Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Students are doing data entry for "Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure". I want to let them engage more with underlying turtle-serialized RDF. So a. notebook to encourage that. I will also show it in "Databases and Network Analysis" class tomorrow as example of practice. 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tagging @paregorios.bsky.social because his asking me about this generally was the prompt to do a better job of making these RDF triples available. Thanks! 010
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New amphitheater in Austria: www.vienna.at/2000-years-h... . Shown north of town in 3d rendering. I estimate it at roughly long, lat: 14.5655 , 48.2220 .vienna.at2,000 Years Hidden: Researchers Discover Roman City in Lower AustriaAlle Nachrichten aus Wien und den Bezirken sowie aktuelle News aus Österreich und der Welt mit vielen Themen wie Sport, Politik, Stars, uvm. 011
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@isawnyu.bsky.social Open House for Prospective Students will be Nov. 5th. isaw.nyu.edu/events/open-.... I welcome any student using computational methods in their research. Beyond Rome OK. We can advise any area. In Roman archaeology, connecting specific phenomena to big picture is of interest. 042
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gasoline-powered leaf blower doing its high-pitched thing next door while I'm trying to write. Oh well. And yes, that's my contribution to today's #AcademicChatter! 120
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Following up: The real win here is moving CV to markdown. Claude did that conversion well. Character for character where it needed to be. And now the source is very lint-able and editable with all that .md plain-text ease. Not using any pre-existing stack. Claude made a lightweight .css that works. 010
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026How dare you question my power! All shall love me and despair! 111
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I see issue. “Helped me get to this task that had been hanging over me and causing professional guilt every time I submitted the full version.” But that phrasing put me over character limit! 010
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My CV needed work. Cruft and poor formatting had accumulated in an MS-Word doc of ancient origin. So yeah, "Update my CV in HeathCV.doc to refactor sections and convert to Markdown with command to generate" worked well as a prompt to Claude. YMMV. But helped me get to this. #AcademicChatter 310
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Younger Scott Bessent is both appalled and thrilled. 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Summer's penultimate writing task is 2000+/- word review of a digital resource. I want to be thoughtful. And I want to get it done. Add in a family gathering spanning this weekend and submitting a week from today is goal. No especial ambition in that schedule! Steady on will do it! #AcademicChatter 020
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Matt Damon turned out to be the Sea Peoples and the administration turned out to be its own Vandals. From the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, we've got it all these days. 030
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The DOJ should be renamed the Department of Prosecutions. DOPs. Pronounced “Dopes”. 010
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I was pretty sure I hadn't included it in my dataset of amphitheaters. But allow me to confess that I did (re)check. I hadn't! 121
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Great to see @isawnyu.bsky.social student Lylaah Bhalerao's article "Black Feminisms in Roman Archaeology? Approaches Beyond Critical Fabulation, from Pompeii to Hadrian’s Wall" now published in Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal (TRAJ). doi.org/10.16995/tra... Congrats!doi.orgBlack Feminisms in Roman Archaeology? Approaches Beyond Critical Fabulation, from Pompeii to Hadrian’s WallIs it possible to do Black feminist Roman archaeology? In this article, I reflect on how effectively Black feminist thought has been integrated into the study of the Roman material past, with some the... 051
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Seen in the news... "Italian conman jailed for building fake Roman amphitheatre": www.euronews.com/culture/2026...euronews.comItalian conman jailed for building fake Roman amphitheatreIn Italy, a structure promoted for years as an "ancient Roman amphitheatre" has turned out to be a fake, constructed recently using modern materials. 183
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trying to remember who was president when all this was going on. 021
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Googling "Andrea LaFlamme". Found @andrealaflamme.bsky.social . 010
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Late to posting this job: "Research Software Engineer in Data Science and Cultural Heritage". apply.interfolio.com/188823 And while it's not @isawnyu.bsky.social specific, we do have a great DH/Digital Archaeology community here and I look forward to welcoming whomever takes this position to NYU. 042
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I'm in the district where @bradlander.bsky.social beat Dan Goldman in the Democratic Primary for the House. Many reasons for Lander's victory. There are policy/position discussions to have. I focus on the retail politics. Brad Lander has been here. In the community. He shows up with us. That worked. 051
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026In other news... AirPods 3s can survive two consecutive cycles in a washing machine. But signal "weak" in "Find My" app and, no, "Play Sound" not hearable. That wasted a bunch o' my time. 120
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 01/06/2026There is now a "Polygon Select" tool in GAERHF. Pic shows using timeline to show objects earlier than 2700 BCE and the polygon covering India, China, and Oceana. Other pic is clicking to see all figures in the gallery. gaerhf.org#yangshao-ves... . Early version of the UX/UI. An experiment. 054
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 26/05/2026An aspect of moving the Pompeii Artistic Landscape Project (PALP) website to client-side javascript was that caching results broke. Now re-implemented. Means that palp.art/browse/#pomp... will load quickly. The top-left "pane" especially. Image (bottom-right) may still be slow. Cache TTL is 2 hours.palp.artPALP Browser 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 25/05/2026TACOs are expensive. Especially when you get nothing in return. 🌮 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 16/05/2026There are now "thumbs" on GAERHF "Time Scale" to select date range. Option click on right one to enter -8000 for about 10000 BP/8000 BCE. That's map shown here. Click on "palette" near top right and then "Threshold Slider" to adjust colormap. Try at gaerhf.org Grid at lower left to see all figures. 042
