Agent of Chaos
LightNews LightNews
banner
fionacoward.bsky.social
Agent of Chaos
@fionacoward.bsky.social
1.4K followers 1K following 1.3K posts
Archaeologist/anthropologist, SFF nerd. Lawful good, veering chaotic neutral later. Snowflake libtard.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
robertosaezm.bsky.social
Lithic technological change, hominin history and climatic background from the late Middle Pleistocene to middle Late Pleistocene (ca. 300–50 ka) in China.
Source: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
behavecolpapers.bsky.social
High-precision tracking of human foragers reveals adaptive social information use in the wild | Science @Science.org
High-precision tracking of human foragers reveals adaptive social information use in the wild | Science
Foraging complexity and competitive social challenges are considered key drivers of human cognition. Yet, the decision-making mechanisms that underlie social foraging in the real world remain unknown. Integrating high-precision Global Positioning System (...
dlvr.it
January 30, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
katharv.bsky.social
The artwork that illustrated our PNAS paper on the oldest wooden tools was made by Gleiver Prieto, who has also worked with me on illustrations for previous projects, including the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Marathousa 1.
Gleiver's art really brings Pleistocene Megalopolis to life ✨ 🤩
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
aidanosullivan.bsky.social
An odd idea. Governments (partly, inadequately) fund universities because they are a superb source of highly educated, trained graduates vital right across society.

Try not having in your society doctors, engineers, nurses, scientists, dentists, social workers, archaeologists 🙂 etc, ad infinitum
implausibleblog.bsky.social Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"

2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
katharv.bsky.social
🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
fionacoward.bsky.social
I think my head just exploded
mattweiner19.bsky.social Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 1d
life hack: I was annoyed that I didn't have enough dishes to run a full load, so I repacked the dishwasher less efficiently
January 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
hetanshah.bsky.social
The network now has full UK wide coverage (and over 9,000 members!) and so is open to all ECRs in humanities and social sciences
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career...
Early Career Researcher Network
An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
fionacoward.bsky.social
This is gloriously relaxing
djlink.bsky.social David Amador @djlink.bsky.social · 1d
recorded a Windows 95 full disk defrag to soothe your timeline.
January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
fionacoward.bsky.social
Wordle 1,685 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
fionacoward.bsky.social
Connections
Puzzle #963
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟦🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
January 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
thebossross.bsky.social
Reminder for all UK dual nationals:

As of the 25 Feb 2026, dual nationals will not be able to travel to the UK on their 'other' passport. If, for example, you or your dual citizen children live abroad & currently don't hold a UK passport, you need to get one (for them) in order to re-enter the UK.
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
johnhawks.net
This is a deep dive into the details of how Neanderthal ancestry is patterned across ancient genomes of modern people. A wave of mixture starting in the Near East kept mixing as long as the expanding group kept meeting Neanderthals, from France to Central Asia.

www.johnhawks.net/p/tracing-th...
Tracing the wave of Neanderthal-modern interactions
A rapid expansion of modern people ran into Neanderthals and mixed with them nearly to the ends of their range.
www.johnhawks.net
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
fionacoward.bsky.social
Wordle 1,684 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
fionacoward.bsky.social
Connections
Puzzle #962
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
jayvanbavel.bsky.social
Is academia just a job?

We assigned this paper in our professional development seminar last week and it was quite popular.

My view: I grew up in a working class family and no one I knew considered their job "a calling". I also had a bunch of jobs that felt, well, like jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
bernd-parusel.bsky.social
We need more of this in Europe. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Spain approves decree to regularise half a million undocumented migrants
Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 AM
fionacoward.bsky.social
Wordle 1,683 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
fionacoward.bsky.social
As usual I am just not US enough...
Connections
Puzzle #961
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟩🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟩🟨
🟨🟩🟩🟨
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
bajr-badger.bsky.social
Collections Officer (Archaeology)
National Museum of Wales
Salary: £28,895.78 - £35,598.34
Closing Date: February 9, 2026
Location: Cardiff
www.bajr.org/job-ad/colle...
Collections Officer (Archaeology) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: £28,895.78 - £35,598.34Closing Date: 09/02/26Location: Cardiff
www.bajr.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
bajr-badger.bsky.social
TENDER OPPORTUNITY

Opportunity to Tender Forensic Archaeology/Forensic Osteoarchaeology Framework
Individuals and Companies
for the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam
Closing Date: February 13, 2026
Location: Ireland
www.bajr.org/job-ad/oppor...
Opportunity to Tender Forensic Archaeology/Forensic Osteoarchaeology Framework - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: Maximum Daily Rate in Description below. Closing Date: 13/02/26Location: Tuam, Galway
www.bajr.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
mostlybree.kitrocha.com
as we celebrate the most sacred holiday in the calendar I just want to let everyone know that every small boulder is just a large boulder the size of a small boulder please use caution.
mrtom.uk MrTom 👾 @mrtom.uk · 3d
Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!
The "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" meme. The Facebook post is from 27th January 2020
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
hetanshah.bsky.social
About 6.8 million people – half of all those in poverty – were in very deep poverty, the highest number and proportion since records began three decades ago - @jrf-uk.bsky.social analysis
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
ayoub.bsky.social
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
chrisstantis.bsky.social
New paper out, possibly one of the most tedious projects of my life... it's working name was Project ARDUOUS and boy howdy did it live up to its name 🧪🏺
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global compilation of bioavailable strontium isotope data - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Global compilation of bioavailable strontium isotope data
www.nature.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Reposted by Agent of Chaos
adamkoszary.bsky.social
This thread about underrated or overrated museums is so nice because instead of sticking it to overrated places it's mainly full of so much love for the underrated ones (people seem to really like Museum of the Home) <3

reddit.com/r/AskUK/comm...
From the AskUK community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the AskUK community
reddit.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM