Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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Senior Human Osteologist Headland Archaeology Salary: £35,458 to £37,779 pa (depending on grade and experience) + generous benefits package Closing Date: 10/10/25 Location: based at our Brighouse (Leeds) hub (with options for some homeworking) www.bajr.org/job-ad/senio...

Copy that Floppy Cafe 💾 📅Thursday 9 October, 2-5pm Come have your floppy disk data transferred to a modern format at Cambridge University Library! For more info and to book: https://loom.ly/FRjMsM8

Can confirm. Seconded.

If you're reading this (perhaps while working late on Sunday night) thinking 'I've no choice' or 'if I don't do it, who will?' or 'I'm scared' then this is a much bigger issue. If you're too anxious to stop, make a list of who can help you and begin contacting them first thing tomorrow. Then rest.

I just love field notebooks. Watching the coelacanths on BBC2 and spotted ‘twerking’ on the notebook page beside sketches of fish markings including a big female the scientists recorded on one of the dives.

Too little, too late www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich." A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."

I want a gritty urban supernatural book - but it is just Susan from Narnia, immortal, badass with a bow and pissed as hell because she got banned from the afterlife. She is here to wear nylons, rock eyeliner and kick butt!

This is an open letter I wrote nearly 18 years ago welcoming Nigerian students to the UK. It contains tongue-in-cheek advice about the weather, humour and speaking English. Do any (former) international students have any suggested additions/edits? folukeafrica.com/a-open-lette...

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An important message from genetics. Only, archaeology shows it as a slow social mechanism. Not the mass migration events that we were told of in our youth. It’s Cunnington’s to and fro, individuals and small groups, the next valley, across the sea (and back). Movement over time. Small, cumulative.

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Call of the Wilde I can draw one of these for you if you like. All my cartoons are drawn to order, they're not prints. www.worldofmoose.com/products/cal...

Inside the world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ paid to write essays for UK students www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Opportunity here for a writer on a low income to get access to a nine week novel writing course taught by the great @silvanhistorian.bsky.social www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

New PhD app with Ghent University. PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities. co-supervised by Professors Marco Caracciolo, Stef Craps, and Elly McCausland - combining theoretical exploration with textual analysis. #AcademicSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS381/p...

Fukuyama and Find Out

We are seeking a new Editor for the Archaeological Journal to succeed @nannonstevens.bsky.social. #archaeology #editor #journal @royalarchinst.bsky.social Please share to your networks! ✍️

please, think about the damage you might cause before sending an invoice

🚨 New paper in PLOS Biology! 📉 Women publish up to 45% fewer papers than men 📉 Non-native English speakers: –35% 📉 Triple barrier (woman + non-native English + low-income): –70% 🌍 Language & equity matter in science! 👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #EquityInScience #LanguageMatters #OpenScience

If you're on LinkedIn, you'll probably want to switch this toggle to 'off'.

Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.

They go there, Peter, because that’s what universities are for

We are thrilled to announce our timetable of seminars for the upcoming semester! As always, all of our talks will be on Zoom and open to everyone. Our first talk will take place on the 2nd October at 13:00-14:00 BST. The Zoom link will be available closer to the time. We hope to see you there! 🥳

Tagging in @jrosantos.bsky.social!

This free online event in October from Dig Ventures looks like a wonderful opportunity for anyone with an interest in archaeology, gaming or technology in general 👇 digventures.com/product/reim...

Oh no, not more pastel de nata @theconnectedpast.bsky.social! Oh, go on then... Possibly the best-catered Connected Past event to date?!

In addition to this, my university and some others don’t employ new staff any more. They’re hired via a subsidiary company so new staff don’t get the USS or TPS pension - a massive pay cut imposed on already badly-paid, precarious people. I hate it.

“Cataclysmically bad” This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised. 1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/ 🗃️

How to quantify the impact of AI on long-run cultural evolution? Published today, I give it a go! 400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!

Quick reminder @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI free online symposium: The Future of Northern & Arctic Islands 2050 and Beyond. 19/09/25 1.00pm - 5.00pm UK Time. Looking at the registrations it looks like a good turnout is on the cards. Register tinyurl.com/2kpkrbt4

For anyone wanting to NOT agree to the new Academia.edu Terms of Service, which includes using your work for AI purposes, you don't need to accept the terms to delete your account. Instead, click on the Terms of Service link in the pop-up... 🏺 #AcademicSky

"malicious communications" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Led By Donkeys arrested! Freedom of speech, unless you’re left wing. First they came for the socialists, etc.

Strong start to the first full day of the #ConnectedPast2025 with a talk by Kristiyan Simeonov on 19th Century Bulgarian Historical Correspondence! #Coimbra @theconnectedpast.bsky.social

Followed by a talk by Ana Isabel Ribeiro on the interpellation of decision-making processes in historical contexts in 18th and 19th century Coimbra #ConnectedPast2025 @theconnectedpast.bsky.social #Coimbra #Portugal #Networks

A thought provoking talk on LLM use and oral histories in a collaborative paper by Jiajie Zhang, Frieda Schmidt & colleagues (shorturl.at/5pZpk) @ the #ConnectedPast2025 in #Coimbra @theconnectedpast.bsky.social

Data dispossession

We have a small number of bursaries for this year's TAG - if you are speaking and fall into the unwaged category (students and those currently not in employment) please apply! Deadline 15th Oct.