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Ulla Rajala
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An archaeologist who loves Eurovision and popular tv. Sharing content on heritage, politics and entertainment.
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My opinions are my own.
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Omistava luokka uneksii lähes ilmaisesta työstä (AI), joka tuottaa *juuri ja juuri* riittävän hyvää tuotetta. Kuluttajat suostuvat ostamaan niitä, koska ovat joka tapauksessa jumissa omistajien digitaalisissa ekosysteemeissä.

Ei Officen tai Windowsin tarvitse olla hyvä säilyttääkseen asemansa.
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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Happy Valentines Day!

Do you know what we love (apart from @romanpalace.bsky.social)?

That yellow ball in the sky. Why hello there sunshine. 💛
February 14, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Finnish public broadcaster: Rubio's speech in Munich was "mature" (literally "adultlike"). It says something about the times of the world when a US diplomat speaking in a coherent matter deserves a headline...
Ulkoministeri Valtonen Rubion puheesta: ”Selkeä kädenojennus, tästä on hyvä jatkaa”
Turvallisuuskonferenssia Saksan Münchenissä varjostaa USA:n presidentti Trumpin uhittelu Nato-liittolaisille.
yle.fi
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is Charterhouse in the Mendips, Somerset, a Roman post-industrial landscape. 'Gruffy' ground results from the scars left behind from lead mining. Mining can be traced back to the Iron Age (from 800 BC-AD 43) but the first serious mining started in 55 AD. #RomanSiteSaturday
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This one of the worst decisions of this government. And badly informed to the public, too. I wrote to my MP. Do so as well. This may mean families unable to return to Britain... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport
New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
@leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social tries to save to the locals the Leicestershire Bronze Age torc. The have started a crowdfunder with the target of £10,000. #Archaeology
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...
Help Save Leicestershire’s Bronze Age Torc
Help us raise £10,000 towards Leicestershire Museums' acquisition of this unique object so that it can remain in the public domain.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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The initiative will provide €325 (£283) a week to 2,000 eligible artists based in the Republic of Ireland. This follows a pilot (for which 2,000 artists were randomly selected from 8,000 applicants).

‘The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m’
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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Yesterday, @jkeskiah.bsky.social opened the FitMA lecture series with a wonderful presentation. Have a look at our website for an overview of the upcoming talks!
hiw.kuleuven.be/dwmc/researc...
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Janne and Maija packing a dagger at Cisterna Grande, Crustumerium, in 2008. We worked in February to finish Tomb 18 within our funding period. It was chilly. #FindsFriday
February 13, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Not very often you can agree with Piers Morgan but hey, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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👀 Post Doctoral Researcher - Osteoarchaeology (18mths/PT)

"This post is part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project to collate, record and disseminate the archive of a 1970s excavation of an important Pictish/Norse cemetery at Newark, Orkney ..."

www.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...
Staff - Vacancies - Post-doctoral Researcher - University of the Highlands and Islands
Current listing of UHI jobs with vacancies from all across our partnership.
www.uhi.ac.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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⭐🎉 We are honored and proud to welcome Elisa Perego, researcher and expert patient (Italy), to our federation as a highly qualified member.

@elisaperego78.bsky.social coined the term #LongCovid, giving a name and global visibility to a condition that millions were experiencing in silence.
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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The widespread indifference to the British Library’s crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity.

www.cityam.com/the-british-...

#WATO
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The interested can also e-mail me at my institutional address ulla.rajala (a) antiken.su.se
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The interested can also e-mail me at my institutional address ulla.rajala (a) antiken.su.se
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Tonight!!! Hope to see you there.
Thursday 12 February, 7.30pm-9pm - Members' Evening

Members of LAHS present on their own research. Come along & hear about a range of current projects on the history and archaeology of Leicestershire

Venue: Clephan Building 0.01, De Montfort University, Leicester

lahs.org.uk/events/2026-...
2026 LAHS Members’ Evening - LAHS
lahs.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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How to proceed? How can we remake a democratic association that values social justice? We all need to voice our ideas and concerns. We will call for an open meeting soon!
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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No real steps have been taken to salvage the conference in Athens, resulting in boycotts, and heartfelt withdrawals, such as those by the The Association of Greek Archaeologists: archaeol.gr/anoichti-epi...
Ανοιχτή επιστολή σχετικά με τις εξελίξεις στην European Association of Archaeologists - Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Αρχαιολόγων
Ανοιχτή επιστολή σχετικά με τις εξελίξεις στην European Association of Archaeologists Κατόπιν της ομόφωνης απόφασης των μελών του…
archaeol.gr
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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The executive board wants to install a task force to discuss results, and the President and Secretary have announced to step down only after the Annual Meeting in Athens. Nothing has been said about Gaza. These responses are not sufficient.
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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The EAA votes are out

The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Seems we’ve still not got our heads round the fundamental role information plays in today’s security and geopolitics
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie
As trust in Russia and China’s state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the service
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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#hillfortwednesday - miraculously an hour of sun on Salisbury Plain today enabling a condition survey of Battlesbury Hillfort. Not looking bad and the views were grand. Colt Hoare’s plan in Ancient Wiltshire still works. #archaeology #wiltshire #ironage #celts
February 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM