@demas751.bsky.social
History: Victorian, ancient, Scottish, Military, Scottish Football, Jesus, Scotland, and standing up for truth among the world's lies!
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I don't always follow back.
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Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
![My photo shows a thin, rectangular, dark brown leaf of wood, which is broken in places. Across the surface are six lines of cursive Latin handwriting. The text is written in black ink which appears faded and faint. The Latin reads:
nenụ ...[.]n. Brittoneṣ
nimium multi ‣ equites
gladis ‣ non ụtụṇtur equi-
tes ‣ nec residunt
Brittunculi ‣ ụt ‣ iaculos
mittant
Translated as:
… the Britons are unprotected by armour (?). There are very many cavalry. The cavalry do not use swords nor do the wretched Britons mount in order to throw javelins.
On display at the British Museum.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreiepntyce43pmmptw3xewwjw46tha2u4sqm7mptegttx5u2mqj527a@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
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rance arrested a couple of Russian spies and their vatnik collaborators from the cringe SOS Donbass group. Macron: Russia is waging hybrid wars against Europe, including by employing proxies. #StandWithUkraine
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November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
rance arrested a couple of Russian spies and their vatnik collaborators from the cringe SOS Donbass group. Macron: Russia is waging hybrid wars against Europe, including by employing proxies. #StandWithUkraine
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x.com/KnwldgMedia/...
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NEW: Net migration falls sharply to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
NEW: Net migration falls sharply to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
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The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
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Anas Sarwar called Holyrood's presiding officer 'ridiculous' after he was repeatedly told off during a heated FMQs clash
Anas Sarwar calls Presiding Officer 'ridiculous' after heated FMQs clash
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Anas Sarwar called Holyrood's presiding officer 'ridiculous' after he was repeatedly told off during a heated FMQs clash
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This long interview on the state of farming and our food system with @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is really interesting. The bit from about 45 minutes in especially so.
Radical with Amol Rajan - Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks) - BBC Sounds
James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This long interview on the state of farming and our food system with @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is really interesting. The bit from about 45 minutes in especially so.
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Mirror report: one thing most people get wrong about immigration numbers
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Major thing most people get wrong about immigration - and why PM hasn't helped
A report published today found that 56% of voters believe net migration rose last year - when in fact it halved - thanks to constant 'crisis messaging' about migration and asylum
www.mirror.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Mirror report: one thing most people get wrong about immigration numbers
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Cried over Aeschylus at the airport ✅
⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Cried over Aeschylus at the airport ✅
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"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
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Redheugh Park, Gateshead.
Original, rustic, and authentic.
From the tin roof to the steelworks in the background, this is a ground that was close to its heritage and its people.
Sadly, Redheugh Park and their tenants, Gateshead AFC, are no longer with us.
Original, rustic, and authentic.
From the tin roof to the steelworks in the background, this is a ground that was close to its heritage and its people.
Sadly, Redheugh Park and their tenants, Gateshead AFC, are no longer with us.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Redheugh Park, Gateshead.
Original, rustic, and authentic.
From the tin roof to the steelworks in the background, this is a ground that was close to its heritage and its people.
Sadly, Redheugh Park and their tenants, Gateshead AFC, are no longer with us.
Original, rustic, and authentic.
From the tin roof to the steelworks in the background, this is a ground that was close to its heritage and its people.
Sadly, Redheugh Park and their tenants, Gateshead AFC, are no longer with us.
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A waterfront in Edinburgh will receive almost £3 million in funding to help protect the heritage of its historic buildings, along with restoring and upgrading facilities for the local community
Historic city waterfront receives £3 million in funding to bring area back to life
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A waterfront in Edinburgh will receive almost £3 million in funding to help protect the heritage of its historic buildings, along with restoring and upgrading facilities for the local community
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Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, shares how his mother nearly aborted him but changed her mind - after a fry-up 🍳 A life-changing breakfast!
Wes Streeting MP explains how he was almost aborted
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP, has said that his mum was going to abort him but decided not to go through with it,
righttolife.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, shares how his mother nearly aborted him but changed her mind - after a fry-up 🍳 A life-changing breakfast!
