Marcus T. Cicero Jr. XXV
@snowhitsky.bsky.social
Trying to remain optimistic.
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This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
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Evidence from New Zealand shows that families felt gratitude and relief when their loved ones were no longer forced into drawn-out suffering, and they no longer had to witness it. #AssistedDying
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Evidence from New Zealand shows that families felt gratitude and relief when their loved ones were no longer forced into drawn-out suffering, and they no longer had to witness it. #AssistedDying
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Professor Chris Whitty reminds us that end-of-life choices aren’t one-size-fits-all. Some want every extra day, others want comfort and dignity for fewer days. Both choices deserve equal respect. #AssistedDying
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Professor Chris Whitty reminds us that end-of-life choices aren’t one-size-fits-all. Some want every extra day, others want comfort and dignity for fewer days. Both choices deserve equal respect. #AssistedDying
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
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stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
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‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
I wonder if we could apply all those captions to politicians and deport those that fail the test? Have you ever been to Rwanda, Katie?
October 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I wonder if we could apply all those captions to politicians and deport those that fail the test? Have you ever been to Rwanda, Katie?
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The top image:
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The top image:
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just a few of the books that inspired us to republish Sun Horse, Moon Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff - a rediscovered historical novel about the iconic white horse of Uffington near Oxford #booksky
May 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Just a few of the books that inspired us to republish Sun Horse, Moon Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff - a rediscovered historical novel about the iconic white horse of Uffington near Oxford #booksky
Brilliant summary of the rapid descent into idiocy of the Internet.
May 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Brilliant summary of the rapid descent into idiocy of the Internet.
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I only have nostalgia for a time when I had never heard of Nigel Farage.
Reform UK says it’ll ‘reset’ Britain inch by inch.
But to what?
Smog, slums and Section 28? Their nostalgic fantasy hides a dangerous truth.
👉 Read The Bear's clear-eyed breakdown of what’s really on offer ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
But to what?
Smog, slums and Section 28? Their nostalgic fantasy hides a dangerous truth.
👉 Read The Bear's clear-eyed breakdown of what’s really on offer ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Reform UK offers nostalgia, not solutions
Reform UK trades on national nostalgia – but behind the slogans lies regression, not renewal or reform
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I only have nostalgia for a time when I had never heard of Nigel Farage.
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OK, another cat post. The connection here is that most media coverage of Trump IS the chase of laser dots on the carpet.
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
OK, another cat post. The connection here is that most media coverage of Trump IS the chase of laser dots on the carpet.
Ayaz Kala 2 seen from Ayaz Kala 1 on the edge of the desert looking south towards farmland.
April 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Ayaz Kala 2 seen from Ayaz Kala 1 on the edge of the desert looking south towards farmland.
Ayaz Kala 2 fort in the foreground and Ayaz Kala 1 in the background. Two forts on the edge of the Kyzylkum desert in the west of Uzbekistan. Built of adobe they defended irrigated lands from nomads from 4th cent BC to 7th cent AD.
April 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ayaz Kala 2 fort in the foreground and Ayaz Kala 1 in the background. Two forts on the edge of the Kyzylkum desert in the west of Uzbekistan. Built of adobe they defended irrigated lands from nomads from 4th cent BC to 7th cent AD.
In a land far, far away from the little orange man: Bukhara in Uzbekistan.
April 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
In a land far, far away from the little orange man: Bukhara in Uzbekistan.
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
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"Big Trig"
March 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Big Trig"
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You got to laugh at the irony of life!
March 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
You got to laugh at the irony of life!
Bravo M. Malhuret! Vous êtes un exemple non seulement pour la République Française mais aussi pour tous ceux qui croient en la démocratie et le respect des lois. Une intervention digne d'admiration . Maintenant, au travail et courage! youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...
Guerre en Ukraine : "Washington est devenu la cour de Néron", lance Claude Malhuret
YouTube video by Public Sénat
youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bravo M. Malhuret! Vous êtes un exemple non seulement pour la République Française mais aussi pour tous ceux qui croient en la démocratie et le respect des lois. Une intervention digne d'admiration . Maintenant, au travail et courage! youtube.com/watch?v=G-lh...
Almost half of Spanish hunters are over 60. It was definitely a hobby on the wane a few years back. A surprising number of younger ones I knew sold their shotguns to buy cameras instead. Still enjoyed the country walks and the stalking without killing random wildlife.
March 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Almost half of Spanish hunters are over 60. It was definitely a hobby on the wane a few years back. A surprising number of younger ones I knew sold their shotguns to buy cameras instead. Still enjoyed the country walks and the stalking without killing random wildlife.
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