archaeologist, at the moment studying volcanic tuff as a building material but interested in all old trash
ΟΣΟΝ ΖΗΣ ΦΑΙΝΟΥ
he/him
Pisa (but bury me beside the Piramide)
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simultaneously more and less fun than profile suggests
Dan Diffendale
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18th century "cat contract" (納貓兒契式; based on a Yuan-dynasty original), laying out the cat's duties and responsibilities: tirelessly guarding the grain, repelling the "mousey bandits" (鼠賊), not messing with the livestock, not stealing numnums "of any kind whatsoever" (不得偷盜食諸般).
Be the shadow of the evening you want to see in the world
Be the shadow of the evening you want to see in the world
When in doubt, sketch it out
I think it should be acceptable to deny that there are legitimate use-cases for LLMs in, say, writing. The extent to which they fundamentally distort the process and output is so great as to put the final creation in a different category.
I have been giving talks on my book for over a year now and the one thing that is guaranteed to get an audience reaction is the Berenike Buddha in Egypt. People seem amazed it exists and then what it tells us about the ancient world.
So I wrote the whole thing up as a Bad Ancient article:
Brendan O’Kane
“People will respect you more if you show strength, even in supporting trans people.”
This is how a race here in Western PA played out. Local dem candidate sent an anti-trans mailer in a dem primary - ended up losing by 28 points to an opponent who stood up against his rhetoric.
Dan Diffendale
Dan Diffendale
Dan Diffendale
C. Robert Cargill
With the growth of Buddhism in ancient India, there were claims that the religion spread out towards the Mediterranean; but is there any clear proof this was the case?
trans kids deserve access to the same hormones their cis peers do.
trans girls deserve estrogen.
trans boys deserve testosterone.
Benjamin Harnett
🏺As promised, I've finally written up a little blog post looking at the archaeology of all of those 'little guys' we all seem to love so much online. 📜
animalarchaeology.com/2026/06/08/a...
What is a ‘little guy’? It’s a descriptor often thrown around in Internet parlance, usually as part of a copypasta, like ‘I’m Just a Silly Little Guy”, or used i…
the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.
