Chelsea
@serendipitousfolly.bsky.social
Love bioarchaeology and bones, reading, and looking at art 💀🌈 someday I will go back and study again. When life is less bumpy.
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Due to reliance on online searches, literature reviews have seen an increase in the proportion of older sources. Search results listed first get more attention regardless of relevance—a citation Matthew effect. Now add to that reliance on genAI chatbots.
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/model...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/model...
From model collapse to citation collapse: risks of over-reliance on AI in the academy
The way GenAI surfaces sources for literature reviews risks exacerbating the citation Matthew effect, writes David Joyner. Here, he offers ways to prevent AI-driven search from blunting the impact of ...
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Due to reliance on online searches, literature reviews have seen an increase in the proportion of older sources. Search results listed first get more attention regardless of relevance—a citation Matthew effect. Now add to that reliance on genAI chatbots.
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/model...
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/model...
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Holding Hands Forever
A magnificent brass lies in the church at Chrishall (Essex). It depicts Sir John and Lady Joan de la Pole (d.1379/80) holding hands beneath elaborate Gothic canopies - echoing their marriage vows in perpetuity.
A magnificent brass lies in the church at Chrishall (Essex). It depicts Sir John and Lady Joan de la Pole (d.1379/80) holding hands beneath elaborate Gothic canopies - echoing their marriage vows in perpetuity.
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Holding Hands Forever
A magnificent brass lies in the church at Chrishall (Essex). It depicts Sir John and Lady Joan de la Pole (d.1379/80) holding hands beneath elaborate Gothic canopies - echoing their marriage vows in perpetuity.
A magnificent brass lies in the church at Chrishall (Essex). It depicts Sir John and Lady Joan de la Pole (d.1379/80) holding hands beneath elaborate Gothic canopies - echoing their marriage vows in perpetuity.
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A Shepherd and His Dog Survive the Centuries
This 15th-century bench end at Shingham (Norfolk) still retains its original medieval paint - showing a shepherd with his faithful dog at his feet. The shepherd holds his crook and wears the practical clothing of a medieval countryman.
This 15th-century bench end at Shingham (Norfolk) still retains its original medieval paint - showing a shepherd with his faithful dog at his feet. The shepherd holds his crook and wears the practical clothing of a medieval countryman.
January 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A Shepherd and His Dog Survive the Centuries
This 15th-century bench end at Shingham (Norfolk) still retains its original medieval paint - showing a shepherd with his faithful dog at his feet. The shepherd holds his crook and wears the practical clothing of a medieval countryman.
This 15th-century bench end at Shingham (Norfolk) still retains its original medieval paint - showing a shepherd with his faithful dog at his feet. The shepherd holds his crook and wears the practical clothing of a medieval countryman.
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Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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Omg. O. M. G.
unfortunately for me this bakery is in the Bay Area but I’m glad to see that the community continues to innovate
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Omg. O. M. G.
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Finally sorting my last bookshelf out of the remaining boxes. I always sort this particular shelf by colour. I call it my classics shelf, however it really is rather varied. I love collecting old books with things written inside. This one makes me wonder who they were thinking of.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Finally sorting my last bookshelf out of the remaining boxes. I always sort this particular shelf by colour. I call it my classics shelf, however it really is rather varied. I love collecting old books with things written inside. This one makes me wonder who they were thinking of.
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Cross and decorative mosaics from the narthex of Hagia Sophia
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cross and decorative mosaics from the narthex of Hagia Sophia
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I think medieval beekeeper outfits could be the strongest look in the entire history of fashion.
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I think medieval beekeeper outfits could be the strongest look in the entire history of fashion.
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This is easily one of the most beautiful things any human has ever made. Possibly my favorite art object on this earth. Simple and yet so compelling.
Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is easily one of the most beautiful things any human has ever made. Possibly my favorite art object on this earth. Simple and yet so compelling.
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🧪 Perhaps it's time for some conversations in science community about the ethics of doing research for TV when it seems to create so many compromises, including their broadcast schedules being prioritised over the publication or other peer review of results & interpretation.
Putting aside the deeper issues of why this analysis was done and how it has been promoted, the choice to broadcast a tv show before releasing a preprint should make people skeptical of the results. How can one be sure of their scientific claims?
As I told the CNN, without details and data it is not possible to assess the claims.
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
🧪 Perhaps it's time for some conversations in science community about the ethics of doing research for TV when it seems to create so many compromises, including their broadcast schedules being prioritised over the publication or other peer review of results & interpretation.
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One side of this ivory "memento mori" features a human face crawling with worms and insects; the other side shows a skull - the flesh eaten away. Date unknown.
This unusual object is from the Wellcome Collection in London.
This unusual object is from the Wellcome Collection in London.
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
One side of this ivory "memento mori" features a human face crawling with worms and insects; the other side shows a skull - the flesh eaten away. Date unknown.
This unusual object is from the Wellcome Collection in London.
This unusual object is from the Wellcome Collection in London.
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no one has ever been more relatable answering a question about AI
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
no one has ever been more relatable answering a question about AI
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Happy to announce that reflections on our workshop about non-biological kinship in Vienna last year is already published!
@anahcorral.bsky.social @sabinacvecek.bsky.social
www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/...
@anahcorral.bsky.social @sabinacvecek.bsky.social
www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/...
Beyond Genetics: Exploring Aspects of
Non-Biological Kinship in Prehistoric Times
This article explores alternative ways of
conceptualizing kinship in prehistoric contexts beyond the confines of genetic
reductionism. While ancient DNA research has revitalized interest in the
archae...
www.sciepublish.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Happy to announce that reflections on our workshop about non-biological kinship in Vienna last year is already published!
@anahcorral.bsky.social @sabinacvecek.bsky.social
www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/...
@anahcorral.bsky.social @sabinacvecek.bsky.social
www.sciepublish.com/article/pii/...
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absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
The louvre has been robbed apparently? That's a lot of jewels
October 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The louvre has been robbed apparently? That's a lot of jewels
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NEW Lithics from the Goab playa in eastern Iran.
Now a desert, it likely contained lakes and rivers during Pleistocene wet periods. Tool workshops indicate the playa acted as a migration corridor for early hominins heading towards East Asia.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Now a desert, it likely contained lakes and rivers during Pleistocene wet periods. Tool workshops indicate the playa acted as a migration corridor for early hominins heading towards East Asia.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
October 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
NEW Lithics from the Goab playa in eastern Iran.
Now a desert, it likely contained lakes and rivers during Pleistocene wet periods. Tool workshops indicate the playa acted as a migration corridor for early hominins heading towards East Asia.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Now a desert, it likely contained lakes and rivers during Pleistocene wet periods. Tool workshops indicate the playa acted as a migration corridor for early hominins heading towards East Asia.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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One thing editors drilled into me was to use "farther" for physical distances, "further" for metaphorical ones.
I have a mnemonic for this:
Mercury is farther from the sun than Earth? Nothing could be further from the truth.
I have a mnemonic for this:
Mercury is farther from the sun than Earth? Nothing could be further from the truth.
October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One thing editors drilled into me was to use "farther" for physical distances, "further" for metaphorical ones.
I have a mnemonic for this:
Mercury is farther from the sun than Earth? Nothing could be further from the truth.
I have a mnemonic for this:
Mercury is farther from the sun than Earth? Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Readers of the Hobbit may be familiar with attercop as an old regional English term for spider. This has a slightly interesting trajectory. First, atter is an old word for venom, but that association had been lost so the term applied very generally to spiders...
"Cobweb" comes from an old word for "spider," coming from Old English "coppe." So a cobweb is really just a spider's web.
#etymology
#etymology
October 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Readers of the Hobbit may be familiar with attercop as an old regional English term for spider. This has a slightly interesting trajectory. First, atter is an old word for venom, but that association had been lost so the term applied very generally to spiders...
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The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
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Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…
buff.ly
October 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Please share. We are going bold because the situation is so very dire; people are still being killed by the occupation (including by starvation). Food, water, medicine have not entered.
Help six families & a camp cope and survive: food, shelter, winter clothes.
20 hours left 🚨 485/1000
Help six families & a camp cope and survive: food, shelter, winter clothes.
20 hours left 🚨 485/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
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October 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Please share. We are going bold because the situation is so very dire; people are still being killed by the occupation (including by starvation). Food, water, medicine have not entered.
Help six families & a camp cope and survive: food, shelter, winter clothes.
20 hours left 🚨 485/1000
Help six families & a camp cope and survive: food, shelter, winter clothes.
20 hours left 🚨 485/1000