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Dr Tess Machling
@tessmachling.bsky.social
Archaeologist, gold & torc researcher, chocolate artefact maker & mum. Often post about cats who aren't mine...

Views all my own 😊
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Work on torcs & gold: https://bigbookoftorcs.com

Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/tess317409
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For any who don't know, for most of the time I research prehistoric gold, especially Iron Age gold - looking at it from a craft perspective.

My website (of free to read info, from the basics to the complex) can be found here:

#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs

www.bigbookoftorcs.com
The Big Book of Torcs
by Tess Machling
www.bigbookoftorcs.com
Justice.
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They closed their eyes and ears to everything Mandelson was and did, didn't they? Because they thought he could take on Trump and that was worth it.

More proof that it doesn't matter if you're an abuser, or an abuse enabler - if you're useful to capitalism, you get a free pass.

Utterly vile.
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
In other news, Braverman and Jenrick got confused in the lobbies during an HoC vote on lifting the child benefit cap tonight...

... and ended up voting 'aye'!!

Honestly you couldn't f*king make it up.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The horror of this unchecked network of abusers & enablers. How they destroyed lives, whilst growing rich in their secrecy. It's not a surprise as such (so many were patently scum) but that it continued for so long & that still no one is in jail, is horrifying.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Reposted by Dr Tess Machling
So glad that we have THREE (3) archaeology genders available now! Regular, baffled and thanks to this lone, enterprising individual, ✨women✨.
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I screamed at this for so many different reasons...

#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Farage is very quiet about Mandelson - you'd think he'd be all over it like a rash.

Wonder why??? 🤔
February 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Oops...

BBC News - Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor
The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I think we need to start redrawing the QAnon map to align with 2026...
February 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Oooo!! 👇
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February 2, 2026 at 8:03 PM
These cards are lovely!!

... and eco-friendly too!! 💚
Another of my greetings cards for today's #FebruArty theme. The dog in this paper collage card certainly looks like he's having #Fun! 😁 #papercollage #greetingscard #handmade #recycling #oldmagazines #savedfromlandfill
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Why is Andrew Windsor still at Royal Lodge??
February 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Why I love the #Greens, what I like about @zackpolanski.bsky.social & folks like Hannah Spencer is that they mightn't be perfect, they mightn't be polished, they mightn't be always right, but what they do have is pots of humanity & integrity.

In Epstein Files/Trump era those qualities are golden.
February 2, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Awww giving up his Labour party card!

... not so eager to give up his peerage though, is he??? 🤬
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Been doing some work and going back to read the Snettisham volumes again...

Oh my! 😭

I missed this in the first read of the volumes.

The Sedgeford torc.

Exhibit A - six supposed chaplets (casting support rods) within the Sedgeford terminal.

1/4

#Archaeology #Gold #Torcs 🏺
February 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social nailed it! Brilliant.

The #Greens view, well expressed, but with humanity.

Spot on! 💚

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February 1, 2026 at 9:49 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Kuennessberg is doing really well! Clear, reasoned and measured!

Excellent work! 👏
February 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
This is utterly brilliant! We really need to try things like this here - might help get the message across.

#Archaeology 🏺

youtu.be/MvtnxIFth6I?...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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President Trump, your Melania movie has bombed
January 31, 2026 at 11:36 AM
450,000 artefacts from the HS2 excavations *alone*.

So the next time detectorists tell you they find everything archaeologically important - they don't. 😝

#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse
Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:31 PM
More about Ellastone fastener here.

This really is a critically important artefact - there's only 19 others from Britain & rest come from Ireland - are we looking at trade? Travelling ideas? Travelling goldworkers?

1/3

#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs

finds.org.uk/database/art...
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is *such* an important find & will form significant collection w/ Leekfrith Iron Age torcs & Staffs AS hoard gold as examples of gold through time.

But we really REALLY shouldn't be held ransom by finders & landowners for such pieces...

#Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs

www.stoke.gov.uk/news/article...
£150,000 appeal launched to keep major Bronze Age gold Treasure in Staffordshire | Stoke-on-Trent
£150,000 appeal launched to keep major Bronze Age gold Treasure in Staffordshire - The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery has launched a £150,000 appeal to secure a rare Bronze Age gold Treasure discovere...
www.stoke.gov.uk
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 AM
If you want a really lovely listen & give yourself lots of food for thought (alongside having a guilty giggle 🤣) then this is the podcast for you!

Wonderful stuff! ❤️

#Archaeology 🏺
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 PM