Jean Blaylock
@jeanblaylock.bsky.social
Unfair trade rules, broken food systems. Also archeology, plants and sci-fi.
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A life without #dogs is possible but pointless!
A tiny yet marvellous figurine of a dog (height 1.6 cm) made of blue glass and decorated with yellow and white threads. The unique figurine was found in a Celtic burial at Wallertheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, dating 2nd c. BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Mainz
A tiny yet marvellous figurine of a dog (height 1.6 cm) made of blue glass and decorated with yellow and white threads. The unique figurine was found in a Celtic burial at Wallertheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, dating 2nd c. BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Mainz
January 22, 2026 at 7:57 AM
A life without #dogs is possible but pointless!
A tiny yet marvellous figurine of a dog (height 1.6 cm) made of blue glass and decorated with yellow and white threads. The unique figurine was found in a Celtic burial at Wallertheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, dating 2nd c. BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Mainz
A tiny yet marvellous figurine of a dog (height 1.6 cm) made of blue glass and decorated with yellow and white threads. The unique figurine was found in a Celtic burial at Wallertheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, dating 2nd c. BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Mainz
I kept mentally stalling on 'but they can't just refuse to investigate the murderer'. And then I remembered Bloody Sunday*
*disambiguation: the 1972 one in Northern Ireland. Although given the commonality that leads to a day being called Bloody Sunday, I'm sure there are other parallels
*disambiguation: the 1972 one in Northern Ireland. Although given the commonality that leads to a day being called Bloody Sunday, I'm sure there are other parallels
January 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I kept mentally stalling on 'but they can't just refuse to investigate the murderer'. And then I remembered Bloody Sunday*
*disambiguation: the 1972 one in Northern Ireland. Although given the commonality that leads to a day being called Bloody Sunday, I'm sure there are other parallels
*disambiguation: the 1972 one in Northern Ireland. Although given the commonality that leads to a day being called Bloody Sunday, I'm sure there are other parallels
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Walz comment, via NBC: “The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, sources say
The Justice Department is investigating whether the two Democratic officials impeded immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, according to sources.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Walz comment, via NBC: “The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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For my out-of-state friends wanting to help Minneapolis, Sanctuary Supply Depot is a grassroots mutual aid effort to support unhoused folks here. They take cash as well as in-kind donations: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
For my out-of-state friends wanting to help Minneapolis, Sanctuary Supply Depot is a grassroots mutual aid effort to support unhoused folks here. They take cash as well as in-kind donations: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
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Nature valentines. This comic is now available as a set of 6 Valentines cards: topatoco.com/collections/...
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Nature valentines. This comic is now available as a set of 6 Valentines cards: topatoco.com/collections/...
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What is currently going on in Minneapolis is far past the 'what if he declares martial law' hypothetical for the practical impact it is having on people's lives. (And deaths.) They are going door-to-door, sometimes kicking those doors down, demanding papers on the street and shooting folks.
January 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
What is currently going on in Minneapolis is far past the 'what if he declares martial law' hypothetical for the practical impact it is having on people's lives. (And deaths.) They are going door-to-door, sometimes kicking those doors down, demanding papers on the street and shooting folks.
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
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Callanish , no drama , recent snow #StandingStoneSunday
January 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Callanish , no drama , recent snow #StandingStoneSunday
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A little good news today. For the first time since December 2000, the entire state of California is no longer either entering or recovering from a drought! That's 25 years of drought conditions. www.drought.gov/states/calif...
California
Current state-level drought information for California: .
www.drought.gov
January 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A little good news today. For the first time since December 2000, the entire state of California is no longer either entering or recovering from a drought! That's 25 years of drought conditions. www.drought.gov/states/calif...
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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after fatal shooting: "To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We don't want you here"
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after fatal shooting: "To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We don't want you here"
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Nothing is ever going to change...
Unless we organise.
Find out your Green role at greensorganise.uk/your-green-role , and get involved with your local party today.
Unless we organise.
Find out your Green role at greensorganise.uk/your-green-role , and get involved with your local party today.
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Nothing is ever going to change...
Unless we organise.
Find out your Green role at greensorganise.uk/your-green-role , and get involved with your local party today.
Unless we organise.
Find out your Green role at greensorganise.uk/your-green-role , and get involved with your local party today.
Oh I see, Starmer is not just scared of offending Trump, it's also part of 'we must appease Reform at every turn and ignore our natural supporters'
British public opposes the US action to capture Venezuela's President.
21% support (8% strongly)
51% oppose (34% strongly)
By party
Labour: 12-63 oppose
LibDem: 12-69 oppose
Green: 5-77 oppose
Conservative: 31-47 oppose
Reform (49-22 support) are different, with half supporting.
21% support (8% strongly)
51% oppose (34% strongly)
By party
Labour: 12-63 oppose
LibDem: 12-69 oppose
Green: 5-77 oppose
Conservative: 31-47 oppose
Reform (49-22 support) are different, with half supporting.
January 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Oh I see, Starmer is not just scared of offending Trump, it's also part of 'we must appease Reform at every turn and ignore our natural supporters'
Remembering that in the ?80s (?70s), Europe set up its own pre-internet online database search system, Datastar, to be independent of the US's Dialog system
But then the end of history and the internet, which was decentralised anyway right, so no need to worry
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
But then the end of history and the internet, which was decentralised anyway right, so no need to worry
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
www.wired.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Remembering that in the ?80s (?70s), Europe set up its own pre-internet online database search system, Datastar, to be independent of the US's Dialog system
But then the end of history and the internet, which was decentralised anyway right, so no need to worry
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
But then the end of history and the internet, which was decentralised anyway right, so no need to worry
www.wired.com/story/enshit...
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No GiRlZ AlLoWeD!
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
No GiRlZ AlLoWeD!
“You know as well as we do that justice, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” (Thucydides)
*banging together two trash-can-lid-shaped copies of the Melian dialogues during every press conference*
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
“You know as well as we do that justice, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” (Thucydides)
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Mamdani: "We will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy ... I will govern as a Democratic Socialist"
January 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Mamdani: "We will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy ... I will govern as a Democratic Socialist"
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Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Egyptian scene: birds are quite recognisable - that's a Shelduck top right!
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
December 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Egyptian scene: birds are quite recognisable - that's a Shelduck top right!
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
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New Fairytale of New York lyrics just dropped... 😮💨
Grace Petrie 👏
Grace Petrie 👏
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New Fairytale of New York lyrics just dropped... 😮💨
Grace Petrie 👏
Grace Petrie 👏
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Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
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Owl of Athena! 🦉❤️
Silver tetradrachm coin minted in Athens c. 475-465 BC.
Photo Getty Museum: www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
Silver tetradrachm coin minted in Athens c. 475-465 BC.
Photo Getty Museum: www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Owl of Athena! 🦉❤️
Silver tetradrachm coin minted in Athens c. 475-465 BC.
Photo Getty Museum: www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
Silver tetradrachm coin minted in Athens c. 475-465 BC.
Photo Getty Museum: www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
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#MosaicMonday - Detail of a Roman floor mosaic with a glass bottle protected by a sheath of straw, and a glass cup. From Thysdrus (El Jem), dated to the 3rd century AD.
National Museum of Bardo, Tunisia.
National Museum of Bardo, Tunisia.
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#MosaicMonday - Detail of a Roman floor mosaic with a glass bottle protected by a sheath of straw, and a glass cup. From Thysdrus (El Jem), dated to the 3rd century AD.
National Museum of Bardo, Tunisia.
National Museum of Bardo, Tunisia.
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