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David Stott
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Paleotopographer. Asking how people changed landscapes and landscapes changed people.

GIS, remote sensing, archaeology.

Tinkerer. Aspiring bodger.

Glaswegian in Jutland.

Archaeologist at Moesgaard Museum. Personal account. All views my own etc. .. more

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · Nov 13
There's enough of us now to do one of these!

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 4h
At least they've got lakes. May Iowans for maximal irony?

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 7h
Does that include slightly peevish junior academics?

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 7h
Who gets to be the sea peoples?
matthewcollins.bsky.social Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 14h
The Bronze Age vs The AI Age
1/ Can archaeology predict the future of Big Tech?

Economists usually look back 50-150 years; archaeologists look back further.
When you look at the Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200 BCE), are there any parallels to our current AI trajectory?
#AI #TechHistory #Archaeology

Reposted by Michael H. Whitworth, David Stott

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Karie Bookish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 8h
A wonderful Reddit post asking for songs in minority languages/small languages. Complete with spreadsheet and playlists.

www.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/...
From the AskEurope community on Reddit: Are there any songs in minority languages from your country that you like listening to?
Explore this post and more from the AskEurope community
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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 9h
IMO the whole stepless gear thing is a gimmick anyway- Found myself using the ends of the range and a couple of spots in the middle, so going from that to a 5 speed isn't much of an adjustment...

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 9h
Hopefully the Nexus internal gear hub proves more robust than the Enviolo ones. Even if it doesn't it's much simpler to work on, has more user serviceable parts, and if it comes to it is much cheaper to replace.

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 9h
Wheel is now on the bike and working well after chilly test rides and much faffing about getting the chain line right.

Now just need to bleed the brakes and figure out what to do for a chain guard.

Happy with the choice of 38T chainring to 30T sprocket- seems about right for the hub

#cargobike
A Babboe Curve cargo bike in grey with garish hi-vis tape to help being seen. It's snowy. In the background, clutter.

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, David Stott

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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 14h
The Bronze Age vs The AI Age
1/ Can archaeology predict the future of Big Tech?

Economists usually look back 50-150 years; archaeologists look back further.
When you look at the Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200 BCE), are there any parallels to our current AI trajectory?
#AI #TechHistory #Archaeology

Reposted by James A. Benn, David Stott

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 1d
Today is Septidi the 27th of Pluviôse in the year 234.
Pluviôse is the month of rain.
Today we celebrate hazel.#JacobinDay

More information on hazel
An old time-y illustration of a Hazel.

Reposted by Jason Williams, David Stott

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d
Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"???

www.positive.news/society/yout...
Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’
What if ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention, but an intensified curiosity? A new study explores how reframing ADHD could transform education
www.positive.news

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · 1d
On for #ValentinesDay Double-heart of Stacked Stones (traditional Chinese: 七美雙心石滬; simplified Chinese: 七美双心石沪; pinyin: Qīměi Shuāng Xīn Shí Hù) or the Twin-Heart Fish Trap is a stone fishing weir located on the north side of #Cimei Township, #Penghu #County, #Taiwan.
Picture of the Double-heart of Stones #Cimei Township, #Penghu #County, #Taiwan. Picture by Paul Montgomery. Picture of the Double-heart of Stones #Cimei Township, #Penghu #County, #Taiwan. Picture by Paul Montgomery.

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
I don't think many people understand what anarchisim is or are scared off by the appellation.

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 2d
Happy Galena-tines!

Rhodochrosite with Galena, Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite.

When hit, Galena will break along three directions of weakness that meet at right angles, creating smaller cubes. Galena’s hardness is similar to that of a fingernail.
Rhodochrosite with Galena, Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite which present white, amber, lead and pinkish colours across the specimen.

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
Incredible book!

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2d
One of the most powerful books ever written, highly recommend, and my subject for next week’s episode of Past Lives
Photo of “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
The RTK is integrated in the drone but the sensor has a good IMU so it's complicated. Maybe I could just dangle the entire drone? I've still got the big lifting kite...

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
Hooray! I used to have a nice little KAP side gig until drones ruined everything. I wonder if i could dangle our lidar sensor?

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d
Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
Bronze drain strainer, circular disc, displayed on a museum stand against a light beige background with subtle shadows. The strainer features intricate radial patterns of small perforations forming concentric circles and mesh-like sections around a central open hole.

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
here's another nice false positive showing how the handwritten palimpsest is a challenge

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
Here a false positive beside a correctly identified barrow partially obscured by text

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
Here's some in a different style- one that I like to call 'green hairballs'

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Kath Page @orkat3.bsky.social · 2d
#FindsFriday
The Cairns Character!
Discovered in a pit at the #IronAge #Broch site of The Cairns on the island of South Ronaldsay, #Orkney. He or She was carved from a beach pebble around 2,000 years ago.

📸 mine

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
Those wind turbines look awfully close together

Reposted by Simon L. Lewis, Iain Davidson, Johan P. Olsen , and 7 more

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis, Rebecca Williams, Aaron Sojourner , and 1 more

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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 2d
‘I used to be a mountain’ by Maarten Inghels onboards.be/nl/product/m...
📷 Maarten Inghels/Onboards Biennale
#urbangeology
An art installation by Maarten Inghels. The photo is a view of paving sets. Mist of these are grey, but the central set in the image is dark brown and engraved with the words ‘I used to be a mountain’.

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 2d
Beautiful line drawing of a Scottish gold torc (Netherurd, @tessmachling.bsky.social ??) by Keith Henderson in Piggott’s 1958 Scotland Before History (thanks to @gjmichaelson.bsky.social for reminding me of this book!)
#FindsFriday
Black and white line illustration of a wide eyed figurine wearing a grotesque style gold torc.

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
... I'd say it's worth giving it a go without re-training first and see what it finds in your dataset. Then it would be possible augment the model with new training data if necessary.

The code is adaptable if temperamental and poorly documented (something I'll sort before we publish)

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
... There's also a lot going on with the text in the fields (taxable yields & parcel numbers) - this gets erased, redrawn, over written so we end up with a bit of mess, and seems to be the origin of a lot of the false positives ...

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
We've got quite a few styles in the training data- there's ~11k maps and 20 odd different surveyors listed in the metadata, but this seems to translate to 7 or 8 different 'hands'. Success is variable, as some of them are rather smudgy...

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David Stott @davstott.bsky.social · 2d
Mask-R CNN used to segment barrows in historical mapping. These hand-drawn maps are challenging as there's a lot going on.

There's also a lot of work involved in evaluating these results- how do we winnow the informational wheat from the chaff to get the delicious kernels of knowledge?

🏺 #GIS