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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 23h

Wish I had the opportunity to take my kid with me on fieldwork.

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Joe Roe @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

#goodmorning en route to #jordan for a short but exciting #fieldwork season. We'll be trying to get samples of ancient sediment that contain recoverable #AncientDNA... if we're lucky, including that of the first domestic crops.

#archaeology #environment

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 23h

Joe Roe @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

#goodmorning en route to #jordan for a short but exciting #fieldwork season. We'll be trying to get samples of ancient sediment that contain recoverable #AncientDNA... if we're lucky, including that of the first domestic crops.

#archaeology #environment

Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 23h

I automatically read that in the voice of that Bostonian guy Liev Schreiber played on tv.

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 23h

Looks awesome.

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 23h

Not saying we believe in ghosts, BUT...anyone have any museum or art-related ghost stories?

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 23h

I used to work at what was then called Roskilde Museum in Denmark. And some og my colleagues were absolutely certain that they’d seen shadowy people wander around the museum after closing.

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 1d

PhD-opening in our ancient genomics lab this year, apply below!

We work on:
📜 Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
📈 Natural selection and trait genetics
🐺 Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
🦠 Ancient pathogen genomics
💀 Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 8d

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.

Apply by 05 November 2025

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

PhD students

Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.

www.crick.ac.uk

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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social · 1d

Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 1d

Der er noget helt galt med boligmarkedet når jeg tjener mere på at eje et hus i Odsherred end jeg tjener på mit arbejde.

Kæmpe gevinst: Mange tjener mere på stigende huspriser end på deres løn

Læs mere her

ekstrabladet.dk

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 2d

The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!

If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.

@aarc-community.bsky.social

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 7d

Oldensvin.

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 7d

It is now October, which means it is medieval pig feeding in woodlands time!

I had the chance to visit the Basilica of St Denis in Paris today, which shows pig feeding in a stone carving on the jamb of the right portal of the west façade.

I write about the practice in my book The Medieval Pig.

Man stands on left holding a stick and knocking down acorns for two pigs who stand under the tree

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 10d

Meat Loaf
Franz Ferdinand
Birthe Kjær

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 10d

You’re not getting off that easily, microwave. Now, make me some popcorn!

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 11d

I almost did a thing… ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 14d

Until today, I had no idea I could make plots directly in PowerShell. This made my day.

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 15d

Somebody onboard the ISS just took the most epic piss in space history @iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social

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ISS Piss Tracker @iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social · 19d

The piss tank on the ISS is now 27% full.

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 20d

Timelønnen er sikkert også meget bedre.

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 20d

Jeg blev også særdeles god til at fremstille termit. Så hvis nogen en dag har smidt nøglerne eller koden væk til deres pengeskab så ved I hvor I kan finde mig.

a picture of a flame with the words 6 pounds of thermite at the bottom

ALT: a picture of a flame with the words 6 pounds of thermite at the bottom

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 20d

Jeg er stadig ikke helt sikker på hvad jeg skal bruge opskriften til napalm på men det gjorde kemitimerne en tand mere spændende og relevante.

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 20d

Nogle gange tænker jeg på dengang, i kemitimen, hvor vi fik lov til at opløse hvad det føltes som flere kubikmeter polystyren i benzin for bagefter at sætte ild til det.

a black and white photo of a field with smoke coming out of the ground

Alt: a black and white photo of a field with smoke coming out of the ground

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 27d

Neeej da, slet ikke. Vi har skide godt af at være 100 % forbundne med alle mennesker omkring os 24 timer i døgnet. Det er skidegodt. Ski-de-godt. Især for vores mentale helbred.

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you. At some point I’ll try to scale them up to A4 or maybe do an A3 if I can.

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Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · 28d

The Spinosaurus holotype was printed a bit off-center and on a paper slightly smaller than A6. Might give it another go.