Alexis Christensen
@amchristensen.bsky.social
Human being. Educator. Archaeologist working in Italy. Struggling writer. Lover of 🐶 and 🐱 and well crafted things. Associate Prof (Lecturer) of Classics @ U of Utah. *all opinions are my own*
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So...this might be a really interesting thread if you've ever wondered about mapmaking. @susietogo.bsky.social grilled me (gently!) for a bit about how I draw maps, and I thought others might enjoy the conversation.
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
I would imagine! May i ask you some stupid/ridiculous questions about map making?
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So...this might be a really interesting thread if you've ever wondered about mapmaking. @susietogo.bsky.social grilled me (gently!) for a bit about how I draw maps, and I thought others might enjoy the conversation.
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
Esp. if you've been thinking about a map for your book, this thread's for you!
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This amount would fund NEH for more than a decade.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This amount would fund NEH for more than a decade.
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Today on AOH, Dr. Aisha Dad, a Research Affiliate at the Carolina Asia Center and Director of the Classics Gaming Collaborative, discusses her work in reception studies, particularly in how ancient stories are retold in modern contexts and the importance of rethinking what constitutes 'classics’.
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today on AOH, Dr. Aisha Dad, a Research Affiliate at the Carolina Asia Center and Director of the Classics Gaming Collaborative, discusses her work in reception studies, particularly in how ancient stories are retold in modern contexts and the importance of rethinking what constitutes 'classics’.
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Waking up to news 🚨 that 6 (!) Roman statues were stolen from Syria’s National Museum, in Damascus, on Monday. No details on which statues yet, but I had a few pics below from the GRB gallery with the famed Al-Lat Athena. Heartbreaking news.
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Waking up to news 🚨 that 6 (!) Roman statues were stolen from Syria’s National Museum, in Damascus, on Monday. No details on which statues yet, but I had a few pics below from the GRB gallery with the famed Al-Lat Athena. Heartbreaking news.
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
thehill.com/homenews/ap/...
OMG they’ve remade The Running Man?
It’s gonna be hard to outdo the original.
It’s gonna be hard to outdo the original.
a man in a spartan costume is standing on a stage
Alt: a man in a spartan costume is standing on a stage
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
OMG they’ve remade The Running Man?
It’s gonna be hard to outdo the original.
It’s gonna be hard to outdo the original.
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For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:
How do we know ear scoops were ear scoops?
Realized I have never questioned how we know this.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Realized I have never questioned how we know this.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
finds.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How do we know ear scoops were ear scoops?
Realized I have never questioned how we know this.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Realized I have never questioned how we know this.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Didn't realize how much I had been holding my breath over this one. Phew!
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Didn't realize how much I had been holding my breath over this one. Phew!
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🚨Volunteer Opportunity: Archaeogaming
What you will do-
Expert Run webinars & train teachers
Develop lesson plans
Research
Create educational content
Details:
- Remote | 5 hrs/week | Volunteer
Apply: recruitment@saveancientstudies.org
What you will do-
Expert Run webinars & train teachers
Develop lesson plans
Research
Create educational content
Details:
- Remote | 5 hrs/week | Volunteer
Apply: recruitment@saveancientstudies.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨Volunteer Opportunity: Archaeogaming
What you will do-
Expert Run webinars & train teachers
Develop lesson plans
Research
Create educational content
Details:
- Remote | 5 hrs/week | Volunteer
Apply: recruitment@saveancientstudies.org
What you will do-
Expert Run webinars & train teachers
Develop lesson plans
Research
Create educational content
Details:
- Remote | 5 hrs/week | Volunteer
Apply: recruitment@saveancientstudies.org
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A Roman mosaic depicting the muses from Vichten, Luxembourg, dated to the mid 3rd century AD. Calliope and the poet Homer sit at the center. They are surrounded by the other eight ones, identified by their names written in Latin. #MosaicMonday
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
A Roman mosaic depicting the muses from Vichten, Luxembourg, dated to the mid 3rd century AD. Calliope and the poet Homer sit at the center. They are surrounded by the other eight ones, identified by their names written in Latin. #MosaicMonday
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14 November: Digital Lunch with @florencesn.bsky.social
Title: (Not) Dying of Anticipation: Video Game Archaeologies of Contemporary Play 🏺
1pm GMT, sign up to get the zoom link:
forms.gle/xQGo4rJwk5iG...
Title: (Not) Dying of Anticipation: Video Game Archaeologies of Contemporary Play 🏺
1pm GMT, sign up to get the zoom link:
forms.gle/xQGo4rJwk5iG...
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
14 November: Digital Lunch with @florencesn.bsky.social
Title: (Not) Dying of Anticipation: Video Game Archaeologies of Contemporary Play 🏺
1pm GMT, sign up to get the zoom link:
forms.gle/xQGo4rJwk5iG...
Title: (Not) Dying of Anticipation: Video Game Archaeologies of Contemporary Play 🏺
1pm GMT, sign up to get the zoom link:
forms.gle/xQGo4rJwk5iG...
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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How every history and science textbook should start
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How every history and science textbook should start
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Just woke up thinking it was Monday and that I had to get to an 8:00 a.m. doctor’s appointment. But then I realized it’s only Sunday and I have a whole extra hour today! #TinyJoys
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Just woke up thinking it was Monday and that I had to get to an 8:00 a.m. doctor’s appointment. But then I realized it’s only Sunday and I have a whole extra hour today! #TinyJoys
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
@digkabri.bsky.social’s After 1177 BCE is in the cheap books email today. www.bookbub.com/books/after-...
After 1177 B.C. by Eric H. Cline is only $2.99 - BookBub
From the New York Times bestselling author of 1177 B.C.: In this dizzying feat of scholarship (Publishers Weekly starred review), discover the new civilizations that emerged in the four centuries foll...
www.bookbub.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@digkabri.bsky.social’s After 1177 BCE is in the cheap books email today. www.bookbub.com/books/after-...
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy--they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
My epic students have some really cool research topics!
I let them choose their topics and then they have to write a proposal. I also allow for them to choose their topics format of their final product.
I let them choose their topics and then they have to write a proposal. I also allow for them to choose their topics format of their final product.
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My epic students have some really cool research topics!
I let them choose their topics and then they have to write a proposal. I also allow for them to choose their topics format of their final product.
I let them choose their topics and then they have to write a proposal. I also allow for them to choose their topics format of their final product.
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Someone get me The Buggles.
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Someone get me The Buggles.
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Reposting for the morning crowd.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposting for the morning crowd.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
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To save enough for a 10% down payment on a median priced house in SLC you would have to cut the equivalent of 12,000 cups of $5 coffee. At one coffee per day, it would take 33 years if prices stayed the same.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
To save enough for a 10% down payment on a median priced house in SLC you would have to cut the equivalent of 12,000 cups of $5 coffee. At one coffee per day, it would take 33 years if prices stayed the same.
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Archaeologists speak up against the Vice President's blatantly disinformative use of archaeology for spreading these harmful Christian nationalist narratives
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October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Archaeologists speak up against the Vice President's blatantly disinformative use of archaeology for spreading these harmful Christian nationalist narratives
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He’s great!!
Monkey Aryballos https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.50
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
He’s great!!
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Monkey Aryballos https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.50
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Monkey Aryballos https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.50