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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/09/2026

I’m going to need everyone who’s reporting on AI psychosis and how it’s making people, especially men, come up with theories of everything to please talk with the scientists who have been getting multiple emails from “theory of everything” guys for decades

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⬡ Today, we become the Institute for Research Software. For 15 years, we've worked as the Software Sustainability Institute to make research software more sustainable and properly recognised.

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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 01/07/2026

regular open plea to museums needing models: pick me, pick me!

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CAAInt.bsky.social @caaint.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The #CAA2027 Call for Sessions is now open! Researchers and practitioners are invited to propose Standard Sessions, Round Tables, and Other Formats 2027.caaconference.org/call-for-ses... #CAA2027 will be held in Santiago, Chile from 17-20 May 2027. #Archaeology #DigitalArchaeology

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CAAInt.bsky.social @caaint.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The next @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy meeting takes place today, Friday 5 June, 1600-1700 CEST Agenda: - Announcements, publications, communications - Summer break/after summer activities - Show&Tell, where you can tell us about your cool projects! Become a member here: sslarch.github.io

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We all literally, LITERALLY just watched NASA fly four absolute all-stars the farthest any human has ever been from Earth and back flawlessly, and yet we're still continuously forced to pretend Musk's bullshit catastrophe factory is the future of human space exploration

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Robert Rath @robertrath.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

There are many, many reasons to not want a further spiral into political violence (I’ve written a lot on this, especially related to the modernization of Japan and rise of militarism) but one small reason is that it starts to psychologically taint spaces you otherwise had positive associations with.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

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Asif Siddiqi @historyasif.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Cover of the Sep 1969 issue of Soviet journal Ogonek. Photo taken by Zond-8 spacecraft as it circled the Moon. Quote from Lenin: "All the wonders of technology...will become the property of the people, and from now on, human intelligence and genius will never be turned into a means of violence."

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Matteo Tomasini @mattomasini.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

In about 30 minutes we will start the S34 session on maritime modelling at the BIG Hörsaal! I will talk about the oddities of sending a software engineer to test the seafaring capabilities of some quite interesting boats, don't miss it! #CAA2026

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A 3,200 year-old painted scene of a lion and a gazelle playing a board game, probably senet. From an ancient Egyptian illustrated papyrus showing animals taking on human roles in comic situations where they act against their natural instincts. 📷 British Museum #Archaeology

The British Museum image shows a painted scene of a lion and a gazelle playing a board game, probably senet. They are seated on low stools, facing each other, across a low table on which a board game with black playing pieces is laid out. It is probably the popular ancient Egyptian board game senet.

The gazelle sits on the left of the table facing the lion on the right. The animals are seated on their haunches, sitting upright, legs hanging down from the chair seat, and their forelegs raised, being used as arms. Each animal holds a game piece with their hoof and paw respectively. The gazelle is painted brown within a black outline. It has black hooves, two long, black, s-shaped curved horns, and a black dot for its eye. It has long pointed ears at the back of its head. The lion is painted a sandy brown within a black outline. It has a darker-brown shaggy mane and a black nose and eye. It’s mouth is ajar as if speaking.

Detail from an ancient Egyptian illustrated papyrus from Deir el-Medina

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I love this! The brilliant Holly Dunsworth is reviewing Sapiens, one page at a time, separating myth from fact… Let’s dive in! ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2026/03/sapi...

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"Sapiens": One page at a time

I've been co-teaching a course for several years in which we read Sapiens . I think I've read it eight times, now. That explains the gumband...

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CAAInt.bsky.social @caaint.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our very serious Executive Steering Committee plotting the CAA’s future! #CAA2026

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Matteo Tomasini @mattomasini.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Day 3 of #CAA2026! Come listen to mine and @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy's session on failed modelling approaches ("All models are wrong", S16) in Hörsaal 05, ongoing now!

