#Archaeology dates Aug - Sep at Loftus, North Yorkshire (East Cleveland TS13 4PU). Exhibition, meet the archaeologist (Dr Steve Sherlock), site tours & 2026 excavation open day. Dates in image Alt text
Spencer Carter
@microburin.bsky.social
Mesolithic & community archaeologist, FSA Scot, Hon Research Fellow at Durham University Archaeology, Long Covid since 2020. timevista.co.uk | clevelandarchaeology.com
and in #LongCOVID for those who succumb, I'm still housebound at 6yrs, the multisystemic malfunctions do not go away, no treatments. Add endothelial, GI, biome disregulation, gut leakage, organ damage, diabetes, long list.
Dr Kate Cushing@drkatecushing.bsky.social · 3mo agoAnd now realised that as well as vascular - Covid had negative impact on mitochondria energy production and also the autonomic nervous system. #LongCOVID
Latest Thornborough Aerial Survey Completed | YAA Mapping in conjunction w/ EH and TAG have released the latest aerial survey images of the Thornborough Neolithic Henge complex, images taken end of July 2026 during the latest drought. (Near Ripon, North Yorkshire) thornboroughag.org/2026/07/31/l...
A quick video of the Roman bath house uncovered at #Binchester Roman fort which is currently on display under a temporary building, at least half of the building remains to be excavated hopefully in when funds are available. #archaeology #RomanBritain
With an hour and a bit to go, I turned 60 today. Feels a bit heavy and slept most of it. Still desperately unwell, disabled, with #LongCOVID, life utterly unrecognisable. But now free prescriptions. 40yrs since graduation in #Archaeology @arcdurham.bsky.social. Glass of wine for tea?
25 tonnes of nurdles, more than 1 billion nurdles, were spilled into the Tyne last week and are washing up on our beaches, north and south of the Tyne. Likely one of the largest ever plastic pollution events in the UK. There is remarkably little mention of this on here.
Clickbate bollocks. We do science.
CNN@cnn.com · 2w agoToday, only around 1% of the Earth’s surface is urbanized and it wouldn’t take long for what we’ve built to be erased. The further back in time a hypothetical civilization existed, the harder it would be to find direct evidence, like objects. https://cnn.it/3RhHqHw
BBC's Kuenssberg is a shocking liability, I still allege a Tory asset. Badenoch remains a fifth-grader thug.
Dan Grey@dangrey.bsky.social · 3w agoBadenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not
Diary dates for August: #Archaeology Exhibition (free) at Loftus, North Yorkshire, Neolithic to Anglo-Saxon
I don't follow football, but that's a pretty impressive 6-4 from England v France. A proud bronze.
We kicked off today (Sat 18th) at Thornborough Neolithic henges in N Yorkshire. I'm still stuck at home with Long Covid 6yrs, but they're using my prehistory teaching kits, mix of replica & original. Next up is Sat 25th Nature theme day. Glad to be involved if only distantly.
Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her)@artefactual.eurosky.social · 3w agoWhat has the past been like? What is your present like? What future do you want to live in? I’d like a future in which we can safely take kids on trips in less than 30 degrees heat to fascinating places where they can imagine other people, other lives and dream of their own futures. 6/6
Ah, suspected so. Started off with a metal-detecting crook who got caught and fined. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Iron Age treasure: Man's metal detector to be destroyed over coin theft
Detectorist Shane Wood found more than 900 Iron Age coins but kept 23 as a "memento", a court hears.
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Eleanor Ghey@eleanorghey.bsky.social · 3w agoGreat to see the Baddow hoard on display at the Museum of Chelmsford. At 935 gold coins this is the largest recorded Iron Age gold hoard from Britain. www.museumofchelmsford.co.uk/events/timel...
It's about every 2 weeks on my inner garden block in London W10, the early hours. The endless Covid lung-wrenching coughing. It's not gone.
China has one of the filthiest, unregulated, and disgusting live-food supply chains in the world. It's where SARS1 and SARS2 (Covid19) originated. Bake the viral recipe and watch it hop over between species and to humans. That is proven.
Thailand Medical News@thailandmedical.bsky.social · 4w agoChina Confirms H9N2 Bird Flu in One Year Old as WHO Tracks Rising Threat #H9N2 #AvianFlu #BirdFlu www.thailandmedical.news/news/china-c...
From Saltburn yarn bombers (Teesside / North Yorkshire coast). Fantastic...
"Career Politicians" know how to avoid public scrutiny. It's reflexive. "Me not you". The missing words are "conviction", "principles" and "ethics". The principle of the societal good, equality & wellbeing. This is why the UK is f*cked.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.Andy Burnham: dodging scrutiny, or just a different type of communicator?
Well, seems sensible. However, me aged 60 now, would it encompass the realms of "Political Theocracy" and the consequences of that as well as "religious cults", inclusion/exclusion and multifarious persecution & cruelty? We've a lifetime (hominin span of time) of evidence. We ain't doing well.
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · last mo.A new draft national curriculum programme of study for Religious Education (RE) in England - for the first time to include non-religious worldviews such as humanism alongside major religions - is to go out to public consultation
This is probs well-intended, but try that with #LongCovid or #MECFS. That would probably mean days or weeks disabled, in bed. "PEM" is not just fatigue. Your body and brain simply run out of all energy due to mitochondrial damage, vascular etc. NHS IGNORE POST-VIRAL. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS to reward people who walk 30 minutes a day
The "marathon a month" scheme, developed with former Olympic medallist Sir Brendan Foster, will launch early next year.
bbc.co.uk
Two Festival of Archaeology events in July (North Yorkshire) Sat July 18th and Sat July 25th www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2622994... Booking info at thornboroughag.org
Summer archaeology events to explore Neolithic landscape in North Yorkshire
A summer festival of archaeology is set to shine a spotlight on the remarkable Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape of Thornborough, in North…
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4.20am London W10, it's raining and it's thunderstorm with lightning. It's not a Windows 11 issue. It's weather. Temperature dropped. I can breath again. I'm staying up to see this through.
And Sat 25th July - talks on exploring henges and nature, in association with English Heritage and @manmetuni.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
Exploring Henges and Nature
Please join us to find out more about Neolithic henges and their relationship with the natural world in which they were created.
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Please support our colleagues at the University for Exeter Archaeology department. A prestigious and impactful centre for prehistory, archaeological science and experimental archaeology and so much more. its one of the pillars of our academic archaeological community and needs our support. 🏺
Dr Susan Greaney@suegreaney.bsky.social · last mo.Petition against the job losses here: c.org/ddjtYXzdQQ
See ALT text on images for more info and booking links North Yorkshire, England
Spencer Carter@microburin.bsky.social · last mo.CBA FESTIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY JULY 2026 Thornborough Archaeology Group events Sat 18 'gateway event' talk, Q&A, artefact handling, tour of the Thornborough henges www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-o... Sat 25 deep dive into the theme of henges & nature www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... SEE ALT TEXT
CBA FESTIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY JULY 2026 Thornborough Archaeology Group events Sat 18 'gateway event' talk, Q&A, artefact handling, tour of the Thornborough henges www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-o... Sat 25 deep dive into the theme of henges & nature www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... SEE ALT TEXT
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