SUVs are higher at the front and three times more likely to kill a child when they hit them. SUV drivers drag the child under their vehicle, and then they crush the child to death. It's incredible that SUVs don't have higher tax, and why not lower speed limits. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Proclaiming an illiteracy crisis has become a cottage industry in its own right, and it's created a feedback loop of clickbait headlines that has, ironically, short-circuited our ability to critically examine the claims and construct a working definition of literacy itself.

Week 1 over here at #ArthursStone, #Herefordshire, and we already have some exciting prospects on the stone circle showing up, as well as another large feature appearing on the other side of the avenue. @englishheritage.bsky.social

Hopefully, some of DCMS' sponsored ALBs who've shamefully remained on X will now follow suit

Further evidence that the Coalition was an immensely destructive force in so many areas.

The kid and I took advantage of the glorious weather to join in with Nottingham #KidicalMass this morning. What an absolutely joyous event. We'll definitely be doing this again!

North Tyneside Council spent a big Historic England grant on restoring Georgian Northumberland Square in North Shields - it looks good, but is often completely empty, so it was lovely to see of full of people today, playing, chatting, listening to music, and finding out about local community groups.

BEATNIK ARCHEOLOGISTS ON A FIRST DATE I dig you I dig you too, you dig? I dig

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

One of the most interesting questions is, I think, why left leaning people don't generally recognise it as such.

☀️ Summer Solstice from Stonehenge and Ratcliffe-on-Soar. Neolithic megaliths and their modernist counterpoints looming over the surrounding landscape, as captured by two of the great photographers of the 20th century. • Stonehenge, 1947 by Bill Brandt • Ratcliffe-on-Soar, 1984 by Michael Kenna

I could really get on board with a social media ban for people aged over 65, tbh. Maybe let them on after 9.30 and before 4.30, like we do with the buses

The planned closure of the Archaeology institute at Humboldt-Universität Berlin is still on the table. So if you haven't signed the petition yet, please do (and share). Archaeology has been a part of Humboldt-Universität's academic tradition for almost 200 years weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...

1/2 - Join us for our Nottingham Local Meet Up. Runners welcome, walkers welcome! ⏰️ 20 June 08:45 📍 Gedling parkrun 🤝 Meet outside Café 1899. 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for @superkev79.bsky.social to find the group. Run parkrun at your own pace 🏃🏃‍♀️

Red Wall discourse has so clouded Labour’s mind that they’re sleepwalking into doing to university towns what Thatcher did to mining towns

Fascinating reassessment of potential cave art in south Wales, with link to the original 1912 article - but isn’t the 17ka date considerably older than any other post-LGM evidence for humans in Britain?

​A fantastic half-term bike ride from the house to Gedling Country Park today. The FollowMe Tandem proved to be the perfect tool for helping small legs up hills on a hot day.

A glorious morning yesterday for small feet exploring the gritstone around Longshaw.

Huh, never realised Geordie Greep was Mick Hucknall's trumpet player back in '86. Wonder how he stays looking so young? #TOTP

Niche thing, but I love that someone is still paying to host the UKIC website, despite it having merged with other conservation organisations to form ICON back in 2005: www.ukic.org.uk

This government’s defining quality is cowardice and now it has wobbled its way to a policy that 10 years ago was confined to the most extreme Republicans. Shameful

I really don't get what the fuck Bridget Philipson thinks she's doing. This guidance is worst than useless. Why not just push through legislation to tell the Supreme Court they're wrong?

Always great to see Historic England producing high-quality geophysical survey research on fascinating sites such as Castilly Henge

As an archaeologist, I regularly think about chunks of time spanning thousands of years without blinking an eye. But Everything Must Go turning 30? No. Absolutely not. My bones are turning to dust.

If you work in development-led archaeology in England, whether it's curatorial advice, consultancy or running projects, Historic England and Reading University would welcome your feedback on HE's guidance on the Palaeolithic 🦣🏺 Please follow this link to access a short online survey: bit.ly/3PcKMul

So much about this has me screaming into my motonormativity cushion. Why further subsidise all the wealthy people who drive? Why NOT subsidise the poorer people who don't drive?

Wes can't win, Wes won't win, and Wes shouldn't win, but thank god someone's pulled the trigger

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The result of government abandonment means disgraceful local decisions around who and what's worth saving. Someone, somewhere has got to take holistic control of the collapse of HE.

This has become an expected experience for children walking to school in Birmingham, which leads more parents to want to drive their kids and also pavement park, and quickens the downward spiral that makes our city more unequal and more unpleasant. Time to eliminate this symbol of urban decline.

Have you heard about these dangerous bikes perhaps? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2023: Lib-Dem controlled Council starts trialling a 4-day week on full pay 2024: trial saves Council £400,000 and improves services 2025: 4-day week made permanent 2026: voters return Lib-Dems to control with increase in votes / cllrs Upside from 4-day week is huge. Other Councils should try it!

Never trust Plaid

“If I can bicycle, I bicycle.” Sir David Attenborough. Happy 100th birthday to a legend. He has never passed a driving test and doesn’t own a car.

Morning. Tempted to say something rude about those areas that have dominated English politics for over ten years still being unhappy despite their agenda largely being followed. A vicious democratic cycle that we see also in other countries.

If anyone is stuck for something to talk about at the #CIfA conference, it is now becoming clear that the short lived appointment of Nathan Baker to be CEO of CIfA, when he apparently never left his previous role at the Institute of Occupational Medicine, could have cost CIfA members over £30k.

This will be a big economic blow to the Nottingham and East Midlands. It is utterly bizarre that a government allegedly laser-focused on growth is allowing this to happen.

Why’s an American pressure group that helped overturn Roe v Wade suddenly taken an interest in your local park? Anti-rights movements won't stop with trans people, and we must hold back the tide. Get behind @transsolidarity.bsky.social’s campaign: https://protectparkrun.uk/

So disappointing to see the lack of political will now in Birmingham for safer streets. After questions from Babiker Yahia, whose 4-year-old daughter Mayar was killed by a driver in April 2024, only one candidate (after quite a pause) backed 20mph limits on all residential streets.

The precarious state of HE in the UK is staggering, as is the effort being made by many to ignore it. A while ago ​I heard a plan by an organisation to cut specialist roles because 'the skills are available in universities.' Relying on outsourcing to HE whilst it's collapsing is… certainly a choice

Imagine running a marathon in 1:59:41 and finishing in second place. #londonmarathon26

That was absolutely extraordinary to watch!

6 eels would probably cost you over 600 eggs these days. blummin' inflation.

Mohammed Ali killed one person and injured several others while speeding at 90mph in a 30mph zone. He’s been jailed for 7 years. Once released, he’ll be able to drive 4.5 years later. What would you need to do to get a lifetime driving ban? www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

The Government must ensure that public sector workers, and the specialists that Prospect represent, receive a fair pay rise that matches inflation in the upcoming civil service pay round. Read our General Secretary’s comments in today’s @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/65ce...

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

An important reminder that there are tons of truly fantastic, brave and visionary local Labour politicians out there who do *not* deserve to lose their seats / councils in May, but probably will thanks to Starmer’s government. Westminster is v likely to flip back to Tories. Max will be a great loss

Once again a heartfelt thanks to David "cut the Green crap" Cameron and Nick "What's the point in a nuclear power plant that isn't ready until the 2020s" Clegg for their visionary political choices, whose consequences we get to enjoy today.