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I like old places and new ones, and scooters.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 9h
Beckford’s Folly: Fonthill Abbey ‘desert of magnificence’ built for William Beckford, ‘England’s richest commoner’ (1760-1844), whose art collection included Bellini's Doge Loredan 1501, Raphael's St Catherine c 1507. National Gallery London | JMW Turner, Watercolour of Fonthill 1799, Bolton Museum
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 10h
Anyway, seems like a shitty day so I thought people might want to look at some cows looking like extras is Midsommar.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 10h
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I almost forgot that it’s cow parade season
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 9h
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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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Artists heavily criticise AI-generated mural share.google/QH5HeTbdvtfH...
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Artists heavily criticise AI-generated mural
"AI designs not only devalue but undermine the work of artists"
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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On the enshitification of product design & its effects on our daily lives - a topic that gets way too little attention. Good industrial design of the real world so often neglected, making fussy, brittle products rather than easy-to-use elements made to last, rather than throw away
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 24/09/2026
A spectacular and elegant country house, which enjoys an idyllic location set in 1.4 acres of gar-dens and wood near a Mid Wales village, is seeking a buyer who will restore it to its previous grandeur wp.me/p8Mk4U-1tIy
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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I nearly didn't post this one from Private Eye. Then thought 'Go on. @justrena.bsky.social would have loved it'. I hope so.
Man and woman in front of a wall of skulls. Woman says 'Investing in crypto is something else, dear. What you've done is buy an ossuary'.
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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Expectations were low for Donald Trump’s address to the UN on Tuesday, and yet somehow it was even worse than expected." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech | Ted Widmer
Gone was any shred of US idealism. It was a spectacle of raw power – a power that is likely to only diminish in the years ahead
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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now then @theduncanmackay.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social have you seen what's just been relaunched by Airfix? uk.airfix.com/products/rom...
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A06705V Romans - Roman Fort & Figurines Set
A06705V, Romans - Roman Fort & Figurines Set, Airfix, Vintage Classics, 1:76 Scale
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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
If you don't know the story of Salvo D'Acquisto, you don't know the meaning of the word 'courage'.
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🅲🆁🅶 💙 🇺🇦 @c-r-g.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Urgent: Improve street lighting on #ConcordeWay, #Bristol! Dark paths risk safety for kids, cyclists & pedestrians. Well-lit streets reduce crime & boost community confidence. Sign to push #BristolCityCouncil & #NetworkRail for eco-friendly lighting: c.org/9WDVcrPQmH
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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#coldwar mystery of concrete ring 'solved after 30 years' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mystery of concrete ring at Orford Ness 'solved after 30 years'
The concrete ring on the Suffolk coast has baffled people since 1993.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Amongst the assorted curiosities described in Olaus Magnus' 1555 tome on Nordic life was the morse — a hirsute, fearsome walrus-like beast, that was said to snooze upon cliffs while hanging by its teeth: publicdomainreview.org/essay/d...
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nearly 2,400-year-old school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great discovered in Greece | Live Science www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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Nearly 2,400-year-old school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great discovered in Greece
A school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great has been found in northern Greece.
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Mémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Il a ainsi fait appel à des artistes (dont sa fille Laurence Aillaud et le plasticien Fabio Rieti) pour habiller les façades de fresques en mosaïques de pâtes de verre et parsemer le quartier de sculptures géantes (telles que des têtes de béton ou des structures de jeux).. 1963
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Job Opportunity! Johns Hopkins University - Krieger School of Arts & Sciences - Medieval European and/or Mediterranean History (400 - 1500) networks.h-net.org/jobs/70412/j...
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The Left Bible @theleftbible.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“We’ll go on my phone together Babe” is my new top phrase 🤣🤣🤣👑
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Splendid thread.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And they have Seabrook crisps as a post-donation snack. Win-win.
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Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're looking for a freelance conservator to survey and rehouse audio heritage as part of the Sounds of the Midlands project. For more information please email us. Deadline for applications is Monday, 12 October #LibraryofBham @uniofleicester.bsky.social
Page 1 detailing the Sounds of the Midlands freelance conservator post. Heading has the logos for Birmingham City Council and the Library of Birmingham.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If that's not your vibe, I will also be available in BRISTOL on Thursday
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An Evening with Jonn Elledge | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with Jonn Elledge today.
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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
SURVEY - DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND HISTORICAL REENACTMENT Reenactors! The followup survey to our pilot is here. Please help by filling it out & spreading this post among your reenactment friends and communities. Thanks! --Sara & @ylvagrufstedt.bsky.social www.facebook.com/sara.ellis.n...
Young Vistula basin dwellers during an early medieval reenactment in Poland. Image by Marsilar, 9 August 2026 (License: CC-BY-SA-4.0. Self-published work).
