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Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Totally agree with this sentiment. *But* I would get many academics (not OP) to ask themselves: Does their assessment structure facilitate this process? Or does it simply assess the end product and thus render mistakes and struggles too risky (from the perspective of increasingly time poor cohorts)?

Thank you - great comic!

We will never tackle the AI 'issue', if we do not understand the wider context from which it is emergent

Totally agree with this sentiment. *But* I would get many academics (not OP) to ask themselves: Does their assessment structure facilitate this process? Or does it simply assess the end product and thus render mistakes and struggles too risky (from the perspective of increasingly time poor cohorts)?

📢 CALL TO ACTION | EAA Leadership Overturns Democratic Vote Following Threats

Intimidation tactics forced the EAA to abandon solidarity with Gaza.

Archaeologists:
Cancel membership | Speak up | Share

Full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

#EAA2025 #Archaeology #Gaza

Given the EAA has gone back on excluding Israeli institutions from the conference - and is also trying to prevent @archagainstaparth.bsky.social from protesting in their sessions - it’s time to walk away until they can find their moral compass. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

Whose idea was it for me to present a paper at an international conference just under a fortnight after my submitting thesis? Oh yea... #🏺

Wonder if these are connected?

Should we introduce 'Carabao Cup parachute payments' to help major premier league teams survive round two?

If you haven't already, we urge authors who believe their books may have been unlawfully downloaded by Anthropic to visit the website below and provide the requested information.

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WE HAVE PASSED 1000 SIGNATURES! We are extending the deadline, to give all who want to join this movement the chance to add their signature. Please do sign and share, archaeologists can and should take a stand and make a difference! #🏺 #eaa2025 #archaeology

There is something strangely appealing about du Choul's drawings of figures on Trajan's Column ...

Now, why would Macquarie University Faculty of Arts want to cut its major in this field...

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Dr Anna Revedin, former Director of the Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory, has endorsed the Archaeologists Against Apartheid campaign in support of the Palestinian people. #archaeology #🏺 #archaeology🏺 #eaa #archeologia

Read this, from over a year ago: aje.io/6eu9x6
And sign this: forms.gle/3mRwsAMdEA8n...
#archaeology #archaeology🏺 #🏺 #eaa2025

73. I love peer reviewing the work of colleagues. It is a wonderful way of being in community with others.

Yes! For instance, I am tentatively excited about Google Aeneas, which uses existing human-coded databases of 250K ancient Roman inscriptions to help predict missing fragments in other inscriptions. This uses computers' superior quantitative capabilities to supplement epigraphers' expert knowledge.

Modelling I commissioned from the PBO shows JRG has hiked up student debt by more than $10bn 🤯

The xbench has been pushing for reform, good to see Labor backbenchers joining this call.

This reform is urgent.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social must boycott apartheid and genocide Israel. Sign and share the open letter. Deadline Tuesday August 12th! #archaeology #archaeology🏺 #🏺#eaa2025 forms.gle/bW8cmekgefV1...

Please sign! Glad to see this, esp after writing an op-ed last year that got me a lot of threats

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

#archaeology #archaeology🏺 #🏺 #eaa2025

Another teaching prompt for historians:

What are the guiding principles of your survey courses? Not "outcomes." What ideas, approaches, orientations to the material do you want them to keep in mind during the term?