Eóin O'Donoghue
@eoinodonoghue.bsky.social
Mediterranean archaeologist; especially interested in ancient Italy; faculty at Brandeis; reviews editor, Ancient West & East; excavating at Murlo and Pantelleria
www.irishtimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The BBC should start its own crypto coin - call it the Cry Baby - and offer to compensate Trump with a trillion Cry Babies.
BBC should not pay Trump any money, says former BBC director general
BBC should not pay Trump any money, says former BBC director general
Tony Hall says it’s not ‘appropriate’ to pay US president with licence fee payer’s money after he threatened to sue broadcaster for up to $5bn
The BBC should not pay any money to Donald Trump, the former BBC director general Tony Hall has said.
The US president has said he plans to sue the BBC for up to $5bn (£3.8bn) despite receiving the apology he demanded over a misleading Panorama edit of his 6 January speech. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The BBC should start its own crypto coin - call it the Cry Baby - and offer to compensate Trump with a trillion Cry Babies.
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Sorry this has really got under my skin. When threatening mobs turn up in villages they are most often in uniform representing a demented state, such as the Nazi murderers systematically eliminating Jews hundreds at a time in Polish villages and small towns.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Sorry this has really got under my skin. When threatening mobs turn up in villages they are most often in uniform representing a demented state, such as the Nazi murderers systematically eliminating Jews hundreds at a time in Polish villages and small towns.
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Martyn Turner
Martyn Turner
September 27th, 2025
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September 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Martyn Turner
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How is Liz Truss relevant in any way? Even Johnson has mostly disappeared, but that might be part of a strategy to avoid paying child support for some of his offspring
Of course right-wing wants to keep marbles: they are still with a colonial mindset www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Liz Truss and hard-right group accused of scaremongering over Parthenon marbles
Ex-PM among those saying they will take legal action over ‘covert’ plans to return sculptures to Greece
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How is Liz Truss relevant in any way? Even Johnson has mostly disappeared, but that might be part of a strategy to avoid paying child support for some of his offspring
10 years on (with a two-year hiatus for covid) we are finally finished excavating at the Lago di Venere. Relief tinged with sadness, but we’ll be back for a study season!
July 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
10 years on (with a two-year hiatus for covid) we are finally finished excavating at the Lago di Venere. Relief tinged with sadness, but we’ll be back for a study season!
We’re back at the Lago di Venere for one final season of excavation on Pantelleria. Some views never get old!
June 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We’re back at the Lago di Venere for one final season of excavation on Pantelleria. Some views never get old!
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Join our upcoming Archaeology Lecture in collaboration with Accordia Research Institute: The Towers and the "Cyclopean" Stone World of the Western Mediterranean Islands in the Bronze Age
Tuesday 27 May, 5.30-7pm
In person only, Room 349, Senate House
Full details here: https://bit.ly/4mgSNd5
Tuesday 27 May, 5.30-7pm
In person only, Room 349, Senate House
Full details here: https://bit.ly/4mgSNd5
The Towers and the "Cyclopean" Stone World of the Western Mediterranean Islands in the Bronze Age
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May 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join our upcoming Archaeology Lecture in collaboration with Accordia Research Institute: The Towers and the "Cyclopean" Stone World of the Western Mediterranean Islands in the Bronze Age
Tuesday 27 May, 5.30-7pm
In person only, Room 349, Senate House
Full details here: https://bit.ly/4mgSNd5
Tuesday 27 May, 5.30-7pm
In person only, Room 349, Senate House
Full details here: https://bit.ly/4mgSNd5
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Today ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. bit.ly/4lWubq5
May 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Today ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. bit.ly/4lWubq5
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It really takes a lot for me to say this, but the Graham tweet is genuinely a pretty offensive thing to say.
Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real.
April 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It really takes a lot for me to say this, but the Graham tweet is genuinely a pretty offensive thing to say.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
good news, classicists: AI is 100% ready to teach your
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The cover of this week’s Economist.
