Boring Margat

[Boring Margat @margatbore]

Wordle 733 3/6

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[Boring Margat @margatbore]

@masterchefau contestants mastering the flavours of #Greece, murdering the language! #skordalia #🧄 #Galaktoboureko #🇬🇷

[Boring Margat @margatbore]

@theage surely it’s time to stop publishing photos of coffee cups that can or cannot be #recycled (each council, state and territory makes its own rules). It’s not cool, it’s irresponsible. #reuse #reduce ahead of #recycle

[Elginism @elginism]

Pope Francis last month returned to Greece the Parthenon marbles held by the Vatican museums for some 100 years. It’s high time Britain followed the pontiff’s example.
https://t.co/64o3gH19pb

[Boring Margat @margatbore]

Australia returns to Japan remains of 4 Ainu people | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch https://t.co/VAg91ytU0K #ainu #repatriation #museum

[AIATSIS @AIATSIS]

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[Boring Margat @margatbore]

@elginism #truthtelling can be healing for many, even museum staff

[madison 📚 @beastlibrarian]

what some people don't seem to understand is a library is built over decades or centuries by lots of different people w diff priorities. each new person to come in to steward the collection is inheriting the decisions and choices of the person who came before (and on and on).

[Elginism @elginism]

It would be difficult for Greece to accept any solution that does not find the Parthenon Marbles completely reunited.
It's an injustice that has continued for over two countries. Only Britain has the power, and we also hope now the will, to rectify it.
https://t.co/JX8miSGnl1

[Boring Margat @margatbore]

@VicTraffic Is it driving along Pickles Street?

[ALIA @ALIANational]

We warmly welcome news that the federal government has promised $33m over the next 4 years to @nlagovau to fund @TroveAustralia, with $9.2m ongoing and indexed funding July 2027.

Read our full statement 👉 https://t.co/3NHWEyHtxb

[Boring Margat @margatbore]

I solved Semantle #428 in 11 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 6.20. My first word in the top 1000 was at guess #9. My penultimate guess had a similarity of 30.02. https://t.co/BY3uQcTug6 Hooray!

[Elginism @elginism]

One of the world’s rarest—and most valuable—ancient coins, The so-called “Eid Mar”, was repatriated to Greece this week, along with other artifacts. Together, the returned relics are estimated to be worth over $20 million.
https://t.co/FLovTWOmkD

[Boring Margat @margatbore]

Wordle 649 3/6

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[Dr James Rule @Palaeo_JRule]

Spending #InternationalSealDay thinking about the wierd teeth of the crabeater seals! These teeth are used to filter-feed on krill 🦭

[Boring Margat @margatbore]

@Palaeo_JRule Beautiful 🦷

[Curt Hansman @achinatiger]

This story on provenance issues in the collection donated to the Art Institute of Chicago is of great importance @mokersel ICYMI https://t.co/Ng1kMo3pWH also here https://t.co/JY8dg6G2mn

[Loot and Plunder @lootplunder]

“It’s clear that it’s not just about the objects. Decolonising is also something you have to do in your head." - The Royal Museum for Central Africa's new director Bart Ouvry, driving Belgium's new repatriation policy.

https://t.co/UCfUin0msX

[Elginism @elginism]

On 8 March, Judge Raymond Lohier in New York, denied an appeal filed by the Republic of Turkey, determining that the country has not sufficiently proven ownership of a 6,000-year-old marble idol titled “the Stargazer” in its quest to recover the object.
https://t.co/TSaLGqGHxk

[Elginism @elginism]

A tourist was arrested with 36 stone & marble pieces after allegedly removing them from the Acropolis in Athens.
According to the police, a security guard at the site spotted the accused moving inside the archaeological site outside of working hours.
https://t.co/DfnuSM426b