I love child-inclusive archaeology so much. It *seems* obvious that kids would have directly or indirectly affected a lot of the material past we look at but it really has taken a sea change of feminist practice for anyone to even ask the questions!

Dr. Abigail Desmond@abigaildesmond.bsky.social · 3d ago

15,000 years ago, in one of the the earliest settled communities in the world, a child collected fine clay from the slow-moving river by her home. She then committed an act familiar to all inveterate play-doh enthusiasts; rolling and and pinching the squishy clay into tiny round balls.

“The Great Synagogue was built in the early 1600s in Renaissance-Baroque style. It became the center of Jewish life in Vilnius… It was ransacked and torched by the Nazis in World War II; in 1955-57 the postwar Soviet regime tore down the ruins”

Lithuania: This summer's excavations at the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue of Vilna fully exposed the huge Bimah and yielded other exciting discoveries - Jewish Heritage Europe

Archaeological excavations conducted over the past month at the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue of Vilna (Vilnius)  have fully exposed the huge central Bimah of the synagogue, decorated with a c...

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You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

Today everyone — EVERYONE — should take a moment and read Ray Bradbury's four-page short story from 1950.

Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · yesterday

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

But we were on a mission, to see some of the obsidian sources that I’ve been researching! Obsidian from here is found at Aztec Ruins and I’ve been working on a sourcing study. And I’ve been wanting to take an obsidian hike here for years!

Would like some Actual Good News about the environment ?

Joy as Irish bird feared gone forever returns to Cork

Return of the corncrake gives hope for other native species

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Today I got a tour of the NPS archaeology research archive in Albuquerque and saw William Henry Jackson’s sketches of Chaco Canyon from the 1880s, and records from the 1926 Nat Geo expedition… and there in a corner I also spotted my blue binder from my little excavation at Aztec Ruins a decade ago!

I had an amazing day today at Valles Caldera in the Jemez Mountains. It’s one of the most beautiful places I know.

I had an amazing day today at Valles Caldera in the Jemez Mountains. It’s one of the most beautiful places I know.

I snuck off to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe for a wonderful morning treat, before rushing to an afternoon research meeting.

I've had the most amazing week. As part of our research project on 900 year old black pottery from Aztec Ruins National Monument, my NPS collaborator and I spent this week having incredible conversations with potters and elders from various Pueblos. I've learned so much, and met incredible people.

Google is creating an epistemological crisis.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d ago

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

An admin job at BU managing the cool marine program 👇

Sarah W. Davies Ph.D. @daviesswphd.bsky.social · last wk.

Hi folks, the BU Marine Program is hiring! As the Associate Director of this program I am happy to answer any and all questions! Please share widely! jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External/...

Anyone have a recommendation for a local print shop in Albuquerque to print a conference poster? Got to get ready for the Pecos Conference!

Woke up in New Mexico and I’m so happy to be under that desert sky. It’s a work trip, but there’s time for huevos rancheros and maybe some hiking later!

Woke up in New Mexico and I’m so happy to be under that desert sky. It’s a work trip, but there’s time for huevos rancheros and maybe some hiking later!

“As a librarian, I think it’s important to see this as…helping people reclaim their autonomy over whether they want to use AI tools,” Bailey said. “It’s important, especially when it can be so difficult not to use them, and when the design seems to force adoption” Librarians to the rescue (again)

Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

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Not what you want to see as you exit your flight at BWI airport. But apparently it’s just firefighter training.

There are 4 DAYS left to submit your public comment to tell the Trump Admin hands off Chaco Canyon! These sacred, ancestral landscapes must not be sold off to oil and gas leasing—but protected for generations to come.  To submit your public comment, visit: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...

💙 Recently rehoused in the Museum’s new collection store, this magnificent Hausa riga from Nigeria. Traditionally worn for ceremonial occasions, its richly embroidered motifs symbolise protection, strength and faith. Collected by Dr M.D.W. Jeffreys, it entered the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1942.

Hey academics, what’s a normal size for a conference poster? My template from my last poster was set to 36”x48” but now I’m wondering if that’s too big? I’ll be printing at a shop so no chance to print a trial effort.

I’m headed back to New Mexico tomorrow, and I’m super excited for the trip and the research and the friends I’ll see, but I also have to admit that leaving this perfect New England summer weather for a scorching desert is not that amazing. Glad my research is mostly indoors this time 😬

Just read my first novel where the villain used ChatGPT to fake writing a novel, and this is my new favorite genre.

Just read my first novel where the villain used ChatGPT to fake writing a novel, and this is my new favorite genre.

Hello world

#maritimehistory

Dr Gul Sen@guel-sen.bsky.social · last wk.

Pirates and Maritime Law: Legal Constructs and Cultural Perceptions by Mirosław Michał Sadowski.Routledge, July 2026. 1/2 👉https://clnzbooks.com/products/pirates-and-maritime-law #books #maritime #piracy

The Pawcatuck River in Rhode Island, officially a national Wild and Scenic River. We had a beautiful hike but were quite jealous of the kayakers who floated past us.

In Biscarrosse, southwestern France, horses were set free into the wild to escape fast-moving wildfires. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated in Europe due to the fires.

A team of scientists uploaded videos of marmots burrowing nests or scurrying across rocks on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.

‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research

A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.

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Sweet little face we saw in the woods today. She was so still, just like mom told her.