What a painful read. Wherever you stand on AI, read this. Please.

wtf is this press conference? Is this some alternate reality I am in?

Kidnapping a president. I see America has started 2026 as it means to go on.

Well. @london.gov.uk Sadiq Khan has certainly used his platform for good. London is spectacular and the creative team deserve all the praise. Happy new year all!

Ending 2025 by catching up on the Excel tediousness I didn’t have time for. Something tells me this is how I’ll see in 2026. Ah the life of an archaeologist. 🏺

I’m approximately 80% panettone.

Afternoon spent making sweet treats for Xmas. I’m covered in coconut, cocoa, spices and heaven knows what else. Tomorrow’s task: pack everything in pretty boxes!

I sat next to him.

You won’t hear this on Radio 2 so sing it from the rooftops 🍉 youtu.be/G957oaAZwhc

You know that @weirdinthewade.bsky.social latest is going to be good when it starts with gibbeting. 😁

Is anyone else going bonkers with the new iOS? Whoever at Apple is responsible for this: I hope your path in life is strewn with spiky Lego.

Hello! A little Sunday evening survey... 📝 We're looking for examples where info or resources concerning achievements of 🏺⛏️ #trowelblazing women in archaeology, geology or palaeontology have been removed or vanished from public sources in the past year due to external pressures... Pls repost!

Why do cats wake up from a deep slumber the minute you try to wrap presents? 😭

The cat is absolutely refusing to dress up for Xmas. So much for a kitty advent calendar. This is the best I could do. @dinahrose.bsky.social are you having more success with Ozzy?

When I say my people are special, this is what I mean. www.maltatoday.com.mt/environment/...

🚨🏺🇸🇩This week: The Sudan Virtual Museum & the Fight Against Illicit Trafficking of Archaeological Property details + rsvp link 👇 sfdas.hypotheses.org/10084

Spoiler alert. You will never “give” enough. It’s how it is set up. You will always, always be the outsider and they’ll never let you forget it.

If you’re buying books for children, it’s totally acceptable to buy some for yourself. You know, just in case they want to read them when they’re older and need your opinion. Yup.

Please allow me to Whamageddon all of you... Egyptian style. You’ll thank me later. www.instagram.com/reel/DRu_vJT...

Need a quick break? Take 10 minutes to fill in our @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org user survey and help us improve the Antiquity experience for you 🏺 #Archaeology Plus, you can enter into a prize draw to win a top prize of £100! www.surveymonkey.com/r/AntiquityJ...

Look what just arrived from the fabulous @northumberart.bsky.social they are SO gorgeous

This year we ended up with three nativity scenes. This one features mummies and a galaxy. Obvs. Oh and my Agatha Christie collection cos why not?

Time for the Christmas tree and my hair metal play list obvs.

Reminds me of the reviewer who yelled at me for calling colonialism a burden.

I’m told this is fabulous so I booked tickets (it’s free!). Anyone else up for a bit of medieval Nubia and robes? If so, see you there :-) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dress-to-i...

So Malta beat Finland at football and the Finns are losing their minds. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ps dear Finns if it helps we are equally surprised.

He fell asleep while being Big Mad at me. (I sneezed and that disturbed his humours). #cats 😺

You may be tired but are you as tired as an orange #cat who just can’t hold his head up? 😺

Oh this is interesting. The Nature paper on her was interesting tho didn’t quite get into the old boys’ club thing. But this is really interesting - good to learn more about her and her record. Thank you!

Just finished watching this. It’s excellent and I hope there’s another series.

We must keep talking about this.

So I’m watching Empire by @davidolusoga.bsky.social and I made the mistake of checking it out on Twitter. Noped out of there so fast. Anyways cracking first episode so far. Definitely worth a watch.

Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...

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Watching the world burn from fires you’ve started is at the heart of British policy. Colonialism - it never goes away. Ever. #Sudan www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Never ever have I felt so seen. #archaeology #cats

Here’s the bones, l-għadam tal-mejtin, the bones of the dead. On All Souls’ Day we remember our departed. Some people like a thick coat of icing on these but I hate icing. And anyway this looks more like buried bones 🙂

#Sudan. Don’t look away. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Spent a lovely Sunday afternoon making a terrarium :-)

Hold up hold up hold up. Tell me we are getting season 2 of Riot Women??? I need it NOW.

I’ve often said that editors need to do better and be better (and got flack for it). But you do. It’s your job. This is a masterclass of a reply btw.

The hell is in those files? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Did anyone else watch and fall in love with Riot Women on BBC?

Folks. Can you point me towards published work on women in archaeology/ academia being trolled/ harassed online for their research? I appreciate it’s mega hard 2 write abt & most of us stay silent. I know we all have war stories. I wonder about published research on this.

I have one question about the #Traitors. Why is @bobmort.bsky.social not in it? Think of the delicious chaos!!

Already loving the Celebrity Traitors 😂

Another busy day @uclarchaeology.bsky.social with #JebelMoya material and processing #pXRF results from figurines curated by @maacambridge.bsky.social I have a lot of love for London but my heart is always in #Sudan 🏺

Timeline cleanse :-) we all need a frog on a Sunday.

And here’s my view for the day. This is what is behind the figurines from @maacambridge.bsky.social #Sudan #archaeology #JebelMoya 🏺

Don’t be too jealous but I’m spending Sunday in the company of Excel and my research assistant.