Andy Aitken
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Andy Aitken
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Interested in everything from archaeology to zoology.
I love spending time with family, nature, reading, and watching documentaries and other TV.
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With this regime anything is possible…
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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I wonder what people who write

"u" and "ur"

do with all their extra time.
🤔
January 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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‘Footprints in the snow’
What to look for in Winter, 1959
Artist: CFTunnicliffe
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), a highly prolific Italian painter, and respected teacher who founded the first art academy for women outside of a convent. Another pioneering female artist not celebrated enough in Euopean art history #WomensArt
January 17, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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The obviouw bullshit in the bible, why not do the right things instead of worrying about your neighbours ass 🤦
January 17, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Just leaving this here
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January 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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Something beautiful for the weekend! ✨

A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.

From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.

Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me

#Archaeology
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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'An Islington View,'
by Melissa Scott-Miller,
UK painter known for her London streetscapes #UnlockingWomensArt
January 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Withdrawal from some of these is inexcusable. A lower form of human I can't think of.
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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This.
There’s nothing extreme about wanting a functioning NHS, a fair distribution of wealth, and a liveable planet.
January 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Other work of the Ladybird artists
Woodblock print
‘Bullfinch’
Artist: Allen Seaby
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
Ban Forever Chemicals Now
Forever chemicals are poisoning Europe’s water, food, and even our blood. Chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections - but people across Europe are pushing back. Sign now to ban PFAS and put h...
action.wemove.eu
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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I've seldom felt compelled to block people on BlueSky. But the hunger strike has mobilised some people's worst instincts: "Let them die! It's all their fault!" etc etc. It appears to trigger a deep, and deeply disturbing, inhumanity. I must have blocked 20 of them by now.
A number of people on this platform have been claiming that it's not up to government to shorten people's time on remand, however far beyond the statutory limit that time extends.
Well, take it from a very eminent retired judge. It is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action hunger strikers are still the state’s responsibility | Letters
Letters: The power is in the hands of the DPP or the attorney general, writes Stephen Sedley. Plus Roshi Fernando on Keir Starmer’s unforgivable conduct
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Absolutely normal for a democracy to ban museum exhibitions that express “improper ideology”.

And in no way reminiscent of either Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy or totalitarian Communist Soviet Union.
January 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 is the term we use to describe the puckered or quilted-looking pattern we see on the leaves of ‘Nero de Toscano’ kale (sometimes called “dinosaur kale” to get kids to eat it). #Brassicaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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100 Years of Pooh

From the new Private Eye, out now.

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January 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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😂 Sums up the religious nonsense. The cerebrally challenge fools who believe the earth is 6,000 yrs old. 🤦We have ancient peoples burial sits older than that.
January 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I have just shared a Rhubarb yogurt with Logan. He's checking the pot to make sure I didn't miss any.
#gingercats

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January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
There will be a line of Native Americans outside the White House and Mar-a-Largo wanting to discuss this.
January 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Today marks 80 years of the UN General Assembly.

The mission:

🛡️ Uphold world peace and security
⚖️ Promote social progress & human rights
🌏 Tackle global issues, like climate change

Back then, we chose dialogue over force.
Today, we must do the same.
January 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Now that's an idea...
Greenland should change its name to Epstein island so trump starts pretending it doesn’t exists
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM