Catherine Frieman
@cjfrieman.bsky.social
D.Phil. Archaeologist. Co-Editor Current Anthropology. Previously Editor European Journal of Archaeology. Educator. Tattoo Enthusiast. World Traveller. Accident Prone.
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A PhD project on historical genomics in the declining red squirrel in Britain is available in my group, through the @aries-dtp.bsky.social. Use historical genomes to track the effects of decline and genetic rescue in this charismatic species. aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
Historical genomics of the declining red squirrel in Britain | Aries
Dr Anders Bergström, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia Professor Cock van Oosterhout, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Dr Selina Brace…
aries-dtp.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
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A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
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Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
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truly it is a mystery why women find it hard to get ahead in academia
"I could be a mentor to this very sharp person but as they aren't interested in me romantically I'm going to have to cut off all communication with them."
"Also, only men get the best mentors like me who can help them get into top journals. Clearly that's because men have higher IQ than women."
"Also, only men get the best mentors like me who can help them get into top journals. Clearly that's because men have higher IQ than women."
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
truly it is a mystery why women find it hard to get ahead in academia
"This talk will introduce Baskerville the man, the typeface, and some of the beautiful books he, and others, created with his eponymous types." On Zoom today at 12:30pm ET
Type@Cooper – Small Performances: the making of Baskerville’s typeface
coopertype.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My preferred function for chancellors and vice chancellors is to be ambassadors for their institutions and sector. EXPLAIN what we do, TRANSLATE our practices, SHOUT ABOUT our value.... right now that's left to us in a hodge podge with no strategy, little access and less joined up thinking
'Fewer than half are even fully aware that universities conduct research.'
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My preferred function for chancellors and vice chancellors is to be ambassadors for their institutions and sector. EXPLAIN what we do, TRANSLATE our practices, SHOUT ABOUT our value.... right now that's left to us in a hodge podge with no strategy, little access and less joined up thinking
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Me, @stilgherrian.com and @rami.spaceaustralia.com talking about space. 🧪 🔭
ICYMI, last week we posted another podcast with a chat about space things. Have you listened to it yet?
NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Offworld Colonies with Dr Alice Gorman and Rami Mandow” @drspacejunk.bsky.social @cosmicrami.com (1h05m35s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00255/
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Tell people! Tips at the9pmedict.com/tip.
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Me, @stilgherrian.com and @rami.spaceaustralia.com talking about space. 🧪 🔭
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Millet was domesticated in China, where it was boiled and steamed. This changed as it moved west, with Central Asian communities adapting millet to their bread-baking traditions instead of adopting East Asian cooking practices #NationalHomemadeBreadDay 🥖
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Millet was domesticated in China, where it was boiled and steamed. This changed as it moved west, with Central Asian communities adapting millet to their bread-baking traditions instead of adopting East Asian cooking practices #NationalHomemadeBreadDay 🥖
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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How much do lab methods shape ancient microbiome results? 🧬 This study compares extraction & library prep protocols on dental calculus from Hungary and Niger, showing that no single workflow fits all. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #calculus #microbiome
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How much do lab methods shape ancient microbiome results? 🧬 This study compares extraction & library prep protocols on dental calculus from Hungary and Niger, showing that no single workflow fits all. #MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #calculus #microbiome
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
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No, claims of a rise of conservatism among young men (compared with women) don’t ring true. New research shows youth gender gap is something we’ve seen across time.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
No, claims of a rise of conservatism among young men (compared with women) don’t ring true. New research shows youth gender gap is something we’ve seen across time.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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i can already tell that my old crank phase is going to be insisting that preprints be treated like fanfic: fun to read, good to share within the community for discussion, forbidden to the outside world 😅
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
i can already tell that my old crank phase is going to be insisting that preprints be treated like fanfic: fun to read, good to share within the community for discussion, forbidden to the outside world 😅
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it's my birthday! hooray!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
please make a donation - everyone deserves a warm meal and a full pantry
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There's always post-Roman Tintagel and its amphorae tho. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
There's always post-Roman Tintagel and its amphorae tho. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
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Rob doing a great job presenting our Fenland metalwork project at the Bronze Age Forum in Dublin
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Rob doing a great job presenting our Fenland metalwork project at the Bronze Age Forum in Dublin
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The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
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Putting aside the deeper issues of why this analysis was done and how it has been promoted, the choice to broadcast a tv show before releasing a preprint should make people skeptical of the results. How can one be sure of their scientific claims?
As I told the CNN, without details and data it is not possible to assess the claims.
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
Researchers say they have verified and sequenced Hitler’s DNA – and found a genetic disorder | CNN
Analysis of Adolf Hitler’s DNA reveals he may have had a rare genetic disorder that can delay puberty.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Putting aside the deeper issues of why this analysis was done and how it has been promoted, the choice to broadcast a tv show before releasing a preprint should make people skeptical of the results. How can one be sure of their scientific claims?
please make a donation - everyone deserves a warm meal and a full pantry
it's my birthday! hooray!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
please make a donation - everyone deserves a warm meal and a full pantry
it's my birthday! hooray!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
it's my birthday! hooray!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
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One of the most important lessons you have to learn about what a university "is" is a very vulgar marxist distinction between its *managers* (directly or indirectly appointed by capital and/or state government) and its *labor,* who come to the university out of love and idealism.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of the most important lessons you have to learn about what a university "is" is a very vulgar marxist distinction between its *managers* (directly or indirectly appointed by capital and/or state government) and its *labor,* who come to the university out of love and idealism.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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This is probably the largest art I've made in a long time; it's 16x48 inches at 300dpi. All of the animals are inspired by petroglyphs and cave art from around the world on top of the shapes found within the animals themselves. #art #caveart #petroglyph #deer #wolves #ravens #raven #wolf #elk
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Morning all. It’s Friday. Please note that this weekend’s safe word is ‘sardines’. That’s SARDINES.
If you are in any doubt, here is a reasonably priced poster you can buy to remind you. Have a good one. xx
www.edwardphilips.co.uk
If you are in any doubt, here is a reasonably priced poster you can buy to remind you. Have a good one. xx
www.edwardphilips.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Morning all. It’s Friday. Please note that this weekend’s safe word is ‘sardines’. That’s SARDINES.
If you are in any doubt, here is a reasonably priced poster you can buy to remind you. Have a good one. xx
www.edwardphilips.co.uk
If you are in any doubt, here is a reasonably priced poster you can buy to remind you. Have a good one. xx
www.edwardphilips.co.uk