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Erik Champion

@erikmc.bsky.social

670 followers 390 following 870 posts

Digital heritage, serious games, and digital inhumanities. 3D or not 3D. Usually based in Oceania but on land. https://erikchampion.wordpress.com/

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 5h

We're thinking similarly. Not sure what content you will deploy but have a look at what darklab Lund have modified 3Dhop for..

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8h

Shot through?

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 8h

Any alternatives in mind?

Reposted by Erik Champion

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 8h

Half the world's 100 largest cities are experiencing high water stress, where the amount of water being used is perilously close to exceeding what's available. Now, climate change is drying already stretched water supplies. Our new article, out now:

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Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds

Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply

Reposted by Erik Champion, Klaus Oschema

Onikuno @onikuno.bsky.social · 16h

Holy fucking shit this is awesome use this now

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One developer’s tool strips AI and other junk from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

A developer released a free tool called “Just the Browser” that disabless AI features, ads, and other unwanted junk in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

There are international and domestic PhD scholarships at adelaideuni.edu.au/study/schola... (not mine, I can assure you)

Browse scholarships, grants and prizes available to students of Adelaide University.

adelaideuni.edu.au

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

"Scott Bessent replied to a question on Danish investments by saying that ‘Denmark’s investment in US treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant’" What about Lego, pastries, salted butter, akvavit, and ice cream?! www.danishmuseum.org/danish-ameri...

Danish-American Culture - Museum of Danish America

Danish-American Culture Since the 1700s, Danes have been immigrating to the US and establishing communities around their shared heritage. Whether in cities or in the countryside, Danish-American commu...

www.danishmuseum.org

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

The Spice Girls are invading Greenland, redesigning Gaza or drilling for oil in Venezuela?

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

Surprised they didn't have a kid called Bendit..

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

PhD position in Media and Communications in Umeå Sweden scholarshipdb.net/jobs-in-Swed...

scholarshipdb.net

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

Can't believe I did not know about this!

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

I guess what the not quite so rich and influential can do apart from the ballot box (which isn't a guaranteed return) is to choose carefully regards consumer choices... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich

Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence

www.theguardian.com

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 1d

#CFP www.achs2026.nz/call-for-pap... The 8th Biennial Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) will be held at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand in November-December 2026.

ABOUT | ACHS Conference 2026

It is my great pleasure to invite heritage scholars and practitioners from around the world to join us at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington in 2026 for the biennial Association of Cri...

www.achs2026.nz

Reposted by Steve Peers, Christopher Wright, Lesley A. Hall , and 12 more Steve Peers, Christopher Wright, Lesley A. Hall, Erik Champion, Constantine Sandis, Jacob T. Levy, Adrian Vickers, Els Torreele, Aurélien Mondon, Tom Stoppard, Mauro Gatti, Greg Linden, Tim Stephens, Elisa Freschi, Paul Caplat

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d

“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”

AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst

AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 5d

I can understand the pen. Who wants rock 'n roll in Plymouth?

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 9d

but that doormat is awesome.

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 10d

Food for thought: "Pro-Confederates said they were exercising the right, enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, to “alter or abolish” unrepresentative and oppressive government." virginiahistory.org/learn/who-wa...

Who Was the Traitor and Who the Patriot? | Virginia Museum of History & Culture

In 1776, George Washington rebelled against the established government of his day. We remember him as a patriot, but to his king and fellow colonists loyal to the king, Washington was the traitor and ...

virginiahistory.org

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 11d

A photo of a French env. student explaining arctic circle myths in Rovaniemia at midnight on a hill named after 1000 wolverines, while we wait for the aurora (that never arrived). From 2021, when I was a visiting fellow to Jyväskylä...

Rovaniemi picnic

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 11d

This is both a. fantastic (a vertical map?) and b. a map of routes I will never take! blueplanetvr.com/world_record...

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 11d

I'm officially changing the name of Metaverse to non-monopoly verse...

a woman in a green tank top with the words a little meta on the bottom

Alt: a woman in a green tank top with the words a little meta on the bottom, post about a new name for Metaverse

media.tenor.com

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 13d

Ele-font sized!

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 14d

Not sure this article meant to do this but now I want to visit number 10. www.watoday.com.au/traveller/re...

Europe’s 10 lamest attractions that tourists inexplicably flock to

Europe may have the world’s most extraordinary cultural attractions, but it also has a baffling parallel: places so dismal and overrated they deserve to be bulldozed.

www.watoday.com.au

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 14d

dear lord, there's even online AI services just for applying to professors.

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 14d

Important question of the day: can you really bask in Basque when it has some of the lowest sunshine hours in Spain?

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 14d

"there's an unknown % of humanity who don't have the inner monologue." It's time they asked themselves this question then.

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 14d

and yet they don't think they do.

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Dr Daisy Abbott @daisyabbott.bsky.social · 14d

Step Into 1938!
Free #3D model of the entire 1938 Empire Exhibition, delivered through #Unity. This isn’t just a digital replica; it’s a layered learning resource designed for both teaching and independent exploration.

sit.gsa.ac.uk/post/redisco...

#Glasgow #history #GBL #edTech #decolonisation

Blog Post | Glasgow School of Art | Rediscovering the Empire Exhibition of 1938 in 3D

Step back into the 1938 Empire Exhibition through an immersive 3D reconstruction of a forgotten Glasgow landmark. - Dec 24, 2025

Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 14d

"Eat real food!" "No, I'm sticking to my virtual food"! www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...