Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 22/06/2026Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating. 11760295
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 9h>>‘He has committed no offence other than wanting to defend heritage sites’: arrest of Iraqi archaeologists sparks backlash Many fear the real reason for Ali Tabar’s and Amir Al-Jumaili’s arrests are their campaigns against a controversial investment law<<theartnewspaper.com‘He has committed no offence other than wanting to defend heritage sites’: arrest of Iraqi archaeologists sparks backlashMany fear the real reason for Ali Tabar’s and Amir Al-Jumaili’s arrests are their campaigns against a controversial investment law 000
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4830141051
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 20hPhone doodle: butterfly 3 #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 120
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡MOLA @museumofloot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New Case: Four Gold Foil Birds of Prey from the Chinese Eastern Zhou culture’s Spring and Autumn period, contributed by Allison Casaly. 161
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 29/09/2026arkeonews.net/archaeologis...arkeonews.netArchaeologists Uncover More Than 30 Iron Age Houses Dating Back 2,500 Years in the Alps | ArkeonewsArchaeologists in northern Italy have uncovered more than 30 Iron Age houses dating back around 2,500 years, revealing the scale of a major Alpine settlement. 111321
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMYbuff.lyAnnouncing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh... 19820271
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Phone doodle: botsing #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 120
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Jona Lendering @jonalendering.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Over oudheidkunde bestaan nogal wat misverstanden, maar archeologen graven niet de hele dag en classici neuzen niet voortdurend in stoffige boeken. Maar wat doen oudheidkundigen nou wél? Zes vragen voor numismate Fleur Kemmers. mainzerbeobachter.com/2026/09/28/z... 0174
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All solidarity with my UCU colleagues ✊️ 094
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Archives and online catalogues are fragile, massively underfunded and rarely given priority. Yet this is the infrastructure on which academic and commercial research relies. Sigh. 25817
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why do Neo-Babylonian legal contracts refer to "iron oxen" used to plow fields? Did the Babylonians invent tractors? Not quite, apparently iron oxen are a legal clause which means that the borrower has to replace any ox that dies during the term of the lease. The oxen are therefore "immortal". 2237
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The so-called “Stone-Cone Building” is perhaps one of the most puzzling examples of West Asian architecture. The construction technique is unparalleled. The walls are decorated with hundreds of thousands of coloured stone cones. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it... 031
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Seth L. Sanders @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And I was just hearing about this!livescience.comArchaeologists discover 'tomb of the very highest rank' in 2,700-year-old Etruscan cemeteryArchaeologists have discovered a massive Etruscan burial mound with a vast assortment of grave goods north of Rome. 051
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Phone doodle: geel rood zwart #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 110
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026An Important Note on Silicon Valley AI Models (LLMs) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/an-im...talkingpointsmemo.comAn Important Note on Silicon Valley AI Models (LLMs)I want to flag your attention to this note written by computer... 128222
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And to be honest, though the systems are so complex you can never prove causation, the fact that our descent into the dumbest politics follows on four decades of systematic, institutional disinvestment from the liberal arts seems almost too on the nose and yet here we are. 444157
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Jon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Shorter post this time about what I call "competitive history", or the frustrating trend to typologize and compare historical places, people, and events. Or, in other words, the "RIP to them but I'm different" theory of history #medievalskyamong-the-ruins.ghost.ioOn "Competitive History"A few weeks ago I was delivering a lecture on the Mongols, and noted how Chinggis Khan ruled over the "largest land empire in history," a phrase that gets bandied about all over the internet. I asked ... 0208
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Phone doodle: RUR #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 110
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It seems to me that a solution to encouraging AI 'alignment' would be to hold AI companies and their executives legally liable - criminally, if relevant - for what their AI agents do. 3160993
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Phone doodle: flower 4 #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 110
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Merchants of Greek! Merchants of Latin! pedants! dogs! Philistines! magisters! I hate you pedagogs." — Victor Hugo (France, 1802-1885) LOL 010
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Phone doodle: spirals #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 140
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This blog by Akiva Sanders is very good. An archaeologist's ruminations on the people, nature and heritage of the Middle East. He focuses on SE Turkey in this article.whatsurvivestheflood.comWatching a City DrownSubmerged Cities Part One 000
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡MOLA @museumofloot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEWS: Among 180 objects valued at $70 million seized by the Manhattan DA, four antiquities were from Michael Steinhardt, one of the world’s largest ancient art collectors. Three of the objects are female Syro-Hittite Idols crafted in northwest Syria during the 2nd millennium B.C.E. 1236
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Phone doodle: traffic lights #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 100
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Phone doodle: war #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 120
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Phone doodle: timbre #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 140
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Let me tell you something obvious --iow, I don't reallt need to tell you. Job applicants want you to read their applications. Students want you to read their writing. No one wants AI to do it. That means you should write your own email, memos, and opeds. W abundant typos (ok that's jsut me). 114525
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026>>Archaeologists navigate Syria’s transition in war-torn Afrin<< Talks about what happened to archaeological heritage during the vagaries of the Syrian Civil Wartheamargi.comArchaeologists navigate Syria’s transition in war-torn AfrinAfrin’s ancient sites suffered extensive damage during years of Turkish occupation and civil war. Archaeologists now navigate Syria’s political transition in heritage rescue efforts. 000
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless. 532021402
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Phone doodle: in awe #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 120
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Phone doodle: striving #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 150
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Andrew Reinhard, PhD, RPA @adreinhard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We were in logging country today in a Ponderosa forest and found a land claim blaze (JM8), and several bottles/shards (1890-1920) for soda and tinctures including Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root. McKinley County, New Mexico. September 19, 2026. 051
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Phone doodle: strong #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 120
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026>>“AI allows you to get to a bad idea faster,” one of the sources said.<< 001
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026>>A new study sheds light on how Syrian archaeologists risked their lives to rescue approximately 30,000 priceless artifacts from the Deir ez-Zor Museum during the summers of 2014 and 2015 as the city faced the imminent threat of capture by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)<<phys.orgHow 30,000 archaeological treasures were saved from imminent destruction during Syria's civil warA new study sheds light on how Syrian archaeologists risked their lives to rescue approximately 30,000 priceless artifacts from the Deir ez-Zor Museum during the summers of 2014 and 2015 as the city f... 001
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026AQUAHUMAN! A hybrid figure merging human and fish-like features: scales, wide-open eyes, downturned corners of the mouth, distinctive traits reminiscent of sturgeons. Discovered at the Mesolithic settlement of Lepenski Vir, the sandstone sculpture dates to approximately 6200–5950 BC. 🧵1/3 📷 me 940096
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026>>Thomas Schmidinger lecturer at University of Vienna and works at Associate Professor at University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) Besuch bei dem was von den Ruinen der späthettitischen Stadt von Tell Ain Dara (13. bis 8. Jahrhundert v. Chr.) übrig geblieben ist: 2018 hat die türkische Luftwaffe imfacebook.com 100
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Phone doodle: orange and green 2 #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 120
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a good deep-dive into AI slop invading what used to be legit media sites. One thing I’m seeing more and more: slop outlets churning archaeology stories from 1-5 years ago and presenting them as news. 🏺🧪futurism.comHow Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per MonthBrown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism. 21553226
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Jona Lendering @jonalendering.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Vandaag een blogje over tandheelkunde in het oude Nabije Oosten met, naar ons idee, een succes en een mislukking. mainzerbeobachter.com/2026/09/17/a...mainzerbeobachter.comAntieke tandheelkunde - Mainzer BeobachterDe tandheelkunde is zo oud als de mensheid. De Feniciërs maakten al tandprotheses en de Assyriërs konden een ontsteking genezen. 0124
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Phone doodle: green astroid #imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart 110
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So many people think that the students who can't pay back their loans are going to like Vassar or Oberlin or even Harvard. In reality they're going to schools like Legends Barber College or Construction Training Center. www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n... 10413109
Reposted by Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In 1965, an American scholar bought her first stolen god from two boys outside a Kathmandu temple. Grains of rice were still stuck to it — offerings from worshippers. She paid less than $2 and wrote in her diary: "I don't think the temple will miss it at all." 🧵 www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...himalmag.comMary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritageA US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States 6211114
Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡 @fdeblauwe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Latest flu and Covid-19 vaccines: yay! 100