Andrew Rich (Mad Elmo)
@asrich.bsky.social
Twitter Survivor, Archaeologist in Torpor; Scifi/Fantasy/TTRPG fan (SW, ST, D20, CR, TLT) Studying Romans,Soldiers and Ancient Iron Tools and plodding along. Newfie fan; (He/Him)
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Peace plan from Sanna Marin Former Finnish PM and your daily reminder how to stop this war .
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Peace plan from Sanna Marin Former Finnish PM and your daily reminder how to stop this war .
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i will be releasing a new article behind a paywall in which i explain that all of my exes are cool and we mostly get along and that i’m quite happy for their ongoing sex lives with other people, and also glad they aren’t doing genocide
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
i will be releasing a new article behind a paywall in which i explain that all of my exes are cool and we mostly get along and that i’m quite happy for their ongoing sex lives with other people, and also glad they aren’t doing genocide
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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#FindsFriday looking down on a mighty spearhead, chariot fittings & tools 🥰 from the Iron Age votive lake deposit at Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Môn/Anglesey - now on display in St Fagans Museum
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#FindsFriday looking down on a mighty spearhead, chariot fittings & tools 🥰 from the Iron Age votive lake deposit at Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Môn/Anglesey - now on display in St Fagans Museum
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
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Maybe at some point people will just acknowledge that they are being incredibly racist on purpose.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Maybe at some point people will just acknowledge that they are being incredibly racist on purpose.
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Some archaeological finds may appear unremarkable and ordinary, yet they often are more interesting than any treasure, such as this Roman glass square bottle remarkably containing a rare find – preserved ointment. The waxy mass of fatty acids and glycerine contains plant fibres from...🧵1/3
📷 me
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📷 me
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November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Some archaeological finds may appear unremarkable and ordinary, yet they often are more interesting than any treasure, such as this Roman glass square bottle remarkably containing a rare find – preserved ointment. The waxy mass of fatty acids and glycerine contains plant fibres from...🧵1/3
📷 me
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📷 me
🏺
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Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: colleen.morgan@york.ac.uk
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: colleen.morgan@york.ac.uk
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
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#WorldToiletDay🚽
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#WorldToiletDay🚽
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
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Pulling out of NVIDIA. Reinvesting in Invids.
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Pulling out of NVIDIA. Reinvesting in Invids.
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Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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This is why good reporting and independent journalistic outlets matter.
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is why good reporting and independent journalistic outlets matter.
ABD
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
ABD
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The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
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Wag the Dog: II : Venezuela.
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wag the Dog: II : Venezuela.
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The fact that the "social psychologist who wrote a book on hormonal birth control” quoted is also
1) a consultant for 28 (Thiel-backed), Flo (data breach), CuePod (??), & Tuune;
2) a regular writer for Evie Magazine (same people as 28)
but the NYT author doesn't disclose that is hot garbage.
1) a consultant for 28 (Thiel-backed), Flo (data breach), CuePod (??), & Tuune;
2) a regular writer for Evie Magazine (same people as 28)
but the NYT author doesn't disclose that is hot garbage.
"Officials in the Trump administration have also been exploring ways for the federal government to direct funding toward teaching more women of reproductive age to accurately identify their fertile windows, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The fact that the "social psychologist who wrote a book on hormonal birth control” quoted is also
1) a consultant for 28 (Thiel-backed), Flo (data breach), CuePod (??), & Tuune;
2) a regular writer for Evie Magazine (same people as 28)
but the NYT author doesn't disclose that is hot garbage.
1) a consultant for 28 (Thiel-backed), Flo (data breach), CuePod (??), & Tuune;
2) a regular writer for Evie Magazine (same people as 28)
but the NYT author doesn't disclose that is hot garbage.
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!!! #2026MMM
Timeline cleanse: Yesterday I was introduced to the teporingo (volcano rabbit) — it’s like a rabbit crossed with a pika and is only found on Popocatépetl and three of the other volcanoes near Mexico City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano...
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
!!! #2026MMM
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When the Pope is more forward looking on Trans rights then the UK.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
When the Pope is more forward looking on Trans rights then the UK.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
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In November 2002 the Paphos theatre team revealed the reused fragment of the Antonine dedicatory inscription of the theatre. It had been placed facedown as a threshold onto the orchestra during a later phases of use.
It is the largest marble inscription ever found in Cyprus.
#findsfriday
It is the largest marble inscription ever found in Cyprus.
#findsfriday
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
In November 2002 the Paphos theatre team revealed the reused fragment of the Antonine dedicatory inscription of the theatre. It had been placed facedown as a threshold onto the orchestra during a later phases of use.
It is the largest marble inscription ever found in Cyprus.
#findsfriday
It is the largest marble inscription ever found in Cyprus.
#findsfriday
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Pope Leo is apparently quite familiar with Illinois Nazis (yes, that is the Pope, the one with the fancy hat in Rome, wearing a Blues Brothers outfit in the early 80s)
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Pope Leo is apparently quite familiar with Illinois Nazis (yes, that is the Pope, the one with the fancy hat in Rome, wearing a Blues Brothers outfit in the early 80s)
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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📜🏺 Faience animals undoubtedly some of the cutest artefacts in all of archaeology.
Today we are sharing one of our favourite digitised glass plate negatives. The original photo was taken during Garstang’s excavations at Abydos and shows two ancient Egyptian faience hippos!
#glassplatenegative #digitisation #ancientegypt #excavations #Abydos #museum
#glassplatenegative #digitisation #ancientegypt #excavations #Abydos #museum
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📜🏺 Faience animals undoubtedly some of the cutest artefacts in all of archaeology.