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Karen
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Historic buildings. Rugby. Nonsense.
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romanpalace.bsky.social
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.
A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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miceal.bsky.social
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Handsworth Revolution by Steel Pulse on Apple Music
Song · 1978 · Duration 5:21
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October 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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catalinafernandes.bsky.social
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez voiced his support for pro-Palestine activists who had protested at Spain's La Vuelta cycling tour. Their demonstrations had forced an early end to the tour, with organisers cancelling the tour's final stage in Madrid.
September 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
karengwilliams.bsky.social
ØXN on the soundtrack to #TheGone! On BBCIplayer s2ep3. Perfectly haunting.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FmYC...
ØXN - The Trees They Do Grow High
YouTube video by xalsr
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August 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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tom.voros.ca
For anyone looking for an alternative: Wormhole is free and uses end-to-end encryption. (I have no affiliation with them!)

wormhole.app
Wormhole - Simple, private file sharing
Wormhole lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires.
wormhole.app
July 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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bobmarshall.co.uk
Happy #PortfolioDay!

I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Reconstruction Artist from Edinburgh. I enjoy a bit of time travel!

My work involves many months of meticulous research, guided by archaeology, measured survey data, and close collaboration with historians.

Website: bobmarshall.co.uk
Digital reconstruction of the medieval Great Chamber at Belsay Castle in Northumberland, showing how it might have looked towards the end of the fifteenth century. The Middleton family occupied Belsay Castle for more than six centuries until Sir Charles Monck built Belsay Hall close to it in the early nineteenth century. There is fragmentary evidence that this interior was elaborately decorated with geometric patterns below a dado, and above it, a mock tapestry depicted trees set against a dark-coloured background. Their lopped branches support several heraldic shields associated with the Middleton family. There is an instance of a wildman or woodsman commonly referred to as ‘Wild Man of Belsay’. This was a figure that the Middleton family began using in their heraldry in the latter half of the fifteenth century. Above the window opening on the upper part of the south wall, there are paintings that have been identified as carracks, a typical three-masted sailing vessel used in the fifteenth century for trading and warfare. The depiction of the painted timber ceiling in the reconstruction is speculative and is inspired by other surviving ceilings that were fashionable in this period. Artist: Bob Marshall. Copyright: English Heritage / Historic England 2023. A digital reconstruction of Bury St Edmunds Abbey showing work being completed on the Chapter House around 1220. © English Heritage Trust / B Marshall, C Lemos, S Brindle 2022. Contact Historic England Archives for Licensing enquiries. A speculative reconstruction of the incomplete timber castle at Howden Motte (c.1305-10) near Selkirk (NT 4584 2686). This is the castle of Alexander Baliol of Cavers - one-time Chamberlain of Scotland and the uncle of King John Baliol, r.1292 – 1296. Howden was an oval enclosure on the ridge top, surrounded by a ditch and bank. Excavation in 1957 revealed the post-holes of a wooden palisade around the rim of the mound and a stone floor. Around the edge of the enclosure was a timber palisade, and it is possible that the enclosure was revetted in stone where the gate entrances were. A timber tower may have been provided with an adjacent hall or solar along with stables, kitchens, and accommodation for the garrison of 30 men-at-arms. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2022 This is a large aerial view digital reconstruction depicting the events of the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304. Edward I of England's army demonstrates the power of his mighty war machine, the giant boulder-throwing trebuchet or catapult 'Warwolf'. It was state-of-the-art weaponry for its time and considered to have been the largest trebuchet ever built. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2020.
July 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
karengwilliams.bsky.social
Dan Biggar is such a good co-commentator, informative and interesting. It’s like he’s been doing it for years.
#WARvLIO #Lions
July 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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levostregc.bsky.social
*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*
A news story: "Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise"
July 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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thenighttrain.co.uk
The outfits, the audience. Freddie Stewart and Larry Graham's dance moves, Sly's voice, Greg Errico's trad grip on the drumsticks. Larry's bass tone, the horns, Rose Stone, all of it. SO GOOD.
June 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Oh my word! Botanist about to explode! Just unboxed my presentation copies of Urban Plants & I’m as giddy as a bee in a bellflower. It’s a beautiful thing, from the gorgeous Carry Akroyd cover to the photos kindly provided by many lovely people. Hope you enjoy it www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...
May 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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tuc.org.uk
Why does Nigel Farage want me to lose my job?
April 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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pandamoanimum.bsky.social
Is this still my favourite Finnish tradition?

Absolutely.
A picture of a page from a newspaper with the wording: NOTEWORTHY FACTS FROM TODAY'S PAPER In Finland, a tradition of getting drunk at home in your underwear is so commonplace that there's a word for it, "kalsarikännit." The rough translation is "pantsdrunk."
April 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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kremlplots.bsky.social
Sammelthread der "Hands Off" Proteste in den USA. Gerne ergänzen...

Louisville, Kentucky
April 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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squidgerugby.bsky.social
What excellent news
March 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago.

We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.

It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍
December 9, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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carlosfilm.bsky.social
KNEECAP, one of my favorite movies of the year, is streaming on Netflix now! It’s Ireland’s Oscar entry & it’s a propulsive, anti-colonialist music-driven comedy. I reviewed it for Variety and interviewed the band and director Rich Peppiatt for NYT. I’ll put links in the thread.
December 2, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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newstatesman1913.bsky.social
We need to talk about dying

The assisted dying debate has been filled with horror stories of miserable ends. But does this reflect the reality of ordinary death?

By Rachel Clarke
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
We need to talk about dying
The assisted dying debate has been filled with horror stories of miserable ends. But does this reflect the reality of ordinary death?
www.newstatesman.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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leparisien.fr
À huit jours de sa réouverture, la restauration de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, meurtrie par les flammes en avril 2019, se dévoile enfin

Blondeur des murs, éclat des vitraux...

Découvrez les images ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/1hR2.BS
November 29, 2024 at 6:32 AM
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bsbibotany.bsky.social
Sorry if it sounds big-headed, but we have to agree with @rogerhorton.bsky.social: Plant Atlas 2020 really is great stuff!
1000s of botanists spent 20 years recording wild & naturalised plants across Britain & Ireland.
They collected >30 million records which fed into the Atlas: plantatlas2020.org
October 20, 2024 at 7:59 PM
karengwilliams.bsky.social
Some great leadwork going on at Reculver Towers which will hopefully protect the structure for 80-100 years. Big thanks to @payestonework for the tour. If you’re ever in Kent, take a detour to this site, it’s awesome!
Reculver Towers in Kent, a ruined saxon church on a the remains of a roman fort.
October 25, 2023 at 9:48 PM