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hesterloeff.bsky.social
Kiek noe 🥰
July 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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bradleybusch.bsky.social
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.

Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.

arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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pieterjanvl.bsky.social
Ja, het is een preprint studie. Maar dit onderzoek geeft boeiend inzicht in hoe we (niet) moeten omgaan met ChatGPT en andere LLM's.
Kort: Als je niet zelf leert denken, leer je niet zelf denken.
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Studie: je hersenen functioneren slechter door ChatGPT
Het onderzoek (hier kan je de volledige paper downloaden) van de Amerikaanse universiteit liet drie groepen van 54 testpersonen verschillende
datanews.knack.be
June 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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drjeball.bsky.social
A loaf of #Roman bread, carbonised in the AD79 eruption of Vesuvius - striking to think the person who made the dough that day had no idea of the disaster that would arrive before the loaf could be eaten #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology AncientBlueSky
April 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
An amazing piece of Roman military history!

The only complete surviving Roman scutum (shield) used by legionaries. Wood, leather, bronze edge binding. AD 200s.

From the garrison at Dura-Europos on Rome’s eastern frontier which fell to the Sasanians in AD 256.

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#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
My photo shows a Roman legionary ‘scutum’, a long, semi-cylindrical rectangular shield. It is painted with a red background and decorated with Roman symbols of victory, which include an eagle with a laurel wreath, winged Victories, and a lion. There is a central hole which is missing a metal boss. The central boss from a legionary shield protected the user's hand and provided a punching weapon in close combat. Dimensions: H. 105.5 × W. 41 × D. 30 cm. It is estimated it likely weighed 5.5 kg when complete. Excavated by a Yale-French team in the 1930s from Tower 19 of the Roman garrison at Dura-Europos (present day Syria). Dated early AD 200s. When excavated, the shield was in 13 fragments and without a central boss. It was reconstructed by the Yale-French excavation team. Now part of the collections at Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven. I saw it on loan at the British Museum’s Roman Legion exhibition.
April 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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chapps.bsky.social
This loaf of panis quadratus from #Pompeii may look unappetizing now, but it was a mainstay of the Romans’ diet. They often had an identifying stamp imprinted on the crust to identify the owner who brought the flour to the bakery to be made into bread. 🏺

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April 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
A 2,000 year-old Roman advertisement for wine which ranges in price from cheap plonk to the good stuff! 🍷🍷🍷🍷

Painted at the entrance of a shop known as ‘Ad Cucumas’ in Herculaneum, Italy. 📷 by me

#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
My photo shows a painted wall fresco advertising wine for sale outside a shop known as ‘Ad Cucumas’ in ancient Herculaneum, Italy. Four coloured wine jugs are shown in a row. From left to right: green, blue, red, and white. They have a round body with a tall neck and a single handle. There is a price written beneath each jug, which decreases from left to right.
April 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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archaeobasti.bsky.social
🏺 Heron of Alexandria (c. 10-70 CE) was a Greek-Egyptian mathematician and inventor. One of his inventions was automatic temple doors.

The doors would open automatically when a fire was lit and close again when the fire died down.

🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...
This fictional temple is used to demonstrate the mechanism of the Heron of Alexandria. © artefacts-berlin.de
March 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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jonalendering.bsky.social
Het is de @weekklassieken.bsky.social en op mijn blog vertelt Henric Jansen over zijn vertaling van Aeneas Tacticus, een boek waar u ongetwijfeld veel profijt van zult hebben als uw stad wordt belegerd.

mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/03/14/a...
Aeneas Tacticus - Mainzer Beobachter
Er is een Nederlandse vertaling verschenen van de Griekse krijgshistoricus Aeneas Tacticus. Henric Jansen vertelt meer over die vertaling.
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March 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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totheleonie.bsky.social
Een ode aan het prachtige beroep van leraar-zijn. hardhoofd.com/einde-school...
Einde Schooldag
Leerlingen zijn als tijdelijke passanten van wie je een hoop weet, maar nooit hoe het met ze af zal lopen. 'Ze zijn open eindes', zo schrijft Engels docente Charlotte Knoors in dit persoonlijke essay ...
hardhoofd.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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doccrom.bsky.social
A superb new cycle of fresco paintings has been discovered at Pompeii. #Archaeology 🏺

pompeiisites.org/en/comunicat...
POMPEII, DISCOVERY OF A ROOM WITH FRESCOES DEPICTING THE INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES AND THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION - Pompeii Sites
AN EXTREMELY RARE “MEGALOGRAPHY” OF THE 1ST CENTURY BC, LIKE THE FAMOUS VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large … keep it going
pompeiisites.org
February 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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isabellemarie.bsky.social
De rares fresques monumentales découvertes à Pompéi. #Archéologie www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sciences/de-...
De rares fresques monumentales découvertes à Pompéi
De rares fresques monumentales découvertes à Pompéi
www.sciencesetavenir.fr
February 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Exceptional new discovery in
#Pompeii: large frescoed banquet hall with stunning wall paintings emerged

www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...

🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
A close-up of the wall painting A picture taken in the banquet hall, showing columns and wall paintings
February 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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onderwijsgek.bsky.social
De nieuwe website bij het EDI-boek staat online! ✨️

Bekijk hier bijvoorbeeld het volledige EDI-lesmodel. Klik op de vakjes van de kijkwijzer om meer te lezen over de betreffende lesfase of techniek. directeinstructie.nl/expliciete-d...
EDI-lesmodel | Directe Instructie
EDI is een helder lesmodel dat jij als leraar kunt inzetten om leerlingen met plezier en succes de lessen te laten volgen. Klik op de verschillende vakjes van
directeinstructie.nl
January 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
NEW Analysis of beads from Iron Age Hama, Syria finds they were produced using Baltic amber sourced over 3000km away, highlighting the city’s importance in ancient long-distance exchange networks and indicating a desire for ‘exotic’ goods in Mesopotamia.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
Amber bead fragment showing the hole drilled through the amber as well as the crusty surface and translucent interior.
January 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Egyptian blue pigment found in Augusta Raurica, Switzerland. The pigments were used in wall paintings. In #Roman times, Egyptian blue was distributed throughout the Empire in a more or less standardised form of small balls of 15-20 mm in diameter. 🧵 1/2

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🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
A close-up of three irregularly shaped blue pigment balls.One is slightly smaller than the other two.
January 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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doccrom.bsky.social
A bit of news from Pompeii, entirely appropriate for #FrescoFriday 😊

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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romanpalace.bsky.social
Right. Here's the finished version.
A monopoly board, but it's roman-themed with the traditional properties replaced with British Roman sites, rents in Denarii, roman numerals, and "Free Parking" is now "The Hypocaust". Obviously.
January 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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workingclassicists.bsky.social
ANNOUNCING...

A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉

📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now)
🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social
✍️ 117 different writers
🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social
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A book cover for A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology showing a classical painting with a superimposed periodic tabel element styled square with athena's head and name on it.
January 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM