Ulla Rajala
@ullamr.bsky.social
An archaeologist who loves Eurovision and popular tv. Sharing content on heritage, politics and entertainment.
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We're delighted that Dr Anwen Cooper, who heads the @rewildarch.bsky.social project, will be delivering this year's de Cardi lecture for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social AGM!
📍 The Milner York
📅 21st February | 12:20
🎟️ FREE
Read more about the AGM and how to book tickets here: tr.ee/CBA-AGM
📍 The Milner York
📅 21st February | 12:20
🎟️ FREE
Read more about the AGM and how to book tickets here: tr.ee/CBA-AGM
February 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We're delighted that Dr Anwen Cooper, who heads the @rewildarch.bsky.social project, will be delivering this year's de Cardi lecture for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social AGM!
📍 The Milner York
📅 21st February | 12:20
🎟️ FREE
Read more about the AGM and how to book tickets here: tr.ee/CBA-AGM
📍 The Milner York
📅 21st February | 12:20
🎟️ FREE
Read more about the AGM and how to book tickets here: tr.ee/CBA-AGM
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Reminder: this is happening on Friday! My talk title is:
"Lost in the Moment: A Case for a Contemporary Archaeology of Video Game Play"
I'm moving to Denmark soon so this is probably your last chance to see me give a talk in London for a while.
"Lost in the Moment: A Case for a Contemporary Archaeology of Video Game Play"
I'm moving to Denmark soon so this is probably your last chance to see me give a talk in London for a while.
I'll be speaking alongside Milly Gunn, Maddalena Grattarola and @kurainisei.bsky.social at the Goldsmiths Game Library Night on February 20th, 6-8pm! The topic is games preservation, tickets are free, get them here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/losing-gam...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/losing-gam...
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Reminder: this is happening on Friday! My talk title is:
"Lost in the Moment: A Case for a Contemporary Archaeology of Video Game Play"
I'm moving to Denmark soon so this is probably your last chance to see me give a talk in London for a while.
"Lost in the Moment: A Case for a Contemporary Archaeology of Video Game Play"
I'm moving to Denmark soon so this is probably your last chance to see me give a talk in London for a while.
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Is it time for a tourism tax if even our biggest arts institutions are struggling this much?
And this is after blockbuster exhibitions (Van Gogh) & successful philanthropy, so think how much tougher it must be for more local-regional galleries and museums
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
And this is after blockbuster exhibitions (Van Gogh) & successful philanthropy, so think how much tougher it must be for more local-regional galleries and museums
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
National Gallery to make major cuts in effort to stem ballooning deficit
Move could mean fewer free exhibitions and paid-for shows and more expensive tickets
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Is it time for a tourism tax if even our biggest arts institutions are struggling this much?
And this is after blockbuster exhibitions (Van Gogh) & successful philanthropy, so think how much tougher it must be for more local-regional galleries and museums
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
And this is after blockbuster exhibitions (Van Gogh) & successful philanthropy, so think how much tougher it must be for more local-regional galleries and museums
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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this update/correction from @willdalrymple.bsky.social on the question of removing the term Palestine from British Museum gallery texts definitely raises more questions than it answers
February 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
this update/correction from @willdalrymple.bsky.social on the question of removing the term Palestine from British Museum gallery texts definitely raises more questions than it answers
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for one thing, who exactly was the British Museum spokesperson quoted in the original UKLFI article? web.archive.org/web/20260216...
British Museum Reviewing Palestine Terminology in Galleries after Audience Testing
The British Museum has confirmed that it is reviewing and updating some gallery panels and labels after “Audience testing has shown that the historic use of the term Palestine … is in some circumstanc...
web.archive.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
for one thing, who exactly was the British Museum spokesperson quoted in the original UKLFI article? web.archive.org/web/20260216...
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for another, on such a crucial issue for our most significant national museum, why is this an informal comment reported second hand on social media?
February 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
for another, on such a crucial issue for our most significant national museum, why is this an informal comment reported second hand on social media?
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and in any case, what does "we are not removing mention from Palestine from our labels" [sic] actually mean?
February 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
and in any case, what does "we are not removing mention from Palestine from our labels" [sic] actually mean?
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fourth — and this is the main issue here for me, seeing as Palestine was formally recognised as a state by the UK in 2025 — why does the "place" field in the British Museum collections database only have the phrase "Palestine (historic)"??
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/
February 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
fourth — and this is the main issue here for me, seeing as Palestine was formally recognised as a state by the UK in 2025 — why does the "place" field in the British Museum collections database only have the phrase "Palestine (historic)"??
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/
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👀hvis man er nysgerrig i et flot visuelt overblik over mineindustrien. Hvor der er miner og hvad det bliver udvundet hvor.
