CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

Cover of the Sep 1969 issue of Soviet journal Ogonek. Photo taken by Zond-8 spacecraft as it circled the Moon. Quote from Lenin: "All the wonders of technology...will become the property of the people, and from now on, human intelligence and genius will never be turned into a means of violence."

In about 30 minutes we will start the S34 session on maritime modelling at the BIG Hörsaal! I will talk about the oddities of sending a software engineer to test the seafaring capabilities of some quite interesting boats, don't miss it! #CAA2026

The British Museum image shows a painted scene of a lion and a gazelle playing a board game, probably senet. They are seated on low stools, facing each other, across a low table on which a board game with black playing pieces is laid out. It is probably the popular ancient Egyptian board game senet. The gazelle sits on the left of the table facing the lion on the right. The animals are seated on their haunches, sitting upright, legs hanging down from the chair seat, and their forelegs raised, being used as arms. Each animal holds a game piece with their hoof and paw respectively. The gazelle is painted brown within a black outline. It has black hooves, two long, black, s-shaped curved horns, and a black dot for its eye. It has long pointed ears at the back of its head. The lion is painted a sandy brown within a black outline. It has a darker-brown shaggy mane and a black nose and eye. It’s mouth is ajar as if speaking. Detail from an ancient Egyptian illustrated papyrus from Deir el-Medina

A 3,200 year-old painted scene of a lion and a gazelle playing a board game, probably senet.

From an ancient Egyptian illustrated papyrus showing animals taking on human roles in comic situations where they act against their natural instincts.

📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

"Sapiens": One page at a time I've been co-teaching a course for several years in which we read Sapiens . I think I've read it eight times, now. That explains the gumband...

I love this! The brilliant Holly Dunsworth is reviewing Sapiens, one page at a time, separating myth from fact… Let’s dive in!

ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2026/03/sapi...

Our very serious Executive Steering Committee plotting the CAA’s future!

#CAA2026

Day 3 of #CAA2026! Come listen to mine and @joeroe.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy's session on failed modelling approaches ("All models are wrong", S16) in Hörsaal 05, ongoing now!

For the first time, archaeologists have analysed ash residue from incense burners preserved at Pompeii, revealing the substances burnt as offerings to the gods in Roman households and the long-distance trade undertaken to acquire them.

A fragrant #AntiquityThread 1/10 🧵

🏺 #Archaeology

Screenshot graphic of the top three proposals from our competition to rename Comet 3I/ATLAS ;-)

Your chance to rename Comet 3I/ATLAS! From 1000s of entries in a public competition, three names made it to the final stage - now YOU can vote for the winning name!

Simply reply with 1, 2, 3 or "Can't decide, they're all great!" in the comments - before 12.00 CEST today when we reveal the winner!

a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️

#art #tdov #transart

Are you at #CAA2026? Wanna talk about ABM, software development, and code review for archaeology? Come find me and let's have a chat - you'll recognize me by the mustache!

Code is often not reviewed before publication and we need to do better as a field. I hope we will be able to get to a point where we treat software and code like we treat data - something that has to be made available and reviewed at the same level as we do with paper results!

Started #CAA2026 in Vienna by giving a workshop on #CodeReview and #CodingBestPractices to a group of computational archaeologists who were all very interested and keen. The theme is in itself super important since the current state of things for archaeology software is not the best.

Hey, librarian here. If you find out a favorite author is a monster, don't separate the art from the author just give it the fuck up and stop supporting the monster.

Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People

Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncov...

The Jetsons lied to us

The minutes for the last meeting of the @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy are out. Congrats to @mattomasini.bsky.social on becoming the new convener and a huge thank you to outgoing convener Martin Hinz! Keep an eye out for the planned catch-up at #CAA2026.

sslarch.github.io/minutes/2026...

CodeRefinery workshop March 17-19 and 24-26, 2026 Free workshop on git, testing, documentation, and more in a workshop - for researchers and scientists.

Few days before @coderefinery.org workshop, Spring 2026! This year, on top of the usual hands-on teaching of git, GitHub, reproducibility, good coding practices we have something new: "Responsible Use of Generative AI in Assisted Coding"!

The workshop is 100% free and happens entirely via TwitchTV

Come join us at the Nordic RSE Conference 2026, Tromsø, Norway, on June 9-10, 2026.

Keynote speakers:
* Dr Mihaela Duta, University of Oxford

* Assoc. Prof. Dr Elisabeth Wetzer, UiT

Registration and call for abstracts is now open!

For more details, visit: nordic-rse.org/nrse2026

Join an association ( @darkskyintl.bsky.social comes to mind) to find out how you can help and contribute. Even just talking to people is a way to raise awareness - you'll be surprised how many people have no idea of what is going on. Join the fight with me!

While some of the worst problems I cited above are systematic and difficult to fix, this one is easier, because light is a localized phenomenon: if you turn off one light, you have a net contribution to the decrease light pollution. Still, this requires convincing local administrations to act.

Cultures, sciences, religions, and stories - all that makes us humans - have been affected by those lights in the vast darkness. The sky is half of our sensory experience. And we will never stop yearning for it. Let's take back our night skies!

While climate collapse or war seem to be the greatest problems of our time, the loss of darkness is a subtle yet consequential issue. By losing our access to the starry skies, we are losing a piece of Us that has been with us since forever.

Testing how the polycule handles conflict by bringing an infect deck to the commander pod.

2026 International RSE Survey | Software Sustainability Institute We have launched the 2026 International RSE Survey.

The 2026 International RSE Survey is now live!

This survey will help us better understand what RSEs need and how we can advocate for the community with policymakers and funders.

We'd really appreciate your input. Please share with your networks. #RSEng

www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

It's exciting to see the #RSEng map getting more filled in, with RSE Argentina (rse-argentina.github.io) joining the global community

Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Gordon Childe Swan Watson, Andrew, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

George Orwell By Cassowary Colorizations - George Orwell, c. 1940

Join us tomorrow to hear about political entanglements of prehistorian Vere Gordon Childe and world famous writer George Orwell, beginning with Childe's inclusion by Orwell on a secret government list of suspected crypto-Communists and Communist sympathisers. www.sal.org.uk/event/orwell...

Here's another exciting opportunity to join the ERC FORAGER team! This one is a 3-year postdoc on paleoclimate modelling with the fantastic Matt Osman here in @cam.ac.uk, with opportunity for synergies (pun intended 😜) with other team members in archaeology and zoology www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54411/

We are looking for a research project manager for the upcoming FORAGER ERC Synergy Project. Based at the University of York, this is an exciting opportunity to work in a team of 37 researchers from the UK, the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Japan. Join us!
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...