Ulla Rajala
@ullamr.bsky.social
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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My opinions are my own.
Yes!!! Israel not the leader anymore! FINLAND leads the #Eurovision odds.
February 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Yes!!! Israel not the leader anymore! FINLAND leads the #Eurovision odds.
Next to the tennis courts in the southern part of Båstad in Skåne, Sweden, stand two standing stones. They are at the bottom of a gravel path and with a large tree between them both. The two stones are believed to be from the Iron Age and placed over burials from that period. #StandingStoneSunday
February 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Next to the tennis courts in the southern part of Båstad in Skåne, Sweden, stand two standing stones. They are at the bottom of a gravel path and with a large tree between them both. The two stones are believed to be from the Iron Age and placed over burials from that period. #StandingStoneSunday
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@simelius.bsky.social This is for you 😁
Exciting news! I'm the incoming Executive Editor for 'World Archaeology' and here is my first CfP!
Call for Papers for ‘World Archaeology’: Debates and Emerging Issues in Archaeology
howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/c...
Direct link here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Call for Papers for ‘World Archaeology’: Debates and Emerging Issues in Archaeology
howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/c...
Direct link here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
February 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
@simelius.bsky.social This is for you 😁
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Gonna be viewing Eesti Laul, DMGP and Benidorm Fest today. There's quite a few from each NF I wouldn't mind, so today will likely turn out fine for me 😁
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Gonna be viewing Eesti Laul, DMGP and Benidorm Fest today. There's quite a few from each NF I wouldn't mind, so today will likely turn out fine for me 😁
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🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The volume on the iconography of Göbekli Tepe‘s pillars is finally out. Although the site is not unique any more, it still represents the largest corpus of Early Neolithic (9th/10th millennium BC) imagery. This is largely due to the work of Klaus Schmidt, who passed away far too early in 2014.
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The volume on the iconography of Göbekli Tepe‘s pillars is finally out. Although the site is not unique any more, it still represents the largest corpus of Early Neolithic (9th/10th millennium BC) imagery. This is largely due to the work of Klaus Schmidt, who passed away far too early in 2014.
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Olympic curling
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Olympic curling
#Eurovision odds have changed! Finland is now Number 1 ❤️
February 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
#Eurovision odds have changed! Finland is now Number 1 ❤️
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OK. So after the farce of last year, the solution is to think up an even more crackpot badly thought through idea.
I have some rather unprintable thoughts on entry to Britain being made hard or near-impossible for people *because* they are British Citizens.
I have some rather unprintable thoughts on entry to Britain being made hard or near-impossible for people *because* they are British Citizens.
February 14, 2026 at 8:36 AM
OK. So after the farce of last year, the solution is to think up an even more crackpot badly thought through idea.
I have some rather unprintable thoughts on entry to Britain being made hard or near-impossible for people *because* they are British Citizens.
I have some rather unprintable thoughts on entry to Britain being made hard or near-impossible for people *because* they are British Citizens.
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The Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Committee invites you to Coding Codices Live: Medieval March - a series of beginner-friendly workshops to help you start using digital methods with medieval sources.
Open to MA students, PhDs & early-career researchers.
🗓️ Register by Feb 23
🔗 lnkd.in/dbJS2YhE
Open to MA students, PhDs & early-career researchers.
🗓️ Register by Feb 23
🔗 lnkd.in/dbJS2YhE
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Committee invites you to Coding Codices Live: Medieval March - a series of beginner-friendly workshops to help you start using digital methods with medieval sources.
Open to MA students, PhDs & early-career researchers.
🗓️ Register by Feb 23
🔗 lnkd.in/dbJS2YhE
Open to MA students, PhDs & early-career researchers.
🗓️ Register by Feb 23
🔗 lnkd.in/dbJS2YhE
Why do editors do this? Put the more critical and much longer review of an article as Review 2 😂
February 14, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Why do editors do this? Put the more critical and much longer review of an article as Review 2 😂
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"Art is to me, now, probably one of the last good things we’ve got left as human beings. There’s something about making something from ourselves which is beautiful and otherworldly as well. ....
Tracy Emin
Tracy Emin
February 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
"Art is to me, now, probably one of the last good things we’ve got left as human beings. There’s something about making something from ourselves which is beautiful and otherworldly as well. ....
Tracy Emin
Tracy Emin
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Good historical long read from @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Mark Mazower on the ups and downs of the US/UN relationship and some optimism on why the UN will survive the current nadir
www.ft.com/content/1828...
www.ft.com/content/1828...
What America forgets about the UN
The organisation faces a potential rival in Donald Trump’s fledgling ‘Board of Peace’. But as a forum for US power, it would be a hard act to follow
www.ft.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Good historical long read from @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Mark Mazower on the ups and downs of the US/UN relationship and some optimism on why the UN will survive the current nadir
www.ft.com/content/1828...
www.ft.com/content/1828...
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban
‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban
Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining
At least 12 Women’s Institute (WI) groups are closing or considering closure after the organisation barred transgender women from membership.
Members say more groups are likely to close, and that the federation’s decision has opened up a toxic, traditionalist culture that will deter younger women from joining. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban
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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.
Ei Officen tai Windowsin tarvitse olla hyvä säilyttääkseen asemansa.
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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.
Ei Officen tai Windowsin tarvitse olla hyvä säilyttääkseen asemansa.
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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. 💛
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
Happy Valentines Day!
Do you know what we love (apart from @romanpalace.bsky.social)?
That yellow ball in the sky. Why hello there sunshine. 💛
Do you know what we love (apart from @romanpalace.bsky.social)?
That yellow ball in the sky. Why hello there sunshine. 💛
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Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
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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
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...
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 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
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
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...
@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-...
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
@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-...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...