My dear colleague @victormaus.bsky.social has launched the website for MINE-THE-GAP, his ERC Consolidator Grant project: minethegap.eu Excited to see how AI and satellite Earth observation will add to our understanding of the mining sector’s global environmental footprint.
MINE-THE-GAP
Where, when, what, and how much is mined. Research by Victor Maus.
minethegap.eu
February 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
👀hvis man er nysgerrig i et flot visuelt overblik over mineindustrien. Hvor der er miner og hvad det bliver udvundet hvor.
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Due November. Border Land: Frontiers of Early England by Ryan Lavelle. #medievalsky
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Due November. Border Land: Frontiers of Early England by Ryan Lavelle. #medievalsky
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I'm told that one or two spaces have just become available on the ICS Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage
ics.sas.ac.uk
February 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I'm told that one or two spaces have just become available on the ICS Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
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I purposefully don't centre the student experience here. Not because I don't care. I do*.
But because in all these reports, whilst there are testimonies from students, the universities are presented as faceless institutions. Not once have I seen the staff experience centred or even considered.
But because in all these reports, whilst there are testimonies from students, the universities are presented as faceless institutions. Not once have I seen the staff experience centred or even considered.
The news about students seeking compensation from universities for COVID teaching has made me quite sad.
I can't say what happened at those universities, or what those student's experience was. My present university did not appear to be in the list.
But what I can say is...
I can't say what happened at those universities, or what those student's experience was. My present university did not appear to be in the list.
But what I can say is...
February 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I purposefully don't centre the student experience here. Not because I don't care. I do*.
But because in all these reports, whilst there are testimonies from students, the universities are presented as faceless institutions. Not once have I seen the staff experience centred or even considered.
But because in all these reports, whilst there are testimonies from students, the universities are presented as faceless institutions. Not once have I seen the staff experience centred or even considered.
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Excellent column.
“Your teachers don’t know what skills will be most valuable in the future. Your parents don’t know. Even the OECD’s head of skills analysis doesn’t know”.
www.ft.com/content/0409...
“Your teachers don’t know what skills will be most valuable in the future. Your parents don’t know. Even the OECD’s head of skills analysis doesn’t know”.
www.ft.com/content/0409...
We have to stop calling some jobs ‘low skilled’
Freeing ourselves of these labels might help young people to think more creatively about the future
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Excellent column.
“Your teachers don’t know what skills will be most valuable in the future. Your parents don’t know. Even the OECD’s head of skills analysis doesn’t know”.
www.ft.com/content/0409...
“Your teachers don’t know what skills will be most valuable in the future. Your parents don’t know. Even the OECD’s head of skills analysis doesn’t know”.
www.ft.com/content/0409...
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Before the threat to research and writing from AI there was the problem of making digital data sustainable in the long term, especially if it is created on proprietary software...an important project to conserve 3D data from the ADS with Wikimedia UK, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk Project – Archaeology Data Service
archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
February 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Before the threat to research and writing from AI there was the problem of making digital data sustainable in the long term, especially if it is created on proprietary software...an important project to conserve 3D data from the ADS with Wikimedia UK, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Always pleased too see tree-ring dates published in @varchgroup.bsky.social journal. This year I'm amused to learn that Ye Olde Mitre Inne at Barnet is actually older (1538, 1546-78) than usually claimed (1633). That never happens with pubs! Its still not ye oldest in the country though!
February 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Always pleased too see tree-ring dates published in @varchgroup.bsky.social journal. This year I'm amused to learn that Ye Olde Mitre Inne at Barnet is actually older (1538, 1546-78) than usually claimed (1633). That never happens with pubs! Its still not ye oldest in the country though!
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Publishing today!🏙️
In a world of environmental degradation, inequality and social strife, a vision for what comes next is vital.
@olimould.bsky.social takes readers from strikes in Santiago to urban commoning and Solarpunk, revealing how communities are making a new kind of city possible.
In a world of environmental degradation, inequality and social strife, a vision for what comes next is vital.
@olimould.bsky.social takes readers from strikes in Santiago to urban commoning and Solarpunk, revealing how communities are making a new kind of city possible.
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Publishing today!🏙️
In a world of environmental degradation, inequality and social strife, a vision for what comes next is vital.
@olimould.bsky.social takes readers from strikes in Santiago to urban commoning and Solarpunk, revealing how communities are making a new kind of city possible.
In a world of environmental degradation, inequality and social strife, a vision for what comes next is vital.
@olimould.bsky.social takes readers from strikes in Santiago to urban commoning and Solarpunk, revealing how communities are making a new kind of city possible.
