Jens Notroff
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#Archaeologist🏺, got a hat (no whip though). Once known as "Yunus" among Bedouins. Demanding a revival of the venerable profession of the #ExpeditionPainter👨🎨.
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Make a lot of noise, but don't do the laundry!
🎵 It's the Most #Liminal Time of the Year. 🎶
That special time #BetweenTheYears again - the old one not quite over, the new one not yet begun.
(Playing cards and putting up a clothesline at your own risk. 🤷🏻♂️😉)
🎵 It's the Most #Liminal Time of the Year. 🎶
That special time #BetweenTheYears again - the old one not quite over, the new one not yet begun.
(Playing cards and putting up a clothesline at your own risk. 🤷🏻♂️😉)
December 25, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Make a lot of noise, but don't do the laundry!
🎵 It's the Most #Liminal Time of the Year. 🎶
That special time #BetweenTheYears again - the old one not quite over, the new one not yet begun.
(Playing cards and putting up a clothesline at your own risk. 🤷🏻♂️😉)
🎵 It's the Most #Liminal Time of the Year. 🎶
That special time #BetweenTheYears again - the old one not quite over, the new one not yet begun.
(Playing cards and putting up a clothesline at your own risk. 🤷🏻♂️😉)
Merry Christmas.
(Kelly Latimore, La Sagrada Familia, 2016, diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelin...)
(Kelly Latimore, La Sagrada Familia, 2016, diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelin...)
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Merry Christmas.
(Kelly Latimore, La Sagrada Familia, 2016, diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelin...)
(Kelly Latimore, La Sagrada Familia, 2016, diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelin...)
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"You there, boy! [slurpy inhale sound] What day is it?"
December 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"You there, boy! [slurpy inhale sound] What day is it?"
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Nach ereignisreichen Monaten kehrt über den Jahreswechsel nun auch im Wiegandhaus und bei unseren Abteilungen weltweit allmählich besinnliche Ruhe ein.
Wir wünschen friedliche Feiertage und einen guten Start ins neue Jahr! ✨
Wir wünschen friedliche Feiertage und einen guten Start ins neue Jahr! ✨
December 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Nach ereignisreichen Monaten kehrt über den Jahreswechsel nun auch im Wiegandhaus und bei unseren Abteilungen weltweit allmählich besinnliche Ruhe ein.
Wir wünschen friedliche Feiertage und einen guten Start ins neue Jahr! ✨
Wir wünschen friedliche Feiertage und einen guten Start ins neue Jahr! ✨
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Die durch USA verhängten Einreiseverbote, darunter gegen die Vorsitzenden von #HateAid, sind nicht akzeptabel. Der Digital Services Act stellt sicher, dass alles, was offline illegal ist, auch online illegal ist. 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Die durch USA verhängten Einreiseverbote, darunter gegen die Vorsitzenden von #HateAid, sind nicht akzeptabel. Der Digital Services Act stellt sicher, dass alles, was offline illegal ist, auch online illegal ist. 1/2
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Wegen angeblicher Zensur hat die US-Regierung Sanktionen gegen Gruppen verhängt, die sich gegen Hass im Netz engagieren. Betroffen ist auch die Berliner “Hate Aid”-Geschäftsführerinnen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und die Potsdamerin Josephine Ballon.
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Wegen angeblicher Zensur hat die US-Regierung Sanktionen gegen Gruppen verhängt, die sich gegen Hass im Netz engagieren. Betroffen ist auch die Berliner “Hate Aid”-Geschäftsführerinnen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und die Potsdamerin Josephine Ballon.
Hatten den nervigen Wichteln "nahegelegt", die Adventszeit in diesem Jahr doch mal eine, äh, wohlverdiente Auszeit zu nehmen und auf Weltreise zu gehen.
Weihnachtsgrüße haben sie trotzdem geschickt - ihren Humor scheinen sie jedenfalls nicht verloren zu haben. 😉
Weihnachtsgrüße haben sie trotzdem geschickt - ihren Humor scheinen sie jedenfalls nicht verloren zu haben. 😉
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Hatten den nervigen Wichteln "nahegelegt", die Adventszeit in diesem Jahr doch mal eine, äh, wohlverdiente Auszeit zu nehmen und auf Weltreise zu gehen.
Weihnachtsgrüße haben sie trotzdem geschickt - ihren Humor scheinen sie jedenfalls nicht verloren zu haben. 😉
Weihnachtsgrüße haben sie trotzdem geschickt - ihren Humor scheinen sie jedenfalls nicht verloren zu haben. 😉
That new Batman rocks. 👌
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
That new Batman rocks. 👌
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Did a small stone from #GöbekliTepe represent the very beginnings of #writing? Did archaeologists really overlook such an important find all this time? - Spoiler: No, it doesn’t. And we didn’t.
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
Hidden in plain sight: Did archaeologists really overlook evidence for early writing at Göbekli Tepe?!
When Irving Finkel, esteemed Assyriologist and Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures at the British Museum, who’s always good for some really great public ou…
trowelandpen.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Did a small stone from #GöbekliTepe represent the very beginnings of #writing? Did archaeologists really overlook such an important find all this time? - Spoiler: No, it doesn’t. And we didn’t.
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
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What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
December 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
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And now, the #Pope, in an apostolic letter on … the importance of #archaeology:
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV on the importance of Archaeology on the occasion of the Centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology (11 December 2025)
APOSTOLIC LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER POPE LEO XIV ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
www.vatican.va
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
And now, the #Pope, in an apostolic letter on … the importance of #archaeology:
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Ah, those hyped kids these days. I'm so old, I still remember the original singing demon hunters. 😉
a woman in a white shirt says hey i 've died twice ..
ALT: a woman in a white shirt says hey i 've died twice ..
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December 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ah, those hyped kids these days. I'm so old, I still remember the original singing demon hunters. 😉
Did a small stone from #GöbekliTepe represent the very beginnings of #writing? Did archaeologists really overlook such an important find all this time? - Spoiler: No, it doesn’t. And we didn’t.
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
Hidden in plain sight: Did archaeologists really overlook evidence for early writing at Göbekli Tepe?!
When Irving Finkel, esteemed Assyriologist and Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures at the British Museum, who’s always good for some really great public ou…
trowelandpen.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Did a small stone from #GöbekliTepe represent the very beginnings of #writing? Did archaeologists really overlook such an important find all this time? - Spoiler: No, it doesn’t. And we didn’t.
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
On Irving Finkel's "controversial theory" at @lexfridman.bsky.social:
trowelandpen.com/2025/12/22/h...
Absolutely appreciating Irving #Finkel and his out-of-the-box thinking, so naturally followed up curiously here since this is so closely tied to my own work and research (in fact, the piece shown by Jason here was one of the first I've drawn after I started working at #GöbekliTepe) ...
Irving Finkel appeared on Lex Fridman's podcast and offered a "controversial" claim that a plaquette from Göbekli Tepe is evidence of writing that archaeologists are refusing to acknowledge. It turns out he's startlingly ignorant of the academic literature. www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/irving-...
Irving Finkel Claims Göbekli Tepe Plaquette Is Early Evidence of a Writing System
Last week, Irving Finkel, the British Museum Assyriologist who made headlines in 2014 when he discovered a cuneiform text describing the Mesopotamian version of Noah’s Ark as round, appeared on...
www.jasoncolavito.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Absolutely appreciating Irving #Finkel and his out-of-the-box thinking, so naturally followed up curiously here since this is so closely tied to my own work and research (in fact, the piece shown by Jason here was one of the first I've drawn after I started working at #GöbekliTepe) ...
