2 days ago I received my PhD certificate and gave the valedictorian speech (don't know if we would call it that in Germany...). 📸 thanks to the fabulous Katharina Zerzeropulos!!

Hey, several batches of baby formula from a couple different brands in the uk and Europe have been recalled for contamination causing illness: if you formula feed, check your supply. Info here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For their article “Mapping Place Names”, linguists Søren Wichmann and Lennart Chevallier from @uni-kiel.de have been chosen to receive the American Name Society's prestigious award for the 2025 Best Article of the Year. Congratulations! 👏 #linguistics #toponomastics

Full time AHRC doctoral studentships now available in Arts & Humanities at University of Hertfordshire for October 2026 start - please do share widely!! This includes both History & Heritage Studies among other subjects 🌟😀 www.herts.ac.uk/research/res...

Niche question but my brain and a search of the literature is failing me - what examples do we have of cursus monuments with clusters of arrowheads at the terminus ends? I feel like this is an oft-repeated 'fact' but don't know any sites where this is the case.

I am on my way to Borger in the Netherlands to give a talk at Jan Albert Bakkers latest book presentation about the megalithic tomb D26!! It was the last excavation of a megalithic tomb in the Netherlands so far!! Fingers crossed the snow will be little and gone soon!! 🤞🤞🤞

I love it when they're being called out like that!! 😂😂

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74... Do we want to align with Trump's America? I don't. Do we want to align with Europe? I do. Let's make sure the government knows this. Please sign and share widely.

Found this and while it is grim.and dark humoured - it made me laugh om a grey and icy cold day!! 😂😂

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

Sorry in advance, I just need to rant/vent/scream into the void... My contract ended last month, which is fine. Due to Christmas and other things I don't get unemployment benefits just yet and nobody knows when that will be the case. Not a problem, I have savings etc. etc... But... 1/

So, if you are an @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social (EAA) member from 2025-2026, you received yesterday your email for the per-rollam vote of the past Special Meeting and the documentation attached to it… if you still doubt what to vote, please read all the documents. My short digest:

There's an amazing job up for grabs in Cork, Ireland!! Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology! Not only would the post be focussing on Neolithic Ireland and Europe but also have some archaeological theory on the side!! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

The sun is trying!! Currently we're at -12°C though it is supposedly going up to a warm -7°C this afternoon!! 🥶

After the snowstorm that lasted all of yesterday today had ideal conditions for sledging down the dykes!! 😅🛷❄️

Massive Arbeitsüberlastung in der Wissenschaft lässt sich nicht durch KI beheben. Sondern durch mehr Grundfinanzierung, weniger Drittmittelirrsinn & verlässliche berufliche Perspektiven. KI zielt auf Symptome, nicht Ursachen — & stabilisiert so 1 überhitztes System mit grundlegendem Reformbedarf.

Sie sollten mal die KI nutzen um die Forschungsanträge zu stellen!! Dann hätten wir wieder mehr Zeit *zum* Forschen!!

Last year I wrote about the sudden, sometimes violent end of Europe's first farmers and a ditch in Slovakia filled with almost 100 headless bodies. @science.org put together a cool video about @neolithicbodies.bsky.social's finds, narrated by me: www.youtube.com/shorts/3obLg... #lbk

That would be a plottwist I'd be happy to see!! 😂😂😂🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

Franca Lehfeldt ist vom Stromausfall in Berlin betroffen und beschwert sich warum die Infrastruktur so einfach zugänglich ist... Vielleicht liegt es auch mit daran, dass Menschen wie Christian Lindner und sie selbst zu wenig Steuern zahlen?? web.de/magazine/unt...

Some more pictures from our Winterwonderland!! ❄️🛷🌨

It's finally winter here in Northern Germany!! ☃️❄️🛷

Over Christmas I had a conversation with my sister that has me deeply troubled... not to give too many details but I stated something and she didn't believe me, so she asked her AI to verify. I was really taken aback and asked her if she was serious but she has been using it for this for months now!

