Clare Downham
@downham.bsky.social
Medievalist, Liverpool. She/Her. Author of books ‘Medieval Ireland’ ‘Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland’ currently commissioned for a Penguin Classics volume on the Viking Age. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
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📢 | A landmark vision for the waterfront's set for approval, as part of a long-term strategy to reclaim the banks of the Mersey.
👣 A Merseyfront Walkway
🥬 New green spaces
🚌 Enhanced transit infrastructure
https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/transformation-plans-at-the-heart-of-a-waterfront-vision/
👣 A Merseyfront Walkway
🥬 New green spaces
🚌 Enhanced transit infrastructure
https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/transformation-plans-at-the-heart-of-a-waterfront-vision/
Transformation plans at the heart of a waterfront vision - Liverpool Express
Liverpool City Council is set to consider a landmark vision for the city's waterfront next week, as part of a long-term strategy to reclaim the banks of
liverpoolexpress.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📢 | A landmark vision for the waterfront's set for approval, as part of a long-term strategy to reclaim the banks of the Mersey.
👣 A Merseyfront Walkway
🥬 New green spaces
🚌 Enhanced transit infrastructure
https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/transformation-plans-at-the-heart-of-a-waterfront-vision/
👣 A Merseyfront Walkway
🥬 New green spaces
🚌 Enhanced transit infrastructure
https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/transformation-plans-at-the-heart-of-a-waterfront-vision/
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The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
Humanity in the Lap of the Earth (George Frederick Watts) Leighton House
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Humanity in the Lap of the Earth (George Frederick Watts) Leighton House
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The earlier we fight, the less we need to sacrifice. Each delay, each time we kick the can, means the next sacrifice will need to be ever bigger.
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The earlier we fight, the less we need to sacrifice. Each delay, each time we kick the can, means the next sacrifice will need to be ever bigger.
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Yes. How do Dem electeds not understand this dynamic? After all these years?
At some point we have to let pain hurt Trump instead of helping him. Every time we let pain help him, he’ll do more and bigger next time.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yes. How do Dem electeds not understand this dynamic? After all these years?
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If you divided up Elon's trillion dollar incentive and gave it to people in need, you could give:
Every SNAP recipient $23,809
Everyone using the ACA marketplace $41,152
Every federal worker $333,333
People in need won't get it. Let's make sure Elon doesn't either. #NoTrillionaires #teslatakedown
Every SNAP recipient $23,809
Everyone using the ACA marketplace $41,152
Every federal worker $333,333
People in need won't get it. Let's make sure Elon doesn't either. #NoTrillionaires #teslatakedown
Pissed off, about the cost of groceries? Join us.
Pissed off about stormtroopers snatching people off the streets? Join us.
Pissed off about a billionaire Nazi running over democracy around the world? Definitely join us. #NoTrillionaires #teslatakedown
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Pissed off about stormtroopers snatching people off the streets? Join us.
Pissed off about a billionaire Nazi running over democracy around the world? Definitely join us. #NoTrillionaires #teslatakedown
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#TeslaTakedown NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action
A TRILLION DOLLARS? Elon Musk and his stooges think they can gobble up the entire world while the rest of us starve. Join us for the NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action Nov. 15, 2025!
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November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you divided up Elon's trillion dollar incentive and gave it to people in need, you could give:
Every SNAP recipient $23,809
Everyone using the ACA marketplace $41,152
Every federal worker $333,333
People in need won't get it. Let's make sure Elon doesn't either. #NoTrillionaires #teslatakedown
Every SNAP recipient $23,809
Everyone using the ACA marketplace $41,152
Every federal worker $333,333
People in need won't get it. Let's make sure Elon doesn't either. #NoTrillionaires #teslatakedown
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Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump is a man of conviction.”
34 convictions to be precise.
34 convictions to be precise.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump is a man of conviction.”
34 convictions to be precise.
34 convictions to be precise.
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I wrote this piece back in 2016, still relevant. I've uploaded it as my first Substack post, where I intend to post regular content on here.
Please consider sharing this with like minded folk.
open.substack.com/pub/johnnyca...
Please consider sharing this with like minded folk.
open.substack.com/pub/johnnyca...
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I wrote this piece back in 2016, still relevant. I've uploaded it as my first Substack post, where I intend to post regular content on here.
Please consider sharing this with like minded folk.
open.substack.com/pub/johnnyca...
Please consider sharing this with like minded folk.
open.substack.com/pub/johnnyca...
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We have eaten
The pants
That were in
Your garden
The pants
That were in
Your garden
Jesus fucken Christ. I ordered some undercrackers, lads. Nothing came. No despatch email, no delivery confirmation, nothing.
So today I check tracking online. Evri "delivered" them to my side garden (just chucked randomly).
AND THEN THE FOXES
THE FOXES
(breathe)
ATE
MY
FUCKEN
PANTS
So today I check tracking online. Evri "delivered" them to my side garden (just chucked randomly).
AND THEN THE FOXES
THE FOXES
(breathe)
ATE
MY
FUCKEN
PANTS
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We have eaten
The pants
That were in
Your garden
The pants
That were in
Your garden
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Well that's certainly one way to mark Remembrance Sunday
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Well that's certainly one way to mark Remembrance Sunday
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
licoricia.org/licoricia-of...
licoricia.org/licoricia-of...
If this was a film plot, I’d find it frustratingly implausible. Will be good when (there does need to be ‘when’) everything is out in the open to be picked over and analysed.
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If this was a film plot, I’d find it frustratingly implausible. Will be good when (there does need to be ‘when’) everything is out in the open to be picked over and analysed.
Sad news.
Sorry to hear of the death of Charlie Doherty, of History at UCD, a noted scholar of early medieval Irish hagiography, ecclesiastical history, and the concept of the "monastic town". Condolences to his family & friends & former students & colleagues.
#Spéirghorm
#MedievalSky
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#Spéirghorm
#MedievalSky
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Death Notice of Charles Doherty (Tallaght, Dublin) | rip.ie
The death has occurred of Charles Doherty of Tallaght, Dublin Ireland, on 07/11/2025. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sad news.
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Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
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They invented robopedos
Grok asks a 12 year old for nudes after asking Grok its favorite soccer player.
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
They invented robopedos
5th Nov - quiet as. Now: Sounds like the Somme outside. Everyone‘s been getting the sell off fireworks haven’t they?
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
5th Nov - quiet as. Now: Sounds like the Somme outside. Everyone‘s been getting the sell off fireworks haven’t they?
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Low tech fishing nets protecting Ukrainians against high tech Russian (Iranian? Chinese?) drones. Glorious.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Low tech fishing nets protecting Ukrainians against high tech Russian (Iranian? Chinese?) drones. Glorious.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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WHO: 16,500 Palestinian patients waiting to be evacuated from Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/who-16500-palestinian-patients-waiting-be-evacuated-gaza
WHO: 16,500 Palestinian patients waiting to be evacuated from Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt to be reopened for urgent medical evacuations of 16,500 Palestinian patients in Gaza. </p>
<p>“The Rafah crossing is a vital exit for medical evacuations and a key entry for health supplies into Gaza. Egypt remains one of the main destinations for patients needing urgent care,” WHO wrote in a post on X.</p>
<p>The agency said about 4,000 Palestinian patients have left Gaza through Rafah for treatment in Egypt and elsewhere.</p>
<p>Medical supplies for Gaza, meanwhile, “are on standby at the border”, it added.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Rafah crossing is a vital exit for medical evacuations and a key entry for health supplies into <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Egypt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Egypt</a> remains one of the main destinations for patients needing urgent care.<a href="https://twitter.com/WHO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WHO</a> has transferred around 4 000 patients through Rafah for treatment in Egypt and beyond.… <a href="https://t.co/Jzp0KThnC4">pic.twitter.com/Jzp0KThnC4</a></p>
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1987157194744193083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
WHO: 16,500 Palestinian patients waiting to be evacuated from Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/who-16500-palestinian-patients-waiting-be-evacuated-gaza
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Nov 8: Feast of Gartnait of Kinneddar, Moray, a major ecclesiastical site of northern Pictland. Its box-shrine fragment showing the Old Testament David rending a lion’s jaws, left, has a close parallel in the St Andrews Sarcophagus, right. 📸Historic Environment Scotland #medievalsky
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Nov 8: Feast of Gartnait of Kinneddar, Moray, a major ecclesiastical site of northern Pictland. Its box-shrine fragment showing the Old Testament David rending a lion’s jaws, left, has a close parallel in the St Andrews Sarcophagus, right. 📸Historic Environment Scotland #medievalsky
Today's Knowledge Commons upload relates to the politics of South-west Scotland and the Inner Hebrides in the Viking Age "The break-up of Dál Riata and the rise of Gallgoídil" (no footnotes on free version) works.hcommons.org/records/176k... #medievalsky #scotland #argyll #vikings #history #galloway
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today's Knowledge Commons upload relates to the politics of South-west Scotland and the Inner Hebrides in the Viking Age "The break-up of Dál Riata and the rise of Gallgoídil" (no footnotes on free version) works.hcommons.org/records/176k... #medievalsky #scotland #argyll #vikings #history #galloway