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Charlie Clark

@charliethewollie.bsky.social
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UoE PhD Candidate at the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies ✡️✝️☪️ Currently obsessed with φυλακτήρια, קמעין, late-antique Judaism/general religious fun times and museum studies. Big fan of languages, music, escape rooms, and unnecessarily large shoes

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus): These tiny Australian birds forage for insects, when they think it's safe to do so. They are often seen together with the Red Backed Wren family, as well as double barred and red browed finches. Photo by Penny Ash in Australia #SuperbFairywren #bird #nature #bsky
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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Excited to see what students make of their first exposure to the PGM, including this small part of a ritual you can use to open a locked door and/or calm someone's anger
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026
If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Abracadabra was an ancient magical term. 🪄A new working paper poses: “[using computers], we show that the diminishing letter triangle generated by Greek AΒΡΑΚΑΔΑΒΡΑ yields an isopsephy value of 1480, which is alphanumerically equal to the name ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ—Christos.” www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/a...
This inscribed silver cross from the 7th century AD was found at the beginning of the 20th century in an early medieval grave under the gothic Cathedral of Lausanne (Vaud, Switzerland). Intended to ward off misfortune, it is engraved on both sides with the protective formula “ABRAX ABRACA”, which later became ABRACADABRA. It is thus a good illustration of how ancestral practices and beliefs also find their place within the new Christian religion, that spread on the Swiss Plateau in the 5th century AD. It is also one of the rare european object of that period with an inscription. Height: 9 cm. Scan by onsitu.

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Log Cabin Museum @logcabinmuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Heard of the #MerlinApp? #MerlinBird app is by @cornellbirds.bsky.social - world leader in the study & conservation of #birds & #biodiversity. It lets you determine the birds around you, and learn more about them. Check out who we’ve met around the #LogCabinMuseum! #FlightFriday #FeatheredFriday 🦅🦉
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
These papyrus fragments of Homer's Odyssey date to the 2nd century CE! They were written in Egypt – using early Greek uncial script, a well-practised formal bookhand of the time – roughly 800 years after the original versions of the Odyssey were composed (around 700–650 BCE). MS Add.4074
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Fake Muppet Show Guests @fakemuppetguests.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star A Parasaurolophus!
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Dr. Carly Maris @vintagehistorian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My favorite part of the Odyssey movie was at the end when Rizzo the Rat pops up and says, “Nice Story Homer,” and then Gonzo (as Homer) says “Oh thanks. If you like this you should read the book.”
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Papyrology summer school is over and my heart is breaking
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I hath found a church
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Earliest paleographic evidence for Pac-Man
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Ambrosianus Gr. 491, 14th-century.

Given Inky here, let's hope the scribe also doodled one of those bright glowing pucks for Pac-Man to eat
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This place is so pretty
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Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Hello from Amsterdam! Can't wait for the Radboud school of Greek papyrology to start tomorrow :))
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night
The famous artefact depicting events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England will go on display in September.
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University of Surrey Archives and Special Collections @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A sight to strike fear in the heart of archivists: the rusty metal clip! Rust causes chemical damage to paper, leaving corrosion marks and making pages brittle. These examples are from a recent deposit to our collections; the clips will be carefully removed before repacking. #archiveconservation
A rusty paperclip attached to a series of papers. There are brown marks around the shape of the clip which has damaged the paper.A pin holding together several pages. There is a brown mark on the paper surrounding the pin hole.A rusty safety pin holding several pages of paper. This is possibly the worst offender - posing risks to both archivist and the archive material. 
Our next steps will be to carefully remove them, replacing where needed with brass clips and storing in our climate controlled strongroom, to ensure that the information on these papers remain accessible for many years to come.
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Exeter Library @exeterlibrary.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
THIS FRIDAY! 🍻 It's the library pub quiz! 📝 Classic rounds like general knowledge, music and pictures. Prizes for the winners. Bar available. Bring your own snacks. You know the drill. 📅 FRI 10 JULY, 18:30 - 21:00 🎫 £3 each, max teams of 6: www.ticketsource.com...
Quizzical poster.
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
not me binging all the Night at the Museum films tonight to deal with the existential dread
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Fake Muppet Show Guests @fakemuppetguests.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star The Rosetta Stone!
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Francesca Stavrakopoulou @proffrancesca.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Wake up, University VC and Council. It’s not too late to turn this around and champion your humanities staff and our world-class departments. #DefendExeterUni www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.
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Siobhán Jolley @siobhanjolley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Exeter is one of the best TRS departments in the UK, staffed by wonderful humans doing outstanding research and excellent teaching. The shortsightedness of this decision is staggering, and there’s not much about the state of higher education that can still shock me. Please share and sign.
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
❗ THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER’S HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PROGRAM IS FACING EXTENSIVE CUTS! 🎓 The University of Exeter is looking to cut 150 staff roles before the end of the year, and the overwhelming majority of positions at risk are in the university’s Humanities and Social Sciences program!
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.
A screenshot from here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02-07-inside-herculaneum-scroll-seen-first-time-almost-2000-years

