Dan Carter
@dmcarchaeo.bsky.social
Archaeologist with a love of post-Roman pottery who hopes for a more open and fair society. All opinions are my own.
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Boris Johnson endorsing Donald Trump last October with one of the great Freudian slips of all time
March 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Boris Johnson endorsing Donald Trump last October with one of the great Freudian slips of all time
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DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
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Papers worldwide condemn Trump, in addition Trump has lost the Daily Mail. When you lose the Daily Mail you are a global pariah.
“Trump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history.” "A spectacle to horrify the world"
“Trump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history.” "A spectacle to horrify the world"
March 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Papers worldwide condemn Trump, in addition Trump has lost the Daily Mail. When you lose the Daily Mail you are a global pariah.
“Trump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history.” "A spectacle to horrify the world"
“Trump on Friday presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history.” "A spectacle to horrify the world"
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Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war.
We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.
We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.
Zelensky thanks America for four minutes straight
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war.
We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.
We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Thames among England water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action.
£510m damages sought.
Govts and regulators defend abusive practices of water companies, let them dump sewage in rivers and fleece customers.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
www.cityam.com/thames-among...
£510m damages sought.
Govts and regulators defend abusive practices of water companies, let them dump sewage in rivers and fleece customers.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
www.cityam.com/thames-among...
Thames among British water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action
Water companies, including Thames Water and Yorkshire Water, are set to be hit with a new class action over allegations of overcharging on its water bills
www.cityam.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Thames among England water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action.
£510m damages sought.
Govts and regulators defend abusive practices of water companies, let them dump sewage in rivers and fleece customers.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
www.cityam.com/thames-among...
£510m damages sought.
Govts and regulators defend abusive practices of water companies, let them dump sewage in rivers and fleece customers.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
www.cityam.com/thames-among...
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“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and profit”
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden
January 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and profit”
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden
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⚠️ Iron Age OPEN ACCESS research klaxon alert⚠️
Our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social article
*Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain*
published in @nature.com today can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social article
*Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain*
published in @nature.com today can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain - Nature
An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain.
www.nature.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
⚠️ Iron Age OPEN ACCESS research klaxon alert⚠️
Our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social article
*Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain*
published in @nature.com today can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social article
*Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain*
published in @nature.com today can be found here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Goldman Sachs quarterly profits double to $4.11bn, biggest quarterly profit in three years.
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Goldman Sachs reports biggest quarterly profit in three years
Investment bank beats Wall Street expectations as it reports earning $11.95 per share in fourth quarter
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Goldman Sachs quarterly profits double to $4.11bn, biggest quarterly profit in three years.
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.
Their profits are our inflation and poverty.
Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Keir Starmer’s Government Promises Urgent Crackdown on Donations Loophole to Stop Foreign Interference by ‘Malign Actors’
Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties 👏
@adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/15/k...
Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties 👏
@adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/15/k...
Keir Starmer’s Government Promises Urgent Crackdown on Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop Foreign Interference by ‘Malign Actors’
The Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Keir Starmer’s Government Promises Urgent Crackdown on Donations Loophole to Stop Foreign Interference by ‘Malign Actors’
Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties 👏
@adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/15/k...
Government says it will prevent donors from evading laws designed to prevent foreign funding of UK political parties 👏
@adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/15/k...
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January 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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So Channel 4 (UK) drove this flatbed truck to Meta headquarters in response to their axing fact checkers. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant
January 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So Channel 4 (UK) drove this flatbed truck to Meta headquarters in response to their axing fact checkers. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant
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Here are a few @romtoronto.bsky.social Byzantine period bowls from Cyprus pulled for potential loan. It must have been fun to make these post-slip incised lead-glazed wares, all the zigzags, leaf, and floral patterns, with splashes of colour!
#MuseumWork #Cyprus #ceramics 🏺
#MuseumWork #Cyprus #ceramics 🏺
January 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here are a few @romtoronto.bsky.social Byzantine period bowls from Cyprus pulled for potential loan. It must have been fun to make these post-slip incised lead-glazed wares, all the zigzags, leaf, and floral patterns, with splashes of colour!
#MuseumWork #Cyprus #ceramics 🏺
#MuseumWork #Cyprus #ceramics 🏺
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Who did what in a Medieval Monastery? https://www.medievalists.net/2022/01/roles-medieval-monastery/ #HistoryBuff
Who did what in a Medieval Monastery? - Medievalists.net
Here is a quick guide for understanding the hierarchy and various roles monks and nuns would have in a medieval monastery.
www.medievalists.net
January 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Who did what in a Medieval Monastery? https://www.medievalists.net/2022/01/roles-medieval-monastery/ #HistoryBuff
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Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire to write the history of the adjacent parishes of Acton Turville and Tormarton
Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG624/c...
Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG624/c...
Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire at Gloucestershire County History Trust
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Contributing Editor to the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire to write the history of the adjacent parishes of Acton Turville and Tormarton
Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG624/c...
Gloucestershire County History Trust - Victoria County History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG624/c...
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In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
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January 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Trump 'ill-informed' to attack
'success story' of UK wind industry
The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
'success story' of UK wind industry
The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
Trump 'ill-informed' to attack 'success story' of UK wind industry
The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week.
news.sky.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Trump 'ill-informed' to attack
'success story' of UK wind industry
The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
'success story' of UK wind industry
The offshore wind industry generates jobs and value to the economy, energy groups and campaigners have said in the wake of Donald Trump's criticism last week
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
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🔥 Well said, Ed Davey -
January 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🔥 Well said, Ed Davey -
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Musk’s bizarreness continues…
…because of course Andrew Tate cares about the welfare of young girls.
…because of course Andrew Tate cares about the welfare of young girls.
January 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Musk’s bizarreness continues…
…because of course Andrew Tate cares about the welfare of young girls.
…because of course Andrew Tate cares about the welfare of young girls.
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Our next Local History How-To session is on 'Ownership and Government' on 13th Jan with @markforrest.bsky.social, Francis Boorman, John Chandler, and @lrylandepton.bsky.social. It will feature a fun reenactment of a manor court.
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January 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Our next Local History How-To session is on 'Ownership and Government' on 13th Jan with @markforrest.bsky.social, Francis Boorman, John Chandler, and @lrylandepton.bsky.social. It will feature a fun reenactment of a manor court.
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The rich bribe politicians, disguised as donations, to get their way, limit public choices.
50 families hold more wealth than half of the UK population.
Top fifth have 63% of wealth. Bottom 50%, 5%.
Make giving/receiving political donations a criminal offence.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
50 families hold more wealth than half of the UK population.
Top fifth have 63% of wealth. Bottom 50%, 5%.
Make giving/receiving political donations a criminal offence.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
leftfootforward.org
January 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The rich bribe politicians, disguised as donations, to get their way, limit public choices.
50 families hold more wealth than half of the UK population.
Top fifth have 63% of wealth. Bottom 50%, 5%.
Make giving/receiving political donations a criminal offence.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
50 families hold more wealth than half of the UK population.
Top fifth have 63% of wealth. Bottom 50%, 5%.
Make giving/receiving political donations a criminal offence.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
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🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & the British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
January 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & the British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES!
Let’s be ready👇
www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.