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'Landscape with Magnolia.' (1938) One thing has always been clear about Stanley Spencer: he is the 20thC English artist inextricably linked with a sense of place. In this picture you sense his obsessive need to paint the smallest detail of each blade of grass.
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Moments on Moscow streets 101 years ago Henry Sara's photos capture the Soviet Union in a period of uncertainty, 8 years after the revolution and a year after Lenin's death These images and more are online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Moscow street scene taken in 1925. The driver of a horse-drawn cab or cart is caught staring back at the camera.Photograph of children on a street corner in Moscow, taken in 1925. One is wearing a Red Army hat and lighting a cigarette.
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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AI is dangerous because the people running AI companies are dangerous.
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 20/09/2026
Anyone else staying up for the Russian election results? Gonna be a real nailbiter.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 17/09/2026
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Lord Byron rescued from a roundabout and returned to Hyde Park
A statue of Lord Byron that once stood in Hyde Park has been restored to the park after a lengthy campaign to have it moved.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions
Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines
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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Any wood conservators want to live and teach in Vienna? The Institute for Conservation and Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna is looking for one. A friend who works there forwarded this.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Groupwork completes "world-first" 10-storey high rise held up by stone exoskeleton
A thousand tonnes of volcanic rock replace concrete and steel in Petra Heights, a housing development in north London designed by architecture firm Groupwork and engineers Webb Yates.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Richard and Su Rogers’s 22 Parkside gifted to National Trust – The Twentieth Century Society
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026
The courage of those who set out to save those at risk of drowning can never be overestimated. Each rescue is a challenge. I used to watch the Orkney lifeboat head out into rough seas with my heart in my mouth. Remarkable bravery. Donate to the #RNLI here: shop.rnli.org/products/don...
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Donation to RNLI
It costs us around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your kind donation will help deliver our lifesaving work.
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Victorian Web @victorianweb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The artist James Smetham was #BornOnThisday 1821 in Yorkshire. A devout Methodist, he was admired by both Ruskin and Rossetti, and the latter might have helped with this painting of a gorgeously costumed, wistful-looking mandolin player victorianweb.org/painting/sme...
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Catching up on the big tech news:
What advantages does this $3,000’foldable iPhone have over say, a piece of paper? Which I could also fold in half.
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026
The courage of those who set out to save those at risk of drowning can never be overestimated. Each rescue is a challenge. I used to watch the Orkney lifeboat head out into rough seas with my heart in my mouth. Remarkable bravery. Donate to the #RNLI here: shop.rnli.org/products/don...
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Donation to RNLI
It costs us around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your kind donation will help deliver our lifesaving work.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!
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Opinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarity
John Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5."
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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I believe in a two-state solution in the Middle East. That’s why we’re taking action to keep that hope alive | Andy Burnham
Our sanctions aren’t about the Israeli people, but about the unacceptable policies of the Israeli government, and the suffering they cause Palestinians, says the UK prime minister Andy Burnham
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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New Bristol Temple Meads entrance and university campus open
The opening marks a major milestone in regeneration of an old industrial part of the city.
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Konstantinos Politis obituary | Archaeology | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Konstantinos Politis obituary
Archaeologist who spent his career excavating and protecting the sites and artefacts of Jordan’s Dead Sea shore
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is lovely..... ‘Work hard – nobody cares how good you used to be’: Paul Smith at 80 on love, fun and his fabulous life in fashion www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
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‘Work hard – nobody cares how good you used to be’: Paul Smith at 80 on love, fun and his fabulous life in fashion
With the release of his new biography, the British designer talks about leaving school at 15, the real reason he won’t retire and why no one wears velvet trousers any more
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Laisvės Avenue in Kaunas, Lithuania … a pedestrian street lined with an amazing collection of inter-war era modernist buildings.
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mind games and a ‘toss master’: world stone skimming contest returns to Scotland after cheating scandal www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Mind games and a ‘toss master’: world stone skimming contest returns to Scotland after cheating scandal
More than 400 competitors battle windy conditions on Easdale, a year after tampered-with stones made headlines
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
British politics was better when party leaders dealt with hecklers like this.
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Harold Wilson VS Hecklers
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet
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𝔖𝔦𝔪𝔬𝔫 ℜ @sjramsden.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Report 'em if you see any www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Beekeepers warn of Asian hornet threat and call for UK awareness campaign
Experts say invasive species are creating ‘pollinator deserts’ and could have serious impact on food security
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Haw Hill View, Normanton, West Yorkshire - council houses built by Normanton Urban District Council in 1910. If anyone has more detail or other examples, please share. Added to my map of pre-1WW council housing here: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...
Black and white image of two-storey terraced housing from Lucy Caffyn, Workers' Housing in West Yorkshire, 1750-1920
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New footage of bulldozers plowing through Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to construct a border wall.
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