@spoilheap
Archivist, archaeologist, librarian, historian. 20th century Brit, 21st century USAian. Manc. Was "SmallFind" on the Bird site. Former circuit digger. Roman & rescue archaeology, ruins, libraries & book history, archaeological archives. (GPA+VT)
Millennial here, troubled that Gen Z has it really rough in a different way: they've never seen the world we have. It's got to be very easy to spiral into nihilism and despair, to believe everyone is basically evil.
Onfim’s drawing of himself on horseback as a warrior defeating an enemy.
Two of Onfim’s works. On the left is a copy of a passage from the Book of Psalms he did for schoolwork. On the right is an apparently autobiographical depiction of a monster labeled with “I am a wild beast.”
Some more spelling practice by Onfim with some human figures who have round heads and varying numbers of fingers on their big hands.
Onfim’s writing practice accompanied by 7 little people in his particular drawing style, who tend to have very big hands with many fingers.
Nice AI-image-generating tool, but it will never be as great an artist as Onfim, a child who lived in the Novgorod Republic in the mid-1200s and who scribbled these drawings and schoolwork writings on birch bark at the age of 6 or 7.
Excellent! 😀
Still waiting for that pointing trowel emoji. #archaeology en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
Interesting article on the contributions of “avocational archaeologists” & “citizen scientists” have made to archaeology. 👷👷♀️👷♂️
Oh. My. Word. I didn’t capitalize Welsh. Apologies. 😳🤦♂️
“Followed.” As they say. 😎
Heads up! Firefox’s AI controls have dropped! bsky.app/profile/fire...
Delighted you wrote “newsletter,” instead of “substack.” 👍
Interesting. I do remember one grad student at Lampeter choosing to emphasize the ritual aspects of welsh hillforts, back in the early 1990s. (I know! RITUAL!!)
It is entirely possible that the check box facility will defeat me. In Excel and LibreOffice Calc.
AFAICT, learning how (through trial & error) to use LLM AI largely involves trying to determine the rules that the corporations won't share but instead keep hidden in a "black box" & that they can (& probably will) change on a whim. Without telling us.
Do I have this right?
I'm with Justin Reich, who said, "industry-sponsored professional development is, at its core, a 'customer acquisition' campaign."
As Google attempts to strengthen its grip on teachers and students, here's a 🧵 with work that examines the Googlization of education...
This week, I will be mostly wrestling with the fact that none of the toolbars in the various online tutorials match the toolbars in my version of MS Excel.
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I am again seeking a clip from an experimental art film I once saw of a reader reading a book. (The camera zoomed in on the reader's eyes, then hands turning the pages, then back to the eyes.)
I thought it was from the Fluxus group--but I have never been able to ID it. Any folks recognize it?
Don't suppose any folks in #libraries / #librarianship know of a #library OPAC that allows users to run a call number browse? Title browses seem to be a thing still but ...
I need to dig out my copy of the Lure of Local but I have been reading up on the specific character of ”local history” recently.
FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.
Line illustration of a Loon (the water fowl) from the Gavia Libraria's blog header.
"Fashion is not strategy," by the Library Loon. See also #LibrarianFaddism : gavialib.com/2026/02/fash...
these have been good years for medievalists, first wondering if the pope will excommunicate the emperor and now watching the king have his brother locked up
Harumph. The “free” version of WorldCat has become less easy and more annoying and, hence, less useful.
Okay fine we're doing a little origin story thread: how did I become a horse game consultant and what does that even mean? 🧵
🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
Don't suppose any folks in #libraries / #librarianship know of a #library OPAC that allows users to run a call number browse? Title browses seem to be a thing still but ...
Looking for a simple, robust PDF editing program. Needs to be able to combine PDFs, rotate pages, redact text, and run OCR. Any recs? No LLM AI or cloud-based appa, please!
I am again seeking a clip from an experimental art film I once saw of a reader reading a book. (The camera zoomed in on the reader's eyes, then hands turning the pages, then back to the eyes.)
I thought it was from the Fluxus group--but I have never been able to ID it. Any folks recognize it?
One for your museum #LittleGuys lists?
Looking for a simple, robust PDF editing program. Needs to be able to combine PDFs, rotate pages, redact text, and run OCR. Any recs? No LLM AI or cloud-based appa, please!
