Fascinating read though I’m glad I was eating yoghurt instead of a ham and cheese toast over breakfast! 🤣

Showed this to my cat and he whacked me 🤣

More destruction of the cultural heritage in Iran. Chehel Sotun in Isfahan, dating back to the 17th c, a UNESCO World Heritage site sustained damage in the war.

Deliberately so.

So. Pending boarding passes because… Brexit that’s why. I am sick of proving my existence. I realise I’m enormously privileged that I can prove it but that’s not the point. Status: Pending approval. Story of my life.

It’s not Notre Dame so there’ll be no outcry.

So wonderful to see the amazing @amalexathorn.bsky.social in this list.

World Book Day again apparently and what a stark reminder today was to really heed the words of Audre Lorde: the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

On Sky news someone from the Jerusalem centre for security and foreign affairs called Iran today’s N*zi regime that unalives children. With a straight face and no hint of shame. And before anyone wails: obvs Iran isn’t the good guy here. Neither are the other actors involved in this.

One of my favourites. I love the Leventis gallery. I always stop to look at something. It’s become a little ritual.

Might one be spotting a pattern? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I like art www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Blood oranges. My heart is happy.

Auction houses - not even once. No this isn’t human remains as such. It’s worse. Much worse. Will the west never stop profiting from enslavement? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Internal monologue1: it’s Lent and this level of unholy delight should make me feel guilty. Internal monologue 2: nah. Fluff that. Get them all. Their crimes are many.

Warms my heart this does.

Wouldn’t it be nice if this was followed by Trump’s arrest? Hey we can all dream.

Oh heck yes.

When this dude en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastai... is relishing the story…!

Pics of Andrew’s arrest via Sky News. Unmarked cars cos the royal bottom needs a Range Rover apparently.

News on folks. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Rest in power www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Exactly this.

I’ve been seeing this story all morning. I share the horror and anger. We have a historian with an utter disregard to the actual past (and present and future) and a uni PR team that quite frankly needs to go offline.

The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social

Look. If the United Kingdom can’t govern itself, it would be in everyone’s best interests for the Commonwealth to intervene. I suggest a condominium government. Very flexible eh? Ideal for countries that can’t be trusted to handle their internal affairs.

So the very lovely students & ECRs @uclarchaeology.bsky.social are organizing a conference Unravelling the Palaeolithic sites.google.com/view/unravel... and aside from creating a fab space for research, I spotted the following - sthg I wish I'd had back in the day:

Grief is a very human emotion and an important one (yes it is even though it’s hard).

If you haven't formally complained about EAA's data breach, please do so. We've all dealt with the backlash but this is important. This is a very serious data breach that has measurable material impacts.

The Missing Crypto Queen is BACK. If you haven’t listened, this is an incredible BBC investigation.

I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow

Calling all the monumental annoyances. Be a megalith. Be the biggest monument you can be.

What a painful read. Wherever you stand on AI, read this. Please.

wtf is this press conference? Is this some alternate reality I am in?

Kidnapping a president. I see America has started 2026 as it means to go on.

Well. @london.gov.uk Sadiq Khan has certainly used his platform for good. London is spectacular and the creative team deserve all the praise. Happy new year all!

Ending 2025 by catching up on the Excel tediousness I didn’t have time for. Something tells me this is how I’ll see in 2026. Ah the life of an archaeologist. 🏺

I’m approximately 80% panettone.

Afternoon spent making sweet treats for Xmas. I’m covered in coconut, cocoa, spices and heaven knows what else. Tomorrow’s task: pack everything in pretty boxes!

I sat next to him.

You won’t hear this on Radio 2 so sing it from the rooftops 🍉 youtu.be/G957oaAZwhc

You know that @weirdinthewade.bsky.social latest is going to be good when it starts with gibbeting. 😁

Is anyone else going bonkers with the new iOS? Whoever at Apple is responsible for this: I hope your path in life is strewn with spiky Lego.

Hello! A little Sunday evening survey... 📝 We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures... Pls repost!

Why do cats wake up from a deep slumber the minute you try to wrap presents? 😭

The cat is absolutely refusing to dress up for Xmas. So much for a kitty advent calendar. This is the best I could do. @dinahrose.bsky.social are you having more success with Ozzy?

When I say my people are special, this is what I mean. www.maltatoday.com.mt/environment/...

🚨🏺🇸🇩This week: The Sudan Virtual Museum & the Fight Against Illicit Trafficking of Archaeological Property details + rsvp link 👇 sfdas.hypotheses.org/10084

Spoiler alert. You will never “give” enough. It’s how it is set up. You will always, always be the outsider and they’ll never let you forget it.

If you’re buying books for children, it’s totally acceptable to buy some for yourself. You know, just in case they want to read them when they’re older and need your opinion. Yup.