If you accrue enough unfinished business you should get to be a ghost before you even die

on my way (four trains plus a section of substitute bus, in one day, arriving 🤞in late afternoon- viva l'Europa!) from Pisa to Ljubljana for the ASMOSIA conference (more than you ever wanted to know about stone), to present initial stages of my research on tuff quarries w IN-Rome... www.asmosia14.si

too. many. quarries. (too much of everything else, too, but also quarries)

proceedings of the last ASMOSIA conference (2022) have just been published; the contribution (a couple years out of date, but better than nothing) of myself and Fabrizio Marra, on archaeometric proveniencing of tuff used in ancient Roman architecture, is here: works.hcommons.org/records/d52z... ⚱️

proceedings of the last ASMOSIA conference (2022) have just been published; the contribution (a couple years out of date, but better than nothing) of myself and Fabrizio Marra, on archaeometric proveniencing of tuff used in ancient Roman architecture, is here: works.hcommons.org/records/d52z... ⚱️

Periodic reminder that if you are just stepping into the work of organizing for change and trying to figure things out, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book for you. ❤️

whence this sudden influx of followers?

2nd August 1980, the worst terrorist attack in post-war Italian history is carried out by neo-fascist group NAR. A bomb hidden in a suitcase explodes in the waiting room of Bologna Station, causing the partial collapse of the station structure. 85 people die and 200 are injured [Thread] >> 1

five shades of grey (and three whites for good measure), or, allergic to hatching

With pride, joy and a great deal of nerves, I'd like to reveal the cover for my book 'Why Q Needs U'!, published by @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social! I love the cover, with the endorsement from its first reviewer, who also called it "a wonderful achievement" and "just couldn't recommend it more highly".

if in your paper you claim to propose an "accurate reconstruction of the actual course of [a] road," there dang well better be a map tracing the course of said road... mi sembra il minimo

How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it. Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album: tomlehrersongs.com

Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them. tomlehrersongs.com

One like, one opinion that I will form and hold in silent judgment until the end of days

this is what beit hanoun looked like (from arabi21.com/story/155862...)

One like, one opinion that I will form and hold in silent judgment until the end of days

I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.

Thinking a lot about the Armenian Genocide lately with what’s happening in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands dying of starvation and heatstroke and dehydration, out of sight in the desert while the world’s other “powers” pretend not to notice. No billion-dollar memorials, no Spielberg movies.

Please read this thread and do what you can. 2 million people in Gaza are starving. Unable to stand, they have gone hungry for so long.

I've started a bsky account for "Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure". @gaerhf-bot.bsky.social . My thread skills need work but I'll look to add groups of figures to that feed on a semi-regular basis. As well as ask for help. I have one query in mind. #ArtHistory #DH

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

A lovely and detailed place description just contributed to the Pleiades gazetteer by @diffendale.bsky.social for the ancient remains at Civita di Bagno in Italy: pleiades.stoa.org/places/413085 #ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #PleiadesGazetteer

Seriously, We Transfer has just said they'll scrape anything you send through them for AI.

I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2

🏺 Still stuck on this and wondering if we will ever see a big archaeology org actually acknowledge this? Even if they have so far pretended that genocide in another part of the world has nothing to do with them, what about this (correct) identification of complicity in its facilitation?

#Sport antique: dans l'amphithéâtre d'Arles, une démo par les équipes d'Archéo Acta des épreuves du pentathlon de Grèce antique dont l'impressionnant saut en longueur aux haltères.

If I’ve come to any conclusion about politics, from my perspective as an anthropologist, it’s that while we shame people for many silly things, shame per se, shunning, etc. are actually incredibly powerful kinds of punishment for fucking up the social order and shame needs a comeback.

Please keep donating and sharing this fundraiser - unfortunately my friend who has been the main driving force behind this has been put on some popular blocklists, making it even harder for this to get reach. Feel free to share outside of BlueSky as well! ⬇️

Buongiorno dall'Arno

Georgia Meloni's govt has announced a new history curriculum for primary & middle school based on the principle that only the West has history: «Solo l’Occidente conosce la Storia» (cit) They back this up with the most egregious & intellectually dishonest manipulation of Marc Bloch you can imagine

We are almost there: let's do this! "Because of your contributions so far, we have been able to cover tuition for 9 out of the 12 students. All students are deeply thankful for your help and are currently focused on completing their semester exams" @gmandreou.bsky.social

Inviting all the classicists, archaeologists and historians who care about Palestinian colleagues/students/heritage to donate a little something to @gmandreou.bsky.social's fundraiser for Gazan students in archaeology and history: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/h...

Many people on Medicaid are already working and the right is spinning themselves into the fantasy of an illusory vision of a large untapped labor force the same way they’ve spun themselves into thinking MS-13 is around every corner.

Does it do anything other than reveal our sheer impotence to stop this madness if we post these articles? I don't know anymore www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

"This is a Classicists List not a political one." A field of study is doomed when it surrenders its claim to be relevant to the real world, to how we live our lives in relation to other human beings, & cultivate mutual understanding. Isn't that the very point of the humanities?

Any time I post anything encouraging people to practice even the smallest amount of opsec a bunch of (usually gen x age) people start grandstanding about how we should never censor ourselves in the face of authoritarianism. Bro you’re going to jail and you didn’t even do anything useful first

spy vs spy redux (2023)

the sheer faux naivete of anti-Palestinian academics, I swear

rare W for COINTELPRO from a legendary conversation between Bhakti Shringarpure and Mahmood Mamdani (h/t Silke-Marie Weineck)

Countdown to the deadline for applications for the job of "Exhibitions and Gallery Curator" at @isawnyu.bsky.social: The recommended deadline for applications is July 15th, 2025. isaw.nyu.edu/news/isaw-se...

Bombing shelters, tents, hospitals and cafés has become a slice of life. Nobody reacts anymore.

Then there is the other factor, the warmongering state's CO2 emissions. It exceeded the sum of some countries. All those uses of weapons, bombs, tanks, supplying these arms etc. List goes on. Have I seen any climate scientist colleagues sharing this article? No. Anything else but this, no.

The fascists are openly telling you there will never be free or fair elections again. If they go ahead with this plan to disappear their political rivals you no longer can go on pretending that we have any other choice but to fight the war being waged against us.

Let's be clear that this will be deployed not just against immigrants, but against anyone seen as providing support to immigrants. Illegal support at first, but the definition will inevitably expand to include indirect support, mutual aid, and eventually even rhetorical support.

Robert Hass, Meditation at Lagunitas