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Spencer Carter

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Mesolithic & community archaeologist, FSA Scot, Hon Research Fellow at Durham University Archaeology, Long Covid since 2020. timevista.co.uk | clevelandarchaeology.com

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My other thoughts, two-fold:
- Damian in OMEN I-II
- What my now-long-dead Great Gay Uncle Malcolm, excentric mathemitician, Neuro-divergent, asked:
"Does it emit light, or does it suck-in darkness?"
I'm still wondering. What do light bulbs do? -Spence x

08.03.2026 03:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've never played a computer or video game in my entire life, turning 60, most working years in hi-tech but not a techy. Except Pong on a TV for a couple days in the 70s, got bored. Am I wired differently? I read books, went outdoors and played in trees.

08.03.2026 01:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and if I read correctly today, from a psychotic MAGA evangelist, pave the way for "the second coming".

08.03.2026 01:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mitzi Green - Wikipedia

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07.03.2026 22:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is who runs this account

07.03.2026 20:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

good luck with your colonoscopy; nitrous oxide is what they meant. It's like watching internal yourself on the video monitor like "the alternative" Attenborough channels - yet unbroadcast - on caverns & hidden oceans. But please do the pre-meds to avoid plate tectonics & ancient species horrors. x

06.03.2026 00:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I fractured my pelvis*, called NHS 111, talked to a doc, popped a painkiller pill and WWIII started. What have you achieved in the last week? Dark humour welcome. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

*LongCovid vertigo and kept falling. Slowly self-mending.

05.03.2026 23:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Failed asylum seeker families to be offered up to ยฃ40k to leave The home secretary says the

Meantime chronic illness victims ignored by our own government get NOTHING-ZERO except a cruel DWP system set up to deny any help, not even believe you, deny you unless taken to tribunal, over years. Make this add up? #LongCovid #MECFS #MS #Fibromyalgia #Parkinsons

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.03.2026 23:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Clip from BBC Politics North:

A GP describes how #LongCovid ended her career after she needed a wheelchair within a year of contracting the virus.

She says patients are being forgotten by politicians and the NHS as the last dedicated clinic in the area prepares to close.

02.03.2026 07:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 72 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

This is what any sensible politician should be saying in the face of Labour's hostile policies against those seeking safety. Home Secretary, and others in Labour, have flat out lied today, and previously. They've lied about those seeking asylum, migrants in general and those defending their rights.

05.03.2026 17:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 176 ๐Ÿ” 55 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files โ€” including Trump allegations โ€” were removed Justice Department expects to restore missing documents that were taken offline for review

DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files โ€” including Trump allegations โ€” were removed

05.03.2026 07:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 321 ๐Ÿ” 204 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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Talking of blue plaques, this is my fave from Hull

05.03.2026 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think somebody here just tried, for a minute, at 12.30am, just now. Lords only know what spectrum. You can hear the scowling from neighbours. It's probs hormones...

05.03.2026 01:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

blue plaque?

04.03.2026 20:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My police nephew also checked your records. "In flight"? Met your sort in Seaton Carew in fret. x

04.03.2026 20:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

but there is a Chemist and I don't have a car anymore. If not so unwell with you-know-what I could do it and even transfer the equity release. Barny is sooo lovely. And you seem to be high as a kite anyway.

04.03.2026 20:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the 'shroom species name begins with Ep and ends with stein. So many addicts.

04.03.2026 20:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Complicated story I don't want to revisit. I resigned from Soc Antiq. Mess over a pedophile situation.

04.03.2026 19:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For Sale: Blagraves, Barnard Castle, County Durham The oldest residence in Barnard Castle, and the second oldest building in the town after its namesake medieval castle, Blagraves is an astonishing Grade I-listed, mixed-use three/four-bedroom home wit...

@lww.bsky.social Oi! Barny, ยฃ450K, buy, DV HQ, I'll live in the shed or attic... if I sold my wee London thing I could but too unwell. www.inigo.com/sales-list/b...

04.03.2026 19:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly. Adding, the ongoing Covid19 Inquiry in the UK simply unfolds and reveals the degrees of incompetence, negligence, covering ups, at every level - government and health. People should be in a Court of Law. Today UK? "Get back to work, shirker". NHS UK? "Talking therapy & an app". Gods ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

04.03.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sadly unfriended & blocked me years ago.

04.03.2026 19:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I giggled! (Spence seeks a shed)

04.03.2026 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

5mins. I found this tearfully moving. I'm a wave 1 victim from 2020, #LongCovid hit like a car crash several weeks later. I mourn what I, we, have lost. I'm still housebound soon yr7 barely walk, active prior, now 59 feel 80. The neglect in the UK is almost criminal, ignored, alone. Zero support.

04.03.2026 18:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure, there are also strategic "sector" bodies with influence.

02.03.2026 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why is nobody raising a UK Gov & Parliament petition to mend England's archaic treasure (and metal detecting) laws? CBA, CIfA, Soc Ant, etc. Mindful of the differences between UK nations, England a laggard, better situation in Ireland. Do we not have a heritage champion voice in Parliament?

02.03.2026 18:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do hope so.

01.03.2026 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this true, forgive me asking? Very exciting if so but have I missed coverage?

01.03.2026 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

111 were fab. I did a Long Covid vertigo back fall 2 wks ago. Scary shite. So just pain killers and taking down despotic regimes in mi'disturbed sleep. Where shall we go next? x
PS I seem to have turned a bit greenish hue too.

01.03.2026 02:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every time I pop a pain killer for my fractured pelvis, yet another despot falls. This could be endless?

01.03.2026 02:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0