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Hey Danish friends and colleagues consider writing to your MPs and speaking to your university ethics officers about this
December 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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milesklee.bsky.social
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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archhelmer.bsky.social
🏺call to action!
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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nebulousflynn.bsky.social
📢Calling all *UK* heritage folks working with 3D data: I'd like to hear from you!

"UK 3D Heritage at Risk" project seeks to gather info from *at least* 50 organisations...

Links in thread.

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#GLAM3D #UK #Heritage #3D #Data #Galleries #Libraries #Archives #Museums
UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk Project - Introduction
YouTube video by The Spatial Heritage Review
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December 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
New: Braille Resources for Reading Ancient Languages
[Photo by me. Tactile graphic by Crystal Peng.]   I recently created a new section of my website, which provides educational resources for anyone who wants to read ancient Middle Eastern and North …
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October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
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October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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dendrochronicle.bsky.social
My son is part of a student project team @riverboatgames.bsky.social at Abertay Uni #Dundee 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 who have built this game … offering training for all humans who wish to serve in the Inter Galactic Postal Service 🪐👾🛸👽
riverboatgames.bsky.social Riverboat Games ✨ @riverboatgames.bsky.social · Apr 29
The trailer for Galactic Postal Servitude is out now!!!!
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Check out the release here:
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#GalacticPostalServitude
April 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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sorryforlaughing.bsky.social
🚨 FYI: Available until May 9, all streaming proceeds going to the Masafer Yatta communities seen in the film.
Watch No Other Land — Support Masafer Yatta
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April 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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uclarchaeology.bsky.social
A call for contributions to 'Unearthing Ancient Horrors: Representations and Receptions of Uncanny Archaeology' edited by Dr Gabriel Moshenska @gabemoshenska.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk IoA is announced.

All info here:

📲 bit.ly/3FbB4CP

Deadline Friday 14th March
Call for contributions for Unearthing Ancient Horrors volume
A call for contributions to 'Unearthing Ancient Horrors: Representations and Receptions of Uncanny Archaeology' edited by Gabriel Moshenska (UCL Institute of Archaeology) is announced.
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February 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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matthewcollins.bsky.social
PhD opportunity 🏺
🎓 @Aarhus_Uni: "Cradles of Agrodiversity in Northern Europe"

Explore pre-Roman agriculture using soil science & bio-archaeology. Perfect for Geoscience/Archaeology grads.

Start: May 2025
Apply by: Feb 1, 2025
Info: smk@geo.au.dk

#PhDPosition #Archaeology #Research
The cradles of agrodiversity in Northern Europe
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January 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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chasingaphrodite.bsky.social
A status report on Syrian museums and archaeological sites suggests some looting and break ins at important sites, including Deir ez-Zor and Tartus

www.linkedin.com/posts/khaled...
Khaled Hiatlih on LinkedIn: #syria #culturalheritage #syria_museums #free_syria #heritage_roots
The Status of Museums and Archaeological Sites in Syria Following the Collapse of the Assad Regime and the Syrian Revolution's Victory 09-12-2024   The Syrian…
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December 10, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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This is a dire report, but I will say that I wish that conversations about poor pay also took into consideration migrant colleagues as well - at this rate I think it’s close to impossible to get a work visa solely on a commercial archaeology job?
November 20, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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🧪🏺📜 I am looking for a new job! I'm an interdisciplinary researcher and communicator with experience in archaeology, museums/heritage, digital humanities, and decolonisation.

Specifically looking UK-based (West Yorkshire area).

You can find my CV here.

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Curriculum Vitae
Alex Fitzpatrick, PhD FSA Scot animalarchaeology@gmail.com Higher Education PhDArchaeologyRitual and Funerary Rites in Later Prehistoric Scotland: An Analysis of Faunal Assemblages from the Covesea…
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November 18, 2024 at 11:01 AM