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Sarah Bockmeyer
@sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
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Archaeologist AND single mother of one. PhD researcher in Neolithic megaliths, earthen burials and archaeological theory at Kiel University and @ClusterROOTS.bsky.social (Cluster of Excellence ROOTS). Boardmember @agtida.bsky.social . Views my own.
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sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
That would be a plottwist I'd be happy to see!! 😂😂😂🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
January 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Franca Lehfeldt ist vom Stromausfall in Berlin betroffen und beschwert sich warum die Infrastruktur so einfach zugänglich ist...
Vielleicht liegt es auch mit daran, dass Menschen wie Christian Lindner und sie selbst zu wenig Steuern zahlen??
web.de/magazine/unt...
Franca Lehfeldt meldet sich nach Stromausfall mit deutlichen Worten
Ein Brandanschlag hat Teile Berlins lahmgelegt, viele Menschen sind weiterhin ohne Strom. Davon betroffen sind auch Franca Lehfeldt und Christian Lindner. Die Journalistin übte nun auf Instagram schar...
web.de
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Some more pictures from our Winterwonderland!! ❄️🛷🌨
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
It's finally winter here in Northern Germany!! ☃️❄️🛷
A strip of free street inmidst a snowy white landscape. To the right a few frosted birch trees and the Duke in the far back. A snowy white landscape with frosted Reed in the foreground, and trees in the back. Blue skies with few white clouds in the top half of the picture. A snowman in the centre of the picture, a snowed in hedge to the left and right in the background a brick shed.
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Over Christmas I had a conversation with my sister that has me deeply troubled...
not to give too many details but I stated something and she didn't believe me, so she asked her AI to verify.
I was really taken aback and asked her if she was serious but she has been using it for this for months now!
December 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026!

Wine
Facts
Travel

Sounds great to me!! 😅✨️
rangerdonald.bsky.social Canadian Tokusatsu Donald 🇨🇦⚡️🐉 @rangerdonald.bsky.social · 9d
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026.

Wine
Money
Friend
December 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Frosty foggy day!! Still beautiful and walking after what feels like a week of just eating and talking was very nice!!
In the foreground an ilex plant with dark green spiky leaves rimmed with white frost. In the background frosty brown grass and leaves The entire picture is just yew tree branches with the needles covered in white frost In the foreground white frosted Reed and a frosted over blossom in front of a fence. In the background a frost covered meadow and trees poking out of the fog.
December 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Just had a look at the #EAA sessions for Athens next year and there are some really juicy ones...

Now I only have to finish my inner debate whether or not I stil want to participate after last year's troubles... 🤔

Guess I'll have some thinking to do over Christmas... 🎄✨️
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
After 3.5 years it is now time to say goodbye to @clusterroots.bsky.social!! As of the new year I officially won't be a part of the Cluster of Excellence any longer but what a fantastic time have I had (and not just because of the merchandise) 😉
Hope to see you again soon!!
A display of the merchandise of the Cluster of Excellence ROOTS. In the top hangs a tote bag in grey, underneath are from left to right: a postcard with the ROOTS logo, a plastic skull with a doctoral hay, a metal water bottle, a folding ruler, a sticker, an enamel pot with pencils in different colours and biros in different colours. In the foreground 3 black biros, sticky notes, a canvas pencil bag and a ROOTS notepad.
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Thanks to the @tag2025york.bsky.social team ans session organisers at the Power session this afternoon for making it possible for me to deliver my talk despite not reaching York no thanks to the Deutsche Bahn (though the staff were fantastic!)
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Sitting in an ICE in Cologne that will be delayed an hour - making me miss my connecting train in Brussels...I realise that this is not their fault but travelling by train just means that you'll never reach your destination as planned...at least in Germany!
peterjelinek.bsky.social Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · 22d
"So ernst die Lage bei der Bahn ist: Sie wäre noch viel ernster, würden nicht jeden Tag Tausende Mitarbeiter ihr Bestes geben. Mehr arbeiten als vorgesehen. Ständig improvisieren. Auf Pausen verzichten."

Falls Merz mal wieder meint, die Leute arbeiten zu wenig. Sie halten den Laden am laufen ♥️
Deutsche-Bahn-Mitarbeiter: „Manchmal schäme ich mich für den Zustand der Züge, die ich fahre"
Die Lage der Deutschen Bahn ist ernst. Und sie wäre noch ernster, würden die Mitarbeiter nicht alles geben. Doch viele können nicht mehr.
www.sueddeutsche.de
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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writerlaurabee.bsky.social
Gmail users!!

They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.

Pass it on!!

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Last conference for this year as a part of @clusterroots.bsky.social!!

Off I go to @tag2025york.bsky.social and though it is very scenic - leaving my 8yr old behind breaks my heart every time!
Picture was taken at a small German trainstation. In the foreground a suitcase and a bagpack with a canvas bag saying ROOTS on the platform. Second platform in the back with orange lights and a round clock. The sky is dark blue but on the left of the picture the early redness of dawn can be seen with the moon crescent in the top right.
December 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
And I want to go to @tag2025york.bsky.social in 2 days!! 🙈
Packing masks and hand sanitizer!!
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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kristelzilmer.bsky.social
There's lots of ongoing work as we're preparing for the new Museum of the Viking Age to open in Oslo. Our museum, @kult-hist-museum.bsky.social is now hiring an Associate Professor in Nordic archaeology, with expertise in the Viking Age. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still... #Vikingtidsmuseet
Førsteamanuensis innen nordisk arkeologi (284576) | Universitetet i Oslo
Stillingstittel: Førsteamanuensis innen nordisk arkeologi (284576), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Oslo, Søknadsfrist: lørdag 31. januar 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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clusterroots.bsky.social
In November, @sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social successfully defended her dissertation. Once again, congratulations! 👏 You can learn more about her work and why it is relevant beyond archaeology in our new series on "Newly graduated PhD students“: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
Newly graduated PhD student: Sarah Bockmeyer
ROOTS doctoral candidate successfully defended her doctoral thesis on burial forms in the Funnel Beaker culture.
www.uni-kiel.de
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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urbanprehistorian.bsky.social
I forgot that in 2019 I started a whole website about Ludovic Mann, #TheManntheMyth. I had plans to do a podcast & update this regularly. If this gets to 100 followers (from current total of 23!) I’ll revive it and start adding content! #LudovicMann
themannthemyth.home.blog
The Mann the Myth
A blog and website dedicated to Ludovic McLellan Mann (1869-1955), the eccentric Glaswegian archaeologist and insurance broker.
themannthemyth.home.blog
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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suegreaney.bsky.social
Ooh, our podcast chat about Neolithic society in Ireland is out! Perfect for fireside listen as we approach winter solstice.
neiljackman.bsky.social Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 28d
New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast!

In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
An aerial view of Newgrange with the branding for Amplify Archaeology Podcast, and text that reads: 'Kinship, Culture & Death in Neolithic Ireland'
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Guess where I was today??
The picture shows a large building to the left of the picture with columns in the centre. In front of it are many flagpoles and a lot of bicycles. To the right more baroque buildings can be seen! It's in Groningen, in the Netherlands!!
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Currently it's the German Christmas poem "Die Weihnachtsmaus" (The Crhistmas Mouse) by James Krüss

Die Weihnachtsmaus ist sonderbar
sogar für die Gelehrten
Denn einmal nur im ganzen Jahr
entdeckt man ihre Fährten...

🎄🐭🐁
achillesthe2nd.bsky.social Achilles Micawber @achillesthe2nd.bsky.social · Dec 5
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Saint Nicholas was here!! 🤩😊🎄🤶
Picture shows a sort of Legami pen top with an avocado wearing a graduation cap in the right side of the picture. On the left ist a sticker saying "Phinally Done!" sticked on the edge of a computer and covering another one saying "I'm going to fucking get my PhD". Above the bottom part of the Laptop Keyboard is visible.
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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magicnotwitches.bsky.social
✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
Can't comment- you forgot the oxen and sheep, though that's an insult to the poor animals!!
oliver48.bsky.social Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · Dec 1
via Amanda Stretton
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
sarahbockmeyer.bsky.social
I can't wait - perhaps that's why I have hung Christmas lights everywhere!! 😊🎄
localnotail.bsky.social Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Dec 1
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅

Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
photo of someone walking a dog in a park on a winter's day, with the sun low in the sky behind bare trees in an urban setting.
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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nature.com
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to stop the revolving door of German academia
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM