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Catherine Frieman
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D.Phil. Archaeologist. Co-Editor Current Anthropology. Previously Editor European Journal of Archaeology. Educator. Tattoo Enthusiast. World Traveller. Accident Prone.

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Catherine J. Frieman is an archaeologist and associate professor at the Australian National University. Her research investigates conservatism and innovation, and she is a specialist in material culture and technology. .. more

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 19h
๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž

cjfrieman.bsky.social
Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 23h
vain men (and folks of other genders sometimes) found vanity parties

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 23h
well i (eventually) got where i needed to be but my bags are still trying to catch up....

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, Joanna Brรผck

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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social ยท 1d
Must Farm log boats on display at Flag Fen, and Iona Robinson Zeki in the Guardian โญ๏ธ
Rare bronze and iron age log boats reveal details of Cambridgeshire prehistory
Well-preserved oak and maple boats used for transport and fishing to be displayed in Peterborough
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

edwardphilips.co.uk
Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk ยท 1d
Morning all. Itโ€™s Friday. Please note that this weekendโ€™s safe word is โ€˜sardinesโ€™. Thatโ€™s SARDINES.

If you are in any doubt, here is a reasonably priced poster you can buy to remind you. Have a good one. xx

www.edwardphilips.co.uk
Poster of sardines. Yes, sardines.

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Rosemary A. Joyce, Catherine J. Frieman

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social ยท 1d
By the beginning of the Holocene, dogs already displayed extensive variation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The emergence and diversification of dog morphology
Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...
www.science.org

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Matt Gold @mkgold.bsky.social ยท 1d
Huge congrats to a real ed-tech hero, @linkletter.org, who survived a five-year legal odyssey after he posted a critique of Proctorio on social media. linkletter.org/update-33-th...

I so admire Ian's bravery in the face of corporate bullying. Kudos and congrats, Ian!!!

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Catherine J. Frieman

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adamxmcneil.bsky.social @adamxmcneil.bsky.social ยท 1d
The Womenโ€™s, Gender, and Queer Studies (WGQS) Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in feminist and/or queer science and technology studies.

jobs.calpoly.edu/sl/en-us/job...
Cal Poly - Details - Assistant Professor in Feminist/ Queer Science & Technology Studies (STS) (26/27)
jobs.calpoly.edu

Reposted by Jacob T. Levy, Catherine J. Frieman

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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com ยท 1d
Iโ€™m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke

history is a fucking joke lmao

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 1d
sounds wonderful! way better than my day (airplane drama)

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 1d
this was me 20 years ago. i made it happen. I'm happier because i left.
melissagiragrant.com Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com ยท 1d
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 1d
this skeet and the udder rubbish it's quoting just made me ugly laugh
chadstanton.blacksky.app Doghouse Reilly @chadstanton.blacksky.app ยท 1d
So the lactose is intolerant!

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com ยท 1d
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

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Doghouse Reilly @chadstanton.blacksky.app ยท 1d
So the lactose is intolerant!

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

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As within, so without @tippedbeaker.bsky.social ยท 2d
So there is an issue with authority.

Authority that arises from experience, character, and skill seems to me to be different than authority by hierarchy, force, or status.

Thoughts?

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social ยท 2d
You can really see why this class of rich guy is so hopped up on AI and thinks we all desperately want it to write our emails.

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com ยท 2d
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com ยท 2d
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

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Jono @jonocarpenter.bsky.social ยท 2d
17th C whare (Mฤori dwelling) excavated at R10/494, Motutapu Is, Tamaki Makarau-Auckland. My fieldshool, Jan 1998, and a perfect intro to field archaeology, pre-digital recording.

And an 1885 photo of a whare in Maniapoto-King Country.
Black and white archaeological site plan of a small Mฤori dwelling Black and white photo of a Mฤori whare in " traditional" 19th century style

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 2d
yesterday: 1st millennium BC castro in Gallicia.

today: photo of vernacular architecture from recent historic Gallician uplands
several low circular stone walls on a green hill with trees and bigger hills in the background. these are the emails of roundhouses from the second half of the first millennium BC a black and white photograph of a circular stonewalled building with apeaked thatch roof on a hilltop. the information panel next to it is in Spanish and says this is a rational style of mountain architecture

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 2d
truly peak good vibes and i appreciate it so much

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, Andrew M. Riggsby, Annette Yoshiko Reed

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social ยท 2d
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access

view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
Cambridge University Press
view.updates.cambridge.org

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, David Stott

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Julien Riel-Salvatore @julienrs.bsky.social ยท 2d
Love, love, love this drawing by Giovanni Bruzzo of paleolithic children in front of the Balzi Rossi caves! (courtesy of Fabio Negrino)

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 2d
Genuinely and with all my soul I love when @oldenoughtosay.com is On One.

this series of nested threads is gold
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com ยท 2d
Westminster Abbey (and Houses of Parliament) are actually built on an island IN the Thames and then we just built roads over the bit of water and then buildings on top of that and now the whole thing looks solid but god forbid the Thames Barrier fails
bluebookballoon.bsky.social David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social ยท 2d
While weโ€™re on the subject, I take is Westminster Abbey is completely safe? I mean, not built in a swamp, or at the outer limits of what arches can do, or anything? (Asking for a friend who works nearby).

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com ยท 2d
Westminster Abbey (and Houses of Parliament) are actually built on an island IN the Thames and then we just built roads over the bit of water and then buildings on top of that and now the whole thing looks solid but god forbid the Thames Barrier fails
bluebookballoon.bsky.social David @bluebookballoon.bsky.social ยท 2d
While weโ€™re on the subject, I take is Westminster Abbey is completely safe? I mean, not built in a swamp, or at the outer limits of what arches can do, or anything? (Asking for a friend who works nearby).

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, Joanna Brรผck

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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social ยท 3d
Anwen Cooper & Tina Roushannafas @ox.ac.uk have just published a beautiful piece in Archaeological Dialogues @universitypress.cambridge.org on how archaeological work can realign to meet the needs of pressing environmental agendas and be part of #nature #recovery projects. doi.org/10.1017/S138...
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis
doi.org

Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social ยท 3d
In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.

They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.

This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social ยท 3d
attn heritage and contemporary arch folks

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Catherine J. Frieman

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George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social ยท 3d
Call for chapters! Amy Tooth Murphy and I are editing the Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory, and we are seeking contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners. See our full call here. oralhistory.org/2025/11/11/c...
Call for Chapters: Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory - Oral History Association
Co-editors George Severs and Amy Tooth Murphy are inviting expressions of interest to contributechapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory
oralhistory.org