Jean Blaylock
@jeanblaylock.bsky.social
Unfair trade rules, broken food systems. Also archeology, plants and sci-fi.
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Fish plate - Southern Italy
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Fish plate - Southern Italy
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
c. 2,350 years old
Used to serve fish, with a depression to hold a dish for perhaps a sauce.
Now in @rammuseum.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
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I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
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A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
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And now, live from Orkney for #StandingStoneSunday, the Stenness 360.
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And now, live from Orkney for #StandingStoneSunday, the Stenness 360.
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
Such happiness, to be a cat, warm and asleep
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Such happiness, to be a cat, warm and asleep
In Dublin the pedestrian crossings go Pyaowww when they turn green. This is very pleasing
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In Dublin the pedestrian crossings go Pyaowww when they turn green. This is very pleasing
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I can’t wait for the articles—“Democrats won big Tuesday night. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I can’t wait for the articles—“Democrats won big Tuesday night. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats.”
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A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
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Hi.
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
Israel says it's resuming the ceasefire after its strikes in Gaza kill over 100 people
Israel's military said the ceasefire in Gaza resumed after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.
www.npr.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Hi.
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
This is not how a ceasefire works. If you only abide by it in between massacring 100s of people, then that’s what’s know as genocide, not a ceasefire
Can we please stop sane-washing this international pariah? www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...
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Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
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Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
a close up of a cartoon character wearing a hat
Alt: a close up of a female cartoon character wearing a hat and red lipstick. It is Carmen San Diego
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
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My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.
October 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.
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🦉 Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details, Egypt, 400–30 B.C.
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🦉 Relief plaque of a beautiful owl with melancholic eyes in remarkably high relief & other exquisite details, Egypt, 400–30 B.C.
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
🏛️ Met
🏺 #archaeology #ReliefWednesday #Egypt #owl
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The European Trade Justice Coalition (formerly the Seattle to Brussels Network or S2B) recently had its 25 year anniversary
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
25 years of trade justice campaigning from Seattle to Brussels
YouTube video by European Trade Justice Coalition
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The European Trade Justice Coalition (formerly the Seattle to Brussels Network or S2B) recently had its 25 year anniversary
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
It's good to remind ourselves of our history - the shoulders we stand on and the struggle that has gone before
Sat crying reading this
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Sat crying reading this
I keep checking the #GlobalSumudFlotilla tracker to see if the Mikeno is moving
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I keep checking the #GlobalSumudFlotilla tracker to see if the Mikeno is moving
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Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place.
@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place.
@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
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When 150 far-right tried to march through Newcastle yesterday, 3000 Geordies stopped them. I’m proud of our city and its people.
My article is a first-hand account of the day.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
My article is a first-hand account of the day.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Geordies weren't letting far-right fascists spout hate in their city this weekend
A far-right rogues gallery of racists came to Newcastle on Saturday 27 September - and yes, racists is the correct term. Or fascists...
www.thecanary.co
September 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When 150 far-right tried to march through Newcastle yesterday, 3000 Geordies stopped them. I’m proud of our city and its people.
My article is a first-hand account of the day.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
My article is a first-hand account of the day.
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
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Scholars of the 50s and 60s, now’s your time to remind people of how the FBI infiltrates left-wing groups and foments violent action.
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Scholars of the 50s and 60s, now’s your time to remind people of how the FBI infiltrates left-wing groups and foments violent action.
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Today Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼
The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.
Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran
The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.
Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼
The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.
Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran
The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up.
Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing!
#TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran
Anti-racist demonstrators blocking Tommy Robinson’s fascists from marching through the centre of Newcastle - successfully so far
But being kettled and apparently the police are agreeing an alternative route for the far right
But being kettled and apparently the police are agreeing an alternative route for the far right
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Anti-racist demonstrators blocking Tommy Robinson’s fascists from marching through the centre of Newcastle - successfully so far
But being kettled and apparently the police are agreeing an alternative route for the far right
But being kettled and apparently the police are agreeing an alternative route for the far right
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Vibrant colour projected onto a 2,600 year-old wall panel offers a glimpse of the past lived in glorious technicolour!
From the North Palace at Nineveh (present day Iraq), where the walls were decorated with brightly painted reliefs. 🎥 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
From the North Palace at Nineveh (present day Iraq), where the walls were decorated with brightly painted reliefs. 🎥 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Vibrant colour projected onto a 2,600 year-old wall panel offers a glimpse of the past lived in glorious technicolour!
From the North Palace at Nineveh (present day Iraq), where the walls were decorated with brightly painted reliefs. 🎥 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
From the North Palace at Nineveh (present day Iraq), where the walls were decorated with brightly painted reliefs. 🎥 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology