Cröisch
@croisch.bsky.social
MPhil Archaeology student at UofG. Usually spotted in rocky areas and woodlands. Loud about languages. Un grèi salvèdia. Suas leis a' Ghàidhlig.
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@croisch.bsky.social
· Nov 22
For once I'm early-ish to the party, having joined this app a while ago, but I'd never introduced myself before... feed looks a bit empty so time to redress that I guess.
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📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats
Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza.
Archaeologists:
Cancel membership | Speak up | Share
Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
#EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza
Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza.
Archaeologists:
Cancel membership | Speak up | Share
Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
#EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza
CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats
Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…
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September 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats
Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza.
Archaeologists:
Cancel membership | Speak up | Share
Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
#EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza
Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza.
Archaeologists:
Cancel membership | Speak up | Share
Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
#EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza
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🧪🦣🏺 Who wants to hear a story about biotech billions, unscientific claims, and shoddy smear tactics attacking women in science*?
Thread 🧵
*which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected
Thread 🧵
*which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected
Academics who have questioned the validity of efforts to “de-extinct” animals like the woolly mammoth and the dire wolf have complained of an apparent campaign to discredit them.
Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been targeted by online articles trying to discredit them
www.newscientist.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🧪🦣🏺 Who wants to hear a story about biotech billions, unscientific claims, and shoddy smear tactics attacking women in science*?
Thread 🧵
*which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected
Thread 🧵
*which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected
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Our team's talk at the ARP2025 conference is now on Youtube!
#archaeology #scottisharchaeology #communityarchaeology #GovanOld
Our team's talk at the ARP2025 conference is now on Youtube!
#archaeology #scottisharchaeology #communityarchaeology #GovanOld
Govan Old: ‘Dig Where You Stand' | ARP 2025
YouTube video by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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June 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrxV...
Our team's talk at the ARP2025 conference is now on Youtube!
#archaeology #scottisharchaeology #communityarchaeology #GovanOld
Our team's talk at the ARP2025 conference is now on Youtube!
#archaeology #scottisharchaeology #communityarchaeology #GovanOld
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CANMORE is going - much to the dismay of many - and here is a tribute to its incredible,
far-reaching contribution.
CANMORE is part of our heritage and it’s loss will have lingering effects.
#DigitalArchaeology #Heritage #History ##Scotland
far-reaching contribution.
CANMORE is part of our heritage and it’s loss will have lingering effects.
#DigitalArchaeology #Heritage #History ##Scotland
I thought someone should write a brief tribute to Scotland's online archives Canmore and Scran (and their other superb counterparts) in their last days before the move to Trove - and it might as well be me. So here it is. www.jameshamilton.co.uk/uncategorize...
Celebrating Canmore | by James Hamilton
Unique in the WorldThe announcement this spring that Canmore, Scran and others in the roster of online archives and repositories run by Historic Environment ...
www.jameshamilton.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
CANMORE is going - much to the dismay of many - and here is a tribute to its incredible,
far-reaching contribution.
CANMORE is part of our heritage and it’s loss will have lingering effects.
#DigitalArchaeology #Heritage #History ##Scotland
far-reaching contribution.
CANMORE is part of our heritage and it’s loss will have lingering effects.
#DigitalArchaeology #Heritage #History ##Scotland
Pleased with my first artifact #photogrammetry model - a "c'önc' " or "füsèla" used to secure bundles of hay and the like ( threading a thin rope through the holes and twisting/wrapping it around the elongated bit). Done with Polycam as I am learning how to use it for community heritage purposes.
May 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Pleased with my first artifact #photogrammetry model - a "c'önc' " or "füsèla" used to secure bundles of hay and the like ( threading a thin rope through the holes and twisting/wrapping it around the elongated bit). Done with Polycam as I am learning how to use it for community heritage purposes.
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On Thursday (22 May, 5 pm UK time) in person and online at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies: 'Twentieth-Century Radical Scottish Gaelic Magazines and Contacts with Wales', including the latest findings about Welsh contributors and content in Erskine's magazines. All welcome! 🏴 🏴
May 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
On Thursday (22 May, 5 pm UK time) in person and online at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies: 'Twentieth-Century Radical Scottish Gaelic Magazines and Contacts with Wales', including the latest findings about Welsh contributors and content in Erskine's magazines. All welcome! 🏴 🏴
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This is an important thread - I haven't used Trove yet but I use several of these functions on Canmore and, boy, I'll miss them!
So I think I need to do a sober thread on just how disasterously bad the new trove.scot website is, in comparison to the sites - especially Canmore - that it's replacing.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
May 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This is an important thread - I haven't used Trove yet but I use several of these functions on Canmore and, boy, I'll miss them!
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A really important thread. Users of #Canmore arise and protest!
So I think I need to do a sober thread on just how disasterously bad the new trove.scot website is, in comparison to the sites - especially Canmore - that it's replacing.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
May 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A really important thread. Users of #Canmore arise and protest!
An interesting (and very worrying) thread for those of us who rely on Canmore for our research - I thought Trove was going to be just one more resource, rather than replacing Canmore ://
So I think I need to do a sober thread on just how disasterously bad the new trove.scot website is, in comparison to the sites - especially Canmore - that it's replacing.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
May 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
An interesting (and very worrying) thread for those of us who rely on Canmore for our research - I thought Trove was going to be just one more resource, rather than replacing Canmore ://
It was a pleasure to work on this one!
🐂 🪡 I commissioned @croisch.bsky.social to embroider a #Pictish Burghead Bull design on a cushion for my mum's birthday, asking Moira to create a hybrid of the Burghead 5 and 6 carved stones.
Understandably, my mum and I are delighted with the brilliant result!
Contact Moira: linktr.ee/croisch
Understandably, my mum and I are delighted with the brilliant result!
Contact Moira: linktr.ee/croisch
April 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It was a pleasure to work on this one!
THIS!
Just out of my first Long Covid group session, a little over 9 months after getting covid. Looking at the 50 wee screens of people from Glasgow all looking for a way to get better, I can’t help but think of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social and their choice to demonise people left sick, instead of helping.
March 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
THIS!
Look, it's one of my favourite swords of all times, mostly because a dear friend noted, during a uni study sesh, that handle and pommel kinda look like a mushroom. No words were added to my essay that day, but I do have a wee colourful sketch of a mushroom-hilted sword somewhere still.
For context, it's one of the swords on display at Oslo Gardermoen airport, on loan from the Historical Museum.
March 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Look, it's one of my favourite swords of all times, mostly because a dear friend noted, during a uni study sesh, that handle and pommel kinda look like a mushroom. No words were added to my essay that day, but I do have a wee colourful sketch of a mushroom-hilted sword somewhere still.
Dealbh no dhà a thog mi ann an Leòdhas a' mhìos sa chaidh. Teampull Pheadair, Dùn Èistean, Sgiogarstaigh agus Rubha Robhanais. Le taing dhan Dr Aonghas MacCoinnich son an sgìre a shealltain dhomh a dh'aindeoin na sìde mì-chàileir!
March 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Dealbh no dhà a thog mi ann an Leòdhas a' mhìos sa chaidh. Teampull Pheadair, Dùn Èistean, Sgiogarstaigh agus Rubha Robhanais. Le taing dhan Dr Aonghas MacCoinnich son an sgìre a shealltain dhomh a dh'aindeoin na sìde mì-chàileir!
Apparently Sunday was Covid day of reflection in the UK, and I would love if those who reposted stuff on the mental health impact of lockdowns would spare a thought for all the chronically ill, immunosuppressed, or otherwise vulnerable people for whom these impacts are very much still not over.
March 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Apparently Sunday was Covid day of reflection in the UK, and I would love if those who reposted stuff on the mental health impact of lockdowns would spare a thought for all the chronically ill, immunosuppressed, or otherwise vulnerable people for whom these impacts are very much still not over.
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PLAY THIS (archaeology) GAME!
Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺
katrinehaydock.itch.io
Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺
katrinehaydock.itch.io
Katrine Haydock
katrinehaydock.itch.io
March 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
PLAY THIS (archaeology) GAME!
Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺
katrinehaydock.itch.io
Katrine Haydock, one of our brilliant undergraduates has developed a video game for her dissertation to understand the impact of archaeological methods on gameplay. Please play it and take the survey. 🏺
katrinehaydock.itch.io
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Feumaidh Bile nan Cànanan Albannach a bhith nas treasa agus nas soilleire a thaobh planadh cànain aig ìre choimhearsnachdan. Bu chòir don Bhile a bhith a' mìneachadh mar a bhios Sgìrean Sònraichte Cànain ag obrachadh.
Cuir taic ri athchuinge Misneachd: www.change.org/p/strengthen...
Cuir taic ri athchuinge Misneachd: www.change.org/p/strengthen...
Sign the Petition
Strengthen the Scottish Languages Bill
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March 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Feumaidh Bile nan Cànanan Albannach a bhith nas treasa agus nas soilleire a thaobh planadh cànain aig ìre choimhearsnachdan. Bu chòir don Bhile a bhith a' mìneachadh mar a bhios Sgìrean Sònraichte Cànain ag obrachadh.
