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Richard Nevell

@richardnevell.bsky.social

I'm a medieval archaeologist who works with open knowledge. Posts will inevitably descend into castles, cricket, and Star Trek. Banner photo is Pevensey Castle in Sussex. It's one of my favourite castles. The photo is mine and licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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Wiki Workers United@wikiworkersunited.org · 22h ago

WE DID IT ✊ WMF US workers voted 158 YES to 14 NO: 91.9% of ballots cast, with 81% turnout. We could not have done it without the solidarity of Wikimedia volunteers. We stand with our UK siblings in their recognition process now and with future organizing efforts across WMF's 🌍 workforce

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The Castle Studies Trust@castlestudies.bsky.social · 3d ago

Applications are now open for our next round of grants. We can award grants of up to £15,000 (incl VAT) but are happy to have applications for smaller amounts. Closing date is eod Tuesday 1 December. Our grant giving criteria and application form can be found here: castlestudiestrust.org/Grants.html

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The Castle Studies Trust@castlestudies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are increasing the max grant award to £15,000. We fund : site-based survey work; scientific tests on objects/materials from a castle; pieces of work which would help public understanding of castles. Applications close on 1 Dec 2026. For more info go here: castlestudiestrust.org/Grants.html

Dr Eleanor Janega@goingmedieval.bsky.social · last wk.

And sure yeah I am not asking movies to educate the general public. I hope they won't or I will be out of a job. But they are a great starting point and now every goddamn conversation is going to centre on fiction instead of real life historical heroes. Sorry, but that blows.

Dr Eleanor Janega@goingmedieval.bsky.social · last wk.

My disappointment about the Uprising Robinhood is that has a few lines. The first is it isn't giving American audiences credit. How are they supposed to judge whether or not the want a Peasants Uprising film if you never offer them one?

Alice Roberts@profaliceroberts.bsky.social · last wk.

The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · last wk.

An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.

Dr. Cara Berg Powers@clbergpowers.bsky.social · last wk.

Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you

Lorna Richardson@lornarichardson.bsky.social · 2w ago

CfP for our TAG Exeter session 'After the Election: Archaeology & Cultural Heritage in a Post-Reform UK'. Imagine it's 2029, Reform wins a landslide election victory, the Department for British Culture has oversight of all cultural output. What next for archaeology, museums & cultural heritage?

Screenshot of the call for papers for the session for Exeter TAG, which says: This session imagines the archaeological and heritage implications of a Reform UK government following its victory at the 2029 general election. The newly created ‘Department for British Culture’ oversees urgent revisions to Britain’s heritage and cultural sectors, operating under a mandate to suppress ‘woke’ approaches to the past. Institutional overhauls are in progress at museums and archives, at National Trust properties, in media, and publishing, and the DfBC are revising how the past is taught in schools as part of the new ‘National Curriculum Reformed’. Government policies call for the withdrawal of funding from museums and heritage sites that address difficult histories, particularly those related to colonialism, the Atlantic slave trade, and migration. New national guidance has been issued that prioritises narratives of ‘traditional’ British culture, economic and wartime achievement, and Christian heritage. This session seeks reflections on this imagined future, focused on its implications for the present: Is this prediction accurate? To what extent? How can we better understand the structures and dynamics that shape the far-right framing and usage of the past? In what locales, and through what narratives, is the past mobilised towards far-right political goals? What about in 2029? Can archaeologists contribute to avoiding a future such as this? Where are we going wrong? How might we prepare? What does activist-archaeologist resistance to far-right state power look like? What are the political responsibilities of those who work with the past? How can we attempt to prevent political harms and marginalisation through our work? Conversely, should archaeology remain politically neutral?
Wikimedia UK@wikimediauk.bsky.social · 3w ago

One of the driest summers on record, and almost none of it is in the free, permanent public record. If you're in an affected part of England or Wales, upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons and help us complete the record 👇

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 3w ago

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 3w ago

King James II of Scots was inspecting a cannon at the siege of Roxburgh Castle in 1460. Part of the gun broke off while firing and hit James, ".at the sege of Roxburgh, and unhappely was slane with ane gun the quhilk brak in the fyring,". (My old watercolourpainting) #WatercolourPainting

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