Hannah O’Regan
@palaeohan.bsky.social
Archaeologist studying lots of things (mainly bones) ‘cos I’m cursed with curiosity. I like cats, crafts, bears and fungi. She/her. Own views.
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We’re delighted that Prof Alex Mullen’s exciting new research project on voices in Roman and Later Britain is now public. Watch out for more details coming soon!
#classics #archaeology #linguistics 🏺
#classics #archaeology #linguistics 🏺
News - University of Nottingham secures funding grant for groundbreaking research on early British voices and identities - University of Nottingham
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/researc...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/researc...
News - University of Nottingham secures funding grant for groundbreaking research on early British voices and identities - University of Nottingham
What did the voices of Britain sound like during and after the Roman period? How did early British communities construct and represent their identities, and how did they interact with their neighbours...
www.nottingham.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We’re delighted that Prof Alex Mullen’s exciting new research project on voices in Roman and Later Britain is now public. Watch out for more details coming soon!
#classics #archaeology #linguistics 🏺
#classics #archaeology #linguistics 🏺
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Tomorrow the second of these events: Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tomorrow the second of these events: Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here powerofsadness.wordpress.com/belonging-th...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
And you can book in here forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Dave watched this government Education Committee meeting so you didn’t have to. But you do have to read his summary (if you have any interest in the future of HE)
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Dave watched this government Education Committee meeting so you didn’t have to. But you do have to read his summary (if you have any interest in the future of HE)
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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This is what I have lived my entire life in Europe. Why I never moved to the US, been offered many jobs, but the lack of proper health care, and the thought of my children being killed by some gun loon in school, kind of put me off. Proper health care is a human right, not a luxury.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This is what I have lived my entire life in Europe. Why I never moved to the US, been offered many jobs, but the lack of proper health care, and the thought of my children being killed by some gun loon in school, kind of put me off. Proper health care is a human right, not a luxury.
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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.
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These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🌟 This winter, we have a chance to make something extraordinary happen - and we’re looking for 27 people to help us do it. 🌟
Join our Bursar Club 👉 bit.ly/4p6Xqrw
Join our Bursar Club 👉 bit.ly/4p6Xqrw
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🌟 This winter, we have a chance to make something extraordinary happen - and we’re looking for 27 people to help us do it. 🌟
Join our Bursar Club 👉 bit.ly/4p6Xqrw
Join our Bursar Club 👉 bit.ly/4p6Xqrw
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Forton Services is my bestselling T-shirt. Wear the M6 brutalist icon.
Made in the UK. Sizes XXS to 5XL.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
Made in the UK. Sizes XXS to 5XL.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Forton Services is my bestselling T-shirt. Wear the M6 brutalist icon.
Made in the UK. Sizes XXS to 5XL.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
Made in the UK. Sizes XXS to 5XL.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts
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Last year‘s Archaeological Conference of Central Germany was on „A Stone Age History of Clothing“. We had the honour to welcome great colleagues to Halle - roughly one year later, the proceedings are hot off the press!
Soon available also in OA on books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/c...
Soon available also in OA on books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/c...
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Last year‘s Archaeological Conference of Central Germany was on „A Stone Age History of Clothing“. We had the honour to welcome great colleagues to Halle - roughly one year later, the proceedings are hot off the press!
Soon available also in OA on books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/c...
Soon available also in OA on books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/c...
“She said: “universities that make decisions about closing down courses without thinking about regional needs are wrong” – and given the number of times it came up, one half-suspects she was thinking about nursing at Nottingham as she said this.”
Commons Education Committee seems to think that there is a provider at risk of collapse before the end of 2025. DfE and OfS disagree.
wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
Government would protect interests of "students, taxpayers, and research" in provider insolvency
And the committee seems to think there is one on the way before 2026.
wonkhe.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“She said: “universities that make decisions about closing down courses without thinking about regional needs are wrong” – and given the number of times it came up, one half-suspects she was thinking about nursing at Nottingham as she said this.”
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BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
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Smith gives beautifully contradictory answer where they want to direct some bits of universities (research, national priorities) and yet they want to lean back and act as if they are not directing universities at all because autonomy and no it's not for us to &c. Hitherto unseen levels of smug.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Smith gives beautifully contradictory answer where they want to direct some bits of universities (research, national priorities) and yet they want to lean back and act as if they are not directing universities at all because autonomy and no it's not for us to &c. Hitherto unseen levels of smug.
