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Cool cool he’s named his latest kid after the psychohistorian architect of the Foundation and the guy who supposedly came up with the Spartan constitution. That’s not a terrifying insight at all. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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my unfinished paper watching me scrolling the tl

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Was informed today that my students have a discord channel of funny things I've said in class and boy do I wish I did not know that.

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Quick reminder: I cowrote a podcast about how measurement affects how we think and see the world. It's called Measure for Measure and it's a spinoff of Ministry of Ideas by the Harvard Divinity School.

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Very excited to deliver the 30th Anniversary lecture at the Humanities Research Centre at Warwick University: THE ROMAN ATLANTIC: ECOLOGY AND EMPIRE ON AN OCEAN FRONTIER Tonight at 18:00!

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Love me some London stratigraphy #archaeology #ancientbluesky

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magazine publications featuring muppets: thread

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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro

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Call for sessions now open for TAG 2025 (deadline 17th April). which will be held at the University of York between the 15th and 17th December. tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/submissions/

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My son is ill (just regular kid ill). As per procedure sent an email to official head of department email address to say I won't be in and making some jokey comments. Managed to use the wrong email address and have sent that email to EVERY HEAD OF DEPARTMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY.

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📢On April 28th, SAAH's Prof David Mattingly will give the Annual lecture for the Leicester Literature and Philosophical Society. He will reflect on how his view of the Roman empire has changed over the course of his career. 🎟For more info & to book: www.leicesterlitandphil.org.uk/event-5760241

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Apropos of nothing, here's some posters I made for outside my office in case anyone wants them. Text on one edited from @blacktrowel.bsky.social, the other from an Eco article (both cited of course). If you'd like the PDF files, just email me. #antifascist #AncientBluesky 🏺

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.📢Our Research seminar this week will be delivered by Dr David Gange from the University of Birmingham presenting ‘Rowing into Memory: Traditional Boats and Cultural Revivals in the North Atlantic’. 💻The hybrid seminar begins at 5pm in George Porter LT A. For a Teams link, visit our Facebook page.

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PERMANENT! CLASSICS! JOB! At Leeds! 😁 Get your applications in! #ClassicsSky

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Please do this. ALCS has really helpful guidelines on how to answer.

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HYBRID SEMINAR 🔮 Mad, Blind, Stupid: Lucan’s Traumatic Future 🔮 📅 Wed. March 5 📍 UCD Newman E115 & Online 🔗 Register: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Lucan’s Pharsalia explores prophecy through oracles, witches & philosophers. This talk considers trauma theory, prophecy & death. 🎤 Oisin Parsons (UCD)

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Who says #archaeology can't be fashionable? My phone reminded me this morning of the time the camera caught me accidentally werkin' it in #Knossos a few years ago

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Sick and tired of trying to make people understand that UK universities have never had less money to teach students with, in real terms, than they do now.

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A spectacular bronze head of a griffin went missing from a Greek museum and ended up in the Metropolitan Museum, which is now returning it after research showed it was stolen. Great, you'd think... unless you know this research was done 87 YEARS AGO. 🧵 from your local provenance grump.

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Today in AH2045 we continue to discuss Cicero's "De Re Publica", and talked about the Scipionic Circle. Weird to see C. argue for the moral component of politics while oblivious to the immorality of the exercise of Roman power. #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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If you're feeling overwhelmed, I really hope this reaches you today.

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Come work with us! 🚨 Job Opportunity: Ad Astra Fellow @UCD School of Classics / School of Art History and Cultural Policy !!! 🚨 CORRECTED APPLICATION DEADLINE - March 3!! 📍 Specializing in Digital Technologies & Antiquity 💼 Salary: €62,855–€99,533 👉 Apply now: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

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Call for abstracts: I’m putting together an edited book on archaeology and horror. Details below. Contact me for full CFP or to discuss potential submissions. 🏺👻🧟🏛️

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I don’t normally pay attention to major sporting events, but that hockey game was very satisfying

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Hello! So this shop is my main source of income at the moment but since I've left Twitter and Instagram (and since I can no longer sell to the EU) my sales have tanked. If you've bought one of my prints before, please tell your friends! If not, please do take a look. I do custom orders too! 🏺💜

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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LIVESTREAM at 6pm UK/1pm EST for a discussion of BRAND NEW Periodic Table of Greek Mythology & the Working Classicists initiative: @workingclassicists.bsky.social with @miri.bsky.social @misterconnor1.bsky.social @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social @rossmcgovern.bsky.social youtube.com/live/8NTikui...

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'Drawing on survey responses from 104 university libraries, the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) finds about three-quarters of libraries (73 per cent) are making cuts in their budget ranging from 1 per cent to 30 per cent, with an average mean cut of 8 per cent.' 1/2

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Art is either plagiarism or revolution

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New #PeoplingBlog on Looting and the Antiquities Market with Dr. Cara Tremain! Read on, as Cara discusses the ethical challenges of dealing with trafficked culture and the importance that provenance research plays in the fight against the illicit antiquities: peoplingthepast.com/2025/02/14/b...

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I'm not crying shut up it's just rain

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Ahead of reopening my etsy shop for 2025 I've cleared my print box of imperfects/overstock! All images in this thread are available for sale, please free to DM! All print images are 10x15cm on A4 unless stated otherwise. I can't send to NI or EU but there'll be new things on etsy for you soon! 🧵🏺

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