Katie Allen
@hikatieallen.bsky.social
Gen-x mom. Voracious reader. Hiker. Sewist & Maker. Atlanta-ish. Liberal AF. (she/her)
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Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire shed light on the lives of both emperors and enslaved people. But most inscriptions are fragmented with missing pieces.
Now the Aeneas AI developed by Google DeepMind and scholars can fill in the gaps.
🧪#Archaeology
www.newscientist.com/article/2489...
Now the Aeneas AI developed by Google DeepMind and scholars can fill in the gaps.
🧪#Archaeology
www.newscientist.com/article/2489...
AI helps reconstruct damaged Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire
Google DeepMind and historians created an AI tool called Aeneas that can predict the missing words in Latin inscriptions carved into stone walls and pottery sherds from the ancient Roman Empire.
www.newscientist.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire shed light on the lives of both emperors and enslaved people. But most inscriptions are fragmented with missing pieces.
Now the Aeneas AI developed by Google DeepMind and scholars can fill in the gaps.
🧪#Archaeology
www.newscientist.com/article/2489...
Now the Aeneas AI developed by Google DeepMind and scholars can fill in the gaps.
🧪#Archaeology
www.newscientist.com/article/2489...
Another fun use of the Dia browser's customizable AI prompts ("skills") is one I made that gives you a full synopsis of an episode you were only half-watching, but need to know what happened before starting the next episode 🤣 @diabrowser.com #diabrowser #diaskills
July 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Another fun use of the Dia browser's customizable AI prompts ("skills") is one I made that gives you a full synopsis of an episode you were only half-watching, but need to know what happened before starting the next episode 🤣 @diabrowser.com #diabrowser #diaskills
I'm obsessed with the @diabrowser.com Building custom AI skills is SO fun, like this one I made with all of my streaming services listed. Then it tells me which of my services a show or movie is on. Perfect! #diabrowser #diaskills
July 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm obsessed with the @diabrowser.com Building custom AI skills is SO fun, like this one I made with all of my streaming services listed. Then it tells me which of my services a show or movie is on. Perfect! #diabrowser #diaskills
Little acrylic painting I did of a north Georgia waterfall. I’ve never painted moving water before 😰 def a challenge. But I learned a lot. #acrylicpainting #painting #landscape #waterfall
July 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Little acrylic painting I did of a north Georgia waterfall. I’ve never painted moving water before 😰 def a challenge. But I learned a lot. #acrylicpainting #painting #landscape #waterfall
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July 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Life doesn't automatically hand us joy. We must make space for it, create it, chase it. This summer, I wake early and drive hours to hike to waterfalls across Georgia. It's hot & humid at 8am. I watch for snakes and bears. But nature is medicine. And, man, is it healing my heart. #hiking #waterfall.
July 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Life doesn't automatically hand us joy. We must make space for it, create it, chase it. This summer, I wake early and drive hours to hike to waterfalls across Georgia. It's hot & humid at 8am. I watch for snakes and bears. But nature is medicine. And, man, is it healing my heart. #hiking #waterfall.
I ordered our copy the moment I opened this issue of Bitter Southerner. Proud to support @bittersouth.bsky.social @democracyforward.org and the amazing southern artists on this pressing! #democracyforward #albums #bettersouth #bittersoutherner #democracy
BIG NEWS : We launched our new record label today. It’s been a good one - benefiting @democracyforward. Thank you to everyone, ( 100s of you !!!) who’ve ordered. bsgeneralstore.com/products/dem...
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I ordered our copy the moment I opened this issue of Bitter Southerner. Proud to support @bittersouth.bsky.social @democracyforward.org and the amazing southern artists on this pressing! #democracyforward #albums #bettersouth #bittersoutherner #democracy
We here on bluesky know that cats are a balm for most existential crises. I recommend this ceramic stirrup-spout vessel / flask shaped like an ocelot from the ancient Peruvian Moche peoples, circa 1-650 CE. It's a ginger kitty! #museum #ancientperu #ceramics #catsofbluesky #artifacts #peruvian
June 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We here on bluesky know that cats are a balm for most existential crises. I recommend this ceramic stirrup-spout vessel / flask shaped like an ocelot from the ancient Peruvian Moche peoples, circa 1-650 CE. It's a ginger kitty! #museum #ancientperu #ceramics #catsofbluesky #artifacts #peruvian
Winamp skins were elite!
June 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Winamp skins were elite!
Ancient artifacts= elite ruling men. But today, I saw a bit of Babylonian clay, with cuneiform writing (Akkadian?). It documented the adoption of an orphaned baby girl. A nearly 4000yo solid reminder of a small, soft, vulnerable body. #cuneiform #mesopotamia #babylonia #artifact #akkadian #girlhood
June 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Ancient artifacts= elite ruling men. But today, I saw a bit of Babylonian clay, with cuneiform writing (Akkadian?). It documented the adoption of an orphaned baby girl. A nearly 4000yo solid reminder of a small, soft, vulnerable body. #cuneiform #mesopotamia #babylonia #artifact #akkadian #girlhood
OMG. There is a city called Batman in Türkiye! And they have a university. You could get a degree from Batman University. 🤯 48 years of looking at maps has finally paid off! Have you been? #batman #Türkiye #geography
June 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
OMG. There is a city called Batman in Türkiye! And they have a university. You could get a degree from Batman University. 🤯 48 years of looking at maps has finally paid off! Have you been? #batman #Türkiye #geography
June 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
COOL! The Te Awe Library in New Zealand organized books using an indigenous system of the Māori atua (gods) realms of knowledge & thought. Rongomatāne is an atua of agriculture & peace, so books on growing crops, gardens, culinary arts & conflict resolution are together. #indigenous #library #Māori
This Library in New Zealand Is Replacing Dewey With a System Rooted in Māori Tradition - Magazine
Could libraries do more than store books? Explore how Te Awe Library is designing a new classification system rooted in Māori tradition and storytelling.
