To make room for my beloved piano in our little house, I had to get rid of some books. Proud to say that I managed to weed out 68 books, which were all purchased by the Book Barn in Niantic CT (a treasure). Please clap, this is a huge accomplishment for me.

Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago! From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics. National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece 📷 me #Archaeology

#booksky #earlymodern

“The book containing religious songs, now known as the Hagenes manuscript, is from the 13th century. ‘This is a preliminary estimate. It may be even older,’ says Palandri.”

Come and work with us! 🏺

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

A poem for the day www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47867/...

A real president does this. Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸

This is such a wonderful read. It’s a novel by one of our great authors, Allegra Goodman, and based on the incredible true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, who was marooned on an island off Canada in 1542. Early modern times in New France, with a feminist twist. Amazing book ❤️

A poem for the day www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47867/...

Ooh, I don't often get a chance to brag about my dad who is a professor of electromagnetics. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I really hate that song, but here is some beautiful archaeology art for the anniversary instead. I found this while working on the maritime archaeology issue of the journal, and it's going to be included.

Ooh, I don't often get a chance to brag about my dad who is a professor of electromagnetics. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

A flash of blue in the rain

Congratulations to Tania Willard (Secwépemc) for winning the Sobey Award, Canada's most prestigious art prize.

My senator, Chris Murphy, on Democrats caving. “There’s no defending this. You are right to be angry, I am angry.”

Hiroshi Yoshida - Three Little Islands #ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print #JapaneseArt #Ukiyo-e

Getting ahead of ourselves here

We are also currently hiring a curatorial fellow to work with the papers of Rosalind Franklin and others in the History of Molecular Biology Collection! This is a 2-year staff position in the archive with a salary of $55k/year and full benefits: www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...

Research Fellow – University of Southampton, UK MarEA Project | Maritime Archaeology Eligibility: PhD in Archaeology or related field Deadline: 27 Nov 2025 Details: higherjobz.com/research-fel... #ResearchFellow #Archaeology #Humanities #UKJobs #AcademicJobs #PostdocJobs @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Ancient Trireme to Be Displayed in New Underwater Greek Archaeology Museum #museum #archaeology greekreporter.com/2025/11/10/a...

Getting ahead of ourselves here

“We report two obsidian flakes recovered from a now submerged paleolandscape beneath Lake Huron that are conclusively attributed to the Wagontire obsidian source in central Oregon… dating to ~9,000 BP, represent the earliest and most distant reported occurrence of obsidian in eastern North America.”

It is, and what goes unsaid is that the piece in question a) opened with one of the most blatantly racist ledes I’ve read in years* and b) was by Jeremy Peters, who for the last decade has functioned as effectively a Heritage Foundation-type operative inside the Times newsroom

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

Today’s unemployment hike, through salt marsh and forest at Barn Island in Connecticut. Not quite as peaceful as it looks though. It’s hunting season and the state stocks this park with pheasants of all things, so there were lots of hunters and gunshots. We wore our neon vests.

Well at least I’m in good company! Love being an economic bellwether. www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Today’s unemployment hike, through salt marsh and forest at Barn Island in Connecticut. Not quite as peaceful as it looks though. It’s hunting season and the state stocks this park with pheasants of all things, so there were lots of hunters and gunshots. We wore our neon vests.

To complete the set, here is Seahenge: an Early Bronze Age timber monument from the Norfolk coast. In contrast to Stonehenge, it was likely a small-scale community gathering locale rather than a place of large-scale ‘elite’ display. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

My poor piano has been in a storage unit for years, but today it finally came home. I played this as a child, and while it’s felt like a bit of an albatross, I’m so happy we were able to figure out how to fit it in our tiny house.

The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

Since you probably don’t have four week old foster kittens, I will share this one with you.

I have just learned of this Lego set

Ten seconds of zen on a bridge over the beautiful little Shunock River in North Stonington

Ten seconds of zen on a bridge over the beautiful little Shunock River in North Stonington

🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences @unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳 Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

If you have an election today, wield your power!

Never forget: Dick Cheney's dishonesty led to 4,400 dead US troops and 200,000 or so dead Iraqi civilians.

Still using Amazon?

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Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here Please share!

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

Connecticut folks, if you’re not sure where to vote tomorrow you can check your polling location here portaldir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp....

Tomorrow, millions of Americans have a chance to elect important local leaders — judges, council members, school boards, and more — crucial to defending and rebuilding democracy. If you haven’t already, make a plan to cast your vote. 👇

Fall color. It’s been a hard week but the world is beautiful.