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@sm9eb.bsky.social

Archaeologist specializing in Late Neolithic/Halaf ŞanlΔ±urfa, Turkey; D.C.-born; foodie; astronomy & gardening buff; former guardian of UrfalΔ± cat Commander Orion πŸŒˆπŸ–€; current guardian of not-a-Guest-anymore Cat Italy!

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”once misinformation from AI-generated summaries remains uncorrected and seeps into published theses, research papers, and other outputs, it could contribute to a loop of misinformation.”

24.02.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
MagEIA - DFG Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe MagEIA

Near Easterners, there's an open Assyriology job!!
www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/mageia/?fbcl...

24.02.2026 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

???

24.02.2026 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Aaaaagh!!! 😱

24.02.2026 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooh the way that rotating eye of hurricane Melissa filled me with dread. And now you can see these horrors on Jupiter!! 😱

24.02.2026 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Toronto harold satire site headline: "Canadian Olympic hockey teams to bring back silver medals to home country that has healthcare and stable democracy"

Toronto harold satire site headline: "Canadian Olympic hockey teams to bring back silver medals to home country that has healthcare and stable democracy"

okay, this is funny, though

23.02.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4840    πŸ” 885    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 34

The flagship newspaper of a major city without a sports section. Is there a single city or county newspaper in the country without one? The weekly papers in rural WV all do. People care about football and stuff

24.02.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can anyone else pull this up from the Epstein archive?

EFTA02856277.pdf - Florida
Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense Arthur F.

24.02.2026 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many of you will remember Bogdanos from the recovery of items looted from the Iraq Museum, including the Warka Vase and the so-called Lady of Uruk, under an amnesty program. (Of course the situation never should have happened in the first place. How's Irkalla treating you, Rumsfeld?)

24.02.2026 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ‘‡

24.02.2026 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

libraries + carnage

welcome back to Nature's own intellectual ice hockey tournament πŸ‘‡πŸ½

24.02.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, it makes me feel extremely disoriented that a well known extremely wealthy person is babbling about massive data centers in space & they aren’t being removed from all positions of responsibility as their companies stocks dive.

Beyond ludicrous idea in near to mid future (at best) & yet…

24.02.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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This guy gets it.

23.02.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 21672    πŸ” 5322    πŸ’¬ 425    πŸ“Œ 758
23.02.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Bullsh**, tell that to the Johnson admin.

23.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some days since June 30th when a job I loved ended I've thought the only thing kind of keeping me going is learning what crazy stuff Dragonfly finds on Titan, and whether @harpyeagle2021.bsky.social will ever get justice for a ridiculous loss in MMM.

23.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This essay is literally writing itself, new case study after case study dropping ...

23.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aside: I'm kind of annoyed with LinkedIn for sending me a gazillion archivist positions bc, I assume, it starts w/ ARCH like archaeology. However, what it makes clear is that librarians GET WORK, & interesting work! So--think about being an archivist, kids. (I might be biased by my drought, though.)

23.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The worst Structural Marxian in the world is working a temp job at a place populated by the 1% where there was a very cozy, warm fire in a historic setting.

The worst Structural Marxian in the world is working a temp job at a place populated by the 1% where there was a very cozy, warm fire in a historic setting.

I can't say much about my new temp job but, uh, here's the fireplace.

23.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wish me luck; first full temp job day in a long time. πŸ˜ͺ

23.02.2026 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThroughout my childhood, local public libraries & librarians were linchpins for my learning & imagination” @mammalssuck.bsky.social said. β€œNow, decades later, I get to celebrate libraries in #2026MMM & collaborate with librarians to create spark experiences for other generations of learners.”

23.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A rare blizzard warning remains in effect until 6 p.m. Monday after as much as a foot of snow fell overnight across the Philadelphia region πŸ₯Ά

πŸ”— We shareΒ what to know about schools and city services, plus live updates: www.inquirer.com/weather/li...

23.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel so bad for so many archaeologists of Southwest Asia who have spent years putting practically everything they have on there so that their work is more accessible and gets seen by more people. This feels like such a betrayal, even if it's not a shock.

23.02.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aaaaagh!

23.02.2026 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really wishing we were snowed in, honestly, but there's no hint of it down here. My mom and friends northwards have a different day ahead!

23.02.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call your Reps in Congress!

23.02.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell ME, typo!

23.02.2026 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A tuxedo cat with a plump bum sitting on my laptop keyboard facing the screen and blocking it.

A tuxedo cat with a plump bum sitting on my laptop keyboard facing the screen and blocking it.

So much for my attempt to watch the end of the latest season of #AllCreaturesPBS. Tell ne what happened!! My great and small creature has his own priorities.

23.02.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no!! My mom tells me the goat died!! My screen was frozen, booo!

Can I say how angry I am that the government withdrew federal funding for PBS?! BOOOOO!!! Screw you, Mike Johnson and every R in Congress and every D who didn't fight for it.

Comfort in dark times, indeed.

#AllCreaturesPBS

23.02.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, did Tricky get...uh...up close and personal...uh... with baby Jesus?? My screen is frozen so I'm watching on my phone but it's small. #AllCreaturesPBS

23.02.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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