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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 5h

Only two?! Exactly the same for me; a number of audiobooks/iPlayer things on the go, all very familiar for sleeping, apart from the new one that I actually listen to. But will likely become one of the old familiars.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 9h

Running late having got too preoccupied with finishing a thing at work, so I’ve cancelled tonight’s swim 😔, instead I’ll be sitting on the sofa and (checks notes) checking a book chapter to get the proofs back to co-author asap 🤨.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 14h

Yes, this, a million times over and with the addition that I (and so many others) also draw to think. They are creative processes through which meaning, realisation, revelation, understanding, conclusions, resolutions and future plans are formed.

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · 20h

Mark your calendars - our PhD group will soon begin its 2026–27 season! Join us online on 24 Nov to plan the year & take part in @drlenorethompson.bsky.social's workshop on writing effective project pitches & funding bids. The PhD group is open to SPMA members: spma.org.uk/phd-student-...

Vertical poster with checkered paper and a black and white hand pointing down from the middle left and a hand holding a loud speaker in the lower right corner. The poster has the following text: The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology PhD Group 2026-27 season KICK-OFF 24 NOVEMBER 2026 16:00-18:00 BMT. A bullet list follows:
- first planning meeting
- Workshop with Dr Lenore Thompson: Tips & tricks for writing effective research project pitches & funding bid narratives

spma.org.uk/phd-student-group

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026

Yes, already got my copy! Thanks @lrylandepton.bsky.social for such a great job on the text!

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Lots of small boats! The b*st*rd thing is even advertising a ‘small boat watch’ app…

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Could I snip up The Reformer and paste it back together to make something that says completely the opposite?

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

I get it, but feel that something more specific to my great dislike of everything they stand for would enable me to feel more justified in acting.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Good idea. Now wondering what other creative thing I could do with it, in a positive act of resistance.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Just came here to scream into the void after an experiencing a bit of casual racism in the village tonight. On the day that ‘The Reformer’, a piece of junk mail (in every sense of the phrase) was delivered, ‘Free For Patriots’, apparently (immediately dropped into the recycling bag).

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Seen a lot of promotion of it on the telly box and radio inc BBC Sounds.

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Geoff Egan was truly one of a kind! Geoff served as our president and VP until his death in 2010. We aim to keep Geoff's memory alive with our annual Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture: spma.org.uk/geoff-egan-m...

spma.org.uk

The Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture - Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology

Geoff Egan, a former President of SPMA and serving Vice-President, died in 2010. To honour his work we hold the Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture each year. Geoff's influence on medieval and post-medieval a...

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Annemarieke Willemsen @amwillemsen.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Today #OTD is Geoff Egan's birthday, and he would have been 75.. 🧔🏻‍♀️ Still miss him, as unequalled small finds specialist and wise, kind & fun man. Let's raise a medieval glass to Geoff tonight 🍺 @postmedarch.bsky.social @findsorguk.bsky.social (glass @rmoudheden.bsky.social) youtu.be/N0BDQIlfDW4?...

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Oh to have an environmental archaeology string to take to this @olafbayer.bsky.social!

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

I love my homemade oats/nuts cereal mix but am looking for another option on days I haven’t enough time to make a batch.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Can anyone give me instructions for reliable overnight oats please? A colleague I was sharing last year’s dig house with made her breakfast that way and it was great, but I’ve been unable to replicate 😔

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

It’s taken me a million years and many many re-readings to notice this, but listening to a BBC radio adaptation of ‘Over Sea, Under Stone’ this morning and I realised the family names of the kids in the Dark is Rising series are Stanton and Drew.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Decided on a week’s worth of leek and potato.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Also, I love sea swimming so there’s some meaning for the scaterrer to hold onto if they need it.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Think I’m asking mine to be dropped into the sea. Don’t want to take up space, no need for any kind of marker.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

With 20 Young Archaeologists exploring a hillfort, watching a group of four tidily dressed adults hurriedly casting what were clearly cremains over a hedge and getting covered in blow-back (it’s a hillfort, on a hill, geddit, windy af) and really hoping none of the kids are going to ask about it.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

And returned! Great photos of students enjoying practicals. Please can you add Alt Text to your pics so that we can all appreciate them?

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

We have looked up the evening’s drinks/ And found them interesting/ But now we have to do the washing up./

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Cheers with beers from Zoom Supper with The Oracle. Who has had a domestic day and in consequence of Laundry Has lit the stove for the first time this season. #ConfinedCocktails

Colour photo of my right hand holding a glass of brown beer up to a laptop screen in a toast on screen, a person holds up anglass of dark beer in return

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

I was there with The Oracle four weeks ago! Looks like you enjoyed the Sit John Bradfield Viewing Point! We loved Landguard too, spent so long exploring the dirt that we ran out of time to visit Felixstowe Museum next door.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

I need soup for work lunches, and it will be spiced roast pumpkin, just a question of getting the right week.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Young Archaeologists’ Club this morning (toilet roll timelines) and after a pretzel and humus lunch I gate-crashed the Hillfort Studies Group who were upstairs for AGM (which I missed 😉) and interesting post-lunch talks. Do I buy a pumpkin to make soup or leave it another weekend? #ConfinedCocktails

Colour photo of a glass of Weißbier next to a small green ceramic bowl of crisps and green olives

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

😕 The Rifleman’s (cafe/restaurant of the regimental museum on the Close) is excellent.

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Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her) @artefactual.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Better looking than my weekend! Hope you are having a nice cuppa.

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