The first 3 words you see will define your 2026! Wine Facts Travel Sounds great to me!! 😅✨️

Frosty foggy day!! Still beautiful and walking after what feels like a week of just eating and talking was very nice!!

Just had a look at the #EAA sessions for Athens next year and there are some really juicy ones... Now I only have to finish my inner debate whether or not I stil want to participate after last year's troubles... 🤔 Guess I'll have some thinking to do over Christmas... 🎄✨️

After 3.5 years it is now time to say goodbye to @clusterroots.bsky.social!! As of the new year I officially won't be a part of the Cluster of Excellence any longer but what a fantastic time have I had (and not just because of the merchandise) 😉 Hope to see you again soon!!

Thanks to the @tag2025york.bsky.social team ans session organisers at the Power session this afternoon for making it possible for me to deliver my talk despite not reaching York no thanks to the Deutsche Bahn (though the staff were fantastic!)

Sitting in an ICE in Cologne that will be delayed an hour - making me miss my connecting train in Brussels...I realise that this is not their fault but travelling by train just means that you'll never reach your destination as planned...at least in Germany!

Gmail users!! They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off. Pass it on!! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Last conference for this year as a part of @clusterroots.bsky.social!! Off I go to @tag2025york.bsky.social and though it is very scenic - leaving my 8yr old behind breaks my heart every time!

And I want to go to @tag2025york.bsky.social in 2 days!! 🙈 Packing masks and hand sanitizer!!

There's lots of ongoing work as we're preparing for the new Museum of the Viking Age to open in Oslo. Our museum, @kult-hist-museum.bsky.social is now hiring an Associate Professor in Nordic archaeology, with expertise in the Viking Age. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still... #Vikingtidsmuseet

In November, @sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation. Once again, congratulations! 👏 You can learn more about her work and why it is relevant beyond archaeology in our new series on "Newly graduated PhD students“: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...

I forgot that in 2019 I started a whole website about Ludovic Mann, #TheManntheMyth. I had plans to do a podcast & update this regularly. If this gets to 100 followers (from current total of 23!) I’ll revive it and start adding content! #LudovicMann themannthemyth.home.blog

Ooh, our podcast chat about Neolithic society in Ireland is out! Perfect for fireside listen as we approach winter solstice.

Guess where I was today??

Currently it's the German Christmas poem "Die Weihnachtsmaus" (The Crhistmas Mouse) by James Krüss Die Weihnachtsmaus ist sonderbar sogar für die Gelehrten Denn einmal nur im ganzen Jahr entdeckt man ihre Fährten... 🎄🐭🐁

Saint Nicholas was here!! 🤩😊🎄🤶

✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨ Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿 Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to [email protected] ☺️

Can't comment- you forgot the oxen and sheep, though that's an insult to the poor animals!!

I can't wait - perhaps that's why I have hung Christmas lights everywhere!! 😊🎄

Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sooo very excited to be able to go to @tag2025york.bsky.social in person to delve into power and stones and transformations!! Plus I need to stack up on British tea, Christmas chocolates and pop tarts!! 😁🎄🎄🎄 I also always wanted to see the Shambles!!

Spent the morning looking for the nr. 11 for my sons advent calendar. I know it fell out the box during our recent move and I know I put it somewhere and I finally found it - last place I checked - because he'd never find it there 😅🙈 Thankfully I did! Christmas may now approach! 🎄

📣 Call for Papers! International Research Network on Quarries and Rock-cut Sites, third conference. The deadline is 31 December 2025 for conference on 14-15 May 2026 at University of Edinburgh. The four wide-ranging themes offer broad scope from #archaeology, #geology, #history, #envhums 🏺

Today I am with the #NorddeutscheSteinzeitrunde (similar to the Neolithic Studies Group)! And we have a long list of highly interesting talks! 😊

@clusterroots.bsky.social @bserbe.bsky.social It's out!! 🥳 Congrats!! 😊

You've just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. ____________ Killed by my Christmas Tree!! 🎄 Or was it the sneaky avocado?? 🥑