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Once again, great stuff from Rolling Stone on the enshittification of the science publication system
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
December 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Once again, great stuff from Rolling Stone on the enshittification of the science publication system
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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“They study not only the artifacts, but also the hands that forged them, the minds that conceived them and the hearts that loved them. Behind every object there is a person, a soul and a community…it gives a voice to the silence of history, restoring dignity to the forgotten”
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“They study not only the artifacts, but also the hands that forged them, the minds that conceived them and the hearts that loved them. Behind every object there is a person, a soul and a community…it gives a voice to the silence of history, restoring dignity to the forgotten”
Ah, those hyped kids these days. I'm so old, I still remember the original singing demon hunters. 😉
a woman in a white shirt says hey i 've died twice ..
ALT: a woman in a white shirt says hey i 've died twice ..
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ah, those hyped kids these days. I'm so old, I still remember the original singing demon hunters. 😉
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Ein KI-generiertes Desinformationsvideo geht auf Facebook viral und nicht mal der Präsident des durch die Lüge betroffenen Landes kriegt es zügig von der Plattform.
Kaputt.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Kaputt.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Fake video claiming ‘coup in France’ goes viral – not even Macron could immediately get it removed
Sometime in the second week of December, an improbable video began making the rounds on French-language social media. France, it claimed, was subject to a coup d’état, and President Emmanuel Macron ha...
www.france24.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Ein KI-generiertes Desinformationsvideo geht auf Facebook viral und nicht mal der Präsident des durch die Lüge betroffenen Landes kriegt es zügig von der Plattform.
Kaputt.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Kaputt.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
And now, the #Pope, in an apostolic letter on … the importance of #archaeology:
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV on the importance of Archaeology on the occasion of the Centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology (11 December 2025)
APOSTOLIC LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER POPE LEO XIV ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
www.vatican.va
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
And now, the #Pope, in an apostolic letter on … the importance of #archaeology:
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
"It teaches us to respect matter, memory & history. Archaeologists do not throw things away, they preserve them. They do not consume, but contemplate. They do not destroy, but decipher."
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Das hat nicht lange gedauert. Nach Einwander:innen und Hilfsbedürftigen nun also Behinderte: Selbstbestimmtes Leben (sic!) als untragbarer Luxus.
Ich bin ehrlich entsetzt.
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Ich bin ehrlich entsetzt.
www.welt.de/debatte/plus...
Sozialstaat: Was wir uns künftig nicht mehr leisten können - WELT
Behinderte haben in Deutschland Anspruch auf Assistenten, die ihnen ein selbstbestimmtes Leben ermöglichen – manchmal rund um die Uhr. Das ist sicher wünschenswert, aber die steigenden Kosten sind für...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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This is getting out of hand.
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is getting out of hand.
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
What good could a degree in the humanities, or more specifically: art history, ever be? 💁🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
What good could a degree in the humanities, or more specifically: art history, ever be? 💁🏻♂️
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In der vorerst letzten #Archäologie🏺-Folge des #Galileo #20MinutenWissen-Podcast widmen Assane & ich uns noch einmal #Weltwundern, moderneren allerdings - und wir fragen, was eigentlich in Zukunft einmal von unserer heutigen Gesellschaft bleiben wird:
🎧 galileopodcast.podigee.io/31-20-minute...
🎧 galileopodcast.podigee.io/31-20-minute...
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
In der vorerst letzten #Archäologie🏺-Folge des #Galileo #20MinutenWissen-Podcast widmen Assane & ich uns noch einmal #Weltwundern, moderneren allerdings - und wir fragen, was eigentlich in Zukunft einmal von unserer heutigen Gesellschaft bleiben wird:
🎧 galileopodcast.podigee.io/31-20-minute...
🎧 galileopodcast.podigee.io/31-20-minute...
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Alright, one more. Because the big fancy stuff is cool and all, but sometimes it's the small thing which really take your breath.
Like … how about some #Neanderthal #fingerprint on an at least 80,000 y/p inconspicuous lump birch bark pitch? 🤯😉
Like … how about some #Neanderthal #fingerprint on an at least 80,000 y/p inconspicuous lump birch bark pitch? 🤯😉
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Weil ich auf meine alten Tage jetzt nämlich auch noch Influencer werde. So. 😉
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Weil ich auf meine alten Tage jetzt nämlich auch noch Influencer werde. So. 😉