Mary Shepperson
@mshepps.bsky.social
Mesopotamian archaeologist, lecturer at U of Liverpool. Ancient architecture, urbanism, TANKS(!). Painter of unsettling things. Can ride, fence and shoot. Good at knots. Ivory tower-dwelling liberal.
Sad to see this lovely old Sherman put to such a pathetic use ☹️
Schrödinger's parade - the crowd was both sparse and dense.
June 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sad to see this lovely old Sherman put to such a pathetic use ☹️
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
Jerry, my dear old blackbird friend, is having another tough breeding season. I'm here to provide mealworms and sympathy.
#UKbirds #birds #blackbird
#UKbirds #birds #blackbird
May 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Jerry, my dear old blackbird friend, is having another tough breeding season. I'm here to provide mealworms and sympathy.
#UKbirds #birds #blackbird
#UKbirds #birds #blackbird
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Kemi Badenoch keeps calling for inquiries into the rape gangs. I’m just very confused as to why she never thought to look into this important issue herself when she was Minister for Women. #PMQs
April 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Kemi Badenoch keeps calling for inquiries into the rape gangs. I’m just very confused as to why she never thought to look into this important issue herself when she was Minister for Women. #PMQs
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Very happy to be in Najaf, Iraq, leading a team from the ArCHIAM research centre to document endangered heritage in the old town for our project with the British Institute for the Study of Iraq
February 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Very happy to be in Najaf, Iraq, leading a team from the ArCHIAM research centre to document endangered heritage in the old town for our project with the British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Anyone thinking the fascist salute might have been an accident hasn't been paying attention.
January 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Anyone thinking the fascist salute might have been an accident hasn't been paying attention.
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Musk openly supports the far right in Britain, see Tommy Robinson.
He’s also endorsed Farage and Reform who have moved far right talking points into the mainstream and are aligned with European far right parties.
He’s endorsed the far right AfD in Germany.
It wasn’t an accident.
He’s also endorsed Farage and Reform who have moved far right talking points into the mainstream and are aligned with European far right parties.
He’s endorsed the far right AfD in Germany.
It wasn’t an accident.
January 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Musk openly supports the far right in Britain, see Tommy Robinson.
He’s also endorsed Farage and Reform who have moved far right talking points into the mainstream and are aligned with European far right parties.
He’s endorsed the far right AfD in Germany.
It wasn’t an accident.
He’s also endorsed Farage and Reform who have moved far right talking points into the mainstream and are aligned with European far right parties.
He’s endorsed the far right AfD in Germany.
It wasn’t an accident.
Reposted by Mary Shepperson
Today Conservative MPs will seek to block a piece of legislation that will actually help protect vulnerable children from abuse, in order to gain a few retweets from a far-right billionaire.
January 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today Conservative MPs will seek to block a piece of legislation that will actually help protect vulnerable children from abuse, in order to gain a few retweets from a far-right billionaire.
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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We have seen it before actually, we call it World War 2 and the Holocaust.
December 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
We have seen it before actually, we call it World War 2 and the Holocaust.
Going through old things, found this brooch I think I bought in Sudan about fifteen years ago. Safe or cursed? What's the consensus? I think it's made of bone.
December 22, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Going through old things, found this brooch I think I bought in Sudan about fifteen years ago. Safe or cursed? What's the consensus? I think it's made of bone.
British Institute for the study of Iraq council away day. We just handed round the brass name plate from the old British School in Baghdad.
#BISI #archaeology #Iraq
#BISI #archaeology #Iraq
November 23, 2024 at 11:49 AM
British Institute for the study of Iraq council away day. We just handed round the brass name plate from the old British School in Baghdad.
#BISI #archaeology #Iraq
#BISI #archaeology #Iraq
House plant question: is this normal?
My £3 supermarket poinsettia is about to do its 5th Christmas. I think it's about time it moved out and found its own place tbh.
#houseplants #poinsettia #plants #gardening
My £3 supermarket poinsettia is about to do its 5th Christmas. I think it's about time it moved out and found its own place tbh.
#houseplants #poinsettia #plants #gardening
November 21, 2024 at 4:55 PM
House plant question: is this normal?
My £3 supermarket poinsettia is about to do its 5th Christmas. I think it's about time it moved out and found its own place tbh.
#houseplants #poinsettia #plants #gardening
My £3 supermarket poinsettia is about to do its 5th Christmas. I think it's about time it moved out and found its own place tbh.
#houseplants #poinsettia #plants #gardening
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It's snowing outside so seems appropriate to crack out the fire and wine, although I'm inappropriately reading Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger.
November 18, 2024 at 11:12 PM
It's snowing outside so seems appropriate to crack out the fire and wine, although I'm inappropriately reading Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger.
I'm not usually one for scented candles, but well-played Wax Lyrical, you found my weak spot
November 18, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I'm not usually one for scented candles, but well-played Wax Lyrical, you found my weak spot
Here I am, breathing in lungfuls of fresh clean Bluesky air after these long months stuck in the fetid pub toilet cubical that is Musk's X. Definitely washing my hands, maybe twice to be sure.
November 17, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Here I am, breathing in lungfuls of fresh clean Bluesky air after these long months stuck in the fetid pub toilet cubical that is Musk's X. Definitely washing my hands, maybe twice to be sure.