Sarah May
@sarahmay1.bsky.social
Heritage, Archaeologist, solidarity, she/her - hoping for more kindness, often anxious and sharp. Professionally garrulous. Living in Cardiff. Ageless, so no DMs
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Through our health services, UNRWA supports #Palestine Refugees in #Lebanon.
This helps families manage daily health challenges and ensures refugees can access lifesaving treatments despite economic hardship.
#UNRWAworks to make essential healthcare available to refugees.
This helps families manage daily health challenges and ensures refugees can access lifesaving treatments despite economic hardship.
#UNRWAworks to make essential healthcare available to refugees.
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Through our health services, UNRWA supports #Palestine Refugees in #Lebanon.
This helps families manage daily health challenges and ensures refugees can access lifesaving treatments despite economic hardship.
#UNRWAworks to make essential healthcare available to refugees.
This helps families manage daily health challenges and ensures refugees can access lifesaving treatments despite economic hardship.
#UNRWAworks to make essential healthcare available to refugees.
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My dear hubby and @leivers.bsky.social have just published this book, which I'm sure is of interest to many of you. Also, free to download! Happy Christmas! ☺️
The Archaeology of the Stonehenge Visitor Centre
wessexarchaeologylibrary.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My dear hubby and @leivers.bsky.social have just published this book, which I'm sure is of interest to many of you. Also, free to download! Happy Christmas! ☺️
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We have an exciting event in Jan for PGRs, ECRs and those starting out in fields involving the past. Join us in considering how the Society could contribute to early career support by enabling the exchange of ideas and peer support in these challenging times. www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
Early Career Antiquaries - Society of Antiquaries of London
We welcome Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers and those starting out in fields involving the past to join us in considering how the Society of Antiquaries could contribute to early ca...
www.sal.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We have an exciting event in Jan for PGRs, ECRs and those starting out in fields involving the past. Join us in considering how the Society could contribute to early career support by enabling the exchange of ideas and peer support in these challenging times. www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
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Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
PhD Studentship : AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
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CFP: 'Difficult Collections' Special issue of 'Paper Trails' @uclpress.bsky.social. Focus on challenges of working with troubling heritage collections (colonialism, eugenics, representation, etc). Proposals: 31/01/26; Submissions: 31/05/26. Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #GLAM ##HistorySky
Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
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December 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
CFP: 'Difficult Collections' Special issue of 'Paper Trails' @uclpress.bsky.social. Focus on challenges of working with troubling heritage collections (colonialism, eugenics, representation, etc). Proposals: 31/01/26; Submissions: 31/05/26. Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #GLAM ##HistorySky
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Are you a remote worker based abroad? Maastricht University's migration specialists would like you to fill out a survey about your work life and ambitions.
If eligible, fill it out below - with a chance to win a 50 EUR gift voucher 🤑
maastrichtuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If eligible, fill it out below - with a chance to win a 50 EUR gift voucher 🤑
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Transnational remote workers
This survey is for people working remotely for companies, clients or organisations located in other countries. The survey questions are about your employment, your remote work situation and motivation...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Are you a remote worker based abroad? Maastricht University's migration specialists would like you to fill out a survey about your work life and ambitions.
If eligible, fill it out below - with a chance to win a 50 EUR gift voucher 🤑
maastrichtuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If eligible, fill it out below - with a chance to win a 50 EUR gift voucher 🤑
maastrichtuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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It's today!!
Please help Archaeology Scotland to develop and deliver their 2026 programmes for young people.
Any support would be fantastic and a donation makes a fabulous, sustainable gift or remembrance.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Please help Archaeology Scotland to develop and deliver their 2026 programmes for young people.
Any support would be fantastic and a donation makes a fabulous, sustainable gift or remembrance.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It's getting closer!
This Tuesday, 2nd December, support Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social) to deliver archaeology based educational attainment & employability skills in 2026.
All help is greatly appreciated & will be match-funded via Big Give 🙏
tinyurl.com/y96zpbps
This Tuesday, 2nd December, support Archaeology Scotland (@archscot.bsky.social) to deliver archaeology based educational attainment & employability skills in 2026.
All help is greatly appreciated & will be match-funded via Big Give 🙏
tinyurl.com/y96zpbps
Empowering Young People Through Archaeology – Big Give
We want to offer more opportunities for young people and their communities to participate in archaeology to help bridge the …
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December 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's today!!
Please help Archaeology Scotland to develop and deliver their 2026 programmes for young people.
Any support would be fantastic and a donation makes a fabulous, sustainable gift or remembrance.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Please help Archaeology Scotland to develop and deliver their 2026 programmes for young people.
Any support would be fantastic and a donation makes a fabulous, sustainable gift or remembrance.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Cameroon’s opposition leader, Anciet Ekane, has died in detention. Ekane was taken into custody days after 92 year old Paul Biya was declared the winner of the presidential election and the country was rocked by protests. The family has been offered no explanation about his cause of death.
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Cameroon’s opposition leader, Anciet Ekane, has died in detention. Ekane was taken into custody days after 92 year old Paul Biya was declared the winner of the presidential election and the country was rocked by protests. The family has been offered no explanation about his cause of death.
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...
PhD Studentship in Archaeology at University of Reading
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship in Archaeology Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
PhD studentship in geoarchaeology at University of Reading, focusing on agro pastoralist systems during the Middle Ages: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP800/p...
