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Just want to remind folks that this keeps happening. Burials of assumed-important ancients discovered to be women via genetic testing, after decades of them simply being assumed to be male. The patriarchy is incompatible with reality.

Jens Notroff@jensnotroff.com · 5d ago

The #BronzeAge #UptonLovellShaman​'s burial in Wiltshire has long been considered an important religious figure & metalworker. It's been barely questioned someone of such status must be male. But now #aDNA analysis revealed that the body is in fact: a woman. 🏺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Just been to see #TheOddessey. Wow. Unlike many things these days, it very much lives up to the hype.

Anyone else not got the, much vaunted, ability to add social channels to Search Console yet? Or is it just me? Or am I doing it wrong? (those last two may not be mutually exclusive).

So... how we all feeling? #EngvsArg

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"Hey Siri, show me an example that demonstrates that clubs have already found ways around the Premier League's new SCR rules." I mean... they're not even *trying* to hide it very well. They don't have to. It's laughable.

I know you know this on bluesky, but I posted it on insta so I thought I should post here too. And if it makes someone second guess using AI for these things then maybe it helps.

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How the rest of the world *should* respond to Trumpty Dumpty's '20% Toll' idea.

"SEO? That's dead (again) isn't it?" Over to you @nikkipilkington.bsky.social. ==== Watch the whole video (and get slides, transcripts and more) over at optimisey.com/seo-advice.

#UnexpectedBonus from the new wireless mouse I bought. Now, when we have to rig up my laptop to the TV to stream stuff, I can control the play/pause *without* having to get up off the sofa!

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This feels like a very bad idea. Torching land and water reserves, spiralling power costs, rapidly warming the environment (even more!) and for what? "Hey, Gemini make this picture of me into an anime character!" or "ChatGPT, create a video of Trump and Musk mud-wrestling!" Sigh. 😖

The Register@theregister.com · 4w ago

UK guts planning red tape so datacenters can bypass the neighbors faster

Pro tip: just because your brand is being recommended as #1 on your personal, logged-in ChatGPT account certainly does not mean others are seeing the same results.

👀 Argentina

Just reviewing the videos from the #OptimiseyEvent before uploading them to the YouTube channel. Actionable #SEO insights from @nikkipilkington.bsky.social (and some fella that wasn't @crystalontheweb.bsky.social). Want me to drop you an email when they're ready? 📩 optimisey.com/seo-goodness...

Why is UK rail travel like this? We live just south of Cambridge. A small local station (Foxton) is the stop before Cambridge. Foxton to Newmarket return: £24 Cambridge to Newmarket return: £16. £8 extra to travel, barely 5 miles? So instead we'll drive to Cambridge. More traffic, not less.

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TFW you get a @screamingfrog.co.uk custom extraction to work perfectly first time.

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Good to know that even Google struggle with their sitelinks sometimes. Slightly gratifying after I had to tussle with their systems to get a restaurant client's branded search to stop showing their 'Christmas' page... in March. Yes Google. Yes I know it *was* a popular page... 😄

Bro has a point 📚🥸

#OptimiseyEvent is tomorrow... with added aircon! (OK... not added really... the venue (The Bradfield Centre) had it anyway but man it's gonna be welcome tomorrow!).

Q. What you get if you take @nikkipilkington.bsky.social + @crystalontheweb.bsky.social sharing #SEO and search brilliance + a great venue, pizza, drinks + a bunch of awesome folks... >>> AND MAKE IT ALL FREE? <<< A. #OptimiseyEvent #17. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/optimisey-...

Tech Bros: "Copywriting? It's DEAD! AI took your job!" AI Copywriting: "Protection that stands watch like a treeline" Copywriters: "I think we'll be ok."

Fun that the best stories of the #WorldCup so far are all the 0-0s. Spain 0-0 Cape Verde Ecuador 0-0 Curacao Belgium 0-0 Iran

Was your celebration of the #England #WorldCup win last night marred by the panic of: "What if the next game clashes with the #OptimiseyEvent?!? "I can't miss @nikkipilkington.bsky.social & @crystalontheweb.bsky.social?!?" Don't worry. I got you. ⚽

Ah... something of an 'England B' team today then at The Oval. And Joe Root. Good luck lads! #EngvNZ

Let's go Curacao! #GERCUW #WorldCup

Chatbots' obsession with a fictional character named "Elias Thorne" gives new meaning to Virginia Woolf's novel "To the Lighthouse." Amazing story of a hallucination shared by multiple chatbots from @404media.co www.404media.co/elias-thorne...

Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why

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Earlier today I completed a lifetime ambition of mine. I went to a dentist appointment at 14:30.