Peter Beaumont
@petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
Senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Author of the Secret Life of War. Orwell Prize winner.
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...animals and people could step on them - though footprints might have been evidence to check whether the clay was set enough.
The finger lines might have been batch marks.
Found in Carnuntum, Austria.
Photo: Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Inv. CAR-K-1650
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The finger lines might have been batch marks.
Found in Carnuntum, Austria.
Photo: Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Inv. CAR-K-1650
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November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
...animals and people could step on them - though footprints might have been evidence to check whether the clay was set enough.
The finger lines might have been batch marks.
Found in Carnuntum, Austria.
Photo: Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Inv. CAR-K-1650
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The finger lines might have been batch marks.
Found in Carnuntum, Austria.
Photo: Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Inv. CAR-K-1650
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Like a time capsule: a #Roman tile marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where...🧵1/2
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
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This accidentally turned into a short thread. Bit of a rage-thread I'm afraid. Please read to the end if you can. Thanks
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This accidentally turned into a short thread. Bit of a rage-thread I'm afraid. Please read to the end if you can. Thanks
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Again: If this were Biden it would be front page news and Fox would be talking about it non stop.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Again: If this were Biden it would be front page news and Fox would be talking about it non stop.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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This is Queen Mary and Queen Anne erasure
The Washington Post on Abigail Spanberger: "No woman has led Virginia since its colonial government was formed 406 years ago."
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is Queen Mary and Queen Anne erasure
Amazed they didn’t go with one of their wanky slo mo sub-Zoolander vids …
Editor: You get those photos of the white supremacist?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
Which photo editor at the New York Times decided to go with this glamour shot?
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Amazed they didn’t go with one of their wanky slo mo sub-Zoolander vids …
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Editor: You get those photos of the white supremacist?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
Which photo editor at the New York Times decided to go with this glamour shot?
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Editor: You get those photos of the white supremacist?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
Humanity is doomed
I reserve the right to throw these off the edge of a mountain if I see anyone filming me with them while I'm out on the trails.
Oakley Meta Vanguard review: fantastic AI running glasses linked to Garmin
Camera-equipped sports shades have secure fit, open-ear speakers, mics and advanced Garmin and Strava integration
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Humanity is doomed
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Grifting every which way.
The defense secretary is one of several Trump Cabinet members to move into military housing.
Pentagon Pete Takes House Reserved for Top General in ‘Trump Green Zone’
The defense secretary is one of several Trump Cabinet members to move into military housing.
trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Grifting every which way.
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I have questions.
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have questions.
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The US has selected targets in Venezuela, including military facilities, that it may strike as part of its counter-narcotics campaign, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald.
Trump Officials Identify Venezuela Strike Targets, Reports Say
The US has selected targets in Venezuela, including military facilities, that it may strike as part of its counter-narcotics campaign, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald.
bloom.bg
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The US has selected targets in Venezuela, including military facilities, that it may strike as part of its counter-narcotics campaign, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald.
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3. Although both WLFI and USD1 were already available on Binance’s international platform, that service is unavailable in the U.S. Binance’s decision makes both tokens more easily accessible for American investors.
Expanded trading widens the pool of potential investors, boosting demand and value.
Expanded trading widens the pool of potential investors, boosting demand and value.
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
3. Although both WLFI and USD1 were already available on Binance’s international platform, that service is unavailable in the U.S. Binance’s decision makes both tokens more easily accessible for American investors.
Expanded trading widens the pool of potential investors, boosting demand and value.
Expanded trading widens the pool of potential investors, boosting demand and value.
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1. On October 23, Trump pardoned CZ, the founder of Bianance. CZ had pled guilty to willfully violating anti-money laundering laws. His conduct, according ot the DOJ "allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers.”
A week later, Trump is getting his payback.
A week later, Trump is getting his payback.
UPDATE: Trump’s crypto pardon delivers immediate payback
On Monday, Popular Information reported on President Trump’s October 23 pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, who pled guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws.
popular.info
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
1. On October 23, Trump pardoned CZ, the founder of Bianance. CZ had pled guilty to willfully violating anti-money laundering laws. His conduct, according ot the DOJ "allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers.”
A week later, Trump is getting his payback.
A week later, Trump is getting his payback.
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2. On Tuesday, Binance’s U.S. exchange announced it would begin allowing trading of two Trump-linked cryptocurrencies — USD1 and WLFI. Both cryptocurrencies were issued by World Liberty Financial, a company co-founded by Trump and his sons.
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
2. On Tuesday, Binance’s U.S. exchange announced it would begin allowing trading of two Trump-linked cryptocurrencies — USD1 and WLFI. Both cryptocurrencies were issued by World Liberty Financial, a company co-founded by Trump and his sons.
On Trump's lame duckness www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Here’s Why Trump Has Been Flirting With a Third Term
Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
On Trump's lame duckness www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The plurality of DC political coverage continues to be, ten years in, "Trump Says Something."
Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The plurality of DC political coverage continues to be, ten years in, "Trump Says Something."
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All true ... but the last tests by Russia and China were *also* in the 1990s. (North Korea has tested much more recently.) Nobody seems to know what Trump is talking about.
President Trump said he had directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China.
The last full-scale U.S. nuclear weapons test took place in Nevada in 1992.
The last full-scale U.S. nuclear weapons test took place in Nevada in 1992.
A look at past nuclear weapons tests in Russia, China and the U.S.
Trump said the U.S. will test nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. None of the three countries has tested live nuclear weapons since the 1990s.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
All true ... but the last tests by Russia and China were *also* in the 1990s. (North Korea has tested much more recently.) Nobody seems to know what Trump is talking about.
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Switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax could raise £6 billion while protecting workers’ pay packets.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Switching 2p from National Insurance to Income Tax could raise £6 billion while protecting workers’ pay packets.
Here's what you need to know 👇 👇 👇
Here's what you need to know 👇 👇 👇
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Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
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China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
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Stephen Miller’s wife Katie loses her shit and comes complete unglued because she claims that when Cenk said “the Millers lie” that was an anti-Semitic comment. Totally unhinged wacko.
October 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Stephen Miller’s wife Katie loses her shit and comes complete unglued because she claims that when Cenk said “the Millers lie” that was an anti-Semitic comment. Totally unhinged wacko.
Actual nuclear tests have long been superceded by computational modelling. Which also has the advantage that the opposition doesn't see what you are doing. And the US - unlike NK etc - doesn't need to demonstrate its technology. But no, steam catapault guy always knows better
Trump announced that the US will start testing nuclear weapons regularly. Here's what that means for the world.
Is Trump launching a new nuclear arms race with first US tests in 33 years?
Trump announced that the US will start testing nuclear weapons regularly. Here's what that means for the world.
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Actual nuclear tests have long been superceded by computational modelling. Which also has the advantage that the opposition doesn't see what you are doing. And the US - unlike NK etc - doesn't need to demonstrate its technology. But no, steam catapault guy always knows better