Colleen Morgan
@clmorgan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of York. Director of the Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab & Centre for Digital Heritage.
I post about beautiful archaeology, digital phantasmagoria and anarchist imaginaries & realities.
She/her 🏴
I post about beautiful archaeology, digital phantasmagoria and anarchist imaginaries & realities.
She/her 🏴
Introduce yourself with five shows you’ve been to:
Epoxies
Freakwater
Mazzy Star
Lightning Bolt
The Oblivians
Epoxies
Freakwater
Mazzy Star
Lightning Bolt
The Oblivians
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Kae Tempest
Hot 8 Brass Band
Fucked Up
John Grant
MF DOOM
Kae Tempest
Hot 8 Brass Band
Fucked Up
John Grant
MF DOOM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to.
Slayer
Aphex Twin
Village People
DJ Shadow
Slayer
Slayer
Aphex Twin
Village People
DJ Shadow
Slayer
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Introduce yourself with five shows you’ve been to:
Epoxies
Freakwater
Mazzy Star
Lightning Bolt
The Oblivians
Epoxies
Freakwater
Mazzy Star
Lightning Bolt
The Oblivians
I prefer the term "dude made"
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I prefer the term "dude made"
Though it's quite simple, I still enjoy teaching students Twine. I had a great time making the workbook as well--I had them re-create the opening of Zork.
#justnerdstuff
#justnerdstuff
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Though it's quite simple, I still enjoy teaching students Twine. I had a great time making the workbook as well--I had them re-create the opening of Zork.
#justnerdstuff
#justnerdstuff
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Some time ago we came across this perfectly formed and harmless baby horseshoe whipsnake on the steps of Bodegas Güell, designed by Antoni Gaudí for his patron enriched from exploiting the Catalan working class and his father's slave profits in Cuba. El Garraf, just down the road from Barcelona.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Some time ago we came across this perfectly formed and harmless baby horseshoe whipsnake on the steps of Bodegas Güell, designed by Antoni Gaudí for his patron enriched from exploiting the Catalan working class and his father's slave profits in Cuba. El Garraf, just down the road from Barcelona.
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🏺🗃️ Something else I love about this? It shows women together gaming: they're playing knucklebones
#Matriarcha
#Matriarcha
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🏺🗃️ Something else I love about this? It shows women together gaming: they're playing knucklebones
#Matriarcha
#Matriarcha
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I’m dealing with some sudden financial strain, so I’m looking for a bit of freelance work. If you know anyone who needs illustration or design work, I’d really appreciate referrals. I’m also planning to open commissions and update my ko-fi/carrd soon. I appreciate the support! amasugiru.carrd.co
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a site to connect all my forms of social media and gallery
amasugiru.carrd.co
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I’m dealing with some sudden financial strain, so I’m looking for a bit of freelance work. If you know anyone who needs illustration or design work, I’d really appreciate referrals. I’m also planning to open commissions and update my ko-fi/carrd soon. I appreciate the support! amasugiru.carrd.co
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Oh you’d like me to undertake a gendered analysis of excavation tasks in the 10 excavation shots I have from four 1930s excavations? I hear you.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Oh you’d like me to undertake a gendered analysis of excavation tasks in the 10 excavation shots I have from four 1930s excavations? I hear you.
I saw Cub and They Might be Giants in Portland in 1997 because I'm both cooler and a bigger nerd than all of you.
I was there for Cub.
This vinyl looks beauuuutiful
cubtheband.bandcamp.com/album/come-o...
I was there for Cub.
This vinyl looks beauuuutiful
cubtheband.bandcamp.com/album/come-o...
Come Out Come Out - 30th Anniversary Edition, by cub
14 track album
cubtheband.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I saw Cub and They Might be Giants in Portland in 1997 because I'm both cooler and a bigger nerd than all of you.
I was there for Cub.
This vinyl looks beauuuutiful
cubtheband.bandcamp.com/album/come-o...
I was there for Cub.
This vinyl looks beauuuutiful
cubtheband.bandcamp.com/album/come-o...
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Again, I’ll repeat.
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
'Responding to the decision, Devine, 80, said: “In principle I am opposed to changing historic artefacts to suit today’s tastes. To do so is presentism, imposing 20th-century values on those of the distant past.'
'20th-century'? Bit of an own goal Sir T.
'20th-century'? Bit of an own goal Sir T.
Historian attacks ‘ludicrous’ changes to statues with slavery links
Professor Sir Tom Devine, an emeritus professor at Edinburgh University, said he was opposed to changing artefacts to suit modern sensibilities
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Again, I’ll repeat.
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
Archaeology shows us that people have always, always modified, altered and changed things - buildings, monuments, places - for their own present needs. Prehistoric Barrows built on, medieval castles changed, late medieval sculpture slighted during Refomation
It’s what we do!!!
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This is what happens when you don’t aggressively kill, sometimes on a daily basis, the part of you that was indoctrinated to be impressed by and enamored with power and its many affirmations. So ridiculous.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is what happens when you don’t aggressively kill, sometimes on a daily basis, the part of you that was indoctrinated to be impressed by and enamored with power and its many affirmations. So ridiculous.
