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Bill Farley

@archaeologytube.bsky.social
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Archaeologist, educator, science communication. Also talk a lot about games and media, art, politics, and labor issues

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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If you haven't had a chance yet, give this a watch!
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
They got me painting rocks again.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
It was such an honor and a blast to speak with David Ian Howe on his podcast, go give it a watch when you get a chance! @davidianhowe.bsky.social youtu.be/I7BUK7DmDYk?...
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Why Do We Love Archaeology, Video Games, and Ancient Stuff? | Two Archaeologists Theorize Why.
YouTube video by David Ian Howe
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Ten minute gestural drawing. I like how this one came out.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Goldfinch, pencil and watercolor on cold-press paper. I'm very happy with this one.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Universities have spent decades framing education as having no purpose other than providing a credential for employment. You're not here to do something wasteful like learn, you're here to increase your earning potential. Why not use the magical cheating machine?
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I haven't felt that urge to put a paintbrush in my hand in a couple of months. Happy to report that changed recently.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Apparently I do still exist
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
rent free
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Movies We Dig Podcast @movieswedig.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Dust off your linguistic skills and join us as we discuss the science fiction drama, Arrival. With the help of our special guest Dr. Deb Trusty, we discuss the similarities and differences between the film and Ted Chiang's original short story. Listen now at movieswedig.com or wherever you listen!
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Henricus Peters @learnfromnature.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Wow I until now did not realise the relevance of #video games re #archaeology & architecture - 👍 @archaeologytube.bsky.social
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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 02/08/2025
The cure to male loneliness is making up characters and telling stories about them.
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Don't miss OLDE NEWS with Flint Dibble Episode #2 We'll look at archaeology on a comet, the first dogs in South America, Roman fossils, the Drunk Hypothesis and more! Sundays at 7pm UK/2pm EDT. Click below 👇 for the trailer! youtube.com/live/gcq4pbu...
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COSMIC Archaeology, The FIRST DOGS in South America, ALCOHOL & Complex Societies – OLDE NEWS #2
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Where is the outrage from industry about stuff like this? The last year has convinced me completely that the wealthy in this country actually do not care at all about the businesses and industries they purportedly run. They understand that their wealth is secured. They have become truly pointless.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I thought the whole point was that AI was “democratizing” art and coding and all those pesky creative fields that used to take education and practice?
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Every once in a while this post gets a completely random like and it makes me smile
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CozyMukwa @cozybearhugs.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
@archaeologytube.bsky.social I became interested in Bill Farley's work when I came across their video on the archaeology in Zelda Breath of the Wild (as well as other games): youtu.be/M5GX1h_NxPg?...
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Searching for History in Zelda: Breath of the Wild #archaeology #zelda #heritage
YouTube video by Archaeology Tube
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
That painting sucks. Shit color theory, boring composition, not so much of an homage to 19th century pablum as it is horribly derivative of it. A real 4.5/10. Bad in a boring way rather than an interesting way. Oh, and also it's Nazi shit.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The person who wrote this headline almost certainly went to the finest, most expensive, most selective, most daddy’s money having schools in the world for all of their lives. And they simply do not know what a paradox is.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
There’s a whole lot of “well we’ve already lost the war so we might as well ally with the enemy” language here and I just have to say - when did we lose? Seems like we haven’t even begun to fight. This sucks.
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Jay Annelli @vorthosjay.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Magic Legends with Disabilities Thread It's disability month, let's dive into Magic characters with disabilities. I'm keeping the definition fairly broad here, but see notes in the next post. Please note I'm only looking at canon Magic IP Legends.
Ajani Goldmane
{2}{W}{W}
Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani

+1: You gain 2 life.

−1: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

−6: Create a white Avatar creature token. It has “This token’s power and toughness are each equal to your life total.”

Loyalty: 4
Illustrated by Aleksi Briclot
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Portrait of a girl, pencil on watercolor paper.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Portrait of a girl, pencil on watercolor paper.
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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"Intentionally starving people is bad." "Whoa there, Leo. Let's not get so political."
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I still think, in the end, we're going to win.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Our field school at the Henry Whitfield House starts next week! I'll be sharing lots of pictures and videos as always. 🏺🧪 CT state university students offer hands-on archaeology experience to community www.courant.com/2025/07/01/c... #Archaeology
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CT state university students offer hands-on archaeology experience to community
This summer, Southern Connecticut State University’s Archaeology Field School invites community members, students, and history enthusiasts to get hands-on with the past.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I'm trying so hard not to be very cynical, but I can't help but notice that on matters of executive authority, if nothing else, the conservative justices do seem entirely compromised. Everything Biden did was scrutinized and found unconstitutional for frivolous reasons. Trump can do whatever.
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Jay Steel @steelart.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Finally. A word for me, the certified summer hater. I was born to live in overcast 13°C weather forever. I am convinced that people only “love summer” because they are used to having it off from school as kids. If we took three months off during winter that would be everyone’s favorite instead.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Corvid studies.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Great Blue Heron, pencil and watercolor. 🐡🦉
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Taylor Mitchell Brown @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I spoke with several leading archaeologists to better understand the impact recent federal funding cuts will have on archaeology in the US. The future doesn’t look good. #NSF #NEH #archaeology #paleoanthropology #heritage New at @science.org 🏺🧪
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Funding cuts to U.S. archaeology could imperil field’s future
A Science analysis of canceled and curtailed federal grants reveals hits to research, collections, and training
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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Why does science communication really matter? 🧠🔥 Join Dr. Rob O’Malley on The Story of Us as we explore how sharing science shapes our world—and why it’s more vital than ever. Don’t miss this one. youtu.be/DMiOqvXJkcA #SciCommMatters #TheStoryOfUs #ScienceCommunication @robomalley.bsky.social
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Why Science Communication Matters: Dr. Rob O’Malley on Bridging Research and Society
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I made an attempt at painting this portrait I shared a couple weeks back as a sketch. For those who know, portraiture painting is freaking hard! But the only way I've found to learn this stuff is to just make the leap. So, here I go, I guess.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Blue Jay sketch
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Blue Jay sketch
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Turns out “fuck the king” has always been one of the only truly unifying American messages.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Literally no one picks a social media platform for “diversity of thought.” No one. This is tech bro magical thinking bullshit. Most people pick the social media platform that has the best looking buttons and the memes that best match the cartoons they grew up with.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Did everyone play Expedition 33 yet?
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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This might have passed English colleagues by, but academic and development-led (preventative) archaeologists are united in protests across France today against changed heritage legislation in the government. Solidarity with their struggles and I hope to join them later this afternoon. 🖤
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Unions are good. Collective action works. Example: Infinity.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
My first computer memory is playing Spy Hunter with my older brother, also on a Commodore 64. Somewhat concurrent with this memory is making dot matrix printed banners on an Apple IIGS. This would have been in around 1991, I think?
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Elena Kononenko @kononenko.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Hello, today is my Birthday! ✨And the best gift for an artist is a retweet of his artworks 🍃🌿
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
He is eliminating the entire department of education to save money
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Moo Dog Press @moodogpress.com · 07/06/2025
#artist #archaeologist
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
We shouldn’t allow posters to run for office ever again.
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
In case you haven't heard! We've started a new MS in #archaeology and CRM at SCSU. If you know anyone who is looking to advance their career in archaeology or prepare for doctoral work, please have them reach out to me! 🧪🏺🐡
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Bill Farley @archaeologytube.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
In case you haven't heard! We've started a new MS in #archaeology and CRM at SCSU. If you know anyone who is looking to advance their career in archaeology or prepare for doctoral work, please have them reach out to me! 🧪🏺🐡
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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
It's finally done!📝 In this blog post, I apply my theory of an archaeological gameworld mental model to Blue Prince, and argue that half the fun of the game is in what happens off-screen: florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/06/03/d...
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Drafting the Archaeological Mental Model of Blue Prince
Back in January 2023, I ran an online study in which I got participants to play a game about a ruined village and tell me what they thought happened to it. That game was Nothing Beside Remains, a 2…
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Charles Snart (Histobat) @thehistocrat.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
So after five years of stupid posting I finally did what I threatened to do and made the Pathologic 2 video essay. Join me in this overlong ramble about why its awful... but also great. You should go play it. You'll probably hate it.
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Pathologic 2 is hell... and I love it
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