If you haven't had a chance yet, give this a watch!

They got me painting rocks again.

It was such an honor and a blast to speak with David Ian Howe on his podcast, go give it a watch when you get a chance! @davidianhowe.bsky.social youtu.be/I7BUK7DmDYk?...

Ten minute gestural drawing. I like how this one came out.

Goldfinch, pencil and watercolor on cold-press paper. I'm very happy with this one.

Universities have spent decades framing education as having no purpose other than providing a credential for employment. You're not here to do something wasteful like learn, you're here to increase your earning potential. Why not use the magical cheating machine?

I haven't felt that urge to put a paintbrush in my hand in a couple of months. Happy to report that changed recently.

Apparently I do still exist

rent free

Dust off your linguistic skills and join us as we discuss the science fiction drama, Arrival. With the help of our special guest Dr. Deb Trusty, we discuss the similarities and differences between the film and Ted Chiang's original short story. Listen now at movieswedig.com or wherever you listen!

Wow I until now did not realise the relevance of #video games re #archaeology & architecture - 👍 @archaeologytube.bsky.social

The cure to male loneliness is making up characters and telling stories about them.

Don't miss OLDE NEWS with Flint Dibble Episode #2 We'll look at archaeology on a comet, the first dogs in South America, Roman fossils, the Drunk Hypothesis and more! Sundays at 7pm UK/2pm EDT. Click below 👇 for the trailer! youtube.com/live/gcq4pbu...

Where is the outrage from industry about stuff like this? The last year has convinced me completely that the wealthy in this country actually do not care at all about the businesses and industries they purportedly run. They understand that their wealth is secured. They have become truly pointless.

I thought the whole point was that AI was “democratizing” art and coding and all those pesky creative fields that used to take education and practice?

Every once in a while this post gets a completely random like and it makes me smile

@archaeologytube.bsky.social I became interested in Bill Farley's work when I came across their video on the archaeology in Zelda Breath of the Wild (as well as other games): youtu.be/M5GX1h_NxPg?...

That painting sucks. Shit color theory, boring composition, not so much of an homage to 19th century pablum as it is horribly derivative of it. A real 4.5/10. Bad in a boring way rather than an interesting way. Oh, and also it's Nazi shit.

The person who wrote this headline almost certainly went to the finest, most expensive, most selective, most daddy’s money having schools in the world for all of their lives. And they simply do not know what a paradox is.

There’s a whole lot of “well we’ve already lost the war so we might as well ally with the enemy” language here and I just have to say - when did we lose? Seems like we haven’t even begun to fight. This sucks.

Magic Legends with Disabilities Thread It's disability month, let's dive into Magic characters with disabilities. I'm keeping the definition fairly broad here, but see notes in the next post. Please note I'm only looking at canon Magic IP Legends.

Portrait of a girl, pencil on watercolor paper.

"Intentionally starving people is bad." "Whoa there, Leo. Let's not get so political."

Portrait of a girl, pencil on watercolor paper.

I still think, in the end, we're going to win.

Our field school at the Henry Whitfield House starts next week! I'll be sharing lots of pictures and videos as always. 🏺🧪 CT state university students offer hands-on archaeology experience to community www.courant.com/2025/07/01/c... #Archaeology

I'm trying so hard not to be very cynical, but I can't help but notice that on matters of executive authority, if nothing else, the conservative justices do seem entirely compromised. Everything Biden did was scrutinized and found unconstitutional for frivolous reasons. Trump can do whatever.

Finally. A word for me, the certified summer hater. I was born to live in overcast 13°C weather forever. I am convinced that people only “love summer” because they are used to having it off from school as kids. If we took three months off during winter that would be everyone’s favorite instead.

Corvid studies.

Great Blue Heron, pencil and watercolor. 🐡🦉

I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good. #NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage New at @science.org 🏺🧪

Why does science communication really matter? 🧠🔥 Join Dr. Rob O’Malley on The Story of Us as we explore how sharing science shapes our world—and why it’s more vital than ever. Don’t miss this one. youtu.be/DMiOqvXJkcA #SciCommMatters #TheStoryOfUs #ScienceCommunication @robomalley.bsky.social

I made an attempt at painting this portrait I shared a couple weeks back as a sketch. For those who know, portraiture painting is freaking hard! But the only way I've found to learn this stuff is to just make the leap. So, here I go, I guess.

Blue Jay sketch

Blue Jay sketch

Turns out “fuck the king” has always been one of the only truly unifying American messages.

Literally no one picks a social media platform for “diversity of thought.” No one. This is tech bro magical thinking bullshit. Most people pick the social media platform that has the best looking buttons and the memes that best match the cartoons they grew up with.

Did everyone play Expedition 33 yet?

This might have passed English colleagues by, but academic and development-led (preventative) archaeologists are united in protests across France today against changed heritage legislation in the government. Solidarity with their struggles and I hope to join them later this afternoon. 🖤

Unions are good. Collective action works. Example: Infinity.

My first computer memory is playing Spy Hunter with my older brother, also on a Commodore 64. Somewhat concurrent with this memory is making dot matrix printed banners on an Apple IIGS. This would have been in around 1991, I think?

Hello, today is my Birthday! ✨And the best gift for an artist is a retweet of his artworks 🍃🌿

He is eliminating the entire department of education to save money

#artist #archaeologist

We shouldn’t allow posters to run for office ever again.

In case you haven't heard! We've started a new MS in #archaeology and CRM at SCSU. If you know anyone who is looking to advance their career in archaeology or prepare for doctoral work, please have them reach out to me! 🧪🏺🐡

It's finally done!📝 In this blog post, I apply my theory of an archaeological gameworld mental model to Blue Prince, and argue that half the fun of the game is in what happens off-screen: florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/06/03/d...

In case you haven't heard! We've started a new MS in #archaeology and CRM at SCSU. If you know anyone who is looking to advance their career in archaeology or prepare for doctoral work, please have them reach out to me! 🧪🏺🐡

So after five years of stupid posting I finally did what I threatened to do and made the Pathologic 2 video essay. Join me in this overlong ramble about why its awful... but also great. You should go play it. You'll probably hate it.