Artefact of the day: Flyer for Trancendance at Ritzy’s in Derby. 28th August 1990.
Candy Flip, Alistair Whitehead, Jules F. 😲
Yes. Our Jules F.
Candy Flip, Alistair Whitehead, Jules F. 😲
Yes. Our Jules F.
January 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Artefact of the day: Flyer for Trancendance at Ritzy’s in Derby. 28th August 1990.
Candy Flip, Alistair Whitehead, Jules F. 😲
Yes. Our Jules F.
Candy Flip, Alistair Whitehead, Jules F. 😲
Yes. Our Jules F.
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Sarah Knafo incarne l'hypocrisie structurelle du "système" qu'elle dénonce.
Diplômée de Sciences Po (Master en Affaires Publiques, 2015-2017) et de l'ENA (promotion Molière, 2018-2020), elle est un pur artefact de l'endogamie élitaire décrite par Bourdieu dans La Noblesse d'État (1989).⤵️
Sarah Knafo incarne l'hypocrisie structurelle du "système" qu'elle dénonce.
Diplômée de Sciences Po (Master en Affaires Publiques, 2015-2017) et de l'ENA (promotion Molière, 2018-2020), elle est un pur artefact de l'endogamie élitaire décrite par Bourdieu dans La Noblesse d'État (1989).⤵️
January 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
1/15
Sarah Knafo incarne l'hypocrisie structurelle du "système" qu'elle dénonce.
Diplômée de Sciences Po (Master en Affaires Publiques, 2015-2017) et de l'ENA (promotion Molière, 2018-2020), elle est un pur artefact de l'endogamie élitaire décrite par Bourdieu dans La Noblesse d'État (1989).⤵️
Sarah Knafo incarne l'hypocrisie structurelle du "système" qu'elle dénonce.
Diplômée de Sciences Po (Master en Affaires Publiques, 2015-2017) et de l'ENA (promotion Molière, 2018-2020), elle est un pur artefact de l'endogamie élitaire décrite par Bourdieu dans La Noblesse d'État (1989).⤵️
Artefact of the day: Review of Helter Skelter rave by Jack Barron from NME, October-ish 1989
January 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Artefact of the day: Review of Helter Skelter rave by Jack Barron from NME, October-ish 1989
I reckon I’m going to go back to posting a track a day and an artefact from the Acidgrandads annals of rave history each day.
If you followed me on Twitters you might have seen some of this already, so apols if so.
If you followed me on Twitters you might have seen some of this already, so apols if so.
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I reckon I’m going to go back to posting a track a day and an artefact from the Acidgrandads annals of rave history each day.
If you followed me on Twitters you might have seen some of this already, so apols if so.
If you followed me on Twitters you might have seen some of this already, so apols if so.
You may have heard of Enheduanna, the princess, priestess, and poet who is also the earliest named author in history.
Well, a tiny broken artefact made of lapis lazuli preserves the name of Ilum-pālil, her hairdresser. It is a fragmentary cylinder seal, excavated from a tomb in the city of Ur.
Well, a tiny broken artefact made of lapis lazuli preserves the name of Ilum-pālil, her hairdresser. It is a fragmentary cylinder seal, excavated from a tomb in the city of Ur.
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
You may have heard of Enheduanna, the princess, priestess, and poet who is also the earliest named author in history.
Well, a tiny broken artefact made of lapis lazuli preserves the name of Ilum-pālil, her hairdresser. It is a fragmentary cylinder seal, excavated from a tomb in the city of Ur.
Well, a tiny broken artefact made of lapis lazuli preserves the name of Ilum-pālil, her hairdresser. It is a fragmentary cylinder seal, excavated from a tomb in the city of Ur.
i feel like it's such a fascinating cultural artefact of when the reactionary centrists thought they'd be able to put progressivism on the backfoot forever
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 AM
i feel like it's such a fascinating cultural artefact of when the reactionary centrists thought they'd be able to put progressivism on the backfoot forever
We shall gloss over the time I was arrested for the theft of a Dr. Dee artefact on my mother’s misidentification of me in a CCTV video …
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
We shall gloss over the time I was arrested for the theft of a Dr. Dee artefact on my mother’s misidentification of me in a CCTV video …
I have heard some shit in my time but Christ, when aliens exhume us from the nuclear-bombed wasteland in a thousand years, I hope they find a copy of this awful book: it is a damning artefact of a low, dishonest and deeply stupid era.
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I have heard some shit in my time but Christ, when aliens exhume us from the nuclear-bombed wasteland in a thousand years, I hope they find a copy of this awful book: it is a damning artefact of a low, dishonest and deeply stupid era.
Ancient artefact unearthed while moving house.
January 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Ancient artefact unearthed while moving house.
England is just a *very* unitary polity, and the fact we once had strong local government is more an artefact of Victorian central government having been so laissez-faire than it is an expression of any English love of localism.
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM
England is just a *very* unitary polity, and the fact we once had strong local government is more an artefact of Victorian central government having been so laissez-faire than it is an expression of any English love of localism.
When does a fake become an artefact in its own right?
In the mid-19th century, two enterprising illiterate mudlarkers, William Smith (Billy) and Charles Eaton (Charley), began forging ‘medieval’ lead objects and selling them to unsuspecting antiques dealers.
In the mid-19th century, two enterprising illiterate mudlarkers, William Smith (Billy) and Charles Eaton (Charley), began forging ‘medieval’ lead objects and selling them to unsuspecting antiques dealers.
January 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
When does a fake become an artefact in its own right?
In the mid-19th century, two enterprising illiterate mudlarkers, William Smith (Billy) and Charles Eaton (Charley), began forging ‘medieval’ lead objects and selling them to unsuspecting antiques dealers.
In the mid-19th century, two enterprising illiterate mudlarkers, William Smith (Billy) and Charles Eaton (Charley), began forging ‘medieval’ lead objects and selling them to unsuspecting antiques dealers.
Alors techniquement l'effet Dunning-Krüger, pour connu qu'il soit, est plutôt regardé maintenant comme un artefact de laboratoire.
Mais il y a d'autres effets de surconfiance en psychologie, qui sont plus solides.
Mais il y a d'autres effets de surconfiance en psychologie, qui sont plus solides.
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Alors techniquement l'effet Dunning-Krüger, pour connu qu'il soit, est plutôt regardé maintenant comme un artefact de laboratoire.
Mais il y a d'autres effets de surconfiance en psychologie, qui sont plus solides.
Mais il y a d'autres effets de surconfiance en psychologie, qui sont plus solides.
Rhythmic Artefacts by Gundula Walz https://www.artlimit...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
in which we’ll be talking all things books, graphic novels, and any other printed artefact that’s non AI-generated.
Hit me up in the DMs if you’ve got a publication you think we should feature -high, low or any brow in between - in the months to come!
#booksky
Hit me up in the DMs if you’ve got a publication you think we should feature -high, low or any brow in between - in the months to come!
#booksky
January 11, 2026 at 4:56 AM
in which we’ll be talking all things books, graphic novels, and any other printed artefact that’s non AI-generated.
Hit me up in the DMs if you’ve got a publication you think we should feature -high, low or any brow in between - in the months to come!
#booksky
Hit me up in the DMs if you’ve got a publication you think we should feature -high, low or any brow in between - in the months to come!
#booksky
Just spent a couple of weeks convincing myself of a neat explanation for an intriguing pattern in my data, then realised said pattern is a pure artefact. What do I do next?
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Just spent a couple of weeks convincing myself of a neat explanation for an intriguing pattern in my data, then realised said pattern is a pure artefact. What do I do next?
Of course, I’d argue (with more space) that the story is not the game artefact, but the space between player, experience & design intent.
So that’s why I use the specific term ‘[choices don’t need] *mechanical consequences*’ to make meaning.
Thanks to this post for allowing me to expand on that!
So that’s why I use the specific term ‘[choices don’t need] *mechanical consequences*’ to make meaning.
Thanks to this post for allowing me to expand on that!
We recently read this excellent article by @hannahnicklin.bsky.social about one of our favorite games, South of the Circle and we had to share!
Choices don't always have to change the story, it can be about how we perform it.
Choices don't always have to change the story, it can be about how we perform it.
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a…
www.gamerswithglasses.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Of course, I’d argue (with more space) that the story is not the game artefact, but the space between player, experience & design intent.
So that’s why I use the specific term ‘[choices don’t need] *mechanical consequences*’ to make meaning.
Thanks to this post for allowing me to expand on that!
So that’s why I use the specific term ‘[choices don’t need] *mechanical consequences*’ to make meaning.
Thanks to this post for allowing me to expand on that!
