Killackey Illustration

Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI

#DHmakes 💀💟

Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: colleen.morgan@york.ac.uk

(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)

Same, same.

An amazing Christmas story, perfect for the current social and political moment.

Does this mean you’ve taken my suggestion and moved TAG to the Viking Centre?

D’Orbigny’s illustration of Tiwanaku, looking east over the site. You can see the Akapana, the Kalasasaya’s pillars, and the foundation of the Putin. A farmer is plowing part of the site a Shepard with their sites nearby.

And another coincidence, The illustration @biodivlibrary.bsky.social shared is by Alcide D’Orbigny who also visited and drew Tiwanaku in the 19th century, the Bolivian archaeological site that’s been my focus for the past couple years.
#archaeology

Hey, it’s #WorldAnteaterDay and I’m coincidentally working on a digital painting of a giant anteater (as well as some relatives).
#SciArt

I used one on a co-worker’s puncture wound (from falling on some rocks) when out doing archaeological survey.

WE FOUND IT! We trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests accessible only under permit for this: Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower, and we watched it open by night. Magic.

2/2 A Brazilian Fox, drawn around 1640, in Brazil, by Dutch artist Frans Post.

A cheery alpaca, drawn in Brazil by Dutch artist Frans Post. He was born in Haarlem on this day in 1612.

You can OCR pretty well to text as well, if needed.

Greatly, not great! They’re expensive and only do one thing but worth it for me. I can still hand write (which helps me think and makes things stick in my brain better than typing) but can brainstorm, organize, move, and delete to my heart’s content.

41 for me, still working out a system. A Remarkable tablet has great reduced the 5 million scraps of paper and to-do lists though.

Calling all archaeologists who can help with this project by skyping into a classroom!

Photograph of painting by Díðrikur á Skarvanesi depicting most of the Faroese breeding birds. Painted approximately in 1830. His paintings are now on display in the national museum and were discovered long after his death.

Can I share this curious bit of Faroese art factoid. The first Faroese artist Díðrikur á Skarvanesi died in obscurity, but his illustration of Faroese breeding birds (approx 1830s) is truly unique and (mayb biased) but I think this great skua is particularly beautiful 🌍🧪

#ornithology #teamskua #art

Just filled out my ethics application for our (me, @kjkillackey.bsky.social, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social & Stu Eve) play session on Worldbuilding at @tag2025york.bsky.social. Not particularly exciting in itself, but I love taking the little steps that make research a bit more real.

Making cutting-edge archaeological science accessible to others Archaeological scientists are constantly pushing the boundaries with regards to increasing the resolution of analyses and decreasing the masses of what can be analysed. But being cutting-edge is not e...

Super excited to use this fabulous ‘Behind the Paper’ article by @petravaiglova.bsky.social and @kjkillackey.bsky.social to teach my undergrad theory students about how good visualisations are well-theorised ones. Such a wonderful piece of sci comm! 🏺🧪

communities.springernature.com/posts/making...

Thank you so much! It was wonderful working with @petravaiglova.bsky.social and co.

Zohran Mamdami’s beautiful colourful typographic posters

Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.

this is such a fantastic example of the transformative power of design when used collaboratively and intelligently. the visual design of this campaign is deep-rooted in history and culture and is thoughtful and beautiful

This is streaming live tomorrow at 1 pm EST!

Is @nkjemisin.bsky.social going to use this as a plot point in a third Great Cities novel?

Evidence for symbolic use of ochre by Micoquian Neanderthals in Crimea Technological and chemical analyses of Crimean ochres reveal modified pieces consistent with symbolic use by Neanderthals.

Tres artefactos de ocre de Zaskalnaya (Crimea): posibles lápices para uso simbólico por neandertales.
Evidence for symbolic use of ochre by Micoquian Neanderthals in Crimea

Can you imagine what our ancestors thought of these? Pure magic.

Last day to get early bird rates for #TAG2025 in York.

Look @clmorgan.bsky.social and @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, Brenna Hassett is coming prepared for our #TAG2025 session on worldbuilding in Archaeology!

Went to my 2nd grader’s school Halloween event on Saturday and it was like 50% K-pop Demon Hunters costumes and 50% all other costumes. This is to say the youths are all in and would love your pumpkin.

A screenshot from the Procreate app showing an in-progress painting of a brown-throated slothhanging from three limbs. The head and right arm have some detail blocked in, while the rest of the body is a solid grey-brown fill.

Taking a moment to recognize how lucky I am, someone is paying me to paint sloths.