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Catherine J. Frieman is an archaeologist and associate professor at the Australian National University. Her research investigates conservatism and innovation,… more

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History 25%
Environmental science 16%
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Something grimly predictable about the way that the conversation about 'ripoff degrees' in the UK is always about degrees that aren't rip-offs, but are instead fairly obvious 'this student has chosen something unlikely to pay off economically' rather than the short tail of crap business degrees:
Everyone needs educating in the fight over university degrees
Political confusion over the purpose of these institutions means the obvious fixes are being neglected
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i wish i had the time to write reviews. alas.
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it looks like a great book! I've asked my library to purchase!
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Me (to The Internet, everybody listening, or just looking my way for more than 5 sec): „Look what we did!“
I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.
A middle aged white Woman with an red updo and big glasses holding a large book, title says diversity in visual representations of the past. Representation matters.
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The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!

If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.

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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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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 1d
My thoughts...

#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs #Robbery

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Solid-gold rant incoming…
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Before I go any further, I want to state that the theft and destruction of heritage across the world is not unco…
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it you ever want to do a slight variation, introduce them to trove: a digital tool of the nat libr of Australia that archives all Australian newspapers (and more!)
Trove
Australia’s free online research portal. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia.
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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
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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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My thoughts...

#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs #Robbery

bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/07/s...
Solid-gold rant incoming…
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Before I go any further, I want to state that the theft and destruction of heritage across the world is not unco…
bigbookoftorcs.com
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my last issue of EJA just published, including a very self indulgent valedictory editorial.

Feeling bittersweet again, but so glad @zenakamash.bsky.social and Marianne are there to take the reins
European Journal of Archaeology: Volume 28 - Issue 4 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - European Journal of Archaeology - Volume 28 - Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
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Reposted by: Catherine J. Frieman, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Richard Waite , and 2 more

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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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Reposted by: Catherine J. Frieman, Karin Wahl‐Jorgensen, Michael H. Whitworth , and 1 more

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Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem
Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
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one of the drivers of linguistic innovation (new words, but also new ways to pitch, pronounce, etc) is adolescent girls talking to each other. those who have kids teach these innovations to them and so the whole language shifts
Teenage Girls Have Led Language Innovation for Centuries
They've been on the cutting edge of the English language since at least the 1500s
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saw this incredible sky leaving the gym this weekend
a photo of a dark parking lot. in one corner a small gym is brightly lit. the sky is dark purple dramatic rolling clouds limned with electric pink. it is sunset. it is spectacular.
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yeah it gets gobbled up whenever i make it. i use fresh roast beets that i puree rather than tinned, but i honestly don't think it would make much difference
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salad oil is just neutral oil - canola, veg, sunflower, etc
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i have a chocolate beet cake adapted from an old joy of cooking - its very tasty and vegan!
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Take part in a groundbreaking workplace psychosocial safety census of all university staff in Australia, run by Pyschosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory. This an independent survey from University management and only open to staff.

Start here: nteu.info/census (takes 5-6min)
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the best thing about studying the past, is that the past isn't singular - there are myriad padts depending on what questions you ask and whose eyes you look through
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yeah "graduating" to serious, complicated history from basic historical narratives is a really mind altering feeling for folks who like knowing how things work and why the world looks the way it does
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how Irish catholic, you ask? over 10% of my public high school graduating class was named some variation of Catherine, Caitlin or Kathleen
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I've mentioned the frankly unusual ap us history class my high school offered, but ap euro history was similarly expansive. we stuudied the English civ war extensively. can't help but think part of this down to growing up in v Irish Catholic MA in the 90s when the Troubles were very much top of mind
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about it!!!! We are told in high school, even in AP classes, that the Puritans came to the US seeking religious freedom.
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ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about it!!!! We are told in high school, even in AP classes, that the Puritans came to the US seeking religious freedom.
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so grim.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 1d
The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.
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I'm starting to work on designing my "Archaeology and the Public" course for next spring. Does anyone have syllabi, assignments, or lesson plans they'd be willing to share on the subjects of public arch, collaborative arch, pseudoarch, or journalistic & pop culture depictions of arch?🏺 #academicsky
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Reposted by: Catherine J. Frieman, Zen Faulkes, Brian Weatherson

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The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.
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it's always like that. don't forget to today some marshmallows as you go
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