Dr Aisling Tierney
@irishashyt.bsky.social
🎓Lecturer @BristolUni @BILT (curriculum, pedagogy, SFHEA, sustainability, AI, qual research) UCU WIASN Higher Education
🏺 Archaeologist @archsengage.bsky.social Archaeology
👩🎨Crafter, TephraArts https://tephraarts.etsy.com
📍Bristol ☘️ she/her
🏺 Archaeologist @archsengage.bsky.social Archaeology
👩🎨Crafter, TephraArts https://tephraarts.etsy.com
📍Bristol ☘️ she/her
Thanks to everyone for the advice. I think the funniest thing would be to try to deposit it at the post office 💌💷
Anyone remember how to cash a cheque when there are no banks anywhere anymore?
I extracted blood from a stone (royal mail refund) and now have this piece of paper to sort
I extracted blood from a stone (royal mail refund) and now have this piece of paper to sort
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thanks to everyone for the advice. I think the funniest thing would be to try to deposit it at the post office 💌💷
Anyone remember how to cash a cheque when there are no banks anywhere anymore?
I extracted blood from a stone (royal mail refund) and now have this piece of paper to sort
I extracted blood from a stone (royal mail refund) and now have this piece of paper to sort
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Anyone remember how to cash a cheque when there are no banks anywhere anymore?
I extracted blood from a stone (royal mail refund) and now have this piece of paper to sort
I extracted blood from a stone (royal mail refund) and now have this piece of paper to sort
Going home of the bus now.
Bus driver is bants.
He just roared out the window to a random member of the public to ask to borrow their hairbrush.
He is bald.
Bus driver is bants.
He just roared out the window to a random member of the public to ask to borrow their hairbrush.
He is bald.
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Going home of the bus now.
Bus driver is bants.
He just roared out the window to a random member of the public to ask to borrow their hairbrush.
He is bald.
Bus driver is bants.
He just roared out the window to a random member of the public to ask to borrow their hairbrush.
He is bald.
It's the last few days to get your orders in for Christmas shipping timescales, so take a look at over 250 archaeology-themed goodies in stock in my handmade emporium of nonsense!
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#archaeology #skystorians #anthropology #geology #prehistory #history #medieval #cuneiform
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#archaeology #skystorians #anthropology #geology #prehistory #history #medieval #cuneiform
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December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It's the last few days to get your orders in for Christmas shipping timescales, so take a look at over 250 archaeology-themed goodies in stock in my handmade emporium of nonsense!
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/teph...
#archaeology #skystorians #anthropology #geology #prehistory #history #medieval #cuneiform
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/teph...
#archaeology #skystorians #anthropology #geology #prehistory #history #medieval #cuneiform
Work-issued laptop is the worst bit of tech I have ever been issued. For a sector obsessed with productivity, this piece of plastic is losinh me so much time every single day I am not working from home on my gaming PC.
Over an hour stuck on this screen just today 😤🤬
Over an hour stuck on this screen just today 😤🤬
December 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Work-issued laptop is the worst bit of tech I have ever been issued. For a sector obsessed with productivity, this piece of plastic is losinh me so much time every single day I am not working from home on my gaming PC.
Over an hour stuck on this screen just today 😤🤬
Over an hour stuck on this screen just today 😤🤬
New archaeology colouring book with 35 pages of designs from Egypt to Mesopotamia.
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4419...
#egyptian #archaeology #mesopotamia #babylon #assyrian #accadian #neareasternarchaeology #archeology #colouringbook #christmas #history #historygift #archaeologygift #egyptology
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December 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New archaeology colouring book with 35 pages of designs from Egypt to Mesopotamia.
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4419...
#egyptian #archaeology #mesopotamia #babylon #assyrian #accadian #neareasternarchaeology #archeology #colouringbook #christmas #history #historygift #archaeologygift #egyptology
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#egyptian #archaeology #mesopotamia #babylon #assyrian #accadian #neareasternarchaeology #archeology #colouringbook #christmas #history #historygift #archaeologygift #egyptology
Reposted by Dr Aisling Tierney
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Reposted by Dr Aisling Tierney
I've said so often that if I didn't have this adamantine-teflon ego that working in higher ed would have absolutely destroyed me.
Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I've said so often that if I didn't have this adamantine-teflon ego that working in higher ed would have absolutely destroyed me.
Brand new stratigraphy earrings. Made in a limited edition of five pairs for each issue, always different and unique patterns and colours!
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#geology #stratigraphy #soil #geologist #archaeology #archaeologist 🪨🏺
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#geology #stratigraphy #soil #geologist #archaeology #archaeologist 🪨🏺
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Brand new stratigraphy earrings. Made in a limited edition of five pairs for each issue, always different and unique patterns and colours!
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4345...
#geology #stratigraphy #soil #geologist #archaeology #archaeologist 🪨🏺
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4345...
#geology #stratigraphy #soil #geologist #archaeology #archaeologist 🪨🏺
Reposted by Dr Aisling Tierney
Plus, the first 500 entries to the prize draw will receive a limited edition 'Cheeky Giant' pin badge as a special thank you.
(Well done for getting to the bottom of this thread 😉)
(Well done for getting to the bottom of this thread 😉)
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Plus, the first 500 entries to the prize draw will receive a limited edition 'Cheeky Giant' pin badge as a special thank you.
(Well done for getting to the bottom of this thread 😉)
(Well done for getting to the bottom of this thread 😉)
Sometimes you just have to throw money at things that make you happy 🐙
#archaeology 🏺 #aegean #minoan #greekarchaeology
#archaeology 🏺 #aegean #minoan #greekarchaeology
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Sometimes you just have to throw money at things that make you happy 🐙
#archaeology 🏺 #aegean #minoan #greekarchaeology
#archaeology 🏺 #aegean #minoan #greekarchaeology
Reposted by Dr Aisling Tierney
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
Celebrate the eminent return of Stargate by hallucinating ancient stargates with me 🤣 🏺✨
This example is of the “made of castle towers” typology of stargates.
(BM124661: Balawat Gates, Neo-Assyrian, 848BC, Iraq)
This example is of the “made of castle towers” typology of stargates.
(BM124661: Balawat Gates, Neo-Assyrian, 848BC, Iraq)
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Celebrate the eminent return of Stargate by hallucinating ancient stargates with me 🤣 🏺✨
This example is of the “made of castle towers” typology of stargates.
(BM124661: Balawat Gates, Neo-Assyrian, 848BC, Iraq)
This example is of the “made of castle towers” typology of stargates.
(BM124661: Balawat Gates, Neo-Assyrian, 848BC, Iraq)
If any of you were ever nosey about how much it costs to have an Etsy shop, have a gawk.
Etsy fees are a farce, and include ads that sellers CANNOT opt out of.
These costs don’t include supplies, my time crafting, packaging and post.
Etsy fees are a farce, and include ads that sellers CANNOT opt out of.
These costs don’t include supplies, my time crafting, packaging and post.
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If any of you were ever nosey about how much it costs to have an Etsy shop, have a gawk.
Etsy fees are a farce, and include ads that sellers CANNOT opt out of.
These costs don’t include supplies, my time crafting, packaging and post.
Etsy fees are a farce, and include ads that sellers CANNOT opt out of.
These costs don’t include supplies, my time crafting, packaging and post.
Need a gift for kids who love archaeology? 🏺
Check out this new Archaeology Colouring Book! It’s got lots of animals & includes female representation 🩷
#archaeology #history #aegean #medieval #skystorians #artefacts #archeology #anthropology
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Check out this new Archaeology Colouring Book! It’s got lots of animals & includes female representation 🩷
#archaeology #history #aegean #medieval #skystorians #artefacts #archeology #anthropology
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November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Need a gift for kids who love archaeology? 🏺
Check out this new Archaeology Colouring Book! It’s got lots of animals & includes female representation 🩷
#archaeology #history #aegean #medieval #skystorians #artefacts #archeology #anthropology
⬇️
Check out this new Archaeology Colouring Book! It’s got lots of animals & includes female representation 🩷
#archaeology #history #aegean #medieval #skystorians #artefacts #archeology #anthropology
⬇️
Reposted by Dr Aisling Tierney
🚨 Cyber Week Sale Alert! 🚨
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
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November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨 Cyber Week Sale Alert! 🚨
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
🚨🏺
“Even during the pre-Christmas season, crime does not rest. In the museum theft, burglars try to capture high-value exhibits… a diorama is created with the burglary scenario. The platform "collapses" at the push of a button. Includes police motorcycle.”
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“Even during the pre-Christmas season, crime does not rest. In the museum theft, burglars try to capture high-value exhibits… a diorama is created with the burglary scenario. The platform "collapses" at the push of a button. Includes police motorcycle.”
www.playmobil.com/en-gb/advent...
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🚨🏺
“Even during the pre-Christmas season, crime does not rest. In the museum theft, burglars try to capture high-value exhibits… a diorama is created with the burglary scenario. The platform "collapses" at the push of a button. Includes police motorcycle.”
www.playmobil.com/en-gb/advent...
“Even during the pre-Christmas season, crime does not rest. In the museum theft, burglars try to capture high-value exhibits… a diorama is created with the burglary scenario. The platform "collapses" at the push of a button. Includes police motorcycle.”
www.playmobil.com/en-gb/advent...
Take a look at what my creative colleague Karen has been up to! She is combining a love of crafty crochet with GenAI exploration, all covered in this blog (based on her research!)
bilt.online/lokis-tail-c...
#highereducation #university #artificialintelligence #AI #pedagogy #teaching #GenAI
bilt.online/lokis-tail-c...
#highereducation #university #artificialintelligence #AI #pedagogy #teaching #GenAI
Loki’s Tail – Crocheting my way to powerful transdisciplinary communication (about GenAI!)
It sounds unlikely, and would probably be news to the chihuahua himself, but Loki has been a catalyst for a new way of working. In particular, a handcrafted version of Loki offers a new way to help…
bilt.online
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Take a look at what my creative colleague Karen has been up to! She is combining a love of crafty crochet with GenAI exploration, all covered in this blog (based on her research!)
bilt.online/lokis-tail-c...
#highereducation #university #artificialintelligence #AI #pedagogy #teaching #GenAI
bilt.online/lokis-tail-c...
#highereducation #university #artificialintelligence #AI #pedagogy #teaching #GenAI
🚨 Cyber Week Sale Alert! 🚨
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
tephraarts.etsy.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨 Cyber Week Sale Alert! 🚨
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
I'm running a 25% OFF sale on my Etsy shop all week long!
If you love archaeology, heritage, geology, or history, this is your moment to snag unique gifts, nerdy treasures, and curious finds at a great price. 🏺
🛒 tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #skystorians #history
🧵 Have you heard of the Hellfire Clubs?
Sir Francis Dashwood's version of a Hellfire Club was a series of get togethers with his best buddies, including the Earl of Sandwich (inventor of the sandwich!)
These friends were in of lots of gentlemen's clubs that were popular in the eighteenth century.
Sir Francis Dashwood's version of a Hellfire Club was a series of get togethers with his best buddies, including the Earl of Sandwich (inventor of the sandwich!)
These friends were in of lots of gentlemen's clubs that were popular in the eighteenth century.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🧵 Have you heard of the Hellfire Clubs?
Sir Francis Dashwood's version of a Hellfire Club was a series of get togethers with his best buddies, including the Earl of Sandwich (inventor of the sandwich!)
These friends were in of lots of gentlemen's clubs that were popular in the eighteenth century.
Sir Francis Dashwood's version of a Hellfire Club was a series of get togethers with his best buddies, including the Earl of Sandwich (inventor of the sandwich!)
These friends were in of lots of gentlemen's clubs that were popular in the eighteenth century.
Get your Nebra Sky Disc fix, either as an art print or greetings card ☀️🌙✨
The disc is an incredible archaeological artefact uncovered in Germany dating to the early bronze age. It has greenish oxidised copper surface with gold inlay.
The gold and tin metals were sourced from Cornwall, England.
The disc is an incredible archaeological artefact uncovered in Germany dating to the early bronze age. It has greenish oxidised copper surface with gold inlay.
The gold and tin metals were sourced from Cornwall, England.
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Get your Nebra Sky Disc fix, either as an art print or greetings card ☀️🌙✨
The disc is an incredible archaeological artefact uncovered in Germany dating to the early bronze age. It has greenish oxidised copper surface with gold inlay.
The gold and tin metals were sourced from Cornwall, England.
The disc is an incredible archaeological artefact uncovered in Germany dating to the early bronze age. It has greenish oxidised copper surface with gold inlay.
The gold and tin metals were sourced from Cornwall, England.
This week I’m celebrating a milestone in my small business - 600 sales!
I want to thank all my wonderful customers for their support & enthusiasm for my very niche archaeology, history, geology and heritage gifts 🩷
Shop over 250 items here tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #prehistory #medieval
I want to thank all my wonderful customers for their support & enthusiasm for my very niche archaeology, history, geology and heritage gifts 🩷
Shop over 250 items here tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #prehistory #medieval
tephraarts.etsy.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This week I’m celebrating a milestone in my small business - 600 sales!
I want to thank all my wonderful customers for their support & enthusiasm for my very niche archaeology, history, geology and heritage gifts 🩷
Shop over 250 items here tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #prehistory #medieval
I want to thank all my wonderful customers for their support & enthusiasm for my very niche archaeology, history, geology and heritage gifts 🩷
Shop over 250 items here tephraarts.etsy.com
#archaeology #prehistory #medieval
l added a red mirror finish variation to the Victorian hanging baubles. These pieces are quite large, bigger than a fistful of Christmas!
The red mirror card version really reflects the light so will make any Christmas tree twinkle!
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4405...
#christmasdecor #victorian
The red mirror card version really reflects the light so will make any Christmas tree twinkle!
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4405...
#christmasdecor #victorian
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
l added a red mirror finish variation to the Victorian hanging baubles. These pieces are quite large, bigger than a fistful of Christmas!
The red mirror card version really reflects the light so will make any Christmas tree twinkle!
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4405...
#christmasdecor #victorian
The red mirror card version really reflects the light so will make any Christmas tree twinkle!
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4405...
#christmasdecor #victorian
Has anyone been playing with the new Google Scholar Labs AI drop? 👀
blog.google/outreach-ini...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #highereducation #research #university #academia
blog.google/outreach-ini...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #highereducation #research #university #academia
We’re introducing Google Scholar Labs to answer your research questions.
Today, we are introducing Google Scholar Labs, a new feature that explores how generative AI can transform the process of answering detailed scholarly research questions…
blog.google
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Has anyone been playing with the new Google Scholar Labs AI drop? 👀
blog.google/outreach-ini...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #highereducation #research #university #academia
blog.google/outreach-ini...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #highereducation #research #university #academia
Dogū are ancient, small, clay figurines from Japan's Jōmon period (c. 14,000–300 BCE) that are highly stylized, often depicting human-like forms with linear and curved marks.
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#dogu #japan #neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #art
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#dogu #japan #neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #art
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Dogū are ancient, small, clay figurines from Japan's Jōmon period (c. 14,000–300 BCE) that are highly stylized, often depicting human-like forms with linear and curved marks.
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4407...
#dogu #japan #neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #art
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#dogu #japan #neolithic #prehistory #archaeology #art