Maarten Horn
@mhorn.bsky.social
PhD Student in History and Senior Library Information Assistant at UEA • Desk Chair Archaeologist • Histories of Archaeology • Egyptian Prehistory • Cancer Survivor • Dutch and Dad
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Maarten Horn
@mhorn.bsky.social
· May 30
Happy to see my article on archaeological labour has come out today in the Bulletin of the History of Archaeology! archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10....
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PUBLICATION DAY for In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico!
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November 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
PUBLICATION DAY for In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico!
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How quickly will Trump claim that the decision to declare this year’s winner of the Nobel peace prize is María Corina Machado is rigged…
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
How quickly will Trump claim that the decision to declare this year’s winner of the Nobel peace prize is María Corina Machado is rigged…
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It’s like in a competition where they say: “Express your opinion, but be careful, you’ll win only if your opinion coincides with the general opinion”. Perfect. This is the making of the cliché…
October 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
It’s like in a competition where they say: “Express your opinion, but be careful, you’ll win only if your opinion coincides with the general opinion”. Perfect. This is the making of the cliché…
Wow the colonialism is strong in that “peace” plan
September 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wow the colonialism is strong in that “peace” plan
Realizing that the traditional notion of difference is understood as negative lack (in opposition to a Deleuzian perspective on difference) is really quite eye-opening!
September 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Realizing that the traditional notion of difference is understood as negative lack (in opposition to a Deleuzian perspective on difference) is really quite eye-opening!
Love this building in Great Yarmouth
August 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Love this building in Great Yarmouth
Plain murder: Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article...
Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
The broadcaster condemns the "blatant attack on press freedom", while the IDF alleges one of the journalists was part of Hamas.
www.bbc.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Plain murder: Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🚍 A Mulbarton resident has launched a petition for better bus services in our area – long overdue.
Rural communities deserve proper public transport.
Add your name here:
🔗 www.change.org/p/expand-bus...
Rural communities deserve proper public transport.
Add your name here:
🔗 www.change.org/p/expand-bus...
Sign the Petition
Expand Bus Services for Mulbarton & Surrounding Village Residents
www.change.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🚍 A Mulbarton resident has launched a petition for better bus services in our area – long overdue.
Rural communities deserve proper public transport.
Add your name here:
🔗 www.change.org/p/expand-bus...
Rural communities deserve proper public transport.
Add your name here:
🔗 www.change.org/p/expand-bus...
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Former senior UN relief official Jan Eliasson has dismissed these air drops as an "ineffective sideshow". But of course, they're not aimed at stopping the genocide. Nothing Starmer does is aimed at stopping the genocide. Its aimed at managing the domestic politics of his complicity in the genocide.
Starmer says plan to airdrop Gaza aid and evacuate ill children will go ahead
Starmer says plan to airdrop Gaza aid and evacuate ill children will go ahead
Leaders of UK, France and Germany call for lifting of aid restrictions and immediate ceasefire after holding talks
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Israel-Gaza war live – latest updates
Keir Starmer has confirmed the government will be “taking forward” plans to airdrop aid into Gaza and evacuate children who need medical assistance in an effort to relieve what Downing Street called an appalling situation.
Speaking to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Saturday morning, the prime minister outlined the UK’s intentions to work with Jordan to carry out the plans. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Former senior UN relief official Jan Eliasson has dismissed these air drops as an "ineffective sideshow". But of course, they're not aimed at stopping the genocide. Nothing Starmer does is aimed at stopping the genocide. Its aimed at managing the domestic politics of his complicity in the genocide.
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"Gaza is on the brink of running out of the specialised therapeutic food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children":
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Middle East crisis live: Gaza running out of specialised food to save malnourished children, UN agencies say
Supplies of ready-to-use-therapeutic food will be depleted by mid-August if nothing changes, says Unicef
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Gaza is on the brink of running out of the specialised therapeutic food needed to save the lives of severely malnourished children":
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
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Seriously, We Transfer has just said they'll scrape anything you send through them for AI.
July 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Seriously, We Transfer has just said they'll scrape anything you send through them for AI.
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Thanks to an incredibly generous former student, we have some wonderful news for archaeology at Birkbeck: a new institute.
The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well.
www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well.
www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies - Birkbeck, University of London
www.bbk.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Thanks to an incredibly generous former student, we have some wonderful news for archaeology at Birkbeck: a new institute.
The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well.
www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies will enable research projects, support global collaborations, and fund studentships as well.
www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Palestinian lives mean nothing to the BBC.
July 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Palestinian lives mean nothing to the BBC.
Netanyahu nominating Trump for the Nobel prize. Great, I needed something to laugh about this morning.
July 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Netanyahu nominating Trump for the Nobel prize. Great, I needed something to laugh about this morning.
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how can you live with yourself? That should be the only question put to them in interviews.
The world’s richest 1 per cent have increased their wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social analysis.
World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says
That amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the anti-poverty group.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
how can you live with yourself? That should be the only question put to them in interviews.
Proberen een politieke slag te halen door iemand van volkshaat te beschuldigen, het is pure machtslust. nos.nl/l/2573375
Douwe Bob-tweet had anders gemoeten, zegt VVD-leider Yesilgöz na interne kritiek
VVD'ers hebben twijfels over haar leiderschap en een goede verkiezingsuitslag. Haar kritiek op de zionisme-uitspraak van Douwe Bob valt niet bij iedereen in goede aarde.
nos.nl
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Proberen een politieke slag te halen door iemand van volkshaat te beschuldigen, het is pure machtslust. nos.nl/l/2573375
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Watch: I spoke in parliament today to oppose banning the direct action protest group Palestine Action under UK anti-terrorism laws.
We shouldn't confuse dissent and terror.
youtu.be/FvLuyccedsA
We shouldn't confuse dissent and terror.
youtu.be/FvLuyccedsA
Opposing the proscription of Palestine Action in parliament 02-07-25
YouTube video by Clive Lewis
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July 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Watch: I spoke in parliament today to oppose banning the direct action protest group Palestine Action under UK anti-terrorism laws.
We shouldn't confuse dissent and terror.
youtu.be/FvLuyccedsA
We shouldn't confuse dissent and terror.
youtu.be/FvLuyccedsA
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Why is there more outrage about an English punk duo saying words about the IDF than there is about the IDF killing thousands of children?
June 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Why is there more outrage about an English punk duo saying words about the IDF than there is about the IDF killing thousands of children?
America again one step closer to a dictatorship
June 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
America again one step closer to a dictatorship
Does wearing shorts challenge one’s professionality, or one’s hierarchical position in a company? I wear them, but then my building has no airconditioning…
Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wearing shorts still a 'grey area' as offices scrap dress codes
Whether shorts are ever appropriate for the office remains a contentious topic, so what should you do?
www.bbc.com
June 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Does wearing shorts challenge one’s professionality, or one’s hierarchical position in a company? I wear them, but then my building has no airconditioning…
Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Huge implications from this: Microsoft cut off the email of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, because of his work on Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
June 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Huge implications from this: Microsoft cut off the email of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, because of his work on Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
How can you stand up to a government when you are being bombed? Hmm…
June 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
How can you stand up to a government when you are being bombed? Hmm…