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Dear SCOTUS, Really? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u... . I’m not shocked. We have a political court. There you have it. But still… Really? Can’t quite get past that reaction.nytimes.comSupreme Court Rejects Virginia Democrats’ Effort to Reinstate New Voting Map 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Small bit of news re: gaerhf.org . More soon...gaerhf.orgGlobal Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure 011
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Simple update that I should have done a while back: Selectable base layers on the GAERHF map. An upcoming step is to capture that state in a shareable URL. In the meantime: gaerhf.org#mohenjo-daro... lets you start selecting your own baseman via widget at top right. 032
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The Ekven cemetery, Russia is all but on the Bering Strait. Its burials produced a number of human figures, one now in GAERHF. The location demonstrates how the (developing!) 3D view is useful. Allows this part of the world to be a nexus, not split at each end of a map. gaerhf.org/3d/#ekven-ce... 021
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 09/05/2026First go at a #3D globe for GAERHF. Various UI/UX details to iron out. But try it at gaerhf.org/3d/#eyrarlan... . There's also a link from main page. 001
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Serious question: Is everything the Virginia legislature has ever done after the start of any early voting now challengeable? Worth a shot to challenge? How fundamental is this new legal principle? 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026More PALP development. Images now have a dedicated display. Try palp.art/browse/#luna... . Current functionality: Move center "handle" to expand image. Click "Adjust" for filters. #IIIF Zoom/pan with mouse(pad). There's more info and links to display. Other improvements to come. But a start... 036
Reposted by Sebastian HeathGreta Hawes @gretahawes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026That’s right! All the data you ever wanted about Greek myth now roaming wild, pouncing on unsuspecting passersby 073
Reposted by Sebastian Heathewan coopey @euuanxcvi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026MANTO data now released into the wild! www.manto-myth.org/blog/releasi...manto-myth.orgReleasing MANTO data into the wild — MYTHLABLast month, MANTO’s data was made available for public access. Ewan describes the release, how it can be accessed, and what we hope to achieve by releasing it into the world. 032
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Testing a Claude Skill for creating GAERHF records. github.com/gaerhf/gaerh... . Download the .skill file. After install try '/gaerhf Create records for three entries from Roman Gaul.' 020
Reposted by Sebastian HeathGlobal Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure @gaerhf-bot.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I'm changing up the GAERHF map interface. Info for each figure in a floating (sub)window. Option clicking opens new window. Interactions are complex so working on those. Single image here is gaerhf.org#figurine-tem... . And paired with gaerhf.org#deposit-figu... . Multi-figure links coming... 022
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Very cool. Also either way, Orient and Orient YC will be a bit off to port as you head into Gardiner’s. My home port. Fair winds when you do set out. 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 27/04/2026And yes, had not tried on phone... Not usable. Will look into that... So even more thanks! 010
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 27/04/2026And many thanks for looking / replying! Much appreciated. -S. 020
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 27/04/2026(Phone sized screen prob wonky. Beyond that...) When you hover over an image, you should see something on the map. Dependent on context, it may be room, house or larger. Worst case is a too small wall. Overall, there is supposed to be at least some co-ordination between panes. LMK "where" you are. 310
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I really do have other work to do. But asking Claude to adjust the CSS on the PALP start page is a fine way to avoid it... Rounded corners in mid-page table and masking on the clickable top-left, top-right corner images. Possibly somewhat nice looking. 030
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 26/04/2026A bit of clean up on the PALP start page at palp.art . Nothing fancy. And overall… Much work still to do but this new UI feels like it is coming together. And I do dare say it's clearly better than our first go and that we now have a platform with which we can push this project forward. Onward... 110
Reposted by Sebastian HeathPompeii Linked Open Data @p-lod-bot.bsky.social · 25/04/2026New Pompeii Artistic Landscape Project (PALP) website is live. Try "Mythological Figure": palp.art/browse/#myth... . There's work to do. Exploring what the interface can and should be is absolutely part of the ongoing project... 094
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Trump (plainly incompetent) took some welcome ideas - if NATO is to work, Europe needs to take responsibility for its own defense + global free trade/low tariffs hurt workers and benefit the global rich - and turned them into actually damaging “policies”. Can anyone run with them and benefit all? 000
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Hey, @bradlander.bsky.social , did you really drop this sign in our mailbox? Thanks if yes. And either way, superb retail politics. Sign in window! But no extra votes in this household ‘cause we were already on board! (P.s. Thx for joining NYU faculty picket line a few weeks back.) 021
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 19/04/2026When @epoehler.bsky.social and I were first using the Luna image server, we thought it was cool that you could adjust contrast & brightness, invert colors, etc. Now working in the new PALP image dialog box: p-lod.github.io/palp-client-... , click an image, click "Adjust". Can bring out detail. 110
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Writing a bit personally… Development is getting to a coherent state for new PALP Browser. Vision becoming clear. Need captions, credits, & links in image dialog box. And improve hierarchical browser for space and the concept vocab. Then I believe @epoehler.bsky.social and I will choose to release. 140