April 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The cover of this week’s Economist.
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Turns out that Trump's strategy is asking Putin nicely to stop invading Ukraine. Amazing this hasn't already resulted in peace.
April 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Turns out that Trump's strategy is asking Putin nicely to stop invading Ukraine. Amazing this hasn't already resulted in peace.
Terrible political leader curse? Liz Truss went to Balmoral and two days later the Queen died, Vance goes to the Vatican and now Francis ...
April 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Terrible political leader curse? Liz Truss went to Balmoral and two days later the Queen died, Vance goes to the Vatican and now Francis ...
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One trusts that the Classical Association of Canada is busy planning a grand North American Classics conference, or at least preparing to expand their annual meeting, as a safe space for researchers from other countries to meet USAian colleagues.
April 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
One trusts that the Classical Association of Canada is busy planning a grand North American Classics conference, or at least preparing to expand their annual meeting, as a safe space for researchers from other countries to meet USAian colleagues.
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@ach.bsky.social put together a doc you can use if you want to take direct action to support the NEH and IMLS!
Includes links to resources like their canceled grants database and tips for how to use that info when you contact your reps: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Includes links to resources like their canceled grants database and tips for how to use that info when you contact your reps: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour
Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour Zoom Link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/84358841172?pwd=bxor46pu3qY4vq7bBFmbzUAJYAarpb.1 Wednesday, 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern Join us to message and call your e...
docs.google.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@ach.bsky.social put together a doc you can use if you want to take direct action to support the NEH and IMLS!
Includes links to resources like their canceled grants database and tips for how to use that info when you contact your reps: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Includes links to resources like their canceled grants database and tips for how to use that info when you contact your reps: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is pretty terrible even by the standards of per course hiring. Works out at approx. 25 UKP an hour excl. prep. and marking. Less than half of what Birkbeck and others pay in central London for similar work.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ491/i...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ491/i...
Instructor in Archaeology at Florida State University London Study Centre
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April 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is pretty terrible even by the standards of per course hiring. Works out at approx. 25 UKP an hour excl. prep. and marking. Less than half of what Birkbeck and others pay in central London for similar work.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ491/i...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ491/i...
It's infuriating for scholars who have been preparing or already submitted proposals, but it's also so awful for those who work or have been let go from the NEH. Everyone I've encountered there has been professional, supportive, and most of all they really care about the NEH's mission.
13/ The Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research grant is cancelled: www.neh.gov/program/arch...
Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research
The Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research program makes awards to institutions and organizations conducting empirical field research to answer significant questions in the humanities.
www.neh.gov
April 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It's infuriating for scholars who have been preparing or already submitted proposals, but it's also so awful for those who work or have been let go from the NEH. Everyone I've encountered there has been professional, supportive, and most of all they really care about the NEH's mission.
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For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research.
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
Toulouse Welcomes U.S. Researchers Facing Unprecedented Challenges | Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse
In response to the targeted and drastic budget cuts threatening scientific research in the United States, the Toulouse academic community is launching an initiative to host researchers whose work is a...
en.univ-toulouse.fr
April 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research.
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
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Keep in mind: the NEH’s budget is 0.01% of the entire federal budget. This is not about savings - it is about the destruction of the Humanities and the critical thinking abilities that they teach. 🗃️
DOGE has now turned its sights on a small agency that provides support for community programs in every state. The National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds museums, historic sites, libraries, educators and media outlets across the country, has been told to slash staff by 70-80 percent.🧵
April 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Keep in mind: the NEH’s budget is 0.01% of the entire federal budget. This is not about savings - it is about the destruction of the Humanities and the critical thinking abilities that they teach. 🗃️
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#Kitileaks Inspiration behind Trump's economic "strategy" revealed:
April 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#Kitileaks Inspiration behind Trump's economic "strategy" revealed: