Timeless advice, politically, institutionally.. www.instagram.com/reels/DbYS_W...

John Cleese on Instagram: "How to stop subordinates from becoming creative, suppress humor, and undermine employee confidence through constant criticism and urgent demands! Have you ever experienced ...

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One of my favorite things about science is how we will never run out of mysteries and puzzles, and the latest is the "sea of polygons" captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover at Valle Grande on Mars. It could be an interesting clue to how these rocks formed, signs of life or past surface water...

are there books published with covers that glow in the dark? That's the only reason my child would read any of my books...

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

The Call for Sessions for #CAA2027 has been extended to the 7 of August!

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"An engaging online Competence Centre offering dynamic learning, practical resources, and cross-sectoral collaboration – driving preservation, education, and innovation of European cultural heritage sector." www.3d4ch-competencecentre.eu/en/tools/

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interesting for 3D GLB: nightingaledvs.com/scrollytelli... Or flourish.studio/visualisatio... OR SPLINE Google OR Google <model-viewer> + GSAP / ScrollTrigger (Code-Based & Free)

Scrollytelling with Closeread: The Super Low-Code Way to Bring Your Data Project to the Web!, Nightingale

Introduction What is Scrollytelling? Scrollytelling is a dynamic, interactive storytelling technique often used in web-based formats, that reveals...

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"Difficult heritage and immersive experiences" review by Katie S. Clary: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 'Erik Champion’s second chapter, “Reflective experiences with immersive heritage”, is a great chapter to follow Macdonald’s..' I might accidentally lose last 3 words. Thank you for review!

My favorite phrase today is "His father, King Nabonidus, suffered an obsession with antiquity"

Reminder that the Call for Papers for the ArchaeoGaming Conference 2026 is open until August 16. Join the Discord Server to learn more, hype up the conference with other members, and inquire about joining the Conference Planning Committee if interested! archaeogameco.weebly.com/submissions

Naive question here, isn't X, media? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTGC...

Elon Musk on Europe, the far right and civil war in Britain | The Economist

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"Giving credit where credit is due: evaluating, publishing, and rewarding 3D scholarship" academic.oup.com/rev/article/...?

Giving credit where credit is due: evaluating, publishing, and rewarding 3D scholarship

Abstract. Research assessment has yet to reckon with 3D scholarship systematically. Through a mixed-methods approach that combines an online survey, semi-s

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I talked with @bcmerchant.bsky.social about AI in the workplace, Google’s decision to ruin its search engine, robotaxis getting people arrested, Flock cameras getting destroyed, the movement against data centers, and what it means to build power against the tech industry.

The AI Boom Is a Corporate Project. It Can Be Disrupted

“A lot of people are really sitting up and pushing back,” says Brian Merchant.

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very enjoyable read!

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2w ago

"[Professors] gathered data about 10 million books published on Amazon over the last 5 years...Because romance sells, the profs thought it would be the genre most susceptible to A.I. intervention, but instead it was nonfiction..." They don't know romance readers www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...

Great stuff, also really like the torch waving motif of unveiling the cosmic infrastructure at the end..

Understanding Humanism@humanismedu.bsky.social · 2w ago

If a child asks you, 'Where do we come from?' or 'How did it all begin?' you can't go wrong by starting with this beautiful short animation voiced by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social. It's a story full of wonder! understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/wh...

Excellent. I have this/similar conversation every week: "Farr’s questions about their corpus curation methods, such as what would be included or excluded, and how the gaps would be acknowledged, were met with only vague interest. They considered these questions out of their present scope."

mia ridge@miaout.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The Archive is Not a Toy: The Hidden Problems of a ‘Vintage’ AI" by Jacob Polay, Chloë Farr, and Jessica Jack for Active History. I'm so glad to see these critiques!

"Sunehara" - yet another phenomenon not likely to transfer from Japanese work culture to Australia..

Gepants are not available in Australia on pbs 🙃 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The truth about migraines: what causes them – and how to find relief

Over the last decade, the understanding of these devastating headaches has grown enormously, as has the understanding of what can be done to treat them

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'We use the International Headache Society classification" wow, I think management will have classified me already...https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/19/banging-headache-mysteries-migraine-treatments?

So many meetings today, internal funding allocations, crises, and opportunities but my highlight was getting Pollock puns into a paper title on artwork and archival photo mashups using Gaussian splats and GenAI (yes, there will be ethical caveats)..

CONGRATS TO SPAIN's Football team! Your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are eye-opening!

Assistant Professor in Archaeology | Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland Archaeology | Faculty Position | Research Contribute to research, teaching, and interdisciplinary archaeology within a leading university environment. higherjobz.com/assistant-pr... #Archaeology #FacultyJobs #AcadHiring

Assistant Professor in Archaeology - UMCS, Poland

Apply for the Assistant Professor in Archaeology position at UMCS, Poland. Full-time faculty opportunity in archaeology.

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"the leading edge of lethality"--I don't recall even Darth Vader or the Death Star head management using this term... NB word to the wise, alcohol reduces testosterone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency

US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’

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Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!

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Chocker block with deadlines so I'm watching the Young Wallander on Netflix. Shot in Lithuania (pretending to be Malmö), all the actors are British or Australian (apart from the lead actor) i.e. NOT Swedish! And they're getting so many Swedish names wrong. Like Malmö! Where they are supposed to be!

Now that the Bayesian Workflow book is physically in the world, I am spending more time again on 3rd edition of Stat Rethinking. Lots of workflow stuff to weave into it. (Yeah I am still just using latex, you quarto kids get off my lawn.)

Killing physical discs is just the next step in diminishing your right to own your videogame library. This is how we reclaim digital ownership. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Sony Nerfs Videogame Ownership

Playstation’s decision to kill physical game discs is the latest attack on our diminishing rights to access and engage with culture digitally. Rent-seeking corporations and negligent lawmakers share

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In attempting to discover why today one says "Hot as Hades" -beyond confusion as an euphemism for hell when my understanding was "cold and gloomy" - I fell down a rabbit hole of ancient Greek art. Reddit can have nice links after all: www.reddit.com/r/GreekMytho...

From the GreekMythology community on Reddit: Who knew Hades is such a sexy man

Explore this post and more from the GreekMythology community

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The UK AI pushback: 42% of people are deliberately limiting their AI use and 70% of people think it would be difficult or impossible to avoid being exposed to AI even if they wanted to. New report from us at @kings-dfi.bsky.social : www.kcl.ac.uk/news/over-40...

Over 40% of people are limiting AI use, as popularity starts to wane | King's College London

People are increasingly choosing to limit or reject the use of AI tools, according to a new report published today by the Digital Futures Institute at King’s College London and Responsible AI UK.

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