Marcus Bussey

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@edfutures @aloha_futures @MareeConway @rightfuture https://t.co/ldCBbpnZmu

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Scotland is aiming to be the world's first rewilded country. It's looking to rewild 30% of the country by 2030.

We have the solutions. Replenishing and protecting nature is one of them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #biodiversity #GreenNewDeal

[dr karen e sutherland @kesutherland777]

Hollywood is abuzz with the arrival of @OpenAI's Sora, a mind-blowing text-to-video AI tool. Is this a match made in heaven or a recipe for disaster? @MikeLoder7
& I discussed this on @tickerNEWSco this morning. Here's part 1 of our chat.

#AI #Sora @usceduau

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@PryorFrancis Left of field… when did humans start using hammers? Palaeolithic? Or perhaps homo habilus?

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@StrayRogue Hi there. This gif is the basis for a meme used by @strugglingscientist on procrastination. I am editing an academic book on early career researchers and would like to use the meme. I am seeking permission from you also as you generated its inspiration. Thanks marcus

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@PhoebeTickell @moral_imagining I’ll email for further discussion… thx 🙏🏻

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@PhoebeTickell @moral_imagining Hi Phoebe would that support bring you to Australia? If not I’m in Sweden May/June and we could do one in Uppsala… what do you think?

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls:
This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!!

These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular."

This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll.

In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned.

The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us.

It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful!

Read more in our announcement: https://t.co/rUlrdGXBMs

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

Covid Speaks like ChatGPT https://t.co/DXhD3dimtk

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

Looks great! What a wonderful topic!

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

Delighted to receive this beautiful book by @GraceHammanPhD - even the packaging is gorgeous!

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@mcookhistory @UQPbooks Brilliant news!!

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@ClerkofOxford @CurrentArchaeo @reaktionbooks Voted! 🙌🏻

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@LouiseOFresco Was your session recorded? I’m a fan of Huizinga also… now we are in the Waning (or Autumn) of Modernity

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@ClerkofOxford Just ordered my copy!

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@ClerkofOxford Would love to attend but… 🙏🏻❤️

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@romankrznaric @EburyPublishing @wh_allen @longnow This is great news! Thanks for doing this! Can we preorder?

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Fabulous #medieval floor tiles in the Chapter House at 12th-century Buildwas Abbey in Shropshire.

#TilesonTuesday

https://t.co/XfFMaWSXoq

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@albericie I’m with you @albericie ❤️

[Marcus Bussey @MarcusBussey]

@dilek_ozturky @BACLS_official Congratulations!!! This will be fun and rewarding 🙏🏻

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Doctor Irving Finkel holds a 3770 year old tablet containing god Enki's conversation with Sumerian king Atram-Hasis (Noah's figure in earlier versions of flood story) and instructions on how to build an ark for him. Noah's ark was first described as round boat with diameter of 220ft.

British Museum

#archaeohistories

[University of Westminster Press @UniWestPress]

New open access article now available from @delibdemjournal

On Deliberators’ Awareness of Attitude Transformation by Alexander Hellquist

@SWEDESD_UU

https://t.co/xOxY6tz9Fn