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Archaeologist. Byzantinist. Dr. Also possibly spider from space. He/him.
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The brain drain will be when scientists are forced into other careers/jobs so that they can keep paying the bills. They will never return. There aren't enough science jobs in other countries to absorb even a fraction of those laid off.

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

never call yourself a content creator or allow anyone else to call you that

submitted 5 days ago • 38 comments

Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done: -janitor at a petfood testing facility (palatability testing, the animals were all rescues and slightly chubby) -line worker in a plastics factory -sailor on a tall ship -archaeological tech for the water company on a small island in the S Pacific

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Duolingo right now: youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...

submitted 9 days ago • 40 comments

This is basically why Suetonius exists and remains popular.

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

What're you wearing to Bluesky prom?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

This is literally the entire male population of the town I grew up in in PA.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Growing up in the 90s, in the heady days immediately after the end of the Cold War, I did not have 'the US will commit institutional, economic, and political suicide in 30 years' on my bingo card.

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

Building a "Museum of Tolerance" on top of Muslim graves wasn't enough. Netanyahu has announced that Israel is going for more of Mamilla Cemetery -- by announcing plans to restore Mamilla Pool. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Children are bearing the brunt of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Here are some of the tragic stories of the most recent victims.

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

Can't believe I'm seeing these fucking articles in the media again. AI IS NOT 'CONSCIOUS.' IT JUST DOES STATISTICS VERY FAST. What is the next word in a sentence? Statistics says. . . . What would this painting look like? Statistics says. . . . . Get a fucking grip people.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Anyways, I wonder if pushing STEM and simultaneously cutting the humanities has had any long term affects?

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

I swear to god, if I receive a Democratic funding email after a 215-214 vote I will literally explode in righteous fury.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: an amazing #Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside – a so-called joke-jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker. Probably made in workshop in Cologne, found in a grave in Stein am Rhein, #Switzerland, 4th c. AD. 📷 Kantonsarchäologie Schaffhausen 🏺

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

For #WorldBeeDay - Attic Black-Figure amphora, ca. 540 BC, showing the four men who attempted to steal honey from the hives that fed the infant Zeus - Laios, Keleos, Kerberos, and Aigolios - being punished by the bees! 🐝 Image: BM (1847,0716.1). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

It's #WorldBeeDay Calling for a stronger global action to protect them #SaveTheBees A delicate c. 3,600 year old Minoan gold ornament, finely decorated with filigree-work and granulation, in the form of a bee. Length: 1.9 centimetres Weight: 17 grains www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

So, America is a country that has done terrible terrible things. Hypocrisy is central to its identity. But, actually, it's in that hypocrisy that I find hope. Because every so often, rarely, but it does happen, our actions match our words. And in that fact lies the germ of a truly great country.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Hey! Come work with me! We're looking for someone who specializes in the historiography of the Humanities (broadly conceived). This is a NICE 3 year postdoc in lovely Brno, Czechia. Deadline is June 30th.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

AI is failing faster and more obviously than I need it to for my postdoc (which involves a critical assessment of big data applications in the Humanities).

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

I moved from adjunct teaching to a couple research postdocs just before the big 'students using AI' tsunami hit and, honestly, I'm really worried about going back to teaching. I love teaching, I hate that this makes me fear a thing I love. Ok, my FIRST fear is I'll never get a job to teach again. .

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Pretty cool.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

its often cheaper than Amazon too, not sure how they do it but they do

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

Happy Saturday everyone! Here’s a charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD. 🐙❤️ Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #Archaeology

submitted 21 days ago • 14 comments