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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 8h

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Loved making this video for Corbridge Roman site with Frances McIntosh, English Heritage Collections Curator for Hadrian’s Wall. 🏺 This head pot, made by local potters at Corbridge has some really interesting features. #Archaeology #AncientBluesky vimeo.com/708232125/eb...

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Triple Locke From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1627, July 2024.

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Wiltshire Museum @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This week's #FindsFriday is a Medieval floor tile from Bradenstoke Priory, Bradenstoke, Wiltshire. Eames design 6, a cock standing facing left, with two annulets. Find out more about our collections here: www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/search-the-c...

An orange tile with a beige/ white image of a cock standing facing left, with two annulets.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These fragments from a Roman villa in Spain are not from a mosaic but from a fresco. If you look closely you’ll see a grid of lines, many following the contour of the figures, much as tesserae do on mosaics. This trompe-l’oeil technique simulates mosaics. 1/ 🏺 1st-2nd c. Museo de Málaga 📸 me

Fragment of a fresco depicting part of a human face, mostly the eyes. Thin lines form a grid pattern, simulating the edges of tesserae.

Fresco fragment showing a naked torso of a woman, her legs and pubic area covered in a red himation (cloak). Her right hand carries a basket laden with fruit, which look like giant globes of grapes. Grapevine leaves appear in the background. A Dionysian scene. The faux tesserae grid lines follow the curves of the body.

Fresco fragment depicting some sort of half-human creature with wild hair and bare torso, gesturing upwards with his right hand and holding a branched stick with his left. The faux tesserae grid lines follow the curves of his garment and body.

Fresco fragment with the torso of perhaps a god with golden skin, a red himation flowing outwards and partially covering his or her legs. Perhaps Dionysos?

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small Roman scent bottle made of cobalt-blue mould-blown glass in the form of a scallop shell. At the top it has a cylindrical neck with an out-turned rim. There is a thin, curved, handle either side of the neck. The top of each handle is attached to the neck, and the bottom is attached to the top of the scallop shell. Bottle dimensions: height 8.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm. Dated AD 25-100. It is displayed on a circular, clear perspex (?) stand in a British Museum display case. The bottle was bequeathed to the British Museum by Felix Slade in 1869.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 01/10/2026

The graveslab known as 'The Brethren', in Jerpoint Abbey Kilkenny, is particularly interesting as it is one of very few incised graveslabs to depict knights in Ireland. #Ireland #Medieval #SpéirGhorm

A grey stone graveslab that has incised portraits of a knight in a helmet holding a sword (on the left), his head reclines on a pillow. A second knight in mail but no helmet holds a sword to the right

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 01/10/2026

What on earth! It's not even been a year and the quality is worse than it already was. I think I've been scammed. Time to write an angry letter ;)

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Elizabeth Catlett, Mother and Child, 1944 #womensart

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#GlassObjectThursday 🏺 Delicate #Roman blown glass flask with polychrome snake-thread decoration. 3rd C AD. Made in Rhineland, Cologne area. In British Museum

Translucent glass vase with fine rounded body, and remains of small foot. An elegant narrow neck bows out slightly at the top, and is flanked by delicate handles either side, together forming a heart shape. The body is decorated with gold and light blue coloured threads of glass, in irregular swirly patterns

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My Samian Ware Workshop, 🏺⚱️#AncientBluesky at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social Roman Army Museum is Sold Out, but there are still a few places on the Barbotine Ware Masterclass, Sat 3rd Oct 2026, my favourite type of Roman Pottery. Make your own, authentic replica to keep. share.google/1DfgJDZHo0d8...

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3rd October 10am - 3pm Roman Army Museum During this workshop run by Potted History participants will learn about Roman Barbotine Ware, a slip decorated pottery style featuring hunt, circus and gladia...

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The mid section of the 20m long allée couverte of Coat-Luzuen in Pont-Aven (Finistère) was robbed at some point so early commentators thought it was 2 separate dolmens as on this c.1916 card by Hamonic. The capstone over one end is 6.7x3.5m.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exciting to see in the new Sutton Hoo Ship's Company newsletter quite how much progress has now been made. And that they are making plans to reconstruct the Snape ship now too! Anglo-Saxon boat races... saxonship.org/newsletter/

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of the joys of accumulating old books (‘collecting’ would be too grand a word) is that they often belonged to interesting people. This copy of ‘The Five Jars’ by M. R. James once belonged to the naturalist Ian Heslop en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hes... 📚

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/09/2026

"And the sign says long-haired freaky people need not apply..." I just aged myself.

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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"

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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Might as well light the Constitution on fire at this point.

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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This fourth-century Roman glass bottle was found in a grave at Butt Road cemetery in Colchester. Similar bottles were discovered in nearby burials that may have belonged to the same family.

Close-up of a pale green Roman glass vessel with a tall cylindrical body and short neck, featuring two looped handles attached at the rim, shown against a plain light background.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#FrescoFriday Fragment of a Roman fresco depicting Harpocrates, the god of silence in the Hellenistic religion, 2nd century AD, Sirmijum, Panonija Inferior, Serbia.

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's hoping we can employ them with similar artistry and precision..

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026

Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Dr Andrew Tibbs @andrewtibbs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great to see the work of @pottedhistory.bsky.social on display at the @romancircusuk.bsky.social visitor centre. This is a replica of the gorgeous Colchester cup

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 21/09/2026

NEW Europe's largest assemblage of Iron Age iron bars has been uncovered during industrial gravel extraction in Austria! Large enough to equip 500 warriors with swords, they indicate production and trade of iron on an unprecedented scale. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

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Northumberart @northumberart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The ivy outside @pottedhistory.bsky.social and @potsofhistory.bsky.social 's workshop is amazing at this time of year. The tiny flowers attract hundreds of bees of various species, plus hover flies, butterflies and all manner of other insects. Its an absolute joy to watch how busy it is.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

✨️ Adam from Cumbraland casts an early medieval-type brooch in Govan's 1,500-year-old churchyard! Visit our FREE Viking-Age Festival today and tomorrow, 11am to 4pm! @eblueaxe.bsky.social

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC.

Picture of man smiling with tea-mug. Headline reads: "Non-Billionaire who actually lives in the UK and pays its taxes says he has lost confidence in the super-rich", with sub-header: 'One of Britain's taxpayers says he has lost confidence in billionaires, describing them as "on the take"".

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026

Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde

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planetinperil.bsky.social @planetinperil.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Capo di Tutti Capi is upset his consiglieri court is not quite in his pocket.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 15/09/2026

Got my updated COVID and flu shots today because I prefer not dying and also fuck RFK jr and this whole willfully ignorant and malicious administration.

Two bandaids, one for my COVID shot and one for the flu. I didn't know which is which, I didn't look.

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I do love a good drying day! Outside the potted-history.co.uk workshop today. Lots of Roman Pottery and a little Anglo-Saxon. #Archaeology #pottery

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sometimes it is said dinosaurs might have not looked like we represent them because we mostly have bones. Yet, this 110 million-year-old superbly preserved nodosaur accidentally found by miners in Canada, naturally reveals his appearance. Original post

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters