In the US, the right has been on a multi-decades long attack on academia broadly and the humanities in particular, destroying tenure, using political power to destroy academic freedoms and now devastating federal funding for the humanities, but the Chronicle asks: has the left gone too far?

If in Reading on July 1... 'AI and Italian Archaeology' by Dr. Ulla M. Rajala (Stockholm), Prof. Gabriele Gattiglia (Pisa) and Dr. Francesca Fulminante (Oxford) at iGAIAS conference on AI literacy. See edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/ai-li...

The quality of BBC journalism is often poor. Where exactly is this bridge? Which road is it on? What does it cross?

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

Introducing Edie, our new social media officer for #Durotriges26 www.instagram.com/reel/DZK4fvE... www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bq4... Catch videos of everyday life on this year's dig over on Instagram and Facebook @Durotrigesbigdig #Archaeology

Being mid-career is constantly being asked to do things and read things, isn’t it? And not writing your own book.

The overall conclusion I am drawing from the replies is that we need Lifelong Learning and funding for adult education. Learning shouldn't stop at 16 or 18. All of which opportunities have diminished over the last 30 years.

British journalists have a duty to our country, and to all they supposedly hold dear as fearless pursuers of truth, to hold Farage accountable and challenge far right disinformation. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/...

Try be a European in UK. That is the worst of Brexit. Settled status, share codes, no physical evidence of your status, skit talk from Reform making direct threats to foreigners...

Immediate and unrestricted hypocaust-standing privileges awarded to all three of these. ✅

Silliest conferencing I've done was giving three different papers in two weeks, going from Groningen to Los Angeles to Rome in 2019. Really learned my lesson that time! That's why starting tomorrow I'm going to give four different papers in 10 days, going from Madrid, to Hamburg, to Bonn, to Munich

🏛🪵 A wooden structure that may have been a Roman bridge has been found at the River Meuse in West Maas en Waal, Netherlands. The oak timbers have been dated to the 4th century AD, and are thought to have been foundation piles from a Late Roman river crossing. open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

Moving, layered piece by @david-batty.bsky.social about his meetings with his birth parents and the complex relationships these opened up. It highlights a horrible period in the UK where unmarried women were pressured to give up their babies www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

He did it because hes the human( ish) equivalent of a rectal polyp.

A little drone shot from #MachrieMoor for #StandingStoneSunday

‘Athens & Sparta were dragged into confrontation by the ambitions & miscalculations of others… If there is a Thucydides Trap it should be less about ruling or rising powers than that these can get played off against each other’ @peterfrankopan.bsky.social new-app.spectator.co.uk/article/6670...

A stunning photo of the Castlerigg Stone Circle, located near Keswick in the Lake District. It is a 5,000-year-old Neolithic monument. It comprises 38 standing stones framed by a 360-degree panorama of surrounding fells, including Skiddaw, Blencathra, and Helvellyn. #StandingStoneSunday

So proud: I found some Anglo-Saxon pottery (on the finds tray on the right) from my shallow ditch at the Loddington excavations yesterday #Archaeology

🍏 Charnwood Cider are part of our Geopartner Network, and make a fantastic selection of ciders using apples from orchards across Charnwood Forest. 👍 Let's support local producers! 🌐 Discover more about the network on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/geopartner-n...

You have to admire the chutzpah of the BBC’s response to the Trump lawsuit www.ft.com/content/d2a0...

Liberal England: Lib Dems are reviewing policy and strategy says PoliticsHome Layla Moran: "That’s not just Ed – it's all of us. We all need to get literate on social media; we all need to make this sexy again." liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/06/lib-...

Latin biscuit names: Conspersum oleo laganum rosea- Pink Wafer Pars Circulum- Party Ring Digitus Scelerisque- Chocolate Finger Rota Plaustra- Wagon Wheel Pinguinus- Penguin Clava Aurantiaco- Club Orange Gemma Praestrictus- Iced Gem Gingiberi Nuces- Ginger Nut Jaffa Crustulam- Jaffa Cake

I hate this whole discourse which is a product of the students as customers model. Going to university is not a service with an intended outcome, it is a choice to take time to experience life and develop yourself. It isn't an investment that you can judge on how much money you make >

Now it's official, I can tell you my totally thrilling news! I will be presenting Digging for Britain, along with my co-presenters Meg Russell and Rosanna Price. Dream team, and a dream come true! Happy Friday everyone! www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

British performance in Horizon bounces back to pre-Brexit levels. UK share of EU research funding rose in 2024, reversing downward trend since 2016 referendum. Good news! Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

With 45 dates booked, the tour is looking good. Yet some areas aren't included: Scotland, Wales, Northumberland, W & S Yorks, Sussex, Somerset, Oxon, Gloucs... To avoid the "Why aren't you gigging in my back garden!?" comments, please help! More info: triskeleheritage.com/the-building...

🇸🇪 Sweden entered Eurovision 2026 as a favourite, but the result told a different story. Sam from the Aussievision team gives his opinion on what went wrong for Sweden and what it could mean for the future. www.aussievision.net/post/system-...

Castle Hill, West Dumbartonshire, is one of the Roman sites related to the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It is a hilltop settlement. @alexcrest96.bsky.social studies the attitudes the locals have to this landscape. He presented his work in #RACTRAC2026. #RomanSiteSaturday

SEBASTIA 👇 everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/i...

We were shocked to learn of an arson attack on a car outside the home where prominent activist Salma Yaqoob and her family lives. We send our solidarity to them at this difficult and scary time: birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/2026/06/05/s...

In the AI Shift newsletter @sarahoconnorft.ft.com and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com really dig into how AI is affecting different jobs. This is on the difference for coding (overall making the job more interesting) v translation (making the job very shite) www.ft.com/content/75bc...

Received a grant of €6000 from the Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation to be shared with the student who draws the finds from the Oulu Road Trench excavation and me who edits the tombs and prepares the illustrations for the Cisterna Grande excavations for the Crustumerium Online Publication Forum. 🥳

Today's slot into a ditch at the Loddington excavations #Archaeology

What’s the point of going to UChicago if you can just use Claude? Universities are digging their own grave with these partnerships. Also I thought UChicago had run out of money???

Kännös: Meillä ei ole rahaa ja hukutaan hakemuksiin, apuva!

You absolutely know Haaland brought his own costume to this. Dude is 100% a happy LARPer.

Kunnianhimovibailu tossa juuri ärsyttää. Rahaahan tässä ei leikata, vaan vastataan siihen että yliopistojen perusrahoituksen kriisiytyessä hakemusmäärät räjähtää käsiin.

Voisiko vaan yksinkertaisesti sanoa että rahaa kaikille ei ole. Kun sehän tässä taustalla. Nyt ulkopuolinen voi saada käsityksen että tällä hetkellä hankkeet eivät olisi kunnianhimoisia ja tasokkaita, vaikka todellisuudessa lähes kaikille kunnianhimoisille ja tasokkaille hankkeille ei riitä rahaa.

Short answer: yes!!

Excellent decision! www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

'The researchers say the key factor though is the remarkable capacity of these forests to regenerate naturally once humans stop chopping them down.' They absorb up to 5 times more CO2 than land-based trees. 2/2

This isn’t staff’s fault or problem though. What do we pay these people megabucks for if not to solve problems?

A Stonehenge × Dogger Bank collab from @andydoggerbank.bsky.social - a cogent reminder that understanding how landscapes formed is essential before we start hypothesising how people moved through them.

Next week on Thursday in the Adult Education Leicester #ResearchForum

The next @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy meeting takes place today, Friday 5 June, 1600-1700 CEST Agenda: - Announcements, publications, communications - Summer break/after summer activities - Show&Tell, where you can tell us about your cool projects! Become a member here: sslarch.github.io

www.aljazeera.com/features/202... The discovery centres around matrilocality, the fact that women remained in their homes while males were more likely to move away when they reached adulthood.

Is that dark brown jug from Crustumerium or elsewhere in central Italy? Gravegoods allegedly from Etruria. In the Etruscan exhibition in the Antikmuseet in Aarhus. #FindsFriday

Today's job was fo clean a wall and act as a scale and north arrow lackie to a student. #Archaeology at the @archanchistleic.bsky.social Loddington excavations.

Five years ago, I made a meme I'm still mighty chuffed with.

Kuten arvostettu ja kansan rakastama valtiovarainministerimme huusi yleisölle, niin menkää töihin. Huhtikuussa tilanne oli äitynyt niin helpoksi, että yhteen avoimeen työpaikkaan mahtuu 12,2 työtöntä. Sen kun vaan menee. Lähteet: pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/... pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/...