L Taverner
@ljtaverner.bsky.social
Quaker. Writer. Welsh-American. Will Work For Peace.
"The skull-cup, fashioned from a sawn-off and polished braincase adorned with a silver rim and stand, was used regularly at formal dinners at Worcester College, Oxford, until 2015, according to Prof Dan Hicks, the curator of world archaeology at the university’s Pitt Rivers Museum."
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Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull, book reveals
Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks
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May 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"The skull-cup, fashioned from a sawn-off and polished braincase adorned with a silver rim and stand, was used regularly at formal dinners at Worcester College, Oxford, until 2015, according to Prof Dan Hicks, the curator of world archaeology at the university’s Pitt Rivers Museum."
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Breaking news: New civil rights division chief said more than 100 attorneys have left their jobs, in many cases because they disagreed with the office’s new focus on combating anti-Christian bias, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and “woke ideology.”
Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts
Civil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.”
www.washingtonpost.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Breaking news: New civil rights division chief said more than 100 attorneys have left their jobs, in many cases because they disagreed with the office’s new focus on combating anti-Christian bias, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and “woke ideology.”
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week.”
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week.”
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
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April 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week.”
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week.”
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Brian Eno on the police raiding a Quaker Meeting House.
March 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Brian Eno on the police raiding a Quaker Meeting House.
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A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
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‘Welsh Landscape’ - #RSThomas
(An Acre of Land, Montgomeryshire Printing Co)
(An Acre of Land, Montgomeryshire Printing Co)
“There are cries in the dark at night
As owls answer the moon”
✍️ R.S. Thomas, Welsh Poet
#BookWormSat 📷Snowy Owl - Kryeveper
As owls answer the moon”
✍️ R.S. Thomas, Welsh Poet
#BookWormSat 📷Snowy Owl - Kryeveper
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
‘Welsh Landscape’ - #RSThomas
(An Acre of Land, Montgomeryshire Printing Co)
(An Acre of Land, Montgomeryshire Printing Co)
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Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
February 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
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Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown
Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first openly gay imam”, has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police have…
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa
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JD Vance’s Munich speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance
JD Vance’s Munich speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance
The US vice-president was hypocritical and insensitive, but bracingly clear in his resetting of relationships
• Europe live – latest updates
Since 1963, the Munich Security Conference has seen many consequential speeches, notably Vladimir Putin…
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
JD Vance’s Munich speech laid bare the collapse of the transatlantic alliance
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The funniest part is watching white Republican women discover they are also a DEI hire…
February 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The funniest part is watching white Republican women discover they are also a DEI hire…
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Don't move to FL.
A new Florida law provides for any law enforcement officer who assists in the arrest of a person in the state illegally to receive a $1,000 bonus.
It turns out you can act as a bounty hunter even while wearing the uniform of the state.
It turns out you can act as a bounty hunter even while wearing the uniform of the state.
‘Open Season’: Local Republicans Rush to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration
State lawmakers are trying to deputize bounty hunters, fingerprint children, and take away gun rights from people with legal status.
www.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Don't move to FL.
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Trump changes his mind. Say it'll now be named the Gulf of X.
February 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Trump changes his mind. Say it'll now be named the Gulf of X.
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Straight up mobster sh*t
This is just sheer brazen criminality by DOJ. Adams gets federal corruption charges dropped not because there isn’t overwhelming evidence, but because he agrees to help Homan round up migrants. And Homan says the charges will be refiled if Adams doesn’t “come through.”
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Straight up mobster sh*t
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Word on the street is Vance won't meet with the German Chancellor, Scholz, this week. Understandable. If I were Scholz I wouldn't hang out with a Nazi either.
February 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Word on the street is Vance won't meet with the German Chancellor, Scholz, this week. Understandable. If I were Scholz I wouldn't hang out with a Nazi either.
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Vance took the MAGA circus to Europe and spewed fascist lies at our oldest and surest allies
I’m sure that’s how you build American influence
I’m sure that’s how you build American influence
February 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Vance took the MAGA circus to Europe and spewed fascist lies at our oldest and surest allies
I’m sure that’s how you build American influence
I’m sure that’s how you build American influence
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Why is the Welsh Government at war with arts, culture, and heritage?
Why was defunding done so ‘quietly’?
Why is it Scotland chooses to increase funding when Wales lets invaluable sectors sink or swim?
#CulturalAusterity
✍️ Former Librarian, National Library of Wales
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Why was defunding done so ‘quietly’?
Why is it Scotland chooses to increase funding when Wales lets invaluable sectors sink or swim?
#CulturalAusterity
✍️ Former Librarian, National Library of Wales
bylines.cymru/arts-and-cul...
Why is the Welsh Government at war with arts, culture, and heritage?
Precious sectors of Wales are being left to sink or swim. The Scottish government values arts, culture, and heritage: why doesn’t ours?
bylines.cymru
February 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Why is the Welsh Government at war with arts, culture, and heritage?
Why was defunding done so ‘quietly’?
Why is it Scotland chooses to increase funding when Wales lets invaluable sectors sink or swim?
#CulturalAusterity
✍️ Former Librarian, National Library of Wales
bylines.cymru/arts-and-cul...
Why was defunding done so ‘quietly’?
Why is it Scotland chooses to increase funding when Wales lets invaluable sectors sink or swim?
#CulturalAusterity
✍️ Former Librarian, National Library of Wales
bylines.cymru/arts-and-cul...
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No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress. No people of color were selected, either.
No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades
The 17 standing committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated on Jan. 3. No people of color were selected, either.
abcnews.go.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM
No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress. No people of color were selected, either.
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Ar gyfer Dydd San Ffolant…
For St Valentine’s Day…
‘Luminary’ - #RSThomas
(Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks)
#Ffolant #Valentine
For St Valentine’s Day…
‘Luminary’ - #RSThomas
(Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks)
#Ffolant #Valentine
February 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ar gyfer Dydd San Ffolant…
For St Valentine’s Day…
‘Luminary’ - #RSThomas
(Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks)
#Ffolant #Valentine
For St Valentine’s Day…
‘Luminary’ - #RSThomas
(Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks)
#Ffolant #Valentine
“This isn’t an HR complaint about harassment or bullying or anything like that. This is a matter of behaviour that is entirely public..."
Royal Society urged to expel Elon Musk as fellows sign open letter
More than 1,700 academics complain about X owner’s behaviour, citing his ‘assault on scientific research’
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“This isn’t an HR complaint about harassment or bullying or anything like that. This is a matter of behaviour that is entirely public..."
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Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts
Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts
National Fire Chiefs Council says ability of firefighters to respond is at risk as it calls for urgent preventive action
The UK is not prepared for the impact of climate breakdown, fire chiefs have warned, as they called on the government to take urgent…
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts
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"I know it is not popular to stand with immigrants right now, and Democrats are hemorrhaging on this issue." ~ AOC
There is a small book, costs less than a McDonald's burger, that is the most condensed explanation of whiteness in America.
Read it online here.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...
There is a small book, costs less than a McDonald's burger, that is the most condensed explanation of whiteness in America.
Read it online here.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...
January 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"I know it is not popular to stand with immigrants right now, and Democrats are hemorrhaging on this issue." ~ AOC
There is a small book, costs less than a McDonald's burger, that is the most condensed explanation of whiteness in America.
Read it online here.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...
There is a small book, costs less than a McDonald's burger, that is the most condensed explanation of whiteness in America.
Read it online here.
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...