Robert W Park 🇬🇱
@rwmp.bsky.social
Archaeologist interested in the far north, both Inuit who've been there thousands of years (https://tinyurl.com/5d2wmnpv) and explorers who died after only three (https://tinyurl.com/smjsrrkm); in recovery after many years as a minor academic administrator
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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dear @bluejays.com, i'll be in Toronto on Friday and would love to sing our Canadian anthem at game 6. whaddaya say? #BlueJays #WantItAll #WorldSeries ⚾️
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
dear @bluejays.com, i'll be in Toronto on Friday and would love to sing our Canadian anthem at game 6. whaddaya say? #BlueJays #WantItAll #WorldSeries ⚾️
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The writing / academic-ish / research meme side-quest continues! And with halloween almost upon us, what could be scarier than Reviewer 2? #highered #academicsky #resdev
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The writing / academic-ish / research meme side-quest continues! And with halloween almost upon us, what could be scarier than Reviewer 2? #highered #academicsky #resdev
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As a Canadian I resent that when someone was needed to demolish a building at the US White House, our unique 211 year old record of expertise in that was ignored. I trust that in 3 years when it’s time to demolish the Epstein ballroom, Canada’s experience and willingness will be taken into account!
October 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
As a Canadian I resent that when someone was needed to demolish a building at the US White House, our unique 211 year old record of expertise in that was ignored. I trust that in 3 years when it’s time to demolish the Epstein ballroom, Canada’s experience and willingness will be taken into account!
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First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
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The Cost of Cutting Anthropology Out of U.S. National Parks
www.sapiens.org/culture/nati...
www.sapiens.org/culture/nati...
The Cost of Cutting Anthropology Out of U.S. National Parks
A former National Park Service anthropologist reflects on the vital role of cultural anthropology to the agency’s mission.
www.sapiens.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Cost of Cutting Anthropology Out of U.S. National Parks
www.sapiens.org/culture/nati...
www.sapiens.org/culture/nati...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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“Get Smart” premieres 60 years ago tonight, on NBC.
“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”
“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“Get Smart” premieres 60 years ago tonight, on NBC.
“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”
“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”
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Also related (or maybe the same): Suspense is not generated by the reader not knowing what happens next. It's generated by the reader CARING what happens next.
Related (or maybe the same) is that "I'm going to trick the reader haha" is not a good path to reader investment, but "I am going to delight the reader, haha!" is. They look the same on the surface but they're not. I always advise being generous to readers, not adversarial.
August 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Also related (or maybe the same): Suspense is not generated by the reader not knowing what happens next. It's generated by the reader CARING what happens next.
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Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
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Watching the US prep for a critically important meeting with Putin in Alaska reminds me of students who realize they had an assignment a day before it is due.
Hoping I’m wrong, but concerned about the diplomatic approach & the potential outcome.
Hoping I’m wrong, but concerned about the diplomatic approach & the potential outcome.
August 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Watching the US prep for a critically important meeting with Putin in Alaska reminds me of students who realize they had an assignment a day before it is due.
Hoping I’m wrong, but concerned about the diplomatic approach & the potential outcome.
Hoping I’m wrong, but concerned about the diplomatic approach & the potential outcome.
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i had a job interview for a writing center director position at a university in which i was told you can check for plagiarism by copying and pasting an essay into chatGPT and asking "did you write this"
i think my facial expression took me out of the running basically immediately
i think my facial expression took me out of the running basically immediately
August 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
i had a job interview for a writing center director position at a university in which i was told you can check for plagiarism by copying and pasting an essay into chatGPT and asking "did you write this"
i think my facial expression took me out of the running basically immediately
i think my facial expression took me out of the running basically immediately
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This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
August 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
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Hey, you know what policy would decrease overall educational unit costs, while improving student quality and reducing drop-outs in post-secondary institutions?
(Re-)introducing Grade 13 and adopting standard three year bachelor's degrees.
(Re-)introducing Grade 13 and adopting standard three year bachelor's degrees.
August 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hey, you know what policy would decrease overall educational unit costs, while improving student quality and reducing drop-outs in post-secondary institutions?
(Re-)introducing Grade 13 and adopting standard three year bachelor's degrees.
(Re-)introducing Grade 13 and adopting standard three year bachelor's degrees.
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Scientific organizations (or any really): please be aware that if you host international conferences in the US, you will be excluding quite a few people from this point on, for whom the risk is just not worth it.
July 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Scientific organizations (or any really): please be aware that if you host international conferences in the US, you will be excluding quite a few people from this point on, for whom the risk is just not worth it.
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Anyone who's visited the UK knows that the empty shells of monasteries destroyed by Henry VIII still dot the landscape. I've been seeing images of all the U.S. higher ed institutions being financially destroyed now & can't help thinking of what their empty shells might look like a century from now.
Thought that popped into my head today: has anybody written about Trump's dismantling of U.S. scientific infrastructure as akin in its historical effects to the dissolution of the monasteries in England by Henry VIII? It remains to be seen just how big a historic tipping point this will be.
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Anyone who's visited the UK knows that the empty shells of monasteries destroyed by Henry VIII still dot the landscape. I've been seeing images of all the U.S. higher ed institutions being financially destroyed now & can't help thinking of what their empty shells might look like a century from now.
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“The administration’s attempts to resuscitate scientifically disproven schemes serve a political agenda. Scientific racism has been associated with US social institutions since the country’s founding. Those who have detailed the dynamics of this ideology are not the ones distorting the truth”
US disregards scientific consensus on race
www.science.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“The administration’s attempts to resuscitate scientifically disproven schemes serve a political agenda. Scientific racism has been associated with US social institutions since the country’s founding. Those who have detailed the dynamics of this ideology are not the ones distorting the truth”
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The foot of an individual from #medieval Ghazali, Sudan with a tattoo preserved on its surface #NationalTattooDay 🏺
It may depict the Chi-Rho, an important Christian symbol, indicating tattoos could be an expression of Christianity in medieval Nubia.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
It may depict the Chi-Rho, an important Christian symbol, indicating tattoos could be an expression of Christianity in medieval Nubia.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
July 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The foot of an individual from #medieval Ghazali, Sudan with a tattoo preserved on its surface #NationalTattooDay 🏺
It may depict the Chi-Rho, an important Christian symbol, indicating tattoos could be an expression of Christianity in medieval Nubia.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
It may depict the Chi-Rho, an important Christian symbol, indicating tattoos could be an expression of Christianity in medieval Nubia.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Indiana Jones and the Concur Expense Report
Indiana Jones and Concur Expense Report Returned
Indiana Jones III: Corrected and Resubmited
Indiana Jones and Concur Expense Report Returned
Indiana Jones III: Corrected and Resubmited
July 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Indiana Jones and the Concur Expense Report
Indiana Jones and Concur Expense Report Returned
Indiana Jones III: Corrected and Resubmited
Indiana Jones and Concur Expense Report Returned
Indiana Jones III: Corrected and Resubmited
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Indiana Jones and the Anthropology Department is Being Cut by the State Legislature Due to Restructuring
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
It looks like Indiana Jones might actually be headed for the reboot treatment. According to a recent report from DisInsider , Disney and Lucasfilm are considering a full relaunch of the iconic adventure...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Indiana Jones and the Anthropology Department is Being Cut by the State Legislature Due to Restructuring
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Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
It looks like Indiana Jones might actually be headed for the reboot treatment. According to a recent report from DisInsider , Disney and Lucasfilm are considering a full relaunch of the iconic adventure...
buff.ly
July 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans