Rob Anderson
@8ctopus.bsky.social
Coder | DevExpress MVP | Cognitive science postgraduate | Dad of 👧🏻👦🏻 | Husband | Lisbon, via London, Paris and Geneva
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For #AncientSiteSunday let's go to Leptis Magna on the coast of Libya. It's one of the best preserved #Roman cities. The city was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians. In Roman times it became one of the most important...🧵 1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
August 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
For #AncientSiteSunday let's go to Leptis Magna on the coast of Libya. It's one of the best preserved #Roman cities. The city was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians. In Roman times it became one of the most important...🧵 1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
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Fennec Fulgoroidea 🤍
(Not its real name. It's Mula resonans, a rare creature and one of my favorite local planthoppers which rests with its wings like a fennec fox's giant ears)
(Not its real name. It's Mula resonans, a rare creature and one of my favorite local planthoppers which rests with its wings like a fennec fox's giant ears)
June 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Fennec Fulgoroidea 🤍
(Not its real name. It's Mula resonans, a rare creature and one of my favorite local planthoppers which rests with its wings like a fennec fox's giant ears)
(Not its real name. It's Mula resonans, a rare creature and one of my favorite local planthoppers which rests with its wings like a fennec fox's giant ears)
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Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
June 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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I wrote today about why creators are losing the AI copyright battle.
✅ We’re winning in the courts.
✅ We’re winning in public opinion.
❌ But the risk is governments changing the law.
Creators need to organize.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
✅ We’re winning in the courts.
✅ We’re winning in public opinion.
❌ But the risk is governments changing the law.
Creators need to organize.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
April 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wrote today about why creators are losing the AI copyright battle.
✅ We’re winning in the courts.
✅ We’re winning in public opinion.
❌ But the risk is governments changing the law.
Creators need to organize.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
✅ We’re winning in the courts.
✅ We’re winning in public opinion.
❌ But the risk is governments changing the law.
Creators need to organize.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Several misleading claims by Peter Kyle on The Rest Is Politics today to justify his proposed gutting of UK copyright law.
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open.spotify.com/episode/0fNH...
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open.spotify.com/episode/0fNH...
March 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Several misleading claims by Peter Kyle on The Rest Is Politics today to justify his proposed gutting of UK copyright law.
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open.spotify.com/episode/0fNH...
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open.spotify.com/episode/0fNH...
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Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.
Away from the constraints of formal tomb art, an ancient Egyptian artist chose to spend their free time painting this beautiful image on a limestone flake.
From the Workers Village of Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio Turin 📷 me
#Archaeology
Away from the constraints of formal tomb art, an ancient Egyptian artist chose to spend their free time painting this beautiful image on a limestone flake.
From the Workers Village of Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio Turin 📷 me
#Archaeology
February 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.
Away from the constraints of formal tomb art, an ancient Egyptian artist chose to spend their free time painting this beautiful image on a limestone flake.
From the Workers Village of Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio Turin 📷 me
#Archaeology
Away from the constraints of formal tomb art, an ancient Egyptian artist chose to spend their free time painting this beautiful image on a limestone flake.
From the Workers Village of Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio Turin 📷 me
#Archaeology
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The Ultra Mobile Vehicle (UMV) of the RAI Institute doing BMX tricks.
February 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Ultra Mobile Vehicle (UMV) of the RAI Institute doing BMX tricks.
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Wow, a 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box containing its original pigments!
Looks similar to a modern-day set!
An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of king Amenhotep II. 📷 The Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680
#Archaeology
Looks similar to a modern-day set!
An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of king Amenhotep II. 📷 The Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680
#Archaeology
![A Cleveland Museum photo showing an ancient Egyptian paint box carved from boxwood with five oval wells containing original paint pigments. Dimensions 2.2 cm x 21 cm x 3.6 cm. From top to bottom the preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal).
On the front of the box there’s an inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue with the name Amenemope who was Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II, Dynasty 18. It translates as ‘The overseer of the city and vizier Amenemope. Master of secrets of the west bank [of Thebes]’. A red inscription on the back reads ‘Amen-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’. Dated c. 1427-1401 BC.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreifxdihfkji3qsxevxjr3szesqg2pgvueax2omtlwnz4kwgcztzbky@jpeg)
February 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Wow, a 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box containing its original pigments!
