Shawn Graham

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

prof of DH at carleton u. Archaeologist of things Digital, Roman, and Outer Space. Editor of epoiesen.carleton.ca. Sometimes blog at […]

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@bookandswordblog.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 8:05 PMReposted by @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

@JubalBarca @electricarchaeo "SASA (in the USA) is seeking a part-time Video Game Researcher to join the Archaeogaming Education (AE) Team and contribute to the development of these innovative educational resources. The Video Game Researcher will identify appropriate video games, play and […]

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 5:09 PM

Nationalize it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/stelco-nationalize-9.7376461

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 4:41 PM

watched a guy driving a solid rock realty-bedecked vehicle make a left hand turn cutting off the person with the right of way making a right onto greenbank who then honked at the realty guy and flipped them the bird. realty guy then manoeuvred and tried to stop them on greenbank gesturing at the […]

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 9:45 PM

Nice opening sentence.

"Donald Trump complained Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/trump-nobel-peace-prize

@justinling.ca Oct 10, 2026, 3:29 PMReposted by @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

My column this week is all about the fiscal time bomb awaiting governments in the AI age — "the twilight of labour," as some economists are calling.

If we don't tax AI companies now, it's going to be much harder to do it later. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

@thetnholler.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:12 PMReposted by @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

To recap: Drag Shows ❌ Miss Rachel ❌ Books ❌ Public executions ✅

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 2:10 PM

Market stall update. We are out of pie. I repeat, we are out of pie.

#thanksgiving

... still have lots of booze though to get you through your uncle's opinions...

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 1:27 AM

“An estimated 38 billionaire families live in Ontario… ON is also home to nearly half of all families in the country worth more than $100 million and the province’s richest families — the 0.01 per cent — hold an average of $546 million in wealth.” https://archive.is/s5pN5

“[the royal ottawa […]

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 1:21 AM

system prompt: you are the computer from the uss enterprise ncc-1701 D. Observe the Prime Directive in all dealings. Never use the first person pronoun.

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 11:13 AM

why would you stay and be blamed for everything that could be wrong?

https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial-news/why-young-anglophones-leave-quebec/?utm_source=Mastodon

@sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 9:42 PMReposted by @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

Everybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. That's against the Outer Space Treaty. Your engineering challenge, SpaceX, is to provide your services with fewer satellites. Not yell at everyone else for having satellites too […]

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 11:22 PM

what level of barbarism

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 1:34 PM

Forum: Trade Empires of Rome. Https://forvm.ca

A display table with sign saying "celebrating books written by our Carleton community" then prominently displayed below it a board game called "Forum Trade Empires of Rome" featuring artwork depicting Romulus, Remus, and the She Wolf

@hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 7:57 AMReposted by @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

Finally a reason to visit a MAGA site 👇

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 11:24 PM

I'm sorry this is on linked in, but maybe you'd like to become our art gallery director?

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4469995595/

@defcon.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 9:37 PMReposted by @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

RIP Margaret Hamilton, software engineer extraordinaire.

"We had to find a way and we did. Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers." - Hamilton on the Apollo 11 mission

https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007

@wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 4:31 AMReposted by @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

Here it is! Introducing Z-Profile – a simple website builder for researchers: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2026/10/07/introducing-zprofile-a-simple-website.html

No code, no new software – all you need is @zotero & somewhere to host your site. Please share! #histodons

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 9:19 PM

Hmm. https://globalnews.ca/news/12090454/alberta-referendum-mail-in-ballots-errors/

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 9:10 PM

They clearly do interfere, and clearly are a threat. Elbows up though.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gac-disinformation-united-states-lithuania-9.7187116

@electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 4:50 PM

Fun fact about the language police: they rely on anonymous complaints, and they also claim dominion over online space.

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