LeGuin wire this in 1992 but we are still governed by pathetic worms that don't even notice that they are only talking to and about themselves. I always think about this piece when folks like this use the phrase 'your wife' languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Introduc...
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
LeGuin wire this in 1992 but we are still governed by pathetic worms that don't even notice that they are only talking to and about themselves. I always think about this piece when folks like this use the phrase 'your wife' languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/Introduc...
As I understand it, the actual pinch point for the court backlog is judges. They're going after juries because they slow judges down. So why not deal with the actual pinch point, how judges are appointed and used. Is there a case for seconding judges from other legal branches to clear the backlog?
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
As I understand it, the actual pinch point for the court backlog is judges. They're going after juries because they slow judges down. So why not deal with the actual pinch point, how judges are appointed and used. Is there a case for seconding judges from other legal branches to clear the backlog?
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Children are supposed to be affordable.
Housing is supposed to be affordable.
Food is supposed to be affordable.
Transport to get to work is supposed to be affordable.
Energy is supposed to be affordable.
Housing is supposed to be affordable.
Food is supposed to be affordable.
Transport to get to work is supposed to be affordable.
Energy is supposed to be affordable.
"don't have children if you can't afford them" lol it's not like getting a horse. Children are supposed to be affordable. Besides, when rich people have kids the kids become influencers or start t shirt brands and I can't think of anything worse for growth than having more of these ppl
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Children are supposed to be affordable.
Housing is supposed to be affordable.
Food is supposed to be affordable.
Transport to get to work is supposed to be affordable.
Energy is supposed to be affordable.
Housing is supposed to be affordable.
Food is supposed to be affordable.
Transport to get to work is supposed to be affordable.
Energy is supposed to be affordable.
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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I see my old Uni is also going through the usual, getting rid of staff and then giving their Vice Chancellor a hefty pay increase.
When I was there the then Thatcher Tory went to war on the likes of Stirling, by cutting those problematic course like Politics and then diverting the business school.
When I was there the then Thatcher Tory went to war on the likes of Stirling, by cutting those problematic course like Politics and then diverting the business school.
Students Fear Future as Stirling Uni Loses 175 Staff in Voluntary Severance Scheme
Disclaimer: This has been amended from the print edition. Gerry McCormac’s pay is £438,000 including pension contributions and £414,000 without. His pay increase over two years was £119,000. Universit...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I see my old Uni is also going through the usual, getting rid of staff and then giving their Vice Chancellor a hefty pay increase.
When I was there the then Thatcher Tory went to war on the likes of Stirling, by cutting those problematic course like Politics and then diverting the business school.
When I was there the then Thatcher Tory went to war on the likes of Stirling, by cutting those problematic course like Politics and then diverting the business school.
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
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What's this? Someone using their Personal Independence Payments to pay for things to become personally independent?
The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
DWP demands £36k PIP back from one-legged dad filmed playing cricket
Shaun Rigby lost a leg when he was a child
www.mirror.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
What's this? Someone using their Personal Independence Payments to pay for things to become personally independent?
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December 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Re-upping this because I undersold it and I'm practicing representing myself better. I really like my blog. Some of my favourite thoughts are there. Yes, I need to tidy it, but if you like me & what I post here, you'll like the 6 posts of this thread & you'll know me better for reading them.
Today for #Sarahs60 I'm moving to sharing some things I've done. Specifically my Blog heritagefortransformation.wordpress.com/thoughts-spa... Its a bit dormant, quite eclectic, but heritage focused. Posts aren't properly cited, which I sometimes regret, but they do have links. So, 6 blog posts
Heritage for Transformation
News on the best uses of Heritage for social and organisational change
heritagefortransformation.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Re-upping this because I undersold it and I'm practicing representing myself better. I really like my blog. Some of my favourite thoughts are there. Yes, I need to tidy it, but if you like me & what I post here, you'll like the 6 posts of this thread & you'll know me better for reading them.
This is true for many of the 'use cases' of AI. If your process has multiple meaningless steps that can be fine automatically, perhaps they don't need to be done at all. Most bureaucratic systems have developed over time through many technical and social changes, they don't make sense
I can understand why complex bureaucratic processes like REF are seen as use cases for AI: but this is often a false solution. Better to streamline, simplify, or even abolish the processes themselves.
REF 2029 ‘must get grip on AI or risk losing credibility’.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is true for many of the 'use cases' of AI. If your process has multiple meaningless steps that can be fine automatically, perhaps they don't need to be done at all. Most bureaucratic systems have developed over time through many technical and social changes, they don't make sense
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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I hope somebody will complain to IPSO about this (and the similar Express splash). If so this will be a very useful reference.
Lies, damned lies and the Telegraph. They posted CSJ figures using an outrageously false comparison of 2 cases. It claimed a benefits family were better off by £18k than a working household when the real figure was £16k worse off. The details benefitsinthefuture.com #benefits #budget
Benefits in the Future – Welfare reform commentary and analysis
Welfare reform commentary and analysis
benefitsinthefuture.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hope somebody will complain to IPSO about this (and the similar Express splash). If so this will be a very useful reference.
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So instead of analysis of the implications of the budget for ordinary people, we have just got an extended psychodrama on whether the Chancellor misled the country by - essentially - preparing the markets for worse than expected economic figures by talking about her options.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
So instead of analysis of the implications of the budget for ordinary people, we have just got an extended psychodrama on whether the Chancellor misled the country by - essentially - preparing the markets for worse than expected economic figures by talking about her options.