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Dianne

@aria1027.bsky.social
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Mum. Lapsed musician. Failed academic. Archaeologist. Gamer. Nerd.

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · 12h
Dr Manuel Arroyo-Kalin, Associate Professor of Geoarchaeology at the Institute of Archaeology and member of @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social, was one of five panellists at Building the Canopy, held at the Natural History Museum, London last week. Find out more 👇 #archaeology #Brazil #UCL
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Dr Manuel Arroyo-Kalin appears on panel at Amazonia+10 event
The event, Building the Canopy, was held on Tuesday at the Natural History Museum.
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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A Yorkshire witch cake collected in 1933. According to the label, these cakes were made every year between the 1st - 6th April and suspended behind the door to keep away witches. Hear more fascinating facts on our Witchcraft, Amulets & Magic tour, Wed 14 Oct, 2-3pm. £8/Members free. bit.ly/4gauF9Z
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LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com · 21/09/2026
Time marches ever forward, and we along with it. But at least you’ve got some fun stuff to watch on the LoadingReadyRun Twitch channel! twitch.tv/loadingready...
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Rosemary Joyce @rajoyce.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social new cat! So very very lovely
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Nature @nature.com · 12/09/2026
Just two doses of psilocybin administered before chemotherapy completely prevented mice from developing neuropathy go.nature.com/3SUD1uT
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Magic-mushroom compound blocks a severe side effect of chemotherapy, in mice
Nature - Study shows that psilocybin acts on nerves to prevent the painful condition called peripheral neuropathy.
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Andy Roddick @aroddick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Let's not be stupid together" does indeed seem prescient from the 2026 vantage point.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026
25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My #Smithsonian experience
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We wondered on @cosmicshambles.com podcast whether Professor Katya Rubin knew how her interview was going to be used , well, surprise surprise (remember this was the documentary that Channel 4 boasted was “science led”)
Expert reaction to the TV show 'The Great ADHD
Myth?'
*NEW COMMENT* Prof Katya Rubia, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, said:
"My own contribution to this programme has been largely misrepresented as my comments were cherry-picked, truncated and presented out of context to make them fit into the programme's narrative that ADHD does not exist and there is no brain basis to the social construct.
The claim that ADHD is not a disorder of the brain
"It is true that with current technology (which might well change in the future) we cannot diagnose ADHD children based on a braindiagnose ADHD children based on a brain scan and the diagnosis is based on behavioural questionnaires and observations that are subjective. However, this does not mean that there are no neurobiological correlates to ADHD. There are differences in genetic, neurochemical, even immunological features and there is consistent evidence from three decades of neuroimaging research including my own for differences in brain structure and function as well as connectivity between children with and without ADHD. It is true that they are small at a group level, and that some children have no brain differences based on normative modelling studies.
However, part of the reason the differences between ADHD and non-ADHD brains are small at group level is because there is a large heterogeneity, with some children showing large brain differences and other milder cases showing very small differences, so this will bring the average down. There is also substantial evidence for a delay in normal brain maturation in children with ADHD.
Crucially, we need to take into account that the youngest and most severe cases with ADHD have never been scanned and if someone behaves very differently from the norm their brain will also function differently.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The “Woke DEI”’Cambridge university ignored 58 complaints about Nathan Cofnas from Black students while he was there according to writer and former PhD student Jill Damatac
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When Dr Arday became a professor, British anti-Blackness awoke from its nap - it's never a long slumber. Nathan Cofnas, a university fellow and a "race realist" - whose beliefs include the spurious claim that in a "true meritocracy" Black people would "disappear from almost all high-profile positions outside of sports and entertainment" - accused Arday of plagiarism. Cofnas had a history of anti-Black behaviour at the University, with 58 complaints filed against him by Black students claiming racism. Cambridge cleared him of wrongdoing, citing "free speech". It strains credulity that Cofnas's racist scholarship found a place at Cambridge at all, yet as an alumnus of colour, I can't help but feel unsurprised.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/08/2026
With respect to Cofnas, why is nobody talking about this in the MSM? > We find it [improbably] that [he] was the best out of 14 candidates for this job[. His boss] repeatedly stated in the press that [he] published in highly ranked journals and had been affiliated with leading institutions. 1/n
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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dr. Arday may have plagiarized. His mental health may have made him tell lies he truly believed. I know academics that use “Dr.” without completing a PhD. Who bully their students, who aren’t “allowed” female graduate students and pass off their student’s ideas as their own. They are all white men.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 15/08/2026
I think we all need this right now
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There is little or no institutional duty of care for black people in England and everyone knows it.
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
slow day in the office so we're starting beef with archaeologists
One of those 'STOP DOING X' memes, ripping into archaeology. It has images of soil stratum, a trowel, and a flint shard. The text mocks archaeologists for digging for pottery sherds and saying everything has a 'ritual purpose'.
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 10/08/2026
News | V&A resolves dispute over staff breaks at collections site Prospect Union members are still set to strike over wider issues on pay, terms and conditions
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V&A resolves dispute over staff breaks at collections site - Museums Association
Prospect members are still set to strike over wider issues on pay, terms and conditions
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Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Who you gonna call?
A tour bus in Edinburgh with branding on the side that reads GHOST BUS TOURS
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Director Adam McKay on the gargantuan lie being peddled by the world's governments and corporations.
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Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Greg's great video is addressed to the mayor of New York, but I think everyone should watch it, share it, and heed its warnings! For the sake of our kids, get ai out of education!!
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Shane M. Bailey @shanembailey.com · 28/07/2026
I love these pictures @70sscifiart.bsky.social, thank you!
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Break Time
In my last email, I said the topic for this next one would be "medieval computers" – I planned on showcasing a 80s/90s retro tech magazine illustration trend for combining the then-cutting edge person...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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𝙰𝙲𝚄𝚃𝙴 𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝚂𝚈𝙲𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚂 𓁣 @bzvowell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
𝚂𝙾 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙷. 𝚂𝙾 𝙲𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙽.
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
SUPER MARIO 2026 JUST DROPPED!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Thys ys real. And amazinge. Welcome, one and all, to Hotte Trasshe Summer. Be lyke Oscar. Rock and rolle.
A real post from the real Sesame Street fb account proclaims "Oscar has been in his 'stinky' era since 1969. #HotTrashSummer." It includes a graphic of Oscar the Grouch popping out of his trash can (n.b. a TARDIS) on a bold salmony-orange background, with the title "Hot Trash Summer."
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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Not my best work, but felt like this was what's on the menu for Bsky today.
Rodger Rabbit shoe being dipped into the green waters of DC.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 15/06/2026
save me from myself
The Geordie LaForge meme showing him rejecting one thing and accepting another and in this case he is rejecting banning social media for teenagers while accepting banning social media for everyone
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 14/06/2026
Last chance to apply for the #RewritingWorldArchaeology: South America writing workshop! It is fully funded, completely free for applicants, and the deadline is 9am UTC+1 on Monday 15 June, so apply now at www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... @arcdurham.bsky.social
Aerial view of Rio de Janeiro: a city built around a bay with mountains overlooking the sea.
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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Please Use AI
PLEASE USE AI
Shawn Smucker
Be sure to use Al when making your next, I don't know, meal plan, for example. Definitely do not call your friend who loves to cook and ask her for her favorite recipes or tips or ways to save time making meals, because you will end
up talking for longer than you had hoped, hearing, perhaps, about her father's cancer diagnosis or how lonely she's been or even what she's planted in her spring garden and then lost with the early frost.
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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Rosabella Alvarez-Calderon has spent more than a decade studying the relationship between the modern city of Lima and its huacas: the palaces, sites, cities, and infrastructure built thousands of years ago that now coexist alongside modern buildings, plazas, and avenues. Check out the TED Talk👇
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Huacas y ciudad: cómo convivir con nuestro pasado | Rosabella Álvarez-Calderón | TEDxTukuy
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
ICYM Latest blog is on how I am fucking terrified about climate change and you should be too. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
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Adapt or cry: 12 random thoughts on climate adaptation
The Climate Change Committee's massive new report on climate risks and resilience is utterly terrifying - it demands a response
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We're back with the Ashmolean meets the Met Gala! We can't wait to hear your favourite looks 👇️👇️ 💙Hailey Bieber / WA2013.1.163 🤍Heidi Klum / ANMichaelis.5 🌸Naomi Watts / WA1948.34 🩵Anna Wintour / EA1956.178 📷 Getty Images and Ashmolean Museum
An image of Hailey Bieber wearing a blue and gold dress at the 2026 Met Gala and a 17th century ewer
An image of Heidi Klum dressed as a classical statue at the 2026 Met Gala and a statue of a draped female
An image of Naomi Watts wearing a black dress with flowers at the 2026 Met Gala and a still life painting of flowers
An image of Anna Wintour wearing a turquoise and black dress at the 2026 Met Gala and a 13th century storage jar
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Dr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com · 21/03/2026
important question. how would a cathedral wear trousers.
Ely Cathedral, possible ways of wearing trousers.

A. Trousers around entire aisle level above ground.
B. Trousers around east arm.
C. Trousers around west arm.
D. Trousers around just the lower parts of the transepts.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I predict this man has a very bright future. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 Congratulations, pal. #WellDeserved
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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Europe needs to wake up and stand up to the bully that is the USA. They need to lead properly in democracy, climate change, justice and decency
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Dr Beccy Scott @beccyscottuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I did not, and I am delighted to learn this
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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You know who carries guns to protests? These guys at a pro-open carry rally in Virginia in 2020:
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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
They killed an innocent man and won’t even apologize.
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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Maybe it will happen today.
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Winnie the Pooh (Official) @indianawalsh.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing
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Cameron Lauder @unarmedoracle.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Invader Zim - FBI Warning Of Doom - Zim's computer makes an educated guess
YouTube video by Wesley Oldham - Cartoons and TV
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LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com · 04/01/2026
It’s that magical time of year where folks are looking for ways to dispose of their Christmas tree. And while this video may be 2 days away from turning 20 years old (😱), it’s still got some good advise! youtu.be/bq5I8FQ48WM
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Ways to Get Rid of Your Christmas Tree
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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The USA has now become Russia and the world should treat them accordingly. What happens when you suddenly find yourself “not on their side”?
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 29/12/2025
Practical jokes of the Paleolithic
Practical jokes of the Paleolithic
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
Andrew Kadel @DrewKadel@social.coop

My daughter, who's had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen.

Something that seems fundamental to me about ChatGPT, which gets lost over and over again:

When you enter text into it, you're asking "What would a response to this sound like?"

If you put in a scientific question, and it comes back with a response citing a non-existent paper with a plausible title, using a real journal name and an author name who's written things related to your question, it's not being tricky or telling lies or doing anything at all surprising! This is what a response to that question would sound like! It did the thing!

But people keep wanting the "say something that sounds like an answer" machine to be doing something else, and believing it *is* doing something else.

It's good at generating things that sound like responses to being told it was wrong, so people think that it's engaging in introspection or looking up more information or something, but it's not, it's only, ever, saying something that sounds like the next bit of the conversation.
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Kris Straub (كريس) @krisstraub.com · 21/12/2025
please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love. Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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