Reposted by Ray LaurenceThe Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 06/11/2025Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment 1547359117847
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 07/11/2025theconversation.com/the-roman-em...theconversation.comThe Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new studyA new comprehensive map reveals the true scale of the ancient Roman road network – but it is still incomplete. 0104
Reposted by Ray LaurenceUlla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 04/06/2025@raylaurence1.bsky.social giving a talk at Stockholm. How does a multi-species mobility look like? #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋 091
Reposted by Ray LaurenceUlla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025@raylaurence1.bsky.social today from Tampere on age #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋 031
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Age in antiquity workshop next week! research.tuni.fi/trivium/frid...research.tuni.fiFriday 6th June: Age, Aging and Ancestors in Ancient and Medieval Societies | Trivium | Tampere UniversitiesTrivium – Tampere Centre for Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies is organizing a one-day symposium on Age, Aging and Ancestors in Ancient and Medieval Societies. 1125
Reposted by Ray LaurenceNic33.bsky.social @nic33.bsky.social · 20/04/2025bsr.ac.uk/thomas-ashby...bsr.ac.ukThomas Ashby Abroad: A Photographic Record of the 1914 Journey - a new virtual exhibition on the BSR website - bsr.ac.ukDiscover the new virtual exhibition “Thomas Ashby and the other side of the world” on our digital platform: https://virtualexhibitions.bsr.ac.uk/omeka-s/s/thomas-ashby-and-the-other-side-of-the-world/... 0113
Reposted by Ray LaurenceLea Beness @leabeness.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Wonderful work being done on Thomas Ashby and the Roman roads of Italy by Macquarie graduates @janetwade.bsky.social and @nic33.bsky.social using the photo archive of @bsrome.bsky.social. @raylaurence1.bsky.social @emlynkd.bsky.social @resaustrales.bsky.social @awaws.org bsr.ac.uk/thomas-ashby... 1177
Reposted by Ray LaurenceDavid Rafferty @davidrafferty.bsky.social · 17/05/2025We have a blog post up on our new Open Access book "How Republics Die: creeping authoritarianism in ancient Rome and beyond". Find the post here: doi.org/10.58079/13xuq and the book itself (with all the chapters in downloadable PDF) here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 12612
Reposted by Ray LaurenceDr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Today is World Autism Awareness Day, in Autism Awareness Week, which is in Autism Awareness Month. Spare a thought today for all the autistic people who really hate April! But in the spirit of awareness... I've been quiet on social media lately because I've been working on a Big Autism Project... 2295
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This inspires a new approach to the 20 minute academic conference paper! @ascs in Auckland early 2026! 010
Reposted by Ray LaurenceCory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up. 1046013487519968
Reposted by Ray LaurenceThe Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 28/03/2025🌟Early Release - Gladiator II with Alexandra Sills 🌟 We consider the highs and lows of Gladiator II with @belovedofoizys.bsky.social, whose research focuses on the representation of gladiators. This fantastic interview is out now for our wonderful patreons 🥳 www.patreon.com/posts/122599... 0246
Reposted by Ray LaurenceAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/03/2025People are taking things into their own hands 10744695211474
Reposted by Ray LaurenceAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. We’ve got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com 231210334118473
Reposted by Ray LaurenceRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The Atlantic has now published the Signal texts with attack plans in response to administration denials. I worked at the Pentagon. If information like this is not classified, nothing is. If Hegseth is claiming he declassified this information, he should be shown the door for having done so. 273116983372
Reposted by Ray LaurenceScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 26/03/2025The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous. 646315096756
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025So, we reach end of week 4 of the academic year and are given an inkling of what Macquarie Uni is about to inflict on its employees. futurecampus.com.au/2025/03/20/a...futurecampus.com.auAnother savings plan at Macquarie UManagement at Macquarie University warns academics the times are changing and so must the way they work - and yes redundancies are mentioned. 120
Reposted by Ray LaurenceUlla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 20/03/2025US is now a fascist totalitarian country? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comFrench scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump foundFrance’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched 1112
Reposted by Ray LaurenceDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 15/03/2025We all know what day it is... 10766151
Reposted by Ray LaurenceDan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · 12/03/2025very proud to have been involved in the development of this report, for which I also wrote the afterword, being launched by the All Party Parliamentary Group in London today www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... 1130275
Reposted by Ray LaurenceNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 08/03/2025A toxic toy? A #Roman lead figure of a #camel, presumably a kid's toy (height 5.08cm, length 7.62cm). Dating probably 1st century AD, from Lower #Egypt. On display at the British Museum 📷 me 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology 321335
Reposted by Ray LaurenceOscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Happy #InternationalWomensDay on #RomanSiteSaturday! Women have always been part of #archaeology. When Roman Verulamium (now St Albans) was excavated by Mortimer and Tessa Wheeler in the 1930s, women made up over half the team! Here are a few photos 1/6 📸 St Albans Museum #IWD #Trowelblazers🏺 110920
Reposted by Ray LaurenceHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 08/03/2025Over 150 people rallied outside the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, March 6, in the second protest against sweeping layoffs at the institution.hyperallergic.comWorkers Rally Outside Brooklyn Museum as Layoffs Deadline LoomsWith staff cuts set to go into effect in just three days, workers and unions hope there’s still a chance the museum might reverse course. 15412
Reposted by Ray LaurenceKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 08/03/2025I love this photo that @melissabender.bsky.social captured of me at the #standupforscience rally yesterday in NYC. I wonder if I could make this my official faculty photo lol @jackiantonovich.bsky.social @kimberlywheiman.bsky.social @archaeoscape.bsky.social @sarahruncie.bsky.social 815764897
Reposted by Ray LaurenceStephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio. 30586736614395
Reposted by Ray LaurenceKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Wall painting fragment from Ostia Antica depicting Lares (a household guardian) between two serpents. Dating to the second half of the 2nd century AD, the fragment can be viewed at the Ostia Antica site museum. 📸 My own. #FrescoFriday #OstiaAntica 16315
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Ping @davidrafferty.bsky.social “clusterfuck”? 110
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Week 1 of new academic year ends. Taught 270 students in “tutorials” on campus - luckily for 3 weeks have help with the 160 online students.Manager has allocated an extra 18 hours for convening &consultation and removed 18 hours of marking this pm, I’ll take it! Tomorrow Autumn 020
Reposted by Ray Laurenceabel @abelwithatable.bsky.social · 23/02/2025BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽 550278216217
Reposted by Ray LaurenceRev. Dr. Liz Gloyn @lizgloyn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025For clarity/clarification, this is York in Canada, not York in the UK. Still ghastly regardless of geography. 142
Reposted by Ray LaurenceKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 23/02/2025ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art... 387270968665
Reposted by Ray LaurenceRome and Beyond @romebeyond.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Giorgio de Chirico, Gli Archeologi, 1927 ca, Museo Carlo Bilotti, #Rome #art 081
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Monday is start of academic year for us in southern hemisphere, week kicks off with 407 students in unit I teach #exciting But, Friday will bring All Staff Town Hall with VC, trepidation -what doom will be announced? 110
Reposted by Ray LaurenceJoel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 21/02/2025for the cycle of responses to images from Nolan's Odyssey production 2041160
Reposted by Ray LaurenceSteven Ellis @stevenellis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Deadline for the Tytus Fellowships is drawing nearer... More here: classics.uc.edu/departments/... 021
Reposted by Ray LaurenceUlla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 21/02/2025A voice from inside Cardiff: despair and questions to the management voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...voice.cymruTwo Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes… 132
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comLabor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous | Tim WintonAs Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must look to those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort of people profiting from fossil fuels, and the politicians who protect them 000
Reposted by Ray LaurenceHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The waste is coming from the White House. 👇 785229869015
Reposted by Ray Laurencerogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 20/02/2025US Museum Returns Ancient Statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius to Turkey - GreekReporter.com greekreporter.com/2025/02/20/u...greekreporter.comGreekReporter.com - Greek News from Greece and the WorldGreek news from Greece and the world, get the latest updates on business, economy, Greek travel, recipes, Ancient Greek culture and more. 063
