Surprised more Geography Departments don't just rename themselves 'School of Rock' and watch those enrolment applications flow in...
The daily request to review papers outside of my field for suspicious journals I have never heard of is escalating to journals I have never heard of (& appear to be predatory) are getting very rude. But if one responds one may be put on even more lists. Institutional blocking not 100%. Can't win!
#CFP www.digraconference2026.com Intersectional Pleasures Maynooth Ireland 14-18 June 2026. Abstracts due 1 Dec.
I haven't really been following this or de Moraes' battle with Bolsonaro - fascinating! time.com/6964518/elon...
time.com
The surreal shard edges of gaussian splats are so interesting, I need to find someone with an XGRIDS-3D Reconstruction-Spatial Computing-Handheld Scanner! superspl.at/view?id=ca36...
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
Luke Skywalker wouldn't go after him. He'd be wracked with kilt.
One of the greatest things about Australia is the daily discovery of something extra that can kill you. For example, this
dear creature.Do they live far from people? Fremantle WA right bang next to tourists .... www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth-bea... and www.australiangeographic.com.au/fact-file/fa...
dear creature.Do they live far from people? Fremantle WA right bang next to tourists .... www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth-bea... and www.australiangeographic.com.au/fact-file/fa...
Fact File: Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa)
The reclusive yet highly-venomous blue-ringed octopus has enough poison inside it to kill 26 humans - and there isn’t a known anti-venom in sight.
www.australiangeographic.com.au
Nobody mentions the Magpies. Operatic harbringers of blackwinged terror (if you ride a bicycle).
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Researchers have identified the location of Cadirli Fortress, one of the earliest strongholds conquered by Osman Ghazi the founder of the Ottoman state, in the early 14thC.
The finding sheds new light on the formative years and reliability of chronicles. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/site...
The finding sheds new light on the formative years and reliability of chronicles. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/site...
Site of fortress conquered by Ottoman founder Osman I in early 1300s identified - Türkiye Today
Cadirli Fortress, captured by Osman Ghazi in the early 1300s, has been located in Bilecik, confirming early Ottoman chronicles’ historical accuracy
www.turkiyetoday.com
and how did the brief MMA and superglue get involved?! That crowd is so funny!
Or maybe they're confused why you offered them a bottle of their/your grandfather...
Just beginning to wonder if the hopelessness of Utopia (some Utopia visions, anyway) is actually the sublime constituent sliver of Utopia..
In deference to my German friends I have not tried to learn German. They are very worried about my potential Wortspiel.
Not saying I mean to be petty, but I found myself on a 16 hour nonstop flight from Perth to Rome with Luigi, one of the architects of the Australian Parliament House, and I had to mention how I hate the ceiling panels. Luckily, he forgave me.
I'm more interested in the need to wear a hoodie AND a beanie...very cold technogeek corporate culture?
Regrets.
I've had a few.
But then again,
Too few to mention
..but now I'll start mentioning them...
I've had a few.
But then again,
Too few to mention
..but now I'll start mentioning them...
2nd edition of Game Mods book (press.etc.cmu.edu/books/game-m...)? No, it isn't out, but the publisher inquired as to whether I was interested, to a more critical game mods book. Contributors chould be co-authors of the book rather than authors of chapters. Too ambitious? Interested? Drop me a line.
Game Mods | ETC Press - Carnegie Mellon University
press.etc.cmu.edu
apparently I get to call myself a professor of something. Any ideas? There's quite a few Prof of Digital Heritage, Virtual Heritage is perhaps contentious (well, I have called it an oxymoron), and Immersive Heritage might confuse people.
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Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place.
@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday
