Cat Rees
@catrees.bsky.social
Archaeologist in North Wales. Currently studying PhD looking at death in Pre-Roman Wales. Other interests include making random stuff and scruffing my hounds.
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Cat Rees
@catrees.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Connecting with the Past – The Llanbadarn Fawr Bronze Age Urn Gravestone
Focus has always been something which I have struggled massively with, and when researching I tend to wander off on little side missions before coming back to what I am supposed to be doing. I love…
annwnbccymru.com
New to the site so reaching out to follow archaeologists. I've worked in commercial archaeology since 2002 and am currently in the final year of a PhD studying death in Pre-Roman Wales. Also interested in how sites are reinterpreted by later generations. Recent blog annwnbccymru.com/2024/11/06/c...
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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Trevor Philips, "You don't want a rise in income tax?"
Zack Polanski, "No, people are tired and exhausted"
"How can you take from the hardest working people with extra tax, while allowing multimillionaires and billionaires to continue to not paying CGT?"
Zack Polanski, "No, people are tired and exhausted"
"How can you take from the hardest working people with extra tax, while allowing multimillionaires and billionaires to continue to not paying CGT?"
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Trevor Philips, "You don't want a rise in income tax?"
Zack Polanski, "No, people are tired and exhausted"
"How can you take from the hardest working people with extra tax, while allowing multimillionaires and billionaires to continue to not paying CGT?"
Zack Polanski, "No, people are tired and exhausted"
"How can you take from the hardest working people with extra tax, while allowing multimillionaires and billionaires to continue to not paying CGT?"
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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Solidarity with @pcsunion.bsky.social workers at the British Library.
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Solidarity with @pcsunion.bsky.social workers at the British Library.
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
Sharing the final version of my Ceffyl Dwr for #FolkloreFriday. Absolutely loved making this needle felt creation and getting really into the wire frame modelling
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sharing the final version of my Ceffyl Dwr for #FolkloreFriday. Absolutely loved making this needle felt creation and getting really into the wire frame modelling
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This.
...and in great news - this is what £250,000 can buy you in a museum.
We could get FOURTEEN of these for one £3.5 million payout to a detectorist & landowner for their lucky Tudor Heart locket find... 🤔
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We could get FOURTEEN of these for one £3.5 million payout to a detectorist & landowner for their lucky Tudor Heart locket find... 🤔
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peterborough Museum gets £250k for Bronze Age project
The two-year initiative will explore the discoveries made at Must Farm in Whittlesey.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This.
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Honestly. We all need to read this. The amount of money apparently being spent, which could instead be being invested in our museum services is horrific.
Next figures from DCMS/PAS are due in the next month or two. How bad will they be?
#Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Detecting
Next figures from DCMS/PAS are due in the next month or two. How bad will they be?
#Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Detecting
Following on from last week's blog on Treasure 'rewards', I've been trying to dig deeper into the numbers.
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Looking for Treasure…
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction Following on from my blog last week, I have been trying to find out exactly how much is being paid …
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Honestly. We all need to read this. The amount of money apparently being spent, which could instead be being invested in our museum services is horrific.
Next figures from DCMS/PAS are due in the next month or two. How bad will they be?
#Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Detecting
Next figures from DCMS/PAS are due in the next month or two. How bad will they be?
#Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Detecting
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"A spokesperson said funds had to be raised by April 2026 and they needed the public's help to secure it."
AKA You give us your hard earned cash & we'll give it to two people.
BTW £3.5 million is c.100 curator salaries.
#Archaeology #Detecting
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
AKA You give us your hard earned cash & we'll give it to two people.
BTW £3.5 million is c.100 curator salaries.
#Archaeology #Detecting
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
Museum appeal to save pendant linked to Henry VIII
The British Museum hopes to secure the pendant, found by a metal detectorist in Warwickshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"A spokesperson said funds had to be raised by April 2026 and they needed the public's help to secure it."
AKA You give us your hard earned cash & we'll give it to two people.
BTW £3.5 million is c.100 curator salaries.
#Archaeology #Detecting
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
AKA You give us your hard earned cash & we'll give it to two people.
BTW £3.5 million is c.100 curator salaries.
#Archaeology #Detecting
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
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Following on from last week's blog on Treasure 'rewards', I've been trying to dig deeper into the numbers.
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Looking for Treasure…
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction Following on from my blog last week, I have been trying to find out exactly how much is being paid …
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Following on from last week's blog on Treasure 'rewards', I've been trying to dig deeper into the numbers.
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
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“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech | John Crace
Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
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Despite the ceasefire, Israel’s attacks on Gaza and severe restrictions on aid leave Palestinians struggling to survive aje.io/iwge48
November 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Despite the ceasefire, Israel’s attacks on Gaza and severe restrictions on aid leave Palestinians struggling to survive aje.io/iwge48
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Another week, another panel without a single person representing the Green Party, Your Party, SNP, Cymru and Lib Dems.
That's only about 60% of voters that never have any representation.
Balanced?
BS more like.
That's only about 60% of voters that never have any representation.
Balanced?
BS more like.
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Another week, another panel without a single person representing the Green Party, Your Party, SNP, Cymru and Lib Dems.
That's only about 60% of voters that never have any representation.
Balanced?
BS more like.
That's only about 60% of voters that never have any representation.
Balanced?
BS more like.
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Bet365 CEO Denise Coates paid herself £277,000,000 this year, and £410,000,000 in 2020.
This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers.
The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.
This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers.
The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Bet365 CEO Denise Coates paid herself £277,000,000 this year, and £410,000,000 in 2020.
This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers.
The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.
This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers.
The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.
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Catherine Connolly, a staunch supporter of Palestine and workers, is Ireland's new president! Backed by Sinn Féin, she defeated the centrist Fianna Fáil candidate in "the greatest landslide in presidential history" — 64%-27%.
Tiocfaidh ár lá🇮🇪
Tiocfaidh ár lá🇮🇪
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Catherine Connolly, a staunch supporter of Palestine and workers, is Ireland's new president! Backed by Sinn Féin, she defeated the centrist Fianna Fáil candidate in "the greatest landslide in presidential history" — 64%-27%.
Tiocfaidh ár lá🇮🇪
Tiocfaidh ár lá🇮🇪
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BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
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Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?
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MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE!
2 wonderful delivery’s arrived today!!
A postcard by @walkingintherayn (insta) and a postcard and crocheted mari lwyd ornament by @wyvernchick.bsky.social
Please go see all the entries so far here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
2 wonderful delivery’s arrived today!!
A postcard by @walkingintherayn (insta) and a postcard and crocheted mari lwyd ornament by @wyvernchick.bsky.social
Please go see all the entries so far here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE!
2 wonderful delivery’s arrived today!!
A postcard by @walkingintherayn (insta) and a postcard and crocheted mari lwyd ornament by @wyvernchick.bsky.social
Please go see all the entries so far here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
2 wonderful delivery’s arrived today!!
A postcard by @walkingintherayn (insta) and a postcard and crocheted mari lwyd ornament by @wyvernchick.bsky.social
Please go see all the entries so far here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
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the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character:
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
What you need to know about Lindsay Whittle, new Senedd member for Caerphilly
The veteran Plaid Cymru campaigner won the Caerphilly by-election
www.walesonline.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character:
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
Amazing news! Plaid Cymru have beaten Reform and won the Caerffili by election. Congratulations 🎉 so relieved
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Amazing news! Plaid Cymru have beaten Reform and won the Caerffili by election. Congratulations 🎉 so relieved
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The Hind Rajab Foundation have identified the IDF soldiers who murdered 6 year old Hind and her family, & their names have been submitted to the ICC.
Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.
Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.
October 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The Hind Rajab Foundation have identified the IDF soldiers who murdered 6 year old Hind and her family, & their names have been submitted to the ICC.
Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.
Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.
After an amazing but slightly damp morning at Llyn Cerrig Bach (my lips are sealed but check out the Operation Nightingale Facebook page) now warming up nicely and working on my Cefyl Dwr
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
After an amazing but slightly damp morning at Llyn Cerrig Bach (my lips are sealed but check out the Operation Nightingale Facebook page) now warming up nicely and working on my Cefyl Dwr
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Whenever anybody mentions the Nathan Gill case on a BBC programme, it's "Move on now...".
"On the streets of Caerphilly, none of this is known because most of the UK media has turned a blind eye to the story – even though, in any other circumstance, it would be catnip to the tabloid press."
#bbcaq
"On the streets of Caerphilly, none of this is known because most of the UK media has turned a blind eye to the story – even though, in any other circumstance, it would be catnip to the tabloid press."
#bbcaq
The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
www.thenerve.news
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Whenever anybody mentions the Nathan Gill case on a BBC programme, it's "Move on now...".
"On the streets of Caerphilly, none of this is known because most of the UK media has turned a blind eye to the story – even though, in any other circumstance, it would be catnip to the tabloid press."
#bbcaq
"On the streets of Caerphilly, none of this is known because most of the UK media has turned a blind eye to the story – even though, in any other circumstance, it would be catnip to the tabloid press."
#bbcaq