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Two years ago tonight we were setting up dumpster dived pink tents for migrants in the freezing cold and wind in the desert, they were held there for days without food water or shelter other than what we could share with them. That was the Biden admin, in case anyone thinks it was all good before.
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Two years ago tonight we were setting up dumpster dived pink tents for migrants in the freezing cold and wind in the desert, they were held there for days without food water or shelter other than what we could share with them. That was the Biden admin, in case anyone thinks it was all good before.
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Very much enjoyed @cjfrieman.bsky.social's talk re: the realities of integrating and interpreting archaeological and ancient genetics data yesterday. I didn't realise quite how much I miss science. 🏺
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Very much enjoyed @cjfrieman.bsky.social's talk re: the realities of integrating and interpreting archaeological and ancient genetics data yesterday. I didn't realise quite how much I miss science. 🏺
Re-opening our sign-ups for the @tag2025york.bsky.social Archaeology as Worldbuilding game-playing session. It's on 15 December from 9-12, so it doesn't conflict with other sessions. Hope to see you there:
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
TAG 2025 Worldbuilding Sign Up
This form is for you to sign up to participate in the TAG2025 Worldbuilding session. The session requires a 3 hour commitment and the slots are limited to 30 people. We will be playing an archaeology-...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Re-opening our sign-ups for the @tag2025york.bsky.social Archaeology as Worldbuilding game-playing session. It's on 15 December from 9-12, so it doesn't conflict with other sessions. Hope to see you there:
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
First Adobe Aero then 8th Wall. What's happening with consumer grade augmented reality software/services?
www.8thwall.com/blog/post/20...
www.8thwall.com/blog/post/20...
Thank You For Building With Us: The Next Chapter for 8th Wall
8th Wall will wind down over the next year, with hosted projects remaining active through February 2027.
www.8thwall.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
First Adobe Aero then 8th Wall. What's happening with consumer grade augmented reality software/services?
www.8thwall.com/blog/post/20...
www.8thwall.com/blog/post/20...
Huge @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social presence at @caa-uk.bsky.social! ♥️
Excited for them to show their brilliant work.
Excited for them to show their brilliant work.
#CAAUK2025 Programme Now Live!
Two days of digital archaeology & fresh methods: Bayesian workshops, AI, modelling, 3D animation, digital twins, simulation, landscape analysis, and more!
📘 Full programme & abstracts: Linktr.ee/caa_uk
#DigitalArchaeology
Two days of digital archaeology & fresh methods: Bayesian workshops, AI, modelling, 3D animation, digital twins, simulation, landscape analysis, and more!
📘 Full programme & abstracts: Linktr.ee/caa_uk
#DigitalArchaeology
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Huge @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social presence at @caa-uk.bsky.social! ♥️
Excited for them to show their brilliant work.
Excited for them to show their brilliant work.
Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: [email protected]
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Looking for an osteo experienced (2+ years would be great) in excavating commingled burials who digs single context for an 8 week project in January. Paid, obvs. Email me: [email protected]
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
(you people are like freaking golddust, yeeesh)
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And so there was a small part of me that thought, "hey. maybe Epstein emailed Chomsky once or twice, got amiable responses, and then assumed that Chomsky was in the bag for him." But that isn't the case. The emails we've seen clearly show that Chomsky and his wife Valeria were friendly with Epstein.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
And so there was a small part of me that thought, "hey. maybe Epstein emailed Chomsky once or twice, got amiable responses, and then assumed that Chomsky was in the bag for him." But that isn't the case. The emails we've seen clearly show that Chomsky and his wife Valeria were friendly with Epstein.
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Before the storm.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Before the storm.
We are all storytellers, in period-inappropriate drag
It's the LARP turn in academia
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are all storytellers, in period-inappropriate drag
It's the LARP turn in academia
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's the LARP turn in academia
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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i reiterate my case that the true alpha in any given group is the mum friend with spare pads and cheesy crackers and a mysterious number of packs of wet wipes
Whereas the top wolves are basically just acting like parents and making sure everybody’s got food and letting the cubs crawl all over them.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
i reiterate my case that the true alpha in any given group is the mum friend with spare pads and cheesy crackers and a mysterious number of packs of wet wipes
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Next week! For all those in Yorkshire, I will be giving a talk for the Royal Meteorological Society alongside @jrcarpenter.bsky.social (who very kindly invited me along). "Towards a Wind Humanities" - on wind as "model, media, and experience" www.rmets.org/event/toward...
Towards a Wind Humanities
IIn this talk, Dr J. R. Carpenter and Dr Richard Carter will discuss their interdisciplinary practice-led research projects published in a special issue of Media + Environment co-edited by Maximilian ...
www.rmets.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Next week! For all those in Yorkshire, I will be giving a talk for the Royal Meteorological Society alongside @jrcarpenter.bsky.social (who very kindly invited me along). "Towards a Wind Humanities" - on wind as "model, media, and experience" www.rmets.org/event/toward...
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Great thread.
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Great thread.