Director of Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents; Prof. of Ancient History; Fellow in Ancient History, New College; Hon. Curator, Ashmolean Museum. Oxford.
After 14 years on Twitter it has come to an end. The intrusive X on my Home Screen is, oddly perhaps, the final straw. I’m recreating my ‘following’ list on Thr**ds. As Menetys1. See you there, or farewell.
Postdoc in numismatics just announced at Vienna, to work with Bernhard Woytek on his ‘Ordering the World in Coins’ project details here:
https://t.co/2wIwnjm64x
"Following Ms Rahimi’s decision not to bid to apply to hold the Christmas market, another interested party has been invited to submit an application to Oxford City Council."
see our full statement from Cllr Susan Brown, Leader of Oxford City Council 👇
https://t.co/jqi7xdrlnU
UK public debt:
Jun 2023: £2.6tn, 100.8% of GDP
Feb 2020, £1.791tn, 79.1% of GDP
May 2010, £1.03tn, 65% of GDP
Squandered on perks and tax cuts for the rich/corporations.
No new industries started. Public services destroyed.
Taxes at 70 yr high.
14.4m Brits living in poverty.
Delighted to be part of this event on Tuesday. We will be exploring the intersection between some of the things that fascinate me most: ancient war narratives, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and hot takes on social media
To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:
- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
- Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
- New unverified accounts to 300/day