Bill Reagan
@billreagan16.bsky.social
Retired, old guy attempting to make sense of the world, by looking back a few billion years to understand human psychology. Current interest in the evolution of the psyche making us who we are today.
Interested in the sciences, as it's a wonderful world.
Interested in the sciences, as it's a wonderful world.
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Anthony Princiotti
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'.”
- Aaron Copland
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'.”
- Aaron Copland
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Anthony Princiotti
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'.”
- Aaron Copland
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'.”
- Aaron Copland
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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“Asked by the moderator whether the world is going “hot” or “cold”, an annoyed Gaia said:
“We are not going cold, obviously. We are in 2025 now.”
Ha, yes, definitely annoyed!
“We are not going cold, obviously. We are in 2025 now.”
Ha, yes, definitely annoyed!
Carbon trading won’t solve global warming
SHARJAH: (United Arab Emirates): Global warming is real as evidenced by the increasing intensity and frequency of climate disasters and the solution is to stop the pollution and go big on renewables, according to award-winning science writer and author, Gaia Vince.
www.dailyexpress.com.my
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Asked by the moderator whether the world is going “hot” or “cold”, an annoyed Gaia said:
“We are not going cold, obviously. We are in 2025 now.”
Ha, yes, definitely annoyed!
“We are not going cold, obviously. We are in 2025 now.”
Ha, yes, definitely annoyed!
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#FindsFriday
A Votive Assemblage from Wirral, a few of the pieces found at the same spot, dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Evidence of some of the earliest beliefs www.prehistoricwirral.com/prehistoric-...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Votive #Religion #Prehistory #Wirral #Roman
A Votive Assemblage from Wirral, a few of the pieces found at the same spot, dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Evidence of some of the earliest beliefs www.prehistoricwirral.com/prehistoric-...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Votive #Religion #Prehistory #Wirral #Roman
Prehistoric Treasure
Votive Assemblage: Bronze Age to Romano-British c.2,000BC - 410AD
www.prehistoricwirral.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#FindsFriday
A Votive Assemblage from Wirral, a few of the pieces found at the same spot, dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Evidence of some of the earliest beliefs www.prehistoricwirral.com/prehistoric-...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Votive #Religion #Prehistory #Wirral #Roman
A Votive Assemblage from Wirral, a few of the pieces found at the same spot, dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Evidence of some of the earliest beliefs www.prehistoricwirral.com/prehistoric-...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Votive #Religion #Prehistory #Wirral #Roman
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🎉7 year anniversary #FindsFriday #FlintFriday! A notched flint scraper. Ubiquitous in the Stone Age and varied in size according to purpose. This one is thought to be Neolithic and forms part of the assemblage that began this project.
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎉7 year anniversary #FindsFriday #FlintFriday! A notched flint scraper. Ubiquitous in the Stone Age and varied in size according to purpose. This one is thought to be Neolithic and forms part of the assemblage that began this project.
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
Is there anything not available at a library? Support your local library.
We are launching a new Winter Coat Swap at Orkney Library & Archive. If you have any winter coats you no longer need we'd be delighted to have them.
We're looking for coats to fit any age and size, adult or child, as long as they are in good, clean condition ready for wearing. 🧥 #GreenLibraries
We're looking for coats to fit any age and size, adult or child, as long as they are in good, clean condition ready for wearing. 🧥 #GreenLibraries
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Is there anything not available at a library? Support your local library.
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Happy to share that I’ll start as an Associate Editor for the Oxford Academic - Neuroscience of Consciousness journal 😎
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy to share that I’ll start as an Associate Editor for the Oxford Academic - Neuroscience of Consciousness journal 😎
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
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It was a very interesting time.
All empires fell except the Egyptians.
All empires fell except the Egyptians.
Very pleased to learn that "After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations" has been chosen to receive a Biblical Archaeology Society 2025 Publication Award for "Best Popular Book on Archaeology" (for books published during 2023 and 2024).
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It was a very interesting time.
All empires fell except the Egyptians.
All empires fell except the Egyptians.
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The Resolute Desk belongs to the American people- and it belongs in the ‘People’s House’ - the White House - not Mar aLago
Trump must return the desk
Trump must return the desk
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Resolute Desk belongs to the American people- and it belongs in the ‘People’s House’ - the White House - not Mar aLago
Trump must return the desk
Trump must return the desk
How to design an arch in one easy to understand diagram.
A pointed arch is made of two intersecting circles, so it's described as 2-centred. It's the basis of much if not most Gothic architecture. A 4-centred arch blends together arcs of four circles as shown (rather badly) below. The centres of the four circles are labelled; A, B (small), C and D (big)🐭
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How to design an arch in one easy to understand diagram.
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The wealthy have no taste, they pay others to have taste for them.
honestly one of the most striking things about epstein's emails is the fact that the man, described in many places as "a genius," is essentially subliterate
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The wealthy have no taste, they pay others to have taste for them.
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If you've been joining in with our Audio Waves Book Club then it's time for your next audio book!
Our fourth Audio Waves title is:
THE WALL OF LIFE by Shirley MacLaine.
Available FREE on BorrowBox as an eAudiobook with your Orkney Library card (OR available wherever you get your eAudiobooks.)
Our fourth Audio Waves title is:
THE WALL OF LIFE by Shirley MacLaine.
Available FREE on BorrowBox as an eAudiobook with your Orkney Library card (OR available wherever you get your eAudiobooks.)
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you've been joining in with our Audio Waves Book Club then it's time for your next audio book!
Our fourth Audio Waves title is:
THE WALL OF LIFE by Shirley MacLaine.
Available FREE on BorrowBox as an eAudiobook with your Orkney Library card (OR available wherever you get your eAudiobooks.)
Our fourth Audio Waves title is:
THE WALL OF LIFE by Shirley MacLaine.
Available FREE on BorrowBox as an eAudiobook with your Orkney Library card (OR available wherever you get your eAudiobooks.)
Such a delightful read, first edition treasure, or otherwise.
First edition. I literally waited 50 years for this one.
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Such a delightful read, first edition treasure, or otherwise.
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Amazing article
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Amazing article
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Urghh... it's as bad as I hoped it wasn't - these really are 'the first', 'the earliest', 'the only'.
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
1/2
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
1/2
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans
Two men have been charged with burglary, but "invaluable" items are still missing from St Fagans collection.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Urghh... it's as bad as I hoped it wasn't - these really are 'the first', 'the earliest', 'the only'.
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
1/2
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
1/2
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ever wonder why history repeats? Here's a partial answer:
Perhaps it repeats because we keep wanting then installing the same form of government over and over, but it doesn't work, consequently it keeps breaking.
You want a hierarchical form of governance? Fine.
But prepare for disappointment.
Perhaps it repeats because we keep wanting then installing the same form of government over and over, but it doesn't work, consequently it keeps breaking.
You want a hierarchical form of governance? Fine.
But prepare for disappointment.
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Ever wonder why history repeats? Here's a partial answer:
Perhaps it repeats because we keep wanting then installing the same form of government over and over, but it doesn't work, consequently it keeps breaking.
You want a hierarchical form of governance? Fine.
But prepare for disappointment.
Perhaps it repeats because we keep wanting then installing the same form of government over and over, but it doesn't work, consequently it keeps breaking.
You want a hierarchical form of governance? Fine.
But prepare for disappointment.
Libraries have more than books.
Along with the toolboxes and drills we've just added 2 Wagner Wallpaper Strippers and 2 Cable Reels to our NEW loanable tool collection. And we'll be adding more items shortly so watch this space! 👀
Find out more about our loanable tool collection at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
Find out more about our loanable tool collection at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Libraries have more than books.
Giving back to the land that gives us so much.
As a break from insanity that is archaeology, I spent the morning helping plant 1000 fritillary bulbs in Verulamium park - part of a superb project to make River Ver a bit more healthy & a bit less floody...
Really lovely bunch of folks. 😊
I've even got me own hi-viz & found a bit of Roman tile! 🤣
Really lovely bunch of folks. 😊
I've even got me own hi-viz & found a bit of Roman tile! 🤣
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Giving back to the land that gives us so much.
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Arrrrghhhhhhhhhhhh!
When museums aren't even in the thought process, you know things have gone badly wrong...
#Archaeology 🏺
When museums aren't even in the thought process, you know things have gone badly wrong...
#Archaeology 🏺
Or .... could it be donated to a museum 🤔 .
Our history, for future generations, not sold off to the highest bidder & lost!
Isle of Wight detectorist unearths 'the find of a lifetime'
“Either one of us will keep it, or it will have to go to auction"
share.google/UpKyAzIurksY...
Our history, for future generations, not sold off to the highest bidder & lost!
Isle of Wight detectorist unearths 'the find of a lifetime'
“Either one of us will keep it, or it will have to go to auction"
share.google/UpKyAzIurksY...
Island metal detectorist unearths 'the find of a lifetime'
On one special morning, club members visited an Isle of Wight field which had not been touched by a metal detector for several years.
share.google
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Arrrrghhhhhhhhhhhh!
When museums aren't even in the thought process, you know things have gone badly wrong...
#Archaeology 🏺
When museums aren't even in the thought process, you know things have gone badly wrong...
#Archaeology 🏺
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Students & researchers have a tough time keeping the names of Roman emperors and elites straight. But we do have a database to help name and number each. It is called the Prospographia Imperii Romani (=PIR) and has 15061 persons, of which 1932 are women. Please use the database! pir.bbaw.de#/search
Prosopographia Imperii Romani
pir.bbaw.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Students & researchers have a tough time keeping the names of Roman emperors and elites straight. But we do have a database to help name and number each. It is called the Prospographia Imperii Romani (=PIR) and has 15061 persons, of which 1932 are women. Please use the database! pir.bbaw.de#/search
Call in cursed next time you need time off. Sounds reasonable to me.
OK @bencollins.bsky.social I feel like this was personally directly at me, Bluesky's Official Mummy™️
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Call in cursed next time you need time off. Sounds reasonable to me.
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No one would actually want to live in Medieval times, but we do enjoy the fantasy of the time. [Me too!]
Really enjoyed chatting with @kellyfaircloth.bsky.social about all things dirtbag medievalism, and delighted that the article is out now at Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Why are we so obsessed with the medieval right now?
From burning castles to swords and magic and velvet gowns, medievalism has taken over 21st century pop culture.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
No one would actually want to live in Medieval times, but we do enjoy the fantasy of the time. [Me too!]
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Hello folks. I've been making plaster of paris artefacts/decorations for friends.
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hello folks. I've been making plaster of paris artefacts/decorations for friends.
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
Seriously. Do thieves ever learn? Don't leave the evidence where it can be found. Simple.
Tales of True Crime, Orkney : Theft and Pickery theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/10/t...
Tales of True Crime, Orkney : Theft and Pickery
By Fiona Grahame. This is a true tale of a crime which took place in the parish of Deerness, Orkney, in the winter of 1762. It was a time when people cultivated small strips of land but had large a…
theorkneynews.scot
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Seriously. Do thieves ever learn? Don't leave the evidence where it can be found. Simple.