Margaret Allen
@margtallen.bsky.social
I walk slowly. I have six cats.
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"traditional Eurocentric perspectives .. have tended to focus primarily on empires & imperial agency as the dominant analytical category. [This book argues] instead that environmental factors played a much greater role in influencing the formation of trade routes." link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Long-Distance Trade in the Ancient World
This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis
link.springer.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"traditional Eurocentric perspectives .. have tended to focus primarily on empires & imperial agency as the dominant analytical category. [This book argues] instead that environmental factors played a much greater role in influencing the formation of trade routes." link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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We’re thrilled to launch the BlueSky page for CONTACT
🧪We are using radiocarbon, isotopes, DNA & historical analysis to map the timeline of Norse expansion into North America. Follow along!
A 5-year ERC-funded project @rug.nl
#Norse #Archaeology #NorthAtlantic #Research
🧪We are using radiocarbon, isotopes, DNA & historical analysis to map the timeline of Norse expansion into North America. Follow along!
A 5-year ERC-funded project @rug.nl
#Norse #Archaeology #NorthAtlantic #Research
February 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
We’re thrilled to launch the BlueSky page for CONTACT
🧪We are using radiocarbon, isotopes, DNA & historical analysis to map the timeline of Norse expansion into North America. Follow along!
A 5-year ERC-funded project @rug.nl
#Norse #Archaeology #NorthAtlantic #Research
🧪We are using radiocarbon, isotopes, DNA & historical analysis to map the timeline of Norse expansion into North America. Follow along!
A 5-year ERC-funded project @rug.nl
#Norse #Archaeology #NorthAtlantic #Research
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First lecture now available online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/founda... - if you’re in Oxford tomorrow, 29th, come hear the second live with drinks reception afterwards.
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
First lecture now available online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/founda... - if you’re in Oxford tomorrow, 29th, come hear the second live with drinks reception afterwards.
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Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
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I’m two sittings in on this little piece inspired by the mammoths at UNL’s Morrill Hall and Nebraska’s Highway Paleontology Program. Made with acrylic paint over powdered charcoal - Still quite a ways to go.
#mammoth #iceage #pleistocene #morrillhall 🐡 #fossils #paleoart #unl #painting #drawing
#mammoth #iceage #pleistocene #morrillhall 🐡 #fossils #paleoart #unl #painting #drawing
January 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I’m two sittings in on this little piece inspired by the mammoths at UNL’s Morrill Hall and Nebraska’s Highway Paleontology Program. Made with acrylic paint over powdered charcoal - Still quite a ways to go.
#mammoth #iceage #pleistocene #morrillhall 🐡 #fossils #paleoart #unl #painting #drawing
#mammoth #iceage #pleistocene #morrillhall 🐡 #fossils #paleoart #unl #painting #drawing
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Were there abolitionists in ancient Greece and Rome?
January 18, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Were there abolitionists in ancient Greece and Rome?
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New partial skeleton of Homo habilis from the upper Burgi Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Ileret, Kenya anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
New partial skeleton of Homo habilis from the upper Burgi Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Ileret, Kenya anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Hey!
Do you need a highly technical character artist with almost 15 years of individual contributor and leadership experience? Looking for someone to wrangle your shaders? Or perhaps you need a person to assemble your character art pipeline?
That's me!
🎨 www.xavierck.com
📫 [email protected]
Do you need a highly technical character artist with almost 15 years of individual contributor and leadership experience? Looking for someone to wrangle your shaders? Or perhaps you need a person to assemble your character art pipeline?
That's me!
🎨 www.xavierck.com
📫 [email protected]
June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hey!
Do you need a highly technical character artist with almost 15 years of individual contributor and leadership experience? Looking for someone to wrangle your shaders? Or perhaps you need a person to assemble your character art pipeline?
That's me!
🎨 www.xavierck.com
📫 [email protected]
Do you need a highly technical character artist with almost 15 years of individual contributor and leadership experience? Looking for someone to wrangle your shaders? Or perhaps you need a person to assemble your character art pipeline?
That's me!
🎨 www.xavierck.com
📫 [email protected]
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On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket
On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket
Woolly incursion occurred during seasonal migration of animals in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn
About 50 wayward sheep have broken off from their flock and stormed a discount supermarket in German town, startling and delighting customers as they rushed to explore the aisles before being escorted from the premises.
The woolly incursion occurred on Monday during a routine seasonal migration of the farm animals in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn. A few dozen of the sheep had other ideas about the route and made their way into a store of the Penny retail chain. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket
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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
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Yes — Camels Really Lived in Basel During the Roman Era ⛏️🐪🇨🇭 arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
Yes — Camels Really Lived in Basel During the Roman Era! - Arkeonews
Evidence from recent archaeological research in Basel shows that hybrid camels really lived in the city during the Roman era.
arkeonews.net
January 5, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Yes — Camels Really Lived in Basel During the Roman Era ⛏️🐪🇨🇭 arkeonews.net/yes-camels-r...
