Rob Coughlan 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇲🇫🇪🇺🇱🇦🇬🇪
@landofrob.bsky.social
Retired teacher, History, particularly military history. Master of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Researching. Learning to grow food. Dog lover. Proud Dad and Pop. Anti fascist Anti Rascist
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When the label says suitable for planting in full sun, they actually don't mean Perth.
January 19, 2026 at 1:05 AM
When the label says suitable for planting in full sun, they actually don't mean Perth.
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Observing the situation around Greenland, I have a strong sense of déjà vu - we’ve seen and heard this before. It reminds me of 2014 and Crimea.
Let's recall and compare⤵️
Let's recall and compare⤵️
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Observing the situation around Greenland, I have a strong sense of déjà vu - we’ve seen and heard this before. It reminds me of 2014 and Crimea.
Let's recall and compare⤵️
Let's recall and compare⤵️
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Hominin fossils discovered in Morocco, which have been dated to about 773,000 years ago, may be close ancestors of modern humans. The findings, published in Nature, provide insights into African populations before the earliest known Homo sapiens. 🏺🧪
Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage - Nature
New hominin fossils from the Grotte à Hominidés at Thomas Quarry I (ThI-GH) in Casablanca, Morocco, dated to around 773 thousand years ago are similar in age to Homo antecessor, yet are morphologically distinct.
go.nature.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Hominin fossils discovered in Morocco, which have been dated to about 773,000 years ago, may be close ancestors of modern humans. The findings, published in Nature, provide insights into African populations before the earliest known Homo sapiens. 🏺🧪
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So South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas lied. Another politician caught lying, what a surprise - www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
South Australian premier's push for Adelaide Festival to drop Abdel-Fattah revealed in letter
A newly published letter shows how the South Australian premier argued for Randa Abdel-Fattah to be dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week.
www.sbs.com.au
January 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
So South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas lied. Another politician caught lying, what a surprise - www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Medieval burials at Spain’s Menga dolmen show its long afterlife. Two face-down interments from 8th–11th c. Al-Andalus reused a Neolithic monument, blending Islamic burial practice with ancient architecture. 🏺 #Archaeology scientificinquirer.com/2026/01/06/d...
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Medieval burials at Spain’s Menga dolmen show its long afterlife. Two face-down interments from 8th–11th c. Al-Andalus reused a Neolithic monument, blending Islamic burial practice with ancient architecture. 🏺 #Archaeology scientificinquirer.com/2026/01/06/d...
I can get vehind celebrating the sieve. An unsung hero of human ingenuity. My kitchen would not be without one. Znd of course one hangs in the shed.
Today is Décadi the 30th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate the sieve.#JacobinDay
More information on the sieve
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate the sieve.#JacobinDay
More information on the sieve
January 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I can get vehind celebrating the sieve. An unsung hero of human ingenuity. My kitchen would not be without one. Znd of course one hangs in the shed.
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Bernard, abbot of Aberbrothok (Arbroath), awarded the hereditary custody of the Breccbennach of Columba to Malcolm de Monymusk #OTD in 1315. This mystery object was thought to be the Monymusk Reliquary. One alternative hypothesis is that it was a banner bearing the saint’s image. #medievalsky
January 18, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Bernard, abbot of Aberbrothok (Arbroath), awarded the hereditary custody of the Breccbennach of Columba to Malcolm de Monymusk #OTD in 1315. This mystery object was thought to be the Monymusk Reliquary. One alternative hypothesis is that it was a banner bearing the saint’s image. #medievalsky
From the I f##### Love Australia FB page. I can see this analogy.
America used to be the centre of gravity. Now it’s becoming the bloke at the pub everyone avoids because he keeps starting fights and smashing glasses, and you’re just like, “Let’s go to another bar.”
America used to be the centre of gravity. Now it’s becoming the bloke at the pub everyone avoids because he keeps starting fights and smashing glasses, and you’re just like, “Let’s go to another bar.”
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 PM
From the I f##### Love Australia FB page. I can see this analogy.
America used to be the centre of gravity. Now it’s becoming the bloke at the pub everyone avoids because he keeps starting fights and smashing glasses, and you’re just like, “Let’s go to another bar.”
America used to be the centre of gravity. Now it’s becoming the bloke at the pub everyone avoids because he keeps starting fights and smashing glasses, and you’re just like, “Let’s go to another bar.”
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“Trump can put a million-percent tariffs on Denmark, and it still doesn't change the answer about Greenland. There are only two possible endings to this bizarre story. Either Trump gives up, or else he goes through with a military invasion.” - Danish military analyst Anders Puck Nielsen
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“Trump can put a million-percent tariffs on Denmark, and it still doesn't change the answer about Greenland. There are only two possible endings to this bizarre story. Either Trump gives up, or else he goes through with a military invasion.” - Danish military analyst Anders Puck Nielsen
Despite some details ( I assume a no budget amateur reenactors fun so they had to use what stock they had ) with firearms this is pretty great to watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_tr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_tr...
Knight vs Pikemen and Musketeers | Thirty Years' War - short film with realistic historical combat
YouTube video by Dequitem
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I agree with the last half of this post.
President of Czechia Pavel: There won't be solution for war in Ukraine without US…that's painful for Europe, but it doesn't mean European countries have to be aside. This is about European security and future; Europe has to take on more responsibility for European security, incl situation in Ukraine
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I agree with the last half of this post.
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Hey @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social , I am telling you!!
Finally, Europeans are taking to the streets to protest against the American aggression against Europe.
But it should not have taken this long. And it should not only be in 🇩🇰🇬🇱.
If you want your leaders to to stop their supplication to Trump and fight for you, then you need to tell them.
But it should not have taken this long. And it should not only be in 🇩🇰🇬🇱.
If you want your leaders to to stop their supplication to Trump and fight for you, then you need to tell them.
Thousands join 'Hands off Greenland' protests in Denmark against Trump
The protest followed Donald Trump's warning on Friday that he 'may put a tariff' on countries that oppose his plans to take over mineral-rich Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
www.lemonde.fr
January 18, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Hey @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social , I am telling you!!
Any ally of the US should have realised by now, you are only an ally as long as you allow the the US jackboot on your neck. Frankly the U worties me more than China right now.
Trump only has 4 tactics:
-escalation
-lying
-abuse
-white supremacism
You’d think biz, tech, media, political leaders would have figured this out by now and called him on it.
Oh well, gotta just keep following him down the cesspit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
-escalation
-lying
-abuse
-white supremacism
You’d think biz, tech, media, political leaders would have figured this out by now and called him on it.
Oh well, gotta just keep following him down the cesspit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Any ally of the US should have realised by now, you are only an ally as long as you allow the the US jackboot on your neck. Frankly the U worties me more than China right now.
A very unteresting development and imo the right one for Canada.
Hey Taco, check this out.
January 18, 2026 at 1:50 AM
A very unteresting development and imo the right one for Canada.
Rather big news
European Union and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign landmark free trade agreement
apnews.com/article/merc...
apnews.com/article/merc...
European Union and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign landmark free trade agreement
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries have formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement.
apnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Rather big news
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No wonder they are holding out on the 2025 Annual Report. @ajgardineresq.bsky.social delves into the 'official stats' spin behind the Vic bushfires
#auspol #vicpol
michaelwest.com.au/bushfires-th...
#auspol #vicpol
michaelwest.com.au/bushfires-th...
Bushfires: the government stats which shroud our peril. - Michael West
The spin cycle around devastating bushfires in Victoria this month is now a bureaucratic labyrinth of “lies and statistics”.
michaelwest.com.au
January 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
No wonder they are holding out on the 2025 Annual Report. @ajgardineresq.bsky.social delves into the 'official stats' spin behind the Vic bushfires
#auspol #vicpol
michaelwest.com.au/bushfires-th...
#auspol #vicpol
michaelwest.com.au/bushfires-th...
So many of these floating around. But no one can take from me my 2004 win in the Derby Golf Club weekly Men's Golf Scroungers.
h/i David Grinspoon
January 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
So many of these floating around. But no one can take from me my 2004 win in the Derby Golf Club weekly Men's Golf Scroungers.
Louis Nicolas Davout...the Cavoodle that tvinks he's a Labrador
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Louis Nicolas Davout...the Cavoodle that tvinks he's a Labrador
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The scribe emerges in the margin from the line-filler to write the text.
Bodleian Library MS. Douce 6; Psalter; c.1320 CE-1330 CE; Flanders (Ghent) f.61r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Douce 6; Psalter; c.1320 CE-1330 CE; Flanders (Ghent) f.61r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The scribe emerges in the margin from the line-filler to write the text.
Bodleian Library MS. Douce 6; Psalter; c.1320 CE-1330 CE; Flanders (Ghent) f.61r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library MS. Douce 6; Psalter; c.1320 CE-1330 CE; Flanders (Ghent) f.61r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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An edge-on disk galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.008 (lookback time 114.4 million years) with coordinates (179.18411, 32.02177).
42 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.008 (lookback time 114.4 million years) with coordinates (179.18411, 32.02177).
42 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
January 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM
An edge-on disk galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.008 (lookback time 114.4 million years) with coordinates (179.18411, 32.02177).
42 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.008 (lookback time 114.4 million years) with coordinates (179.18411, 32.02177).
42 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
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Today is Octidi the 28th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate zinc.#JacobinDay
More information on zinc
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate zinc.#JacobinDay
More information on zinc
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today is Octidi the 28th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate zinc.#JacobinDay
More information on zinc
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate zinc.#JacobinDay
More information on zinc
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The major parties continue to show us that they are incapable of putting the public interest ahead of their donors, their factions and their self interest. #auspol
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The major parties continue to show us that they are incapable of putting the public interest ahead of their donors, their factions and their self interest. #auspol
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of course
Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company ft.trib.al/dctF97Z
Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions to his re-election campaign
ft.trib.al
January 16, 2026 at 1:42 AM
of course
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Black-shouldered Kites, endemic to #Australia, are a small #raptor that hunts by hovering 10-12 meters above the ground. Between hunting flights, they perch in exposed trees, scanning the surrounding grassland with their distinctive red eyes
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #nikon #aussieBirds #nature
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #nikon #aussieBirds #nature
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Black-shouldered Kites, endemic to #Australia, are a small #raptor that hunts by hovering 10-12 meters above the ground. Between hunting flights, they perch in exposed trees, scanning the surrounding grassland with their distinctive red eyes
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #nikon #aussieBirds #nature
#BirdOfTheDay #birds #nikon #aussieBirds #nature