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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 14h

THESE BOOKS ARE MEDICINAL
Literally lol-ed, as the kids say

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 17h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 19h

African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology. New paper by Salome Strauch et al| Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology - Volume 7

www.cambridge.org

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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 1d

My number one tip for researchers that do a significant amount of non peer reviewed paper publication/outreach:

Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 23h

archaeological science (americanist), archaeological science (European), archaeological theory (British).

Not pictured: all their women colleagues who couldn't make the panel because they were swamped under heavy service and teaching expectations

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 20h

Interdisciplinarity is fun because it’s something job ads in humanities HE say they want but it often feels like it actively disqualifies you (in the sense of having degrees in, and published in leading journals of, multiple distinct disciplines). Everyone believes you’re not in their discipline.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 19h

Connections
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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 19h

Appropriate, by the end
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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1d

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.

What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy

Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors

climatecommunication.yale.edu

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

“Keeping It Together: How Not to Get So Burned Out That You Walk Out in the Middle of Class” will now be a slideshow presented in the haunted auditorium by Jim “Flip” Philips, head coach of the varsity TP team.

The Faculty Mental Health Fair Has Been Postponed Again

Dear Faculty: Due to concerns expressed by the students, parents, and staff, you are invited to attend a mandatory emergency mental health fair in ...

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Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 1d

nice detail in this AI-generated TLDR

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Behavioral correlates associated with the fronto-parietal system and working memory are employed to consider recent changes in **the authors' species, Homo sapiens,** and a mismatch between attentional and visuospatial ability is hypothesized.

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Maria Dahvana Headley @mariadahvana.bsky.social · 1d

This is my favorite thing I've seen in ages, and also it is precisely my daily life with a 6-year-old lair companion named Grimoire, and a whole bunch of facsimile codices on the shelves.

Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 1d

If this doesn’t end bonobos’ reputation as the hippies of the great apes I don’t know what will. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Coalitionary intra-group aggression by wild female bonobos

Sonya Pashchevskaya and colleagues document a potentially fatal attack of a male bonobo by a group of females.

www.cell.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology @henebtwa.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed our last Archaeology Day then fear not! We're going again, this time with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. There will be some fantastic presentations and you'll hear all about the excavations and other heritage projects in the park. 🎟️ : heneb.org.uk/event/pembro...

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 1d

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 1d

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Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 1d

I am gonna take the option where I get more time to read, understand and write. maybe that AI can go to committee meetings for me?

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 1d

Assoc/assistant Prof in digital methods
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY253/a...

Assistant or Associate Professorship in Digital Methods at Aarhus University

Apply for the Assistant or Associate Professorship in Digital Methods role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 1d

Ass Prof/Prof in humanities
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY258/a...

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Humanities at Waseda Institute for Advanced Study

Discover Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Humanities jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 1d

PDRA Storymachine
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY261/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Project StoryMachine at University of London

Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate, Project StoryMachine role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 2d

"If Objects Could Talk" is a playful storytelling podcast for kids and families that imagines what antiquities at the Getty Villa Museum might say if they came alive and found their way to our podcast studio.

New eps every Monday through October 27. Listen now: www.getty.edu/podcasts/if-...

If Objects Could Talk | Getty Podcasts

Listen to Getty’s newest podcast for kids and their families.

www.getty.edu

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