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Rob Coughlan π¦πΊπΊπ¦π²π«πͺπΊπ±π¦π¬πͺ
@landofrob.bsky.social
Retired teacher, History, particularly military history. Master of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Researching. Learning to grow food. Dog lover. Proud Dad and Pop. Anti fascist Anti Rascist. A real human not AI generated.
You call yourself an @australianlabor.bsky.social Prime Minister @albomp.bsky.social? On this issue as in so many others (homelessness , kids living in poverty, #aukus, taxing gas exporters etc) you're indistinguishable from Scott Morrison & his ilk. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... #auspol
How Australians on JobSeeker are living on $68 a day
Despite calls to increase the base rate of JobSeeker payments in this year's federal budget, there has been no change and experts say it means the cost of living is hurting those who can least afford ...
abc.net.au
Huge 160-year-old inner Brisbane park being destroyed by the LNP government, at your expense.
David Marler@qldaah.bsky.social Β· 2d agoThe scouring of Barrambin. Trees were torn down as work on an Olympic stadium got underway. Save Victoria Park claimed to have witnessed distressing scenes of possums & birds scattering from the trees as they came down, they also suggested no wildlife spotters were there during this process. #qldpol
Landscape with Palms, 2010 by Valesco Vitali (Italy, b.1960). Oil and gold leaf on canvas Location: Pandolfini Auction House #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
This is what fascism looks like.
Olivia π 4thTransformer@olivia4t.bsky.social Β· 3d agoβ π A group of females went to the Capitol and brought pictures of all the people that have lost their lives by the hands of #ΓCE. They were immediately put in handcuffs and arrested even though they were there being peaceful exercising their second amendment right to free speech.βΌοΈ
The national broadcaster is gaslighting the shit out of us on a raft of crucial issues. Australians are missing an independent national broadcaster to balance the droning hum of misinformation and political dishonesty. #NotmyABC #Auspol
Kittylitter@kittylitter.bsky.social Β· 2d ago#auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize... "For decades the ABC acted as a guardrail, ignored the haters, and fearlessly drove the standard of journalism in Australia. Now, it contributes to the mess, sitting in the pig-sty with the commercial media..."
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Six illegal Russian archaeological digs are underway in occupied Crimea, targeting ancient burials and settlements. Ukraineβs National Resistance Center says Russian security personnel at Chersonesus let artifact looters remove finds in return for kickbacks. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/05/r...
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Russia killed Oleksii Yukov, the head of the Platsdarm body recovery group. Oleksii repatriated over 10,000 bodies in more than 25 years of his work. Born and raised in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Oleksii was initially recovering the remains of soldiers from World War II.
Excellent article by Peter Carrick-Adams. A large dose of food for thought. engelsbergideas.com/essays/what-...
What Zelensky must learn from war leaders past
The history of modern warfare suggests that leaders who are ruthless towards failing ministers and generals are best able to keep their armed forces innovative on the battlefield.
engelsbergideas.com
With βchildren being torn away from their mothersβ arms while breastfeeding, the more notorious concentration camps of the 20th century must serve as a stark reminder that the act of dehumanization is a slippery slope towards violence and further atrocities.β theconversation.com/the-dreadful...
The dreadful history of children in concentration camps
The more notorious concentration camps of the 20th century must serve as a stark reminder of the depravity of tearing children away from their parents and putting them in camps.
theconversation.com
Planted some cabbages. A first for me. Here is my first.
4 August 1936 | A Romanian Jewish boy, Jacob Arye Katz, was born in Satu Mare. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- βΆ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Lovely New York Central SystemΒ poster from 1946 by American illustrator Leslie Ragan (1897-1972). The feeling you mustβve gotten as a visitor to the US during the steam engine boom mustβve been one of looking into the future.
Today is Octidi the 18th of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate almonds. #JacobinDay See today's page
Fate of the Felloship is a seriously good board game. Lots of fun, collaboration and repayability. #boardgames
Do you hear that? That's the sound of a million scholars around the world rejoicing as people turn away from their phones towards books written thousands of years ago
Can confirm (it's OA)
Negotiating Migrations
As a species, we have always been mobile and migration was a habitual feature of prehistoric life. This open-access volume uses archaeological case studies mainβ¦
bloomsbury.com
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com Β· 4d agoFor millennia migration was just a standard thing for humans.
Oh this is nice
Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social Β· 4d agoMeet Tigernos, one of Britainβs earliest named sailors! βοΈ A Briton and Roman fleet veteran, his story is recorded on the bronze Lanchester Diploma issued by Antoninus Pius in AD 150. It grants him honourable discharge from the Classis Germanica and Roman citizenship. #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
I asked for a receipt yesterday and the woman pulled out a receipt book using carbon paper and filled it out accordingly. There followed a lengthy conversation of how copying details onto a form with multiple copies was a job I had in the early 70s. #nostalgia
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The crux here is 'simpler and easier to digest'. This to me dpeaks to the fall in human language and critical thinking skills. A story is a human connection with another human. I do not want to connect with a computer. It is a machine like the hammer in my tool shed.
The Guardian@theguardian.com Β· 4d agoAI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
Hannah HΓΆch, German (1889-1978), Aus dem blΓΌhenden Tal, 1937, oil on canvas, 75.5 x 70.5 cm, private collection
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Today is Septidi the 17th of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate flax. #JacobinDay See today's page
Prices up, wages flat, patience gone: the politics of grievance has fertile ground because people are angry β and anger is one of the last things still free. The economy keeps being viewed through the lens of those with the most.