“She keeps finding me. What a brilliant archaeologist she is. So clever. So close to becoming a ☠️ herself.”

Do come along. Why yes there’s a paper about Jebel Moya obvs 🤣 But more importantly come join us for a day of really interesting research in a relaxed environment, cos that’s how we roll at IoA :-)

UCL Institute of Archaeology@uclarchaeology.bsky.social · 14h ago

Join IoA staff, students and alumni for a day of presentations exploring scientific approaches to archaeological ceramic analysis across diverse regions and periods. 📣Non-UCL attendees must get in contact via the email in the link below. More info: tinyurl.com/35ma2jpu #Ceramics #Archaeology

So you can vote for proposed euro banknotes designs. I am partial to the birds! surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote...

Survey | surveys.ecb.europa.eu

I’ve just had my say on our future banknotes. Have your say too!

surveys.ecb.europa.eu

42C over here. The “breeze” feels like Satan farting straight at you.

We have now renamed mussels in wine to drunken mussels. Look, I don’t do measurements. I go by vibes.

The heat is brutal so Sunday lunch is now going to be Sunday dinner. Mussels, octopus, and local tuna :-)

Peace.

He would like to greet all the ladies 🤣

Strange country I live in, when a bin is a far more viable political prospect.

The next bye election should be Nigel v Count Binface. The BBC needs to give the latter 30 mins air time - in the interests of fairness.

The Farage Show. Aired on all channels. 🤢

Loving the #butterflies on my scabiosa (pincushion flower). First pick is a peacock the other two are a gatekeeper. #butterflies #gardening 🪴🦋

Today I’m very fond of Belgium 🤣🤣

Adorable chonk of a #hedehog in our #garden He was curious about us and we got to look at him for a few minutes before he waddled away. 🦔🪴🪏

Calling investigators. Reports have reached me that someone has stuck his face in lickelix. Please help me identify the unfortunate cat 🤣

“We have an arc de triomphe at home”.

Zingo Mewes@attimowens.bsky.social · last mo.

This was the best they could do for our 250th birthday.

Ok folks. How do you reply to reviewers who used AI to come up with “suggestions”? It’s becoming increasingly irritating. Do you directly address the fact these are idiotic AI suggestions?

So there’s a massive street party while everyone watches the football - and “it’s coming home” or whatever that infernal song is called is playing on a loop. 🙉

Can we please have @number10cat.bsky.social as PM?

Looks like the UK is on track for yet another Prime Minister. What number are we at? I’ve honestly lost count.

Prof Azhari Sadig would like to share the following message on Ahmed's paper on teaching archaeology using WhatsApp during wartime. Open Access paper. Post in English and Arabic.

So proud of my colleague Ahmed - he's not on here but I have to share this open access paper with you. Teaching #archaeology in #Sudan during war. Please read and share, and take a moment to appreciate Sudan and the Sudanese. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

All of this has happened to me. AI has attributed a project for which I’m PI to a number of male co-authors, usually far down the list, but never to me or any of the female or non western co-authors.

Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

#Delphiniums fresh from the garden - said to have sprouted from the blood of Ajax (though I assure you these are from the garden centre!). Apparently the plant can also repel scorpions and was used to dress wounds etc. Please never try this. All parts are toxic - maybe we can blame Ajax. #gardening

Look at the little bumblebee on the bottlebrush ❤️

Xwejni salt pans

Time for a swim.

Off to Gozo

Bliss.