'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3
For the Monday crowd: please circulate this widely.
It may be hard to find the perfect candidate (an experienced data engineer/architect generalist with an interest in cultural heritage willing to take a state salary), but it's a great group/mission/city and we know the right person is out there.
ICS Conference Grants: Open to applications
Deadline 5 May
Small grants - up to £500 - are available to support conferences and workshops throughout the UK. Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/grant...
"Heritage projects don't usually feature neighbourhoods like Campsbourne... With some of the highest levels of deprivation in England its residents have had precious few opportunities to tell the story of the estate. At least, not until now." fass.open.ac.uk/news/we-are-... cc @pelagios.bsky.social
Seb, come and talk to us @pelagios.bsky.social. I think it's time we reconnected #LAWDI
House of Menander in PALP
Screen shot of Ariadne in PALP
Showing type ahead.
Testing new UI for Pompeii Artistic Landscape (PALP). Try p-lod.github.io/palp-client-... . Earliest stages! Slow! Barest functionality! But "Type Ahead" beginning to work. Try 'ar...' or 'ha..." in input in header. You might have to hit return even after choosing word. cc @epoehler.bsky.social
talking about the Odyssey and the controversies around Nolan's Movie. Thanks to
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
youtu.be/eIlAeAqMEa0?...
Leo: "The message of the church, the message of the gospel -- blessed are the peacemakers. I do not look at my role as being political. I don't want to get into a debate with him. I don't think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way that some people are doing."
I’ve got two PhD scholarships for domestic students at Macquarie University. Topics must be related to Greek myth in contexts of communal crisis in antiquity. Always happy to chat about ideas! www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...
Be like Janina.
Netanyahu is bombing Lebanon because his political career (and therefore avoidance of prosecution) depends on constant war. How many more people must die for the sake of one man's standing?
Just in time for Trump's scheduled war crimes, Bellingcat has updated our tool for identifying damaged buildings and structures in satellite imagery, ideally for investigating atrocities in Iran. Full details here: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
The US military has 22 sites in the UK.
Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran.
This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more.
The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.
The UK must immediately and unequivocally suspend support for the US military.
The Government have tried to appease him, then they tried to say they're standing up to him.
Words aren't enough - it's time for action.
Interesting conversation starter from @thisisaaronland@orthis.social on the SFO Museum blog: 'Shared cross-institutional vector embeddings – how we might get there' millsfield.sfomuseum.org/blog/2026/04... - is anyone up for kicking those tyres?
#IIIF #AI4LAM #MuseTech
Lebanon’s medics and hospitals are coming under fire as Israel accelerates its war against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. Doctors say the attacks on Lebanon's health system remind them of similar tactics used in Gaza.
Interactive map of Iranian sites damaged in the war
Which Iranian sites have been damaged? An important new GIS DH project maps the historic & archaeological sites damaged (69+ so far) by US-Israeli strikes in Iran. heritagewatch.camelab.net The Society of Iranian Studies is working with the Center of Ancient Mediterranean Landscapes & EAMENA.
The podcast is available here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/y.... See also the interview with Yann Martel in the Grauniad www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a.... Odyssey Schmodyssey.
As if Epic Fury (ed. Folly, shurely?) wasn't enough of an Iliad call out, we now have Yann Martel's "Son of Nobody", inspired by and riffing off Homer's epic — reviewed expertly by @booksoftheyear.bsky.social. If only someone were writing an introduction to the Iliad, eh @sentantiq.bsky.social?
From Roger Scruton cafes to paying Matt Goodwin $10k a month, Viktor Orban has built a network of populist right think tanks, journalists and activists
Today Democracy for Sale delves into Orban’s allies on the British right
Well worth a read
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits
Putin and Orban coordinating on a desperate false flag operation that everyone knew was coming.
Looks like Orban’s Russia-backed false flag operation could be underway to lead to the cancelling of the Hungarian elections. Predicted recently.
Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has informed Orban of “explosives of devastating power” found at the gas pipeline connecting the two countries.
1/2
The state pension is a benefit. You pay NI for the entitlement to access it, but the cash you get back does not come from your own contributions.
Be thankful that it does not: the typical 60-year-old has paid in £134k in NI, but will get back £222k in SP payments.
4/5
And there it is. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
There is growing evidence of grave violations of International Law that could amount to war crimes.
Starmer must stop aiding this war mongering President.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We @pelagios.bsky.social are looking to evolve Peripleo, a browser-based tool for the mapping of things related to place github.com/britishlibra..., to make it easier to use by historians and archaeologists as a research tool. Let me know if you're interested.
FACTCHECK UPDATE: No, the UK can't "be more like Norway" in the North Sea
🇬🇧 extracted most of its oil & gas after privatisation
🇳🇴 has much more left due to state stewardship
🤔Lawson spent UK windfall on tax cuts; Norway got a sovereign wealth fund
www.carbonbrief.org/...
