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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York responded to the backlash he received this week after attending a vigil that marked the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks. The mayor also addressed criticism of his social media post about the attacks. nyti.ms/4hPJjnQ

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Andy Roddick @aroddick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Worlds of scholarship destroyed by hard-right-wing clowns and a psychopath leader. “An analysis by Science found more than 30 program areas—including archaeology, anthropology, and sociology, which typically make hundreds of new grants—distributed zero new awards.” www.science.org/content/arti...

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‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research

Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com · 01/10/2026

It's been a hot minute since our last YouTube update, so let's remedy that. Join Graham as he updates you on ALL THE THINGS! New merch, recent streams, Desert Bus for Hope, and some other various bits and bobs! Be sure to check it out and keep yourself informed :D youtu.be/z0XLObVJjt0

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LoadingReadyRun Update - October 2026

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t want to heart this, but hard agree…

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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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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Love the hair! Wish I was there!

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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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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Seriously, WTF did I just read. It’s 2026. Brilliant scholars doing rigorous work are unemployed and this fuckwit got a position?

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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 brain

diagnose 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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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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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

All he wants is to be cool, and he has proved that being cool is the one thing money cannot buy.

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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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Dianne @aria1027.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You are amazing! (From a serial lurker, I’m not a weirdo, just a fan I swear) 😬

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Sending Virtual Hug

ALT: Sending Virtual Hug

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𝙰𝙲𝚄𝚃𝙴 𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝚂𝚈𝙲𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚂 𓁣 @bzvowell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

𝚂𝙾 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙷. 𝚂𝙾 𝙲𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙽.

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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

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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

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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