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Iain Davidson AU
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Father, husband, grandfather, archaeologist, Emeritus Professor, Australian, aficionado of Iberia, archaeology of Aboriginal Australia, writer "Art or Scribbles? ..." w/ Springer (now published). I take photos. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031904578 .. more

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · Oct 21
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Art or Scribbles? In the Eye of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Emergence of Visual Communication
This book descibes the origin and evolution of art and that art consists of relationships between people. It challenges the standard definitions of art
link.springer.com

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4h
So true. Failed.
From a blog: "generates a world without laws, a world of failed states, warlords, rouge imperial powers and perpetual violence and chaos." I love the idea that Tyrant#47 is not orange but rouge

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 4h
Rogue state, failed state, third world country -- with guns, and billionaires.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

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Dee 🦋 @iamstillwithher.bsky.social · 7h
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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 14h
We cannot rely on the US.
grogsgamut.bsky.social Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h
Our AUKUS partner showing off the shared values Richard Marles loves to talk about
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.

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BakerArt @bakerart.bsky.social · 15h
A recent oil on canvas painted in my garden size 61cmX86cm "Two women at a garden table". It was one of my entries to the Cambridge Drawing Society 2024. Needs to be a bit more subtle in its tone I think looking back on it.
#art #oiloncanvas #summergarden
Gives me a bit of a shock looking back on this one. While I'm quite pleased with it I think it lacks subtlety and goes too much for the high colour key. A little more restraint required for this year with more carefully modulated tones and lest finicky detail.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h
Our AUKUS partner showing off the shared values Richard Marles loves to talk about
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 22h
I have no detailed knowledge other than what was on substance, but the statistics and the named stakeholders were convincing

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
😅

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
😀😍😇

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
2/2 The problem then is how that expense is paid for. One answer is that the gullible MAGATs will fund a ball room. Billionaires will fund the data centre. Remove inequality and it is much less viable to fund such nasty things. Of course, the billionaires are funding both in DC and in Jerusalem.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
The problem is complex. First, it really suits the military-industrial complex, and I read a really persuasive piece on Substack yesterday about how the White House has not been destroyed for a ballroom but for a deep data centre modelled on one in Jerusalem to provide military intelligence. 1/2

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
And all the best to you and Rob too, Marta.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
Not even taking his clothes off would be enough.

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Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 1d
An example of #Faliscan writing:

Spiral #amphora with engraved decoration and inscription in the Faliscan alphabet. 7 c. BCE. Capena, Lazio, Italy.

For more information: tinyurl.com/d24rc66p
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
We did, but he could not understand why, after 51+ years here, I no longer support England.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 1d
Khawaja retiring from Cricket.

"I hope I’ve inspired many children ... particularly those who feel that they are different, those who feel they don’t belong, or those others tell they will never make it. I felt all these things growing up, and trying to be an Australian cricketer ..."

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
I disagree. The only possible outcome of a Royal Commission would be that they should be available all year round, but the government would say they accept all the recommendations and then not implement them. Like gambling advertising.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
They were one year.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
What has happened in the last couple of years is that the chocolate creme eggs come into the supermarkets about now and are all snapped up really quickly because they are so good, and then they never come back.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
One of the joys of social media, for me, has been to see so much creativity from North Yorkshire. That was where I was born and lived for many years. Born in Middlesbrough (Linthorpe), lived in Stokesley and Grafton (near Boroughbridge).

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
@drspacejunk.bsky.social have a good (better) year. Rob was evidently very happy to see you. I think he got tired of being with me.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
They were in Coles last year.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
Not only different, but shorter. Have a good 2026.

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Victor Von Doomscroll @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 2d
people should be free to advocate boycotting, divesting and sanctioning the state of israel

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
Some typos are scary

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Semaphoria @semaphoria.co.uk · 2d
Departure from Nunthorpe. 31 May 2025. #railway #photography
Northern DMU 158817 has just passed fairly-new-looking cleared semaphore N2 having departed Nunthorpe working 2N31 Whitby to Hexham.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
Just for interest, how many people can see the similarity between the Trail of Tears and what Israel is proposing for Gaza/Palestine, and between the KKK and ICE?

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
There is only one question. Who is brave enough to arrest the coup leader? It would become irrelevant how much more evidence there is that he's a pedophile, how many other crimes he has committed against the Constitution, how much of the population he has destroyed. He should be tried as a traitor.
maddenifico.bsky.social Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 2d
Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.

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Iain Davidson AU @archaeoiain.bsky.social · 2d
Well said, Alice. We all thought that the murder of Jews by the Nazis was sick and deranged. I believe the Israeli treatment of Palestinians is just as bad. The first thing we need to do is to clarify the difference between "Israel" and Judaism. What Israel is doing has nothing to do with Judaism
drspacejunk.bsky.social Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 2d
In 2026 let's not forget that Israel is continuing to commit GENOCIDE. Their actions are deliberate and malicious. Our governments are doing nothing or actively supporting it. It is up to us, the people, to do what we can.