Cuir taic ri athchuinge Misneachd: www.change.org/p/strengthen...
Cuir taic ri athchuinge Misneachd: www.change.org/p/strengthen...
It's been a very hectic February, so here's a belated post from SSASC 2025 in Edinburgh, chatting all things gannets, Guga and Gaelic to my fellow student attendees.
My poster also got a prize which was a nice surprise considering how early stages my research project it.
My poster also got a prize which was a nice surprise considering how early stages my research project it.
March 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's been a very hectic February, so here's a belated post from SSASC 2025 in Edinburgh, chatting all things gannets, Guga and Gaelic to my fellow student attendees.
My poster also got a prize which was a nice surprise considering how early stages my research project it.
My poster also got a prize which was a nice surprise considering how early stages my research project it.
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Happy 10th birthday to the Ea-Nasir complaint tablet meme! A glorious decade of memes, mashups, merchandise, erotic fanfic, real-life copper fraud, and pilgrimages to the British Museum. Thread 🧵:
February 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy 10th birthday to the Ea-Nasir complaint tablet meme! A glorious decade of memes, mashups, merchandise, erotic fanfic, real-life copper fraud, and pilgrimages to the British Museum. Thread 🧵:
Seachdain na Gàidhlig aig Seann Eaglais Bhaile a' Ghobhainn! Nach tig sibh ann?
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Seachdain na Gàidhlig aig Seann Eaglais Bhaile a' Ghobhainn! Nach tig sibh ann?
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social
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Dr Paul Everill’s work on the therapeutic potential of archaeology @uniwinchester.bsky.social is making an impact in Ukraine where it being used to help soldiers traumatised by their experiences in the war with Russia. Find out more here tinyurl.com/5f3uuy39
February 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Dr Paul Everill’s work on the therapeutic potential of archaeology @uniwinchester.bsky.social is making an impact in Ukraine where it being used to help soldiers traumatised by their experiences in the war with Russia. Find out more here tinyurl.com/5f3uuy39
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On behalf of the Diggers' Forum Group, if you have experience working in Field Archaeology please spare a couple of moments to fill in our questionnaire- “Wellbeing and Archaeology: Can focusing on social value have benefits for archaeologists too?”
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Wellbeing and Archaeology: Can focusing on social value have benefits for archaeologists too?
At this years CifA Conference (2025) the Diggers Forum are excited to be part of a session discussing whether a focus on social value can have benefits for archaeologists as well as the public.
Social...
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February 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
On behalf of the Diggers' Forum Group, if you have experience working in Field Archaeology please spare a couple of moments to fill in our questionnaire- “Wellbeing and Archaeology: Can focusing on social value have benefits for archaeologists too?”
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Showing my students some medieval pottery from Yemen at the ROM today, including this one with a cat's paw impression in it!
#MedievalSky #Archaeology #ArchaeologyOfStuff 🏺
#MedievalSky #Archaeology #ArchaeologyOfStuff 🏺
February 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Showing my students some medieval pottery from Yemen at the ROM today, including this one with a cat's paw impression in it!
#MedievalSky #Archaeology #ArchaeologyOfStuff 🏺
#MedievalSky #Archaeology #ArchaeologyOfStuff 🏺
Dsb a dh'èist ri Feasgar air RnG na bu thràithe an-diugh - an dòchas gun robh mi soilleir gu leòr (bha mi cho nearbhasach!). Adhartas is leasachadh tèicneolais gan cur gu feum ann an àrc-eòlas = math, ach adhartas is leasachadh air a mhaoineachadh le Roman Fanboy beairteach faisisteach = ...uill...😶
February 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Dsb a dh'èist ri Feasgar air RnG na bu thràithe an-diugh - an dòchas gun robh mi soilleir gu leòr (bha mi cho nearbhasach!). Adhartas is leasachadh tèicneolais gan cur gu feum ann an àrc-eòlas = math, ach adhartas is leasachadh air a mhaoineachadh le Roman Fanboy beairteach faisisteach = ...uill...😶
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Love zines? Love the Black Trowel Collective? We've added many of our zines to our webpage for you to download and distribute. 🏺
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/zine-library/
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Zine Library
Find our various zines here, ready to download and distribute! Trans Liberation Beak Zine Trans Liberation beakzineDownload Running Safer Sessions safer_sessionsDownload Don’t Panic! Zine Don…
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February 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Love zines? Love the Black Trowel Collective? We've added many of our zines to our webpage for you to download and distribute. 🏺
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/zine-library/
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/zine-library/