It explains that the machine learning involves only the detection of ink
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Learned today that British Museum has no AC, but it does have a clear roof that lets the sun in and creates a additional greenhouse effect in 100ish degree weather.
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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There is currently an open letter and petition in the works - not normally one to recommend Insta but follow www.instagram.com/p/DZ9heELjlX... for more info as + when things are happening
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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/06/2026
First pelicans in 360 years hatch in St James’s Park London
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First pelicans in 360 years hatch in St James’s Park London
Birds have been in the park since the Russian ambassador gave King Charles II two in 1664 – but none ever bred there They arrived in the royal park shortly before the Great Fire of London, when the Russian ambassador presented a pair to King Charles II as a gift. But although pelicans have been living in St James’s Park since 1664, none ever learned the art of courtship until now – when the first time in more than 360 years, chicks have been born. Continue reading...
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Anyone got any random tips for translating longer literary passages? It's a skill in Ancient Greek which I'm not very used to and I very much feel like I'm rushing the process!
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The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum @bdcmuseum.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We were delighted to welcome this year's cohort of University of Exeter Arts, Culture and Heritage Professional Pathways interns to the museum for a skills training session about #curation. Such great ideas & enthusiasm! We wish you the best of luck with your #internships! #professionalpathways
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Roger Pearse @rogerpearse.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Two new sermons of Augustine discovered in 2024, to be published by the CSEL. www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2026/...
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Another two sermons of St Augustine discovered: on the Witch of Endor
Excellent news from the University of Würzburg, where a researcher has discovered two unknown sermons by St Augustine in a Latin manuscript in Poland!   The reporting (by Martin Brandstätter) is unusu...
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
never did I think I would need my maths a-level again but here I am doing statistical analysis of textual distribution on a set of amulets and writing about standard deviations from the mean
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Rowan McLaughlin (they / them) @justmeandmyraven.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
There is now an EDM to stop the horrible new EHRC guidance becoming statutory. Proposed by Nadia Whittome, sponsored by @sianberry.bsky.social is a sponsor and Hannah Spencer has signed it. Please lobby your MP to sign if they are not on the list. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/05/2026
Trans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights | Alexandra Parmar-Yee
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Trans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights | Alexandra Parmar-Yee
Hard-won, vital legal protections have been upended – ultimately our lawmakers must fix this, says director of Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, Alexandra Parmar-Yee
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 18/05/2026
The theme of this year's #InternationalMuseumDay is Museums Uniting a Divided World. We're focusing on how museums can act as bridges across cultural, social and geopolitical divides, fostering dialogue, understanding, inclusion and peace 🕊️ @icomuk.bsky.social #IMD2026
International Museum Day poster by ICOM, the International Council of Museums. The poster shows a constellation of stars in the sky, symbolising making connections across divides. The caption reads: Museums Uniting a Divided World
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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Present, Future, Aorist, Perfect, Pluperfect, Aorist Passive 🏺
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 15/05/2026
News | Wellcome Collection to return 2,000 manuscripts in landmark agreement Museum says Jain texts were acquired ‘against the best interests of their original owners’
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Wellcome Collection to return 2,000 manuscripts in landmark agreement - Museums Association
Museum says Jain texts were acquired ‘against the best interests of their original owners’
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
From the brilliant @asherperlman.bsky.social Doesn't resonate with me at all, of course....
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We made this post in honour of the five year old kid who at an event we hosted in a local library ran full speed to our table, tried to pick up a wax seal, and was about to bite into it until his mum wrestled it off of him.
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Ulster Folk Museum @ulsterfolkmuseum.org · 12/05/2026
...what happened in this thread
A screenshot of a Bluesky thread posted by the GOAT Museum of English Rural Life that somehow starts with, 'AI this AI that no Claude has ever served a museum visitor a scone with a smile' and results in the most recent post, 'please do not bring lasers to the museum'.
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Charlie Clark @charliethewollie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Happy Exeter Pride to the folks here today!
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Join us in wishing a massive happy 100th birthday to the man who has inspired millions of people around the world to care about nature and look after our planet - the incredible Sir David Attenborough! 🎉
David Attenborough standing outside the Museum wearing a blue jacket and blue and white patterned tie. He is laughing in the image, which features text saying "Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough!"
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A new wasp has been named in honour of Sir David Attenborough! 🥳🙌 This is Attenboroughnculus tau - a newly described 3.5 mm parasitic wasp. Find out more about this exciting discovery. 👇
A small brown and beige wasp photographed on a light grey background. It has two antennae and open wings. There’s text on the image saying, ‘New wasp species named after Sir David Attenborough!’ followed by a party popper emoji. On the right bottom corner, there’s text saying ‘Scroll to find out more’ followed by a hand emoji pointing down.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/05/2026
‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: the last resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork
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‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: the last resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork
Ana Viladomiu has been a ‘privileged’ resident of the once derided, now revered Barcelona apartment building for almost 40 years
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