John Wainwright
tjohnwainwright.bsky.social
John Wainwright
@tjohnwainwright.bsky.social
Professional Yorkshireman, geomorphologist, geoarchaeologist, Northumbrian smallpiper and all things more esoteric musically
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Another paper out from the I-CONN network. Well done Deborah
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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New paper out! 🥳

We use MCMC-MLE Temporal Exponential Random Graph Models (MTERGMs) to assess which network patterns and social processes explain the formation of the ancient hollow ways.

Read the full open access paper here:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Archaeology #NetworkScience
The social behind the physical - Assessing tie formation processes of ancient route systems
Analysing and understanding connectivity of human social networks of (ancient) societies offers new perspectives on their functioning. However, social…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Delighted that our paper led by Deborah Priß "The social behind the physical" on connectivity of Bronze and Iron Age societies is now out in Journal of Archaeological Science. It's available Open Access at authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Anyone interested in a PhD project modelling resilience of dryland ecosystems in a changing climate, led by @ecogeo.bsky.social and with @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson and Roy Sanderson, please apply to our
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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University College London seeks candidates for a FUNDED Ph.D. in #geoarcheology and #archeobotany examining the antiquity of slash and burn agriculture in the northwest Amazon of Brazil

Deadline 17 December!

www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
How old is slash-and-burn in Amazonia? | TREES DLA
Slash-and-burn is the dominant strategy for plant cultivation in rural Amazonia yet its antiquity in pre-Colonial times is unclear. Ascertaining both its antiquity and differences compared to modern s...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music:

#RileyAndCoe
- A tribute to Danny Thompson

Gideon Coe plays the music he loves from every era and genre. A tribute to Danny Thompson.

▶️ Relisten on BBCSounds
BBC Radio 6 Music - Riley & Coe, A tribute to Danny Thompson
Gideon Coe plays the music he loves from every era and genre. A tribute to Danny Thompson.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Tremendous tribute to Danny Thompson by Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music atm www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 6 Music - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 6 Music on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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RiscBal welcomed @geogdurham.bsky.social students last week with two field trips:

1. Exploring the Flash-Flood Early Warning System in the Balearic Islands at Ca n’Amer River catchment.

2. Learning about ecogeomorphic modelling in Mediterranean catchments at Sa Font de la Vila River catchment.
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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🌿 Excited to share FAIRTraits!

A data set with 189,452 records of 180 quantitative #traits from 240 Mediterranean plant species, fully FAIR-compliant & openly available 📊🌐

🔗🔓 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Started back in 2013 when I was a MSc student, now a huge team effort 💪

@esajournals.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Well, it's finally *really* out:

habemus full citation — Krebs, V. (2025). ‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages. Journal of Medieval History, 51(4), 581–585. doi.org/10.1080/0304...

50 free downloads at: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...
August 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Congratulations everyone- fewer than 3000 to hit 100K. So let’s get signing #parkypetition100k petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Scandals within The Post Office (TPO) scandal

Alan Bates offered 49.2% of his compensation claim.

Postmasters bullied to accept less.

Public purse to bear cost of £1.8bn+. No contribution from TPO execs, Fujitsu, TPO lawyers, auditors.

When will the scandal end?
archive.ph/OP10x
Alan Bates: my compensation claim has been cut in half
The campaigner has called for an independent body to administer payouts for public scandals, including Horizon, tainted blood and Windrush
www.thetimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Major new archive catalogue online!

Explore the Yorkshire Miners' Association / National Union of Mineworkers Yorkshire Area collection at mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/YMA

More than 3,700 files/items charting the union's history from 19th century King Coal to late 20th c deindustrialisation
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Hello folks! It's time for the Great #DodecaBakeOff Photo Parade! Huge thanks to everyone for taking part, there's been some amazing makes - breaks - & brilliant interpretations!

Here's mine - 'The Not-Norton Disney Dochocahedron'.

(Trust me, it's WAYYYY easier if you cast it! 🤣)

#Archaeology ⚱️
April 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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We’re advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social undergraduate summer research experience project on ‘Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing Climate’, with me, @blindmath.bsky.social, Denis Patterson & @tjohnwainwright.bsky.social. Please share with your undergrads! iapetus2.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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If you're in Ireland there is absolutely no reason to buy ebooks. Get a library card and use BorrowBox, it's free!

Why am I posting this at half ten on a Saturday, when I know we're all locked?

#speirgorm
February 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Support Greenpeace
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Greenpeace under attack
Stop Big Oil silencing the climate movement
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February 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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youtu.be/sRP4LCCcLcI

A 🎶 quickfire Monday night song - parodying the
@dollypartons.bsky.social classic "Here You Come Again" - but about the #Inauguration2025 speech, and the first claims made during the Return of The Donald...

#TrumpInauguration
#McKinleyReferences
"Here You Come Again" - Trump Inauguration 2025 parody of Dolly Parton classic by The Marsh Family
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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🎧 Catch up with the Heritage Türkiye Podcast with us! Today we are revisiting Episode 5: Conservation of Historic Sites 🎙️ In this episode, Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry are joined by Dr. Aylin Orbaşlı, deputy chair of the BIAA and lecturer at Oxford Brookes University.
January 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"

The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending

And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on

Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...

Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.

I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.

One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!

UK only.
December 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM