In this fascinating new blog post, @thinkuhi.bsky.social MLitt Viking Studies student, Stephen Barnaby, discusses his research into Norse place names and the history of Caithness in northern Scotland. institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/09/01/s...

Very sad to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

👀 Funded PhD: Designing for Regenerative Futures: Practice-Led Research for Local Impact @ RMIT, Melbourne. "...by prototyping localised interventions for ecological, cultural, and social renewal, with a focus on systemic change." tinyurl.com/RMITPHD

amazing line-up of speakers here, including Yu-Shan Tseng, @uitermark.bsky.social @robkitchin.bsky.social @myriageorgiou.bsky.social urbanpolitical.online/96-digital-c...

It’s October, which means it’s time for #GIFITUP2025, our annual GIF making contest! Discover heritage collections, boost your creativity, learn new skills & win prizes. GIF IT UP runs from now until the end of October. This year's theme is food - we can’t wait to see your entries! gifitup.net/en/

The 2025 ICON Scotland Plenderleith Lecture will be delivered by Clare Meredith, speaking on 'Looking back, looking forward: 50 years as a conservator'. Registrations open now. 📅: 27 Nov 2025, 6-8:15pm 📍: Dundee, Scotland & online buff.ly/5CAIwTl #NHSFMembers

BAJR Guide 63: Metal Detecting in Archaeology: Techniques and Strategies Clive Hammett Honorary Associate Research Fellow University of Exeter This is a long overdue, comprehensive, but easy to follow guidance in the use of detecting within an archaeological context. www.bajr.org/bajr-guide-t...

“If the social platforms and language models that increasingly shape our understanding of the world are inscrutable black boxes, Wikipedia is the opposite, maybe the most legible, endlessly explainable information management system ever made." www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

For something a bit different we're out surveying the Nuragic sanctuary at Matzanni in Sardinia with drone lidar. We're part of the Augustinus Fonden supported Metals and Giants project. #mosegaard #moesgaardmuseum 🏺

Ai companies want to use our electricity? Ok. They can pay triple rates offset all our bills. Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance. Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.

I’ve started doing some work with the incredible Ronald Morris archive with a small team of @uofglasgow.bsky.social archaeology students. I’ll share some gems in the coming months. Here’s Ronald himself! 📸 HES

Symposium 17 Oct, Liverpool: Values of Waste: Social and Material Histories of Bio-based Construction www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/values-of-...

👀 www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/empir...

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

"To be honest, had I been asked in 2003 how long DNA could last, the absolute wisdom of all the people in the know would have been 100,000 years," Gilbert said. "So we're off by a factor of 20 already." 🏺🧪

"Canada has updated its travel advice for its citizens planning on visiting the U.S., warning of heightened scrutiny and offering increased guidance for LGBTQ+ individuals, who are warned that they may face scrutiny over their gender identity." www.newsweek.com/canada-updat...

'Be gentle', advised my producer, when I recorded #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems for BBC Radio 4. 'People like to listen in bed at night.' My efforts paid off, as the series is now featured on BBC Sounds 'Wind Down': 'A soothing collection of stories, sounds and documentaries to fall asleep to'. 😴😄

A tad late for #AncestryHour, but if you haven't already done so be sure to check out the #OnePlaceStudy videos we have released so far during #AATP25, all available on our Mini-AATP YouTube playlist. And watch out for an extra-special video tomorrow – more about that one on #OnePlaceWednesday...

Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place. @megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday

“labor strikes occurred for various reasons since ancient times, with the first documented case being that of the workers of Set Maat (now Deir el-Medina, Egypt) during the reign of Ramesses III.” www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2024/02/s...

#ArtDD2025 Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin, Argyll & Bute. Built for John Carswell, Bishop of the Isles, in the later C16th, the castle was ruined in the later C17th. @saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social

Join us on October 8 for a conversation about managing bots, including: 🔸 How institutions are managing overwhelming bot traffic; 🔸 the downstream ramifications of those safeguards; 🔸 and possible solutions for keeping IIIF resources available for reuse Zoom info: iiif.io/community

" ...the Taliban govt began severing fibre-optic internet connections across several provinces, saying this was part of an effort to prevent immorality... on Tuesday, their worst fears came true. The country is currently experiencing a 'total internet blackout'..." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Tim Berners-Lee to Receive the 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award | Internet Archive Blogs https://blog.archive.org/2025/09/29/sir-tim-berners-lee-to-receive-the-2025-internet-archive-hero-award/

A super piece by John Horton (Northampton) on gentleness in the anything-but-gentle academy. Ever felt nervous about public speaking? Conferences cause existential angst? Wonder whether you fit in as an academic? You're not alone. #AcademicSky rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Tender textures on campus this afternoon #photography #foliage #autumn

Speed of Trust: "When science is co-led by communities rooted in place & guided by respect for human & more-than-human relationships, communities & science innovate rapidly; they drive effective actions, & create lasting solutions..." H/T: @preservinglegacies.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-09...

This is fascinating and, I think, quietly important. Personally, I hope Ancestry fails. @scotslawblog.bsky.social @scotsarchives.bsky.social @austinlafferty.bsky.social @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social @theferret.scot @natrecordsscot.bsky.social

"Tulip bulbs can be a primary driver of prosperity".

Plant a hawthorn! These native trees are wonderful for wildlife, supporting all sorts of creatures – including more than 300 insect species. The blossoms, berries and leaves are a good source of food for bees, birds, caterpillars and more. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/nat...

This is the really interesting (if grim) beginning of what I am sure will be a big and important series.

A cool way to illustrate #Viking ships? Paint them on a pane of glass and set it up by the sea.

Archaeologists have completed a painstaking preservation of an ancient wooden canoe discovered by a resident of Fort Myers during the cleanup from Hurricane Ian in 2022. The find is likely from the 16th century 📷Florida Division of Historical Resources www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Expressions of Interest for the Leverhulme Fellowships invited: Applicants are asked to submit their EOIs to the relevant Department contacts (email addresses can be found below) by 3 November 2025. www.mmu.ac.uk/research/fel...

👀This Weds: "Professor Kothari’s parents, sailed from Mumbai to Southampton in 1955, then drove a Morris Minor back to India. Set in the post-war, post-Independence moment, this talk blends memoir & historical geography to reveal the cultural, political & historical moment in which they travelled."

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Come and join us in Aberystwyth! Great opportunity to join the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, working with Mike Woods and team on this very topical project.

Rain spoils a Jubilee street party, Elland, Yorkshire, 1977, photo by Martin Parr.

This is a great panel discussion - being lived streamed on RSA YT - currently discussing persuasive design and agentic AI within the context of human/AI 'relationships'.

A great thread on pre-colonial urbanism in Africa.

"Whoever carved the Ardross wolf has seen the real thing" 🐺 Now on display in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the famous Ardross Wolf Stone was probably created over 1,000 years before these animals were persecuted to extinction in Britain around 1760: www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeol...

DARIAH-EU Director Susan Schreibman has co-edited the newly published #OpenAccess book 𝑭𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆. Co-edited with Lisa Marie Rhody, it explores DH practice as rich terrain for feminist creativity & critique. ➡️ Free access: www.bibliopen.org/9780252048302

Last chance to see More than Human, which closes on Sunday. It's been such a privilege seeing people fit this show into their mental landscape and responding in ways that are emotional, philosophical and practical. Don't miss it designmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Heading to the RSA later to host this conversation on digital technologies and connection, featuring @adelewalton.bsky.social and @tomchatfield.bsky.social www.thersa.org/events/2025/...

. @jenguiliano.bsky.social & I are happy to share the September issue of #ReviewsInDH. Enjoy this new Reviews in the Classroom issue, featuring Hilary Havens' students from University of Tennessee. Thank you to topic editors R.C. Miessler, Kalani Craig & Lu Wang! reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v6-n9

It’s just important to understand that no technology can be ascribed the responsibility for _enabling_ monopolistic behavior. That’s a social and political issue not a technological one.

🎨Webinar with International Academic Projects on the History of Pigments. Discuss pigments used in painting from prehistoric times until the early 18th century, looking at their chemistries, sources & production methods. 📅: 2 Oct 2025, 3pm buff.ly/xzoB6G7 #HSCommunity

Power, Politics and the Environment: British Academy Book Prize 2025 shortlist ...

Very neat report on how archaeological data can help us understand environmental #resilience and #sustainability.