Jason Price, an amateur metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum but he'd bought the artefact on eBay
Detectorist who 'dug up Roman brooch' actually bought it on eBay
Funeral director Jason Price
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Jason Price, an amateur metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum but he'd bought the artefact on eBay
Damnit the artefact obsessive was the first one i thought of and then I forgot to put it in!
Also hyper-competitive and swivel-eyed shell midden person
Faunal reference collection enthusiast who does midnight macerations and makes the lab uninhabitable
Also hyper-competitive and swivel-eyed shell midden person
Faunal reference collection enthusiast who does midnight macerations and makes the lab uninhabitable
January 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Damnit the artefact obsessive was the first one i thought of and then I forgot to put it in!
Also hyper-competitive and swivel-eyed shell midden person
Faunal reference collection enthusiast who does midnight macerations and makes the lab uninhabitable
Also hyper-competitive and swivel-eyed shell midden person
Faunal reference collection enthusiast who does midnight macerations and makes the lab uninhabitable
News | Art historians question ‘unsuitable’ £800m Bayeux Tapestry insurance
Artefact to be covered under UK Government Indemnity Scheme during time on loan
Artefact to be covered under UK Government Indemnity Scheme during time on loan
Art historians question ‘unsuitable’ £800m Bayeux Tapestry insurance - Museums Association
Artefact to be covered under UK Government Indemnity Scheme during time on loan
www.museumsassociation.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
News | Art historians question ‘unsuitable’ £800m Bayeux Tapestry insurance
Artefact to be covered under UK Government Indemnity Scheme during time on loan
Artefact to be covered under UK Government Indemnity Scheme during time on loan
Completed my Treasure Joe character refurbish project. Now with spiffy sheets and quick logo. The tiny ones are the 2009 originals for reference. Thanks for all the support along the way. #characterdesign #piracy #pirates
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Completed my Treasure Joe character refurbish project. Now with spiffy sheets and quick logo. The tiny ones are the 2009 originals for reference. Thanks for all the support along the way. #characterdesign #piracy #pirates
Reading PKD’s ‘Precious Artefact‘ today, prompting me to think that despite repeated key themes (such as the question of ‘what is real?’), he still found a variety of inventive ways to explore them.
And since a ‘cat‘ features as a pivotal feature of this 1964 story, this seemed a very apt photo! 🙂
And since a ‘cat‘ features as a pivotal feature of this 1964 story, this seemed a very apt photo! 🙂
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Reading PKD’s ‘Precious Artefact‘ today, prompting me to think that despite repeated key themes (such as the question of ‘what is real?’), he still found a variety of inventive ways to explore them.
And since a ‘cat‘ features as a pivotal feature of this 1964 story, this seemed a very apt photo! 🙂
And since a ‘cat‘ features as a pivotal feature of this 1964 story, this seemed a very apt photo! 🙂
This review nailed the problems with Harari: he skates over philosophy that doesn’t fit his thesis, he is committed to reductionist naturalism, denying the value of beauty, ethics, meaning, or any other artefact of human imagination
www.abc.net.au/religion/the...
www.abc.net.au/religion/the...
Sapiens, maybe; Deus, no - ABC Religion & Ethics
Historian Yuval Noah Harari is right to shake the throne on which humans seem to think we naturally belong. At their best, his books Sapiens and Homo Deus offer a crisp, stimulating provocation to suc...
www.abc.net.au
January 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
This review nailed the problems with Harari: he skates over philosophy that doesn’t fit his thesis, he is committed to reductionist naturalism, denying the value of beauty, ethics, meaning, or any other artefact of human imagination
www.abc.net.au/religion/the...
www.abc.net.au/religion/the...
I already have acquired five of the ten pieces of the mysterious artefact, how many have YOU acquired? Merely three? You have not even solved the riddles of the abandoned Wizard Tower of Albeztoz, you will never assemble the Ancient Relic at this rate. Pathetic.
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I already have acquired five of the ten pieces of the mysterious artefact, how many have YOU acquired? Merely three? You have not even solved the riddles of the abandoned Wizard Tower of Albeztoz, you will never assemble the Ancient Relic at this rate. Pathetic.
Artefact Software - Miner - 1998 youtu.be/sMNA02VVYl4 via @napostriouf.com #gaming #retrogaming #GamersUnite
Artefact Software - Miner - 1998
YouTube video by Nap'n'Retrogaming
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Artefact Software - Miner - 1998 youtu.be/sMNA02VVYl4 via @napostriouf.com #gaming #retrogaming #GamersUnite