magazine.1000libraries.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
COOL! The Te Awe Library in New Zealand organized books using an indigenous system of the Māori atua (gods) realms of knowledge & thought. Rongomatāne is an atua of agriculture & peace, so books on growing crops, gardens, culinary arts & conflict resolution are together. #indigenous #library #Māori
May 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ok so it took me 5 months to start sewing these overalls, get frustrated and quit, then finish them yesterday 😆🪡 I *love* them now!!! IKEA fabric for the win! #sewing #sewist #ikeafabric #overalls #handmade
May 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ok so it took me 5 months to start sewing these overalls, get frustrated and quit, then finish them yesterday 😆🪡 I *love* them now!!! IKEA fabric for the win! #sewing #sewist #ikeafabric #overalls #handmade
I'm forever ruined. No futurist series will ever come close to Octavia Butler's 'Lilith's Brood' trilogy. I'm halfway through the 2nd book, and I love it even more than "Parable of the Sower". Masterful exploration of what humanity is and isn't. #afrofuturism #octaviabutler #scifi #booksky
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm forever ruined. No futurist series will ever come close to Octavia Butler's 'Lilith's Brood' trilogy. I'm halfway through the 2nd book, and I love it even more than "Parable of the Sower". Masterful exploration of what humanity is and isn't. #afrofuturism #octaviabutler #scifi #booksky
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
I revisited Heraklion Archaeological Museum a few days ago to see these fabulous clay pots with octopus decoration. Made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete about 3,500 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology 🏺
I revisited Heraklion Archaeological Museum a few days ago to see these fabulous clay pots with octopus decoration. Made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete about 3,500 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology 🏺
April 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
I revisited Heraklion Archaeological Museum a few days ago to see these fabulous clay pots with octopus decoration. Made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete about 3,500 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology 🏺
I revisited Heraklion Archaeological Museum a few days ago to see these fabulous clay pots with octopus decoration. Made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete about 3,500 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology 🏺
Despite the branding, squirrels in Georgia love the hot & spicy suet... much like their Georgia humans love hot & spicy food. We're just built different 🤣 #squirrel #naturephotography #georgia #nature
April 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Despite the branding, squirrels in Georgia love the hot & spicy suet... much like their Georgia humans love hot & spicy food. We're just built different 🤣 #squirrel #naturephotography #georgia #nature
Gardening hack: make a photo album on your phone & take pics of all the plant tags and seed packets. A year later when you’re trying to remember when to fertilize, voila! It’s on your phone! #gardening #gardener #gardentips #gardenhacks
April 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Gardening hack: make a photo album on your phone & take pics of all the plant tags and seed packets. A year later when you’re trying to remember when to fertilize, voila! It’s on your phone! #gardening #gardener #gardentips #gardenhacks
Beautiful Florida in her natural, protected state. 📍 Crystal River, FL #naturephotography #landscape #photography #florida #crystalriver
March 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Beautiful Florida in her natural, protected state. 📍 Crystal River, FL #naturephotography #landscape #photography #florida #crystalriver
Homeschooling a 15yo means today's social studies is watching some of the Georgia Legislature on Crossover Day & chatting about the various bills that are being voted on. We planned to go in person, but the traffic looked crazy. #homeschool
March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Homeschooling a 15yo means today's social studies is watching some of the Georgia Legislature on Crossover Day & chatting about the various bills that are being voted on. We planned to go in person, but the traffic looked crazy. #homeschool
Bet! The last day I shopped at Target was 35 days ago. I may not have much power as a suburban mom, but I can choose where my dollars ago. 40 more days of boycott? I'm in. #boycott
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Bet! The last day I shopped at Target was 35 days ago. I may not have much power as a suburban mom, but I can choose where my dollars ago. 40 more days of boycott? I'm in. #boycott
THIS RIGHT HERE!
President Zelenskyy is an ally of our country who protects Americans’ freedom by holding the line against an authoritarian regime.
He doesn’t bow to dictators—neither should our leaders.
He doesn’t bow to dictators—neither should our leaders.
March 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
THIS RIGHT HERE!
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🦣🏺 The first #Neanderthal face we ever met... and it was a woman's.
Here's my "Sheanderthal" piece (from 4 years ago now!) for @aeon.co ; title art by @tombjorklundart.bsky.social
aeon.co/essays/what-...
Here's my "Sheanderthal" piece (from 4 years ago now!) for @aeon.co ; title art by @tombjorklundart.bsky.social
aeon.co/essays/what-...
March 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🦣🏺 The first #Neanderthal face we ever met... and it was a woman's.
Here's my "Sheanderthal" piece (from 4 years ago now!) for @aeon.co ; title art by @tombjorklundart.bsky.social
aeon.co/essays/what-...
Here's my "Sheanderthal" piece (from 4 years ago now!) for @aeon.co ; title art by @tombjorklundart.bsky.social
aeon.co/essays/what-...