Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
@archasa.bsky.social
PhD in #Archaeology. Working at Swedish National Heritage Board. Developing Swedigarch infrastructure for #DigitalArchaeology. Co-editor of @fornvannen.bsky.social
Loves #FAIRdata, #OpenScience, #Fantasy and #Comics
www.inkedin.com/in/asamlarsson
Loves #FAIRdata, #OpenScience, #Fantasy and #Comics
www.inkedin.com/in/asamlarsson
Making last minute changes to my keynote at tomorrow's #HumInfraSweden conference. Because that's just how I operate. Even if it's just font size and spacing. (Me, I'm the problem)
#DigitalHumanities ##DigitalHeritage
www.linkedin.com/posts/huminf...
#DigitalHumanities ##DigitalHeritage
www.linkedin.com/posts/huminf...
#digitalhumanities #experimentalhumanities #research #infrastructure #dariah | Huminfra Sweden
⏳ The countdown has begun! Tomorrow we open the doors to Huminfra Sweden's second conference, HiC 2025, this year hosted by Huminfra's node Digital Human Science (DHS) at Stockholm University!
100+ r...
www.linkedin.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Making last minute changes to my keynote at tomorrow's #HumInfraSweden conference. Because that's just how I operate. Even if it's just font size and spacing. (Me, I'm the problem)
#DigitalHumanities ##DigitalHeritage
www.linkedin.com/posts/huminf...
#DigitalHumanities ##DigitalHeritage
www.linkedin.com/posts/huminf...
This is infuriating. A publisher has released a "special illustrated edition" of A Feast for Crows, where the art seems mostly AI generated (and so ugly!). They cant pay real artists even for one of the most successful Fantasy franchises?!
#ASoIaF #GameOfThrones
youtu.be/WBFdItxslcg?...
#ASoIaF #GameOfThrones
youtu.be/WBFdItxslcg?...
Allegations of AI Art Used in Game of Thrones Special Edition
YouTube video by Daniel Greene
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is infuriating. A publisher has released a "special illustrated edition" of A Feast for Crows, where the art seems mostly AI generated (and so ugly!). They cant pay real artists even for one of the most successful Fantasy franchises?!
#ASoIaF #GameOfThrones
youtu.be/WBFdItxslcg?...
#ASoIaF #GameOfThrones
youtu.be/WBFdItxslcg?...
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
We’re snailposting, post your snails
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We’re snailposting, post your snails
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
A guest blog, which adds more detail to the narrative of detecting in England & Wales.
Thank you to my anonymous colleague for writing this important piece & for allowing me to host it on the Big Book of Torcs! 😊
#Archaeology #Detecting #Torcs #gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/08/w...
Thank you to my anonymous colleague for writing this important piece & for allowing me to host it on the Big Book of Torcs! 😊
#Archaeology #Detecting #Torcs #gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/08/w...
“Who Pays for the Hobby?”: Metal Detecting in England and Wales
[A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This is a first for The Big Book of Torcs. Today, I open up BBoT to a guest blog, written by a friend and archaeological colleagu…
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A guest blog, which adds more detail to the narrative of detecting in England & Wales.
Thank you to my anonymous colleague for writing this important piece & for allowing me to host it on the Big Book of Torcs! 😊
#Archaeology #Detecting #Torcs #gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/08/w...
Thank you to my anonymous colleague for writing this important piece & for allowing me to host it on the Big Book of Torcs! 😊
#Archaeology #Detecting #Torcs #gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/08/w...
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
#OpenAccess
Gustaf Trotzig (2025) "Böcker i Birka." [Eng sum: Books in Birka]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Christian influence in the #VikingAge town of #Birka as seen through manuscripts as well as finds of book parts reworked as jewelry.
#Medieval #Archaeology
Gustaf Trotzig (2025) "Böcker i Birka." [Eng sum: Books in Birka]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Christian influence in the #VikingAge town of #Birka as seen through manuscripts as well as finds of book parts reworked as jewelry.
#Medieval #Archaeology
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#OpenAccess
Gustaf Trotzig (2025) "Böcker i Birka." [Eng sum: Books in Birka]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Christian influence in the #VikingAge town of #Birka as seen through manuscripts as well as finds of book parts reworked as jewelry.
#Medieval #Archaeology
Gustaf Trotzig (2025) "Böcker i Birka." [Eng sum: Books in Birka]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
Christian influence in the #VikingAge town of #Birka as seen through manuscripts as well as finds of book parts reworked as jewelry.
#Medieval #Archaeology
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
The oldest continuously published journal, The London Gazette, was first published #OnThisDay in AD 1665.
Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
🏺
Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
🏺
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The oldest continuously published journal, The London Gazette, was first published #OnThisDay in AD 1665.
Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
🏺
Antiquity may not be that old, but we have been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at buff.ly/3NHeBQh
🏺
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale!
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
October 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale!
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I hope it is now obvious why pillars of democracy like universities, the law, public broadcasting should be funded so that they are beyond the reach of financial coercion by hostile agents.
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
The Dark Mystery of the Agora Bone Well from Athens. Filled with the tiny, fragile skeletons of hundreds of newborn infants, and 150 dogs. Is this evidence of a gruesome ritual or or a plague, famine, or war? Or something else?
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Dark Mystery of the Agora Bone Well from Athens. Filled with the tiny, fragile skeletons of hundreds of newborn infants, and 150 dogs. Is this evidence of a gruesome ritual or or a plague, famine, or war? Or something else?
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
I love Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford SO MUCH!
#TheDiplomat
#TheDiplomat
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I love Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford SO MUCH!
#TheDiplomat
#TheDiplomat
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
#OpenAccess
Hellgren et al: Bronsåldersliv vid en våtmark: Profana och rituella aktiviteter i Borstahusen, Skåne, under mellersta bronsålder
[Eng sum: Bronze Age life by a wetland: Profane and ritual activities c. 1200–800 BC.]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
#Archaeology #BronzeAge
Hellgren et al: Bronsåldersliv vid en våtmark: Profana och rituella aktiviteter i Borstahusen, Skåne, under mellersta bronsålder
[Eng sum: Bronze Age life by a wetland: Profane and ritual activities c. 1200–800 BC.]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
#Archaeology #BronzeAge
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#OpenAccess
Hellgren et al: Bronsåldersliv vid en våtmark: Profana och rituella aktiviteter i Borstahusen, Skåne, under mellersta bronsålder
[Eng sum: Bronze Age life by a wetland: Profane and ritual activities c. 1200–800 BC.]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
#Archaeology #BronzeAge
Hellgren et al: Bronsåldersliv vid en våtmark: Profana och rituella aktiviteter i Borstahusen, Skåne, under mellersta bronsålder
[Eng sum: Bronze Age life by a wetland: Profane and ritual activities c. 1200–800 BC.]
urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...
#Archaeology #BronzeAge
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
Join us for an extraordinary evening with Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo!
Prof Pääbo will present a FREE public talk titled “Of Neanderthals and Denisovans, and how they live on in many of us” at the @crick.ac.uk.
Register here: genetics.org.uk/events/of-ne...
Prof Pääbo will present a FREE public talk titled “Of Neanderthals and Denisovans, and how they live on in many of us” at the @crick.ac.uk.
Register here: genetics.org.uk/events/of-ne...
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Join us for an extraordinary evening with Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo!
Prof Pääbo will present a FREE public talk titled “Of Neanderthals and Denisovans, and how they live on in many of us” at the @crick.ac.uk.
Register here: genetics.org.uk/events/of-ne...
Prof Pääbo will present a FREE public talk titled “Of Neanderthals and Denisovans, and how they live on in many of us” at the @crick.ac.uk.
Register here: genetics.org.uk/events/of-ne...
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
Just a 1399 unicorn watermark from a paper manufacturer from Valencia to make your day. Friends of #paperhistory know that these paper sheets of around 1400 are among the first sheets of European paper to appear on the market. European #bookhistory was a different game afterwards. #skystorians
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Just a 1399 unicorn watermark from a paper manufacturer from Valencia to make your day. Friends of #paperhistory know that these paper sheets of around 1400 are among the first sheets of European paper to appear on the market. European #bookhistory was a different game afterwards. #skystorians
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
//Lawrence Ferlingetti
#lyrikfredag
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
//Lawrence Ferlingetti
#lyrikfredag
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
//Lawrence Ferlingetti
#lyrikfredag
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
//Lawrence Ferlingetti
#lyrikfredag
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! Stephanie Wong discusses ancient Halloween traditions, including Oaxacan pumpkins 🎃 💀 Then, reading ancient texts in Braille, AI for Chinese calligraphy, Sanskrit philosophy, the sons of Attila, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!
Pasts Imperfect (10.23.25)
It is almost Halloween! Spooky season means that the internet is full of creepy content, but your editors are here to sort through the chaff and get you the best of the best from the ancient world. 🎃 ...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! Stephanie Wong discusses ancient Halloween traditions, including Oaxacan pumpkins 🎃 💀 Then, reading ancient texts in Braille, AI for Chinese calligraphy, Sanskrit philosophy, the sons of Attila, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
DE-BIAS - Detecting and cur(at)ing harmful language in cultural heritage collections pro.europeana.eu/project/de-b...
DE-BIAS - Detecting and cur(at)ing harmful language in cultural heritage collections | Europeana PRO
DE-BIAS promoted a more inclusive and respectful approach to describing cultural heritage.
pro.europeana.eu
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
DE-BIAS - Detecting and cur(at)ing harmful language in cultural heritage collections pro.europeana.eu/project/de-b...
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
"No Kings!"
Maciejowski Bible - Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, fol. 11v
Maciejowski Bible - Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, fol. 11v
June 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"No Kings!"
Maciejowski Bible - Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, fol. 11v
Maciejowski Bible - Morgan Library & Museum MS M.638, fol. 11v
Final day of #Digikult2025 starts with Tuija Drake & Henrik Ardesjö from the Swedish National Library about the future for Libris, the national digital Library system. Also the search for digitalised publications and student papers. Launch January 2026.
October 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Final day of #Digikult2025 starts with Tuija Drake & Henrik Ardesjö from the Swedish National Library about the future for Libris, the national digital Library system. Also the search for digitalised publications and student papers. Launch January 2026.
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
So there is apparently a new wave of Twitter folks here? Well, here’s a starter pack of cat accounts if you’d like! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
So there is apparently a new wave of Twitter folks here? Well, here’s a starter pack of cat accounts if you’d like! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
Reposted by Åsa M Larsson, Ph.D
WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