Ardent Archivist

@ardentarchivist

Nasty woman (and occasionally proud of it). Dog mom, citizen of the Earth, history & archaeology afficionada, all-around observer, faithful commentator on the ridiculous. Warning: there will be puns. Also at: @ArdentArchivist@archaeo.social 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧

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Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· 19d

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Daisy the Lab cross is very nervous of strangers & loud noises. Please keep your eye out for her so she can get home safe!

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· 23d

My proposed Minister for AI. (Showing my age!)

A blurry photo of Graeme Garden, of The Goodies (minus his computer for once)

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· 23d

🤣 I want everyone to know I was way ahead of the curve on this one:

A t-shirt with the symbol of a planet, and this text below it:
MEGA
Make Earth Great Again

Vote Count Binface

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· 28d

It’s afternoon nap time. 😋

An elderly black and white dog is lying on her bed, cuddled up with her Maisy Mouse. She’s being coy for the camera, half hidden behind her favourite toy.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· 29d

Ahh - from the man himself (we were both right!):

Interview with actor Sam Neill, who was born in Northern Ireland before moving to New Zealand at the age of seven.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jul 10

🎶 "Yummy yummy yummy In my tummy - It’s an ice cream world!” 🎶 Okay. In this heat, I’m allowed to buy ice cream more than once a year. So there.

A bowl of ice cream with fresh raspberries and blackberries.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jul 7

Someone’s just had a good session with the tennis ball… 😋 Honestly, this dog can produce the cheekiest expressions, then the next minute she looks like she’s laughing - I swear she has a sense of humour!

An older black and white dog looks at her human. She is lying on a footpath with both front paws dangling over the edge of the path, and her tennis ball is visible in the background.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jul 5

Bess, of course, was right. 😉 Our dogs put up with an awful lot of nonsense from us! 🤣 Great shots and magical location, Sarah - thanks for sharing. And Bess is gorgeous. You must have a heck of a time trying to tire her out! 👀😋 Now who does that remind me of…

An older black and white dog lies in the sun in front of a red door.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jun 29

And done (text in ALT if anyone wants to use/copy it - but change it up a bit so they don’t dismiss it as a bot):

Anything that involves chopping down mature trees - or any trees - is NOT the way to go. Just stop right there. Find another way.

- We have a climate crisis. Trees provide much-needed shade and help lower the ambient temperature in an urban environment.

- Climate crisis again: trees absorb carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) and give off oxygen (fundamental requirement for life). Breathing is good.

- It takes one afternoon to chop down a row of mature trees; it takes forty (40) years to grow more like them.

- Trees are beautiful. Tarmac is not.

- Trees provide ecosystem support for a huge variety of other plants and animals. Nature is stressed to breaking point already - don’t make it worse.

- Trees provide drainage. Lots of very useful, very helpful drainage. NI Water needs all the help it can get.

DON’T DO IT.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jun 27

Done.

Ian Paisley Jr. was interviewed regarding Jeffrey Donaldson’s behaviour. He described an incident in a bar where Donaldson tried to force his attentions on a girl - and then asserted that this was not criminal.

Incredibly, this assertion was not challenged on air.

This CANNOT be allowed to stand. It is not only incorrect (what Paisley described was sexual assault), it is scandalous, damaging, and needlessly traumatic to every person who has ever been assaulted. The BBC should, as a matter of urgency, correct this debacle both on air (on both Spotlight and BBCNI News) and on its website.

I await your acknowledgement and commitment to do the same.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jun 23

Vae Victis—I am The Dacians (Aurum Regis). Which vanquisher of Rome are you? theodramatist.com

The Dacians
Under Decebalus

Aurum regis.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jun 21

Solstice greetings to yez all! Beannachtaí an lae daoibh!

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jun 20

If this 👇 keeps up, it may be time to break out the summer-weight duvet. Bloody hasn’t been time for it before now…

Screenshot of a local weather forecast, showing warm days and uncomfortably warm nights. Blech.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jun 19

Never met a stuffed toy she didn’t like - squeak optional!

It’s donut time! An elderly black & white dog lies on her bed, some of her stuffed toys next to her. Her favoured donut is strategically placed under a front paw.

Ardent Archivist@ardentarchivist· Jun 13

A lovely wee dog called Eric has gone missing in Carrickfergus - for details see the link below. Keep yer eyes peeled & please share widely among the Belfast/S. Antrim crowd! www.doglost.co.uk/dog/203683