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"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
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It's not *just* academics and students (two groups that Starmer's Labour despise and see as undesirable) who populate universities. They employ vast work forces! There are administrators, cleaners, cafeteria staff, gardeners, post workers, builders all dependent on their university remaining open.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's not *just* academics and students (two groups that Starmer's Labour despise and see as undesirable) who populate universities. They employ vast work forces! There are administrators, cleaners, cafeteria staff, gardeners, post workers, builders all dependent on their university remaining open.
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Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
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Handmade hanging pine cone decorations - beautiful on your twig tree or Christmas tree. littleconkers.co.uk/shop/hanging...
#handmadeChristmas #btnetsy #ShopSmall #ShopIndie
#handmadeChristmas #btnetsy #ShopSmall #ShopIndie
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Handmade hanging pine cone decorations - beautiful on your twig tree or Christmas tree. littleconkers.co.uk/shop/hanging...
#handmadeChristmas #btnetsy #ShopSmall #ShopIndie
#handmadeChristmas #btnetsy #ShopSmall #ShopIndie
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What could this be? The label simply describes it as a ‘decorated part of an item of unknown function made of maple wood’.
A lot of effort clearly went into decorating it, whatever it was. Any suggestions?
Found in the Bronze Age pile dwelling settlement of Ludwigshafen-Seehalde, 2000–1600 BC
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A lot of effort clearly went into decorating it, whatever it was. Any suggestions?
Found in the Bronze Age pile dwelling settlement of Ludwigshafen-Seehalde, 2000–1600 BC
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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
What could this be? The label simply describes it as a ‘decorated part of an item of unknown function made of maple wood’.
A lot of effort clearly went into decorating it, whatever it was. Any suggestions?
Found in the Bronze Age pile dwelling settlement of Ludwigshafen-Seehalde, 2000–1600 BC
🏺
A lot of effort clearly went into decorating it, whatever it was. Any suggestions?
Found in the Bronze Age pile dwelling settlement of Ludwigshafen-Seehalde, 2000–1600 BC
🏺
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Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
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Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!!
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Why is Matt zapping oyster shells thousands of times with lasers??!!
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
This week we’re analyzing oysters with Dr. @niklashausmann.bsky.social using laser induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) to “map” the elemental makeup of the oyster’s shell throughout its life 1/3 #archaeology #ecology
Fabulous. Another £11mn bill on top of the £8mn NI hike. I’m not absolving UoN management of responsibility but the Uni increased revenue last year & yet course closures have begun. This govt is robbing both Peter and Paul, while saying both are independent and it’s their fault they’ve been robbed.
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Fabulous. Another £11mn bill on top of the £8mn NI hike. I’m not absolving UoN management of responsibility but the Uni increased revenue last year & yet course closures have begun. This govt is robbing both Peter and Paul, while saying both are independent and it’s their fault they’ve been robbed.
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Rachel Reeves ‘tax international student fees’ might make a little sense if at the same time the government were incentivising international students to come here, and encouraging universities to increase the number of international students they recruit.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Rachel Reeves ‘tax international student fees’ might make a little sense if at the same time the government were incentivising international students to come here, and encouraging universities to increase the number of international students they recruit.
If in need of a harmless Christmas film ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ with Cary Grant and David Niven is on BBC I-player.
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If in need of a harmless Christmas film ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ with Cary Grant and David Niven is on BBC I-player.
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Officially asking now for author folks (and reader folks) to tell me about the new queer holiday romances coming out this year—I don’t know why I’m having trouble finding them this year, but I am.
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Officially asking now for author folks (and reader folks) to tell me about the new queer holiday romances coming out this year—I don’t know why I’m having trouble finding them this year, but I am.
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
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Thank you, Linda. At the moment it feels like every new leap forward technology makes is another barrier for anyone trying to make a living off their own creativity.
Share - help him get the word out. It shouldn’t be this hard to be an artist, but here we are.
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thank you, Linda. At the moment it feels like every new leap forward technology makes is another barrier for anyone trying to make a living off their own creativity.