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‘The word “decipherment” is in a sense a misnomer. Ancient scripts are not ciphers. They were not designed to be unintelligible to outsiders or intentionally deceive.’ @tomstevenson.bsky.social on the recently deciphered Linear Elamite script: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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"Regardless of style and tactics, everyone in the American scientific community must hold to the principles of independence, peer evaluation, and inclusion." This is an excellent summary for humanists to read, too, of the dire situation for science right now.

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Excited to learn more today about the new exhibit on Islamic mss at Beinecke. Join me: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Thurs 27 Feb at 2pm City Art Centre in Edinburgh A Lecture to accompany the excellent current exhibition ‘Inked Up: Printmaking in Scotland’ - presented by Ann Gunn - 'A different way of working: The prints of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham' Booking is free, but essential - buff.ly/3EMmaDb

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Cartographers resist! mashable.com/article/gulf...

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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Edward Lear’s illustration of an Eagle owl, definitely a #SuperbOwl. From John Gould’s ‘Birds of Europe’ (1837), vol. 1. MH.6.1 @theul.bsky.social

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Charting a path towards a sustainable and resilient research software infrastructure ecosystem https://investinopen.org/blog/charting-a-path-towards-a-sustainable-and-resilient-research-software-infrastructure-ecosystem/

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Two Italian Green lawmakers accused Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, of illegally hunting a protected bird species in the Venice Lagoon and urged authorities to take action.

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o tempore o mores!

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Advocate for library workers!

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This looks fantastic!

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"This agreement also reflects the first fruits of the museum’s decision to hire a provenance research specialist, Daniel W. Healey, last year." 📜 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/31/w...

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I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

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Such a timely question- looking forward to the book! 📚

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They blinked. Keep up the pressure folks, it’s all we have.

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If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.

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Some fantastic context for the current hype around AI and the consequences of some of the choices being made

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A Bible with a hidden gun, 17th century. It was designed to be fired without taking the gun out of the book; pulling the silk bookmark would pull the trigger.

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So how’s it going so far?

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The Germans press is not having as much trouble discerning what happened as the American press. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

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Help support the arts community members who have lost residences, studios, archives, artworks, or livelihoods from the #lafires by contributing to the LA Arts Fire Relief Fund: www.getty.edu/about/develo...

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Wonderful to see all of the fantastic projects awarded here! Congratulations everyone!

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A comprehensive list of places you can donate immediate basic needs like clothing, diapers, and food to people that have lost so much in Los Angeles #fire #donate #LosAngeles #LA #eaton #palisades www.kqed.org/news/1202115...

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huge shoutout to the city manager of Monrovia Dylan Feik whose twice daily emails are keeping many beyond his city limits informed and safe. #Eaton #LA

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I am looking for studies that look at the potential for archives and library special collections to serve as historical environmental proxy data such as this one by Nicole Wood in Archival Science: rdcu.be/d5tw3 Any leads from the #dh or 📚 community would be enormously appreciated!

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This is such a wonderful piece from @eve.gd !!

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Enthralled by the work of Gala Porras Kim and thinking about her ideas regarding objects, their provenance and identity, and expansive metadata. youtube.com/clip/UgkxiHc...

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The IHR Women's History Seminar programme for the coming term www.history.ac.uk/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon! @carmenmangion.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social

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Happy public domain day! web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd... #copyright #publicdomain

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In Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 47, @alexhanna.bsk.social and I attempt to clear the backlog of Fresh AI Hell to create a clean slate for 2025: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis... Thx to @whatulysees.bsky.social for production!

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Currently absorbed in this - reviewing for @publicbooks.bsky.social

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Celebrating translation means celebrating the writers & translators who create it—with fair pay, support, grants, & exposure. Read what our contributors have to say about how WWB has helped their careers thrive. Inspired? Support this work with a donation. https://wordswithoutborders.org/donate/

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OpenAI doesn't report a single number for its climate impacts - not anywhere, in any way, shape or form. It sounds kind of obvious but the fact that a company with such incredible electricity hunger isn't disclosing basic information about its energy consumption and associated emissions is v bad..

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Our new landscape review examines the foundations of participatory and inclusive data stewardship. The review demonstrates the liveliness of debate around ‘data stewardship’ and aims to support future research and practice. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/parti...

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This cartoon is from 1930. It could have been today.

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