A stone mason aided by a bronze smith makes iron swords to defeat the totalitarian dark side druid's army and free the slaves. At the climax, Stonehenge topples like dominos. 1/2
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
@amendlocke.bsky.social how disaapointing! (Thanks @ncdominie.bsky.social) futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
Sam Altman Announces That the Singularity Has Arrived
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared that the "singularity" has arrived shortly after his company's AI models went rogue and broke containment.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social x.com/i/status/207...
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BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) on X
#OnThisDay 1984: A group of men from Surrey had taken historical reenactment a step further, by turning lawn mowers into roman chariots. The ‘charimo’ was equivalent to four horses, and just like a ho...
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
BBC News - Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
BBC News - Chinese chipmaker shares surge 470% in blockbuster stock market debut www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Chipmaker CXMT becomes mainland China's most valuable listed firm
The company's shares soared by 470% in its market debut, as the AI boom drives chip demand.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
BBC News - OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@stoneclub.bsky.social
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Well, there's a surprise... BBC News - Thames Water returns to profit after raising bills www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Thames Water returns to profit after raising bills
The UK's largest water company reported a post-tax profit for the 12 months to the end of March, but its net debt also swelled.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great job 👏
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@northernpicts.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social Robbie the Pict pins, mid 1980s
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@ncdominie.bsky.social BBC News - Vatican excommunicates hundreds of thousands of splinter sect followers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Vatican excommunicates hundreds of thousands of SSPX followers
Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
BBC News - Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks
The car-maker found AI quality checks failed to match the skill of veteran technicians.
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And now it is Exeter's turn. Along with c.500 other academic staff, mostly in humanities, my job is 'at risk' in order to make c.150 of us redundant 😞
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
BBC News - Microsoft's claims over its quantum chip questioned in Nature article - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Microsoft's claims over its quantum chip questioned in Nature article
The tech giant has consistently stood by its Majorana chip research despite scepticism from some experts in the field.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
BBC News - Tech giant Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs as it embraces AI www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tech giant Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs as it embraces AI
The cuts are part of a wider trend among tech firms as they spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
What better way to spend the longest day than reading Solstice, by @ruthaylett.bsky.social and myself, from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/sols...
stairwellbooks.co.uk
Solstice
Helen and her cousin Malcolm are reluctantly thrown together again to combat a multi-dimensional conspiracy, involving love and drugs and quantum futures. As the solstice approaches, they must coop…
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
@ncdominie.bsky.social @josstified.bsky.social a radical solution to the Uni funding crisis. Instead of increasing pay year on year, reduce hours. That way, the more senior the staff, the less they're around to meddle. Also, make pensions 100% of final salary.
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Gabrielle Steele ⚔️ Echoes of Chaos out now! @eldris.thellian.com · 07/06/2026
UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@amendlocke.bsky.social
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
@amendlocke.bsky.social www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
cell.com
In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world
The DishBrain system is the first real-time synthetic biological intelligence platform that demonstrates that biological neurons can adjust firing activity in a way that suggests the ability to learn ...
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
BBC News - BMW says humanoid robots are the future of car production - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
BMW says humanoid robots are the future of car production
BMW is introducing humanoid robots to a car plant in Europe, building on similar projects in the US.
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Greg Michaelson @gjmichaelson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing
By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases
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