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Another great Oxford study 🧬shows the people who inhabit 1 of the remotest regions of mainland Greece represent 1 of the most genetically distinctive populations in #Europe, shaped by a millennium of isolation w/. many lineages tracing back to the #BronzeAge, #IronAge, & #Roman period of #Greece.
NEW: Oxford study has revealed that the people of Deep Mani, one of the remotest regions of mainland Greece, represent one of the most genetically distinctive populations in Europe.
Many lineages can be traced back to the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman period of Greece.
Find out more ⬇️
Many lineages can be traced back to the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman period of Greece.
Find out more ⬇️
New analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals a unique genetic time
A new genetic study has revealed that the people of Deep Mani, who inhabit one of the remotest regions of mainland Greece, represent one of the most genetically distinctive populations in Europe,
www.ox.ac.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Another great Oxford study 🧬shows the people who inhabit 1 of the remotest regions of mainland Greece represent 1 of the most genetically distinctive populations in #Europe, shaped by a millennium of isolation w/. many lineages tracing back to the #BronzeAge, #IronAge, & #Roman period of #Greece.
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Should never have agreed to split value to start. Should have insisted finds go to museums
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Should never have agreed to split value to start. Should have insisted finds go to museums
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Der deutsche Staat verweigert Oskar-nominierten Filmleuten aus Afrika das Visum, um an der Berlinale teilzunehmen, weil das Risiko zu hoch sei, sie würden das Land nicht wieder verlassen. Hier könnte Grosskitschist Wender mal was zu sagen.
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
Acclaimed Sudanese filmmakers pull out of Berlinale Co-Pro Market after visa rejection over “migration risk”
EXCLUSIVE: The director and producer of 'Blue Card' previously produced Cannes award-winner 'Goodbye Julia'.
www.screendaily.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Der deutsche Staat verweigert Oskar-nominierten Filmleuten aus Afrika das Visum, um an der Berlinale teilzunehmen, weil das Risiko zu hoch sei, sie würden das Land nicht wieder verlassen. Hier könnte Grosskitschist Wender mal was zu sagen.
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
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🚨 BREAKING: #Eurovision 2026 Media Accreditation applications are now open.
www.eurovision.com/pages/press-...
www.eurovision.com/pages/press-...
Press Accreditation for Vienna 2026
Press Accreditation for Vienna 2026
www.eurovision.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM
🚨 BREAKING: #Eurovision 2026 Media Accreditation applications are now open.
www.eurovision.com/pages/press-...
www.eurovision.com/pages/press-...
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Happening this Sunday!
Don't miss your chance for a behind the scenes tour of our latest exhibition, and to speak to members of our team about the vital work we do and how it can support your own research: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/interg...
Don't miss your chance for a behind the scenes tour of our latest exhibition, and to speak to members of our team about the vital work we do and how it can support your own research: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/interg...
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Happening this Sunday!
Don't miss your chance for a behind the scenes tour of our latest exhibition, and to speak to members of our team about the vital work we do and how it can support your own research: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/interg...
Don't miss your chance for a behind the scenes tour of our latest exhibition, and to speak to members of our team about the vital work we do and how it can support your own research: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/interg...
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Oddly this echoes the #Nazi justification for a pogrom on #Trans individuals….
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
Draft trans guidance for schools treats vulnerable kids as a threat
The guidance won’t become law until September, but the draft shows Labour is intent on kicking trans people and calling it fair play
www.thecanary.co
February 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Oddly this echoes the #Nazi justification for a pogrom on #Trans individuals….
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/02/1...
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'Indeed, the disintegration of geography at the University of Leicester is premised on the pretence that it is possible to keep elements of physical geography and deliver undergraduate geography degrees without any human geographers. This fundamentally misunderstands what geography is'. 2/2
February 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
'Indeed, the disintegration of geography at the University of Leicester is premised on the pretence that it is possible to keep elements of physical geography and deliver undergraduate geography degrees without any human geographers. This fundamentally misunderstands what geography is'. 2/2
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Geography's 'combination of STEM, social science and arts and humanities can sit uneasily within university faculty systems, heightening the risk that we are dismantled into separate components.' 1/2
The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings
From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Geography's 'combination of STEM, social science and arts and humanities can sit uneasily within university faculty systems, heightening the risk that we are dismantled into separate components.' 1/2
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Kuohuttaa mediaa: maksuton aamiainen lapsille
Ei kuohuta mediaa: risusavotta orjatyönä
Ei kuohuta mediaa: risusavotta orjatyönä
February 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Kuohuttaa mediaa: maksuton aamiainen lapsille
Ei kuohuta mediaa: risusavotta orjatyönä
Ei kuohuta mediaa: risusavotta orjatyönä