Amanda O’Neill
@ancientschool.bsky.social
Registered Career Practitioner, ancient history post-grad student, roller skater, ice hockey tragic, cat slave. Wangerriburra country. 🇦🇺
Hello wonderful American ancient history nerds. Please tell me he didn’t say this:
May 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hello wonderful American ancient history nerds. Please tell me he didn’t say this:
Pleased to report that I have finished all 6 seasons of ‘Grimm’ and completed season 1 and 2 of ‘Britannica’ in procrastination of completing my final Masters assignment.
But weather likes this has me inspired!
Strength and Honour!
But weather likes this has me inspired!
Strength and Honour!
May 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Pleased to report that I have finished all 6 seasons of ‘Grimm’ and completed season 1 and 2 of ‘Britannica’ in procrastination of completing my final Masters assignment.
But weather likes this has me inspired!
Strength and Honour!
But weather likes this has me inspired!
Strength and Honour!
Currently writing my final thesis for my Masters of Ancient History.
Of course I need to watch all 6 Seasons of Grimm!
Of course I need to watch all 6 Seasons of Grimm!
a man in a red shirt looks at another man in a dark room
ALT: a man in a red shirt looks at another man in a dark room
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May 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Currently writing my final thesis for my Masters of Ancient History.
Of course I need to watch all 6 Seasons of Grimm!
Of course I need to watch all 6 Seasons of Grimm!
The beginning of the end!! 🤓📚
Just about to start my final essay in my Masters of Ancient History.
I am so pleased that the last task is a response to a comment made by one of my heroes: @wmarybeard.bsky.social
I’ll miss the reading but looking forward to getting my weekends back. 🍷
Just about to start my final essay in my Masters of Ancient History.
I am so pleased that the last task is a response to a comment made by one of my heroes: @wmarybeard.bsky.social
I’ll miss the reading but looking forward to getting my weekends back. 🍷
May 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The beginning of the end!! 🤓📚
Just about to start my final essay in my Masters of Ancient History.
I am so pleased that the last task is a response to a comment made by one of my heroes: @wmarybeard.bsky.social
I’ll miss the reading but looking forward to getting my weekends back. 🍷
Just about to start my final essay in my Masters of Ancient History.
I am so pleased that the last task is a response to a comment made by one of my heroes: @wmarybeard.bsky.social
I’ll miss the reading but looking forward to getting my weekends back. 🍷
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It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Why is this important? Because, until the 1970s, women in the western world were considered too stupid to be scientists and were expected to sacrifice their lives to men. Men expected to get female servants #WomenInSTEM
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations
The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.
www.un.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Why is this important? Because, until the 1970s, women in the western world were considered too stupid to be scientists and were expected to sacrifice their lives to men. Men expected to get female servants #WomenInSTEM
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Who else here remembers the card catalogue? #LibraryLife @statelibraryvic.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Who else here remembers the card catalogue? #LibraryLife @statelibraryvic.bsky.social
Enjoying a lovely Italian lunch and a good book. Little comes close to genuine pleasure. ♥️🍝📓. A huge thank you to all the trail-blazing female Australian war correspondents🇦🇺
December 29, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Enjoying a lovely Italian lunch and a good book. Little comes close to genuine pleasure. ♥️🍝📓. A huge thank you to all the trail-blazing female Australian war correspondents🇦🇺
A little cat ASMR courtesy of the Cats and Dogs exhibition at NGV Melbourne 🐱
December 27, 2024 at 1:06 AM
A little cat ASMR courtesy of the Cats and Dogs exhibition at NGV Melbourne 🐱
There is just something hypnotic about a suspended balloon 🎈🎈
December 19, 2024 at 1:51 AM
There is just something hypnotic about a suspended balloon 🎈🎈
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“Archaeologists complete largest mass exhumation in Australian history from old cemetery under The Hutchins School”
The fascinating story of the largest archaeological mass exhumation in Australian history in Hobart
#archaeologynews 🏺
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
The fascinating story of the largest archaeological mass exhumation in Australian history in Hobart
#archaeologynews 🏺
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Scandals, decomposed coffins and dodgy records hamper mass exhumation
After workers dug up two skeletons at a Hobart school's hockey field it was believed there'd likely be more, with the location being an old graveyard. But the scale of what the archaeological team fou...
www.abc.net.au
December 14, 2024 at 10:08 PM
“Archaeologists complete largest mass exhumation in Australian history from old cemetery under The Hutchins School”
The fascinating story of the largest archaeological mass exhumation in Australian history in Hobart
#archaeologynews 🏺
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
The fascinating story of the largest archaeological mass exhumation in Australian history in Hobart
#archaeologynews 🏺
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
I am really excited to dive (pun intended) into this book by @capandgown.bsky.social . She had me at University and travel. The fact that gap years, study abroad and knowledge tourism is so popular today suggests that there was method in James Lough’s 1926 mad idea. #travel #university
December 5, 2024 at 6:55 AM
I am really excited to dive (pun intended) into this book by @capandgown.bsky.social . She had me at University and travel. The fact that gap years, study abroad and knowledge tourism is so popular today suggests that there was method in James Lough’s 1926 mad idea. #travel #university
Gah!!! This is the Starter Pack thread I have be looking for my whole BlueSky life! #archaeology #heritage #AncientHistory
This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
December 3, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Gah!!! This is the Starter Pack thread I have be looking for my whole BlueSky life! #archaeology #heritage #AncientHistory
Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary names ‘enshittification’ word of the year
Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.
www.aljazeera.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:07 AM
I have finally finished my course work for 2024. Now I can do my own reading. Found these @historytoday.com in the local (Australian) library. I have vino and now I lēgo:
November 26, 2024 at 6:02 AM
I have finally finished my course work for 2024. Now I can do my own reading. Found these @historytoday.com in the local (Australian) library. I have vino and now I lēgo:
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Charles Sheeler Michener Art
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Charles Sheeler Michener Art
November 22, 2024 at 6:06 AM
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Charles Sheeler Michener Art
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Charles Sheeler Michener Art
Am pretty sure there is a lesson in here for me…. Happy Monday peeps! 🖤🤍🐈⬛
November 24, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Am pretty sure there is a lesson in here for me…. Happy Monday peeps! 🖤🤍🐈⬛
Hey @bsky.app like so many dedicated scholars of the ancient world, I am migrating away from the dark lands of X. Rebuilding my little network one click at a time. #AncientHistory
a black and white photo of a group of men with gentlemen we 're in 3000 bc written below them
ALT: a black and white photo of a group of men with gentlemen we 're in 3000 bc written below them
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November 24, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Hey @bsky.app like so many dedicated scholars of the ancient world, I am migrating away from the dark lands of X. Rebuilding my little network one click at a time. #AncientHistory