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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The California DMV is in deep need of reform. Enraging stuff, uncovered by a team of reporters at @calmatters.org
calmatters.org/investigatio...
calmatters.org/investigatio...
December 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The California DMV is in deep need of reform. Enraging stuff, uncovered by a team of reporters at @calmatters.org
calmatters.org/investigatio...
calmatters.org/investigatio...
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[spoiler]
[yes, spoiler]
[scroll away as desired]
[spoiler decades later]
[extreme Joan Shawlee voice]
[this is for about seven of you]
AND THE RUBIES! IN THE TENNIS RACKET! DID YOU EVER? IT'S ADORABLE!
[yes, spoiler]
[scroll away as desired]
[spoiler decades later]
[extreme Joan Shawlee voice]
[this is for about seven of you]
AND THE RUBIES! IN THE TENNIS RACKET! DID YOU EVER? IT'S ADORABLE!
Harriet Walter showing up on a Poirot: It's a dream fulfilled.
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
[spoiler]
[yes, spoiler]
[scroll away as desired]
[spoiler decades later]
[extreme Joan Shawlee voice]
[this is for about seven of you]
AND THE RUBIES! IN THE TENNIS RACKET! DID YOU EVER? IT'S ADORABLE!
[yes, spoiler]
[scroll away as desired]
[spoiler decades later]
[extreme Joan Shawlee voice]
[this is for about seven of you]
AND THE RUBIES! IN THE TENNIS RACKET! DID YOU EVER? IT'S ADORABLE!
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This is going to be so helpful for research and teaching. I can’t wait till it’s up and running.
Having said this, I’d be much obliged if you could go back in time two decades and make it available for me before I began transcribing thousands of thirteenth-century cases!
Having said this, I’d be much obliged if you could go back in time two decades and make it available for me before I began transcribing thousands of thirteenth-century cases!
And the thing I’m most proud of doesn’t have a link to share yet, but it’s almost done! I’ve been leading a time of computer scientists and medievalists to create an HCR for Medieval Latin legal records, like those digitized at AALT (example below).
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is going to be so helpful for research and teaching. I can’t wait till it’s up and running.
Having said this, I’d be much obliged if you could go back in time two decades and make it available for me before I began transcribing thousands of thirteenth-century cases!
Having said this, I’d be much obliged if you could go back in time two decades and make it available for me before I began transcribing thousands of thirteenth-century cases!
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But what makes it all REALLY feel like I'm doing something right is having regular customers coming by just to say hi, show a friend something amazing, ask how I'm doing.
It's nice to sell things people like.
It's amazing to be a part of a community that thinks what you do is important.
It's nice to sell things people like.
It's amazing to be a part of a community that thinks what you do is important.
December 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
But what makes it all REALLY feel like I'm doing something right is having regular customers coming by just to say hi, show a friend something amazing, ask how I'm doing.
It's nice to sell things people like.
It's amazing to be a part of a community that thinks what you do is important.
It's nice to sell things people like.
It's amazing to be a part of a community that thinks what you do is important.
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No Australopithecus prometheus pero ¿tampoco Au. africanus? 🤔
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
Objectives
To test the hypothesis that the StW 573 (Little Foot) fossil specimen should be attributed taxonomically to Australopithecus prometheus.
Materials and Methods
We adopt the methods of cl.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
No Australopithecus prometheus pero ¿tampoco Au. africanus? 🤔
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Have you read this yet? reactormag.com/entirely-too...
Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man - Reactor
Digging in to the nuances of religion, faith, and grace tucked inside the latest Benoit Blanc mystery
reactormag.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Have you read this yet? reactormag.com/entirely-too...
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Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
Alice is finally watching “Wake Up Dead Man” and we are having a great time
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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The sun came out
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The sun came out
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All of you telling me which shows to watch, but have any of you gone and watched Counterpart because I told you to?
no, you have not
no, you have not
December 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
All of you telling me which shows to watch, but have any of you gone and watched Counterpart because I told you to?
no, you have not
no, you have not
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As somebody who saw these guys in TRUE WEST (which I thought was terrific), I figured he’d probably pipe up at some point. And I’m not at all surprised this is what he went with.
Ethan Hawke says there’s a ‘great lesson’ hidden in the noise surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s comments about Paul Dano: “I don’t think Paul Dano ever knew that so many people loved him.’
Ethan Hawke Finds a ‘Great Lesson’ in Quentin Tarantino’s Paul Dano Negativity
Ethan Hawke says there’s a ‘great lesson’ hidden in the noise surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s comments about Paul Dano: “I don’t think Paul Dano ever knew that so many people loved him.’
www.vulture.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As somebody who saw these guys in TRUE WEST (which I thought was terrific), I figured he’d probably pipe up at some point. And I’m not at all surprised this is what he went with.