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 01/04/2026

For the first time, archaeologists have analysed ash residue from incense burners preserved at Pompeii, revealing the substances burnt as offerings to the gods in Roman households and the long-distance trade undertaken to acquire them. A fragrant #AntiquityThread 1/10 🧵 🏺 #Archaeology

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 01/04/2026

Your chance to rename Comet 3I/ATLAS! From 1000s of entries in a public competition, three names made it to the final stage - now YOU can vote for the winning name! Simply reply with 1, 2, 3 or "Can't decide, they're all great!" in the comments - before 12.00 CEST today when we reveal the winner!

Screenshot graphic of the top three proposals from our competition to rename Comet 3I/ATLAS ;-)

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Starite 🌟 @starite.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️ #art #tdov #transart

a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

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Matteo Tomasini @mattomasini.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Are you at #CAA2026? Wanna talk about ABM, software development, and code review for archaeology? Come find me and let's have a chat - you'll recognize me by the mustache!

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Matteo Tomasini @mattomasini.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Started #CAA2026 in Vienna by giving a workshop on #CodeReview and #CodingBestPractices to a group of computational archaeologists who were all very interested and keen. The theme is in itself super important since the current state of things for archaeology software is not the best.

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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Hey, librarian here. If you find out a favorite author is a monster, don't separate the art from the author just give it the fuck up and stop supporting the monster.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/03/2026

Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People theonion.com/archaeological-dig-unc…

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The Jetsons lied to us

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CAAInt.bsky.social @caaint.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The minutes for the last meeting of the @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy are out. Congrats to @mattomasini.bsky.social on becoming the new convener and a huge thank you to outgoing convener Martin Hinz! Keep an eye out for the planned catch-up at #CAA2026. sslarch.github.io/minutes/2026...

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55th regular meeting – CAA/SSLA

A special interest group of [CAA International](https://caa-international.org/) dedicated to scientific scripting languages in archaeology.

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Enrico Glerean @eglerean.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Few days before @coderefinery.org workshop, Spring 2026! This year, on top of the usual hands-on teaching of git, GitHub, reproducibility, good coding practices we have something new: "Responsible Use of Generative AI in Assisted Coding"! The workshop is 100% free and happens entirely via TwitchTV

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CodeRefinery workshop March 17-19 and 24-26, 2026

Free workshop on git, testing, documentation, and more in a workshop - for researchers and scientists.

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Nordic-RSE @nordic-rse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Come join us at the Nordic RSE Conference 2026, Tromsø, Norway, on June 9-10, 2026. Keynote speakers: * Dr Mihaela Duta, University of Oxford * Assoc. Prof. Dr Elisabeth Wetzer, UiT Registration and call for abstracts is now open! For more details, visit: nordic-rse.org/nrse2026

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Matteo Tomasini @mattomasini.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

While climate collapse or war seem to be the greatest problems of our time, the loss of darkness is a subtle yet consequential issue. By losing our access to the starry skies, we are losing a piece of Us that has been with us since forever.

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Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Testing how the polycule handles conflict by bringing an infect deck to the commander pod.

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 20/01/2026

The 2026 International RSE Survey is now live! This survey will help us better understand what RSEs need and how we can advocate for the community with policymakers and funders. We'd really appreciate your input. Please share with your networks. #RSEng www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

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2026 International RSE Survey | Software Sustainability Institute

We have launched the 2026 International RSE Survey.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 05/02/2026

It's exciting to see the #RSEng map getting more filled in, with RSE Argentina (rse-argentina.github.io) joining the global community

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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

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Bluesky Map

Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Join us tomorrow to hear about political entanglements of prehistorian Vere Gordon Childe and world famous writer George Orwell, beginning with Childe's inclusion by Orwell on a secret government list of suspected crypto-Communists and Communist sympathisers. www.sal.org.uk/event/orwell...

Gordon Childe Swan Watson, Andrew, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

George Orwell By Cassowary Colorizations - George Orwell, c. 1940

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Enrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Here's another exciting opportunity to join the ERC FORAGER team! This one is a 3-year postdoc on paleoclimate modelling with the fantastic Matt Osman here in @cam.ac.uk, with opportunity for synergies (pun intended 😜) with other team members in archaeology and zoology www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.

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Enrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We are looking for a research project manager for the upcoming FORAGER ERC Synergy Project. Based at the University of York, this is an exciting opportunity to work in a team of 37 researchers from the UK, the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Japan. Join us! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

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Jobs - The University of York

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

And as a friendly reminder, we hold monthly meetings where we host amazing speakers, organize collectively-maintained projects, and discuss all things relating to scripting languages in archaeology! (we also sometimes spill out into other #DigitalArchaeology and #ComputationalArchaeology topics […]

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

RE: archaeo.social/@CAA_SSLA/1158810873… 👾 For those who might have missed it, earlier this month we organized the inaugural Digital Archaeology Maintainathon --- an opportunity to clean, document and revise older code together. We wrote a brief summary of the event here […]

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

📈 We’ve showcased many great projects throughout the week, many of which are developed by junior researchers and volunteer labour. If any of these are especially interesting to you, consider reaching out to offer support! This can take the form of contributions to the code base, helping promote […]

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

🔭 Something that always needs to be done, is documenting code. We all seem to lack behind in this task. So, why not take half an hour today to write a short documentation on one of your repositories? Just as a start? Read more about documenting code here 👉 […]

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

🌐 Do you publish your code properly? While commercial platforms like GitHub and GitLab may provide very useful collaboration features, they should not be trusted as long-term stewards of software or data. Professional archives are better suited for this. There are some options. Check out our […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

For the #DigiArchMaintainathon I just updated the open-archaeo roadmap: github.com/zackbatist/open-archaeo/… This involved checking off some completed items on our to do list, adding a few new ones, and restructuring the document for greater clarity. I also added […]

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Joe Roe @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

Step one: remind myself how the code works because I last looked properly six years ago 😭 Step two: resolve the outstanding issues (github.com/joeroe/rintchron/issues), which are mostly about improving the robustness of response parsing to deal with unusual data (and performance, but I […]

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Joe Roe @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

Unfortunately mostly what I've been doing so far in #DigiArchMaintainathon week is maintaining my sanity in the face of university bureaucracy. But with what's left I will try to get my #Rstats package wrapping the #IntChron chronological data API ship-shape and ready for CRAN […]

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

RE: archaeo.social/@zackbatist/11589444… ✨ Advertisement block for open-archaeo.info ✨ It's your first resource if you are looking for a software tool to solve your #DigitalArchaeology or #ComputationalArchaeology problem. And if you know a good one: Have a look whether it is […]

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

🤖 Continuous integration (CI) automates tasks that always need to be done after you update your codebase e.g. building a software, testing, generating documentation, or producing accessible outputs. This is great, as it ensures robust software development. Want to learn more? Check out our short […]

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Zack Batist @zackbatist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

RE: archaeo.social/@CAA_SSLA/1158935240… Yesterday I updated the roadmap for open-archaeo, which is a list of open source archaeological software and resources (open-archaeo.info). while it's fairly comprehensive, it could really benefit from a focused attempt by people […]

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Matteo Tomasini @mattomasini.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Testing is the only way I can keep up a software with many moving parts like Pytheas (github.com/mtomasini/py...) and be relatively sure that it's working. Writing tests takes a lot of time if you start testing after a software was developed, but it is very manageable if you test from the start!

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GitHub - mtomasini/pytheas-simulator: A software to simulate seafaring in the Bronze Age.

A software to simulate seafaring in the Bronze Age. - mtomasini/pytheas-simulator

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

✅ Check out our resources page for a very simple practical guide on how to write unit tests, written by @lsteinmann: sslarch.github.io/maintainathon/res… #DigiArchMaintainathon #DigitalArchaeology #ComputationalArchaeology #Maintainathon

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

✅ Good tests help you make sure that your script, package, or software is maintainable and functional, and does exactly what you want it to. They are also a great form of documentation, communicating what you expected from your functions and methods to others who may want to reuse your code […]

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CAA SSLA @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

✅ Testing your code involves including additional logic to test whether your code is operating as you expect it to. Aside from supporting users with different computational environments, they’re a great way to slow down and think about the code you’re writing and whether it supports your goals […]

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