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Just WHO is running the #LabourGovernment here, McSwiney or #Starmer? The sooner that slimey scumbag McSwiney is out on his arse the better it will be for everybody, maybe even the #Labour Party too. 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just WHO is running the #LabourGovernment here, McSwiney or #Starmer? The sooner that slimey scumbag McSwiney is out on his arse the better it will be for everybody, maybe even the #Labour Party too. 🙄
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In Trumps 🇺🇸 own words he admitted to partnering Netanyahu 🇮🇱 in genocide
He bragged about it:
‘Bibi would call me for this weapon, for that weapon’
‘I would give them to him’
‘You [🇮🇱] used them well’
Tens of thousands murdered
The Hague is not enough.🤬🤬🤬
He bragged about it:
‘Bibi would call me for this weapon, for that weapon’
‘I would give them to him’
‘You [🇮🇱] used them well’
Tens of thousands murdered
The Hague is not enough.🤬🤬🤬
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In Trumps 🇺🇸 own words he admitted to partnering Netanyahu 🇮🇱 in genocide
He bragged about it:
‘Bibi would call me for this weapon, for that weapon’
‘I would give them to him’
‘You [🇮🇱] used them well’
Tens of thousands murdered
The Hague is not enough.🤬🤬🤬
He bragged about it:
‘Bibi would call me for this weapon, for that weapon’
‘I would give them to him’
‘You [🇮🇱] used them well’
Tens of thousands murdered
The Hague is not enough.🤬🤬🤬
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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Left: Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor, "It is right that we have an independent judiciary in this country"
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Left: Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor, "It is right that we have an independent judiciary in this country"
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
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Scottish Labour minister Michael Shanks has been forced to delete an embarrassing blunder about Scotland’s national day
Scottish Labour minister mocked over excruciating St Andrew's Day gaffe
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Scottish Labour minister Michael Shanks has been forced to delete an embarrassing blunder about Scotland’s national day
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Questioned yesterday by a Commons Select Committee over their ponderous handling of the Panorama/Trump edit, BBC executives were forced to expose the inner workings of the BBC's Rapid Response Department
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Questioned yesterday by a Commons Select Committee over their ponderous handling of the Panorama/Trump edit, BBC executives were forced to expose the inner workings of the BBC's Rapid Response Department
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A pregnant woman’s womb contains a human life - that’s just biology 🤷
There's evidence that that human life in the womb can taste too. Click here to find out more:
https://righttolife.org.uk/news/study-finds-babies-smile-when-they-taste-carrot-and-grimace-when-the-taste-kale
There's evidence that that human life in the womb can taste too. Click here to find out more:
https://righttolife.org.uk/news/study-finds-babies-smile-when-they-taste-carrot-and-grimace-when-the-taste-kale
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A pregnant woman’s womb contains a human life - that’s just biology 🤷
There's evidence that that human life in the womb can taste too. Click here to find out more:
https://righttolife.org.uk/news/study-finds-babies-smile-when-they-taste-carrot-and-grimace-when-the-taste-kale
There's evidence that that human life in the womb can taste too. Click here to find out more:
https://righttolife.org.uk/news/study-finds-babies-smile-when-they-taste-carrot-and-grimace-when-the-taste-kale
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Far from “Members of our military celebrating Scotland’s role in the world” they are actively contriving to suppress the fact that they are contaminating our lochs. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/25/b...
Back at the Beating Heart
During the 2014 independence referendum, one of the key talking points from the Better Together campaign was to emphasize how poor Scotland wouldn’t be able to cope without consular support f…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Far from “Members of our military celebrating Scotland’s role in the world” they are actively contriving to suppress the fact that they are contaminating our lochs. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/25/b...
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‘You, Boy!
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
‘You, Boy!
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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2 of 4 The Wall Game seems to have nothing to do with the Beautiful Game but allowed poshies to damage one another. So - how does every general history book jump from Eton to Combination? Simple - they don’t bother to think about what they are told.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
2 of 4 The Wall Game seems to have nothing to do with the Beautiful Game but allowed poshies to damage one another. So - how does every general history book jump from Eton to Combination? Simple - they don’t bother to think about what they are told.