Associate Lecturer Islamic archaeology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK031/a...

What a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad idea

Several years ago I consulted on research design for a tv program being developed by a small production company and was set to be involved in filming. Then BBC came in as a co-producer and I was uninvited because I wasn't British. So, I have a grudge.

Students & researchers have a tough time keeping the names of Roman emperors and elites straight. But we do have a database to help name and number each. It is called the Prospographia Imperii Romani (=PIR) and has 15061 persons, of which 1932 are women. Please use the database! pir.bbaw.de#/search

In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...

We are hiring at UGA Anthropology! www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/457...

I talked to Nature Methods about fieldwork and @trowelblazers.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... -- never say no to two many chandeliers, hey

Back in the days of Limewire and Torrents "intellectual property" was everything — we were told that downloading was stealing, and people were prosecuted. Then LLMs come along, & now the billionaires want us to believe that intellectual property, as a concept, never existed. 🤷‍♀️ This is great news ⬇️

The Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is now open for applications. ⏳ Funded by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, the fund covers the full cost of radiocarbon dating for community projects across the UK.👉

Excited to announce that @flintdibble.bsky.social & I are planning something fun on FEASTING THROUGH TIME for the Dec 9th Cardiff edition of @robinince.bsky.social 's #NineLessons - a festive science variety show, for charity! Book here: www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...

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Read the Dryad community update for the latest advances in Dryad data curation, publication, and preservation. blog.datadryad.org/2025/10/29/d... #opendata #openacces #openscience #data #datapublishing #datacuration #scisky

Got kids aged 8+? Get them my latest book! It's a chaotic rollercoaster ride through the Stone Age -- it's tonnes of fun, full of the latest scientific discoveries, is cowritten with the expert archaeologist @brennawalks.bsky.social, and is illustrated by @rikinparekh.bsky.social. Cheers!

And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...

Molecules are very very small.

New Collection Study Grants for students and postdocs to come visit the @burkemuseum.bsky.social! Applications due 12/15/25. www.burkemuseum.org/collections-...

I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.

Check out this incredible hand skeleton from one of our weirdest extinct cousins, Australopithecus (or Paranthropus) boisei, just published by @carriemongle.bsky.social and colleagues #FossilFriday www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The AI-induced fall of the em-dash is more than a metaphor

Was a real pleasure and honor to chat with @drshepherd2013.bsky.social for his iconic WxGeeks podcast. Enjoyed talking about NWS history and evolution, as well as the current and future state of weather communication. Give it a listen! spotify.link/3b6ysRbavXb

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Palaeo jobs alert!! General manager and curator of Dinosaur Isle Museum!! Dinosaur Isle houses the most important dinosaur collection in the UK outside of the national collection. It would be *really fantastic* to get a palaeontologist into this role: www.iow.gov.uk/jobs/detail/...

Can't get enough of Pal(a)eoscience? Pal(a)eoPERCS is looking for new committee members! If you are interested in joining our For-Early-Career, By-Early-Career Pal(a)eo-Community, please find any details in, and apply through the following link until November 10, 2025: forms.gle/xVdiNnSFma8z...

US Academia Be Like

Lecturer in anatomical science www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPB348/l...

If you are at Cornell or in #Ithaca next week PRI’s director Warren Allmon will be giving the Phi Beta Kappa lecture Oct 22 at 4:30 on the scientific importance of Natural History Museums, and how their collections are used to address modern problems

In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing 500 million years ahead of schedule. His critics say they are — literally — fool's gold. At stake? The question of when and how complex life arose at all. My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!

Today the ICAZ-AGPM meeting begins - welcome to Copenhagen everyone, enjoy the sunshine 😊

I'm hiring! 4 year post doc on my Wellcome Trust grant -- come be inventive about isotopes in teeth with me in PPN Turkiye :) www.lancashire.ac.uk/jobs/post-do... please share!

British Museum Role: Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood, Closing date: 17th October, Project Curator to undertake research and make publicly accessible the life stage of childhood via the Museum’s collections bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...

Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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🧪🦣🏺 Strong criticisms of recent study claiming super-ancient origin forlineage leading to H. sapiens, which is contradicted by DNA that points strongly to a last common ancestor more like 600,000 years ago rather than +1 million. Also, geopolitics & nationalism often intersect with #HumanOrigins

BioAnth friends--I have an awesome student looking for field school or research opportunities for this Winter or Summer in Primatology, Paleoecology, or Paleoanthropology--I know the typical programs, but please let me know if you know of any programs accepting students!

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Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025! Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.

I love it.

DOUGHNUT 3.0 IS HERE! 🎉 Today, DEAL is launching the latest update of the global Doughnut, now monitoring trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot across the 21st century. #DoughnutEconomics Check out the link below to see all the resources and dive in:

So sad to hear of Jane Goodall's passing. I was fortunate to meet her over 14 years ago when she visited Cambridge. Her legacy in conservation, anthropology, animal rights, and science in general will live on! Hoot hoot!

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist – or perhaps artists – was hard at work. @mariaguagnin.bsky.social theconversation.com/12-000-year-...

Yes, makes total sense a rabid fan would pay random websites to publish (most likely AI-generated) smear articles instead of...posting for free on social media or abundantly free blog websites. 🙃

Want to explore the #archaeology of Europe from prehistory to the present? Today is your final chance to access our @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org collection of European archaeology completely FREE 🏺 Don't miss out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...

RIP Aaron Swartz 🥺

Most mammals do not wander: few species escape continental endemism vist.ly/47xag #Mammals #Biogeography #Diet

New paper out today, emphasizing the importance and utility of museum collections in new research, using bones stored at Harvard for 50 years! How did herd management change over thousands of years at Tepe Yahya, an important archaeological site in Iran? journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

📣 Calling all #ESHE2025 participants and hashtag followers! Open Quaternary is looking to appoint a new Editor-in-Chief as @mlaw.bsky.social, @suziebirch.bsky.social and I step down after 10 years of shared service. Apply here: openquaternary.com/announcements