Looks similar to a modern-day set!
An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of king Amenhotep II. 📷 The Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680
#Archaeology
Looks similar to a modern-day set!
An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of king Amenhotep II. 📷 The Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680
#Archaeology
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#MosaicMonday - The Winter Triclinium of the 'Maritime Villa' at Antandros may just boast my favourite geometric floor. ☺️
The mosaic's central emblema shows a pair of doves perched atop a golden vessel. #Archaeology #Art 🏺
Image: Antandros Project. Link - antandros.org/en/yamac-ev/
The mosaic's central emblema shows a pair of doves perched atop a golden vessel. #Archaeology #Art 🏺
Image: Antandros Project. Link - antandros.org/en/yamac-ev/
February 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#MosaicMonday - The Winter Triclinium of the 'Maritime Villa' at Antandros may just boast my favourite geometric floor. ☺️
The mosaic's central emblema shows a pair of doves perched atop a golden vessel. #Archaeology #Art 🏺
Image: Antandros Project. Link - antandros.org/en/yamac-ev/
The mosaic's central emblema shows a pair of doves perched atop a golden vessel. #Archaeology #Art 🏺
Image: Antandros Project. Link - antandros.org/en/yamac-ev/
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A very good map of Portugal by @verygoodmaps. Seriously, a very good map.
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A very good map of Portugal by @verygoodmaps. Seriously, a very good map.
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So intrigued by hints of past artist’s processes!
Artist’s painting of a hippo on a flake of limestone, c. 1479–1425 BC 🦛❤️
Perhaps a practice sketch or a template from 3,500 years ago!
MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt.
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Perhaps a practice sketch or a template from 3,500 years ago!
MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt.
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
January 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So intrigued by hints of past artist’s processes!
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#ReliefWednesday - It's Roman beaker time! This one's green glazed and decorated with gladiatorial scenes, a secutor and retiarius: ca. 2nd Century AD. Associated with the cemetery of Ulpia Noviomagus. #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Valkhof Museum (XVII.1). Link - valkhofmuseum.nl/en/verdiepin...
Image: Valkhof Museum (XVII.1). Link - valkhofmuseum.nl/en/verdiepin...
January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#ReliefWednesday - It's Roman beaker time! This one's green glazed and decorated with gladiatorial scenes, a secutor and retiarius: ca. 2nd Century AD. Associated with the cemetery of Ulpia Noviomagus. #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Valkhof Museum (XVII.1). Link - valkhofmuseum.nl/en/verdiepin...
Image: Valkhof Museum (XVII.1). Link - valkhofmuseum.nl/en/verdiepin...
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Re-repost from @michaelemann.bsky.social on Twitter
Carl Sagan is sorely missed in our society today, but he has words for our current generations:
Carl Sagan is sorely missed in our society today, but he has words for our current generations:
January 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Re-repost from @michaelemann.bsky.social on Twitter
Carl Sagan is sorely missed in our society today, but he has words for our current generations:
Carl Sagan is sorely missed in our society today, but he has words for our current generations:
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'Night Parade of One Hundred Tricksters'
Nobuharu Asano
Nobuharu Asano
January 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
'Night Parade of One Hundred Tricksters'
Nobuharu Asano
Nobuharu Asano
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This image of Mercury was taken yesterday.
The joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission snapped this photo during its sixth and final flyby of Mercury; it will enter orbit at the end of 2026.
And fun fact: the plain shown by the arrow, Mearcair Planitia, was named by me.
The joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission snapped this photo during its sixth and final flyby of Mercury; it will enter orbit at the end of 2026.
And fun fact: the plain shown by the arrow, Mearcair Planitia, was named by me.
January 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This image of Mercury was taken yesterday.
The joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission snapped this photo during its sixth and final flyby of Mercury; it will enter orbit at the end of 2026.
And fun fact: the plain shown by the arrow, Mearcair Planitia, was named by me.
The joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission snapped this photo during its sixth and final flyby of Mercury; it will enter orbit at the end of 2026.
And fun fact: the plain shown by the arrow, Mearcair Planitia, was named by me.
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#ReliefWednesday - A stunning relief panel from Palmyra: ca. 1st Century AD. A trio of deities in lamellar cuirasses - Baalshamin (Sky god), flanked by Aglibol (Moon god) and Malakbel (Sun god). #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (AO 19801). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
Image: Louvre Collections (AO 19801). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
January 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#ReliefWednesday - A stunning relief panel from Palmyra: ca. 1st Century AD. A trio of deities in lamellar cuirasses - Baalshamin (Sky god), flanked by Aglibol (Moon god) and Malakbel (Sun god). #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Louvre Collections (AO 19801). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
Image: Louvre Collections (AO 19801). Link - collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
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For New Year’s Day 2025, a hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
‘The Pomegranate: Greek Symbol of Good Fortune for the New Year’: greekreporter.com/2025/01/01/p...
#Archaeology
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
‘The Pomegranate: Greek Symbol of Good Fortune for the New Year’: greekreporter.com/2025/01/01/p...
#Archaeology
January 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
For New Year’s Day 2025, a hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
‘The Pomegranate: Greek Symbol of Good Fortune for the New Year’: greekreporter.com/2025/01/01/p...
#Archaeology
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
‘The Pomegranate: Greek Symbol of Good Fortune for the New Year’: greekreporter.com/2025/01/01/p...
#Archaeology
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Definitely a highlight of 2024 - seeing the #Roman
shield from Dura-Europos (Syria), the only example of its kind to survive from antiquity - just a stunning artefact! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
shield from Dura-Europos (Syria), the only example of its kind to survive from antiquity - just a stunning artefact! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
December 29, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Definitely a highlight of 2024 - seeing the #Roman
shield from Dura-Europos (Syria), the only example of its kind to survive from antiquity - just a stunning artefact! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
shield from Dura-Europos (Syria), the only example of its kind to survive from antiquity - just a stunning artefact! AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
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THE best presentation of study figures ever! 😆
"We presented scaled versions of this puzzle to both people and ants (Fig. 1 A and B)."
per Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"We presented scaled versions of this puzzle to both people and ants (Fig. 1 A and B)."
per Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 27, 2024 at 7:59 PM
THE best presentation of study figures ever! 😆
"We presented scaled versions of this puzzle to both people and ants (Fig. 1 A and B)."
per Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"We presented scaled versions of this puzzle to both people and ants (Fig. 1 A and B)."
per Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Amazing collective problem solving in ants:
December 27, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Amazing collective problem solving in ants:
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This is a wonderful obituary for Walter Harris, whose passing might have gone unnoticed by the chess community if not for Daaim Shabazz, of the Chess Drum. Some great stories, photos and games, including holding Bobby Fischer to a draw in a 1958 simul
thechessdrum.net/blog/2024/12...
thechessdrum.net/blog/2024/12...
Walter Harris, America's 1st Black Chess Master, dead at 83
Yesterday, I learned that Walter Harris, America's first Black National Master, had passed away on October 12th, 2024.
thechessdrum.net
December 25, 2024 at 3:49 AM
This is a wonderful obituary for Walter Harris, whose passing might have gone unnoticed by the chess community if not for Daaim Shabazz, of the Chess Drum. Some great stories, photos and games, including holding Bobby Fischer to a draw in a 1958 simul
thechessdrum.net/blog/2024/12...
thechessdrum.net/blog/2024/12...
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Alleged alien abductees Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker in 1973.
December 23, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Alleged alien abductees Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker in 1973.
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EU & Switzerland complete negotiations on a new deal to bring Switzerland more deeply into single market and many other aspects of European cooperation:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The Commission and Switzerland complete negotiations to bring the EU-Switzerland bilateral relationship to a new level
On 20 December, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the Swiss Confederation Viola Amherd confirmed the completion of negotiations on a broad package of a...
ec.europa.eu
December 23, 2024 at 9:01 PM
EU & Switzerland complete negotiations on a new deal to bring Switzerland more deeply into single market and many other aspects of European cooperation:
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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