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Retired Anthropology assoc prof in Michigan.
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"What emerges is a more intimate picture of Öztürk and how a child development researcher charged with no crime ended up in a crowded cell in Louisiana." www.propublica.org/article/rume...

While CEOs, colleges, and law firms bowed to Trump’s threats, California is standing firm. We won’t cave, and neither will you.

Bring back Kilmar Abrego García... NOW. 🧵(1 of 6)

There's a reason ICE agents wear masks in the street. From Kristi Noem's war-crime propaganda to the airport officers harassing innocent tourists, the MAGA deportation regime is not just immoral but increasingly criminal Someday, there must be justice. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

this is the no fucking shit of all no fucking shits and yet barely anyone anywhere is saying it.

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some of the stuff like greenland people can say they didn’t vote for. but they very much voted for tariffs and mass deportations. i have a bottomless well of contempt for people who chose this

This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse. A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c

U.S. importers are bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump's 145% levy on Chinese imports.

This year, the head of Connecticut’s DMV made a startling public admission, telling lawmakers that the agency, which regulates the towing industry, has never enforced a century-old law meant to protect drivers whose cars are towed. By Dave Altimari & @ginnymonk.bsky.social, @ctmirror.org

Rescued orphan ostriches Bam and Boozle regularly join the other Kaluku orphans at their 11am mud bath, but you'll never see them diving in like the elephants. In Kaluku we are caring for an eclectic group of wild animals. Learn more at: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org

Speaking from going on about 30 hours of experience, this stupid splinter's ratio of pain to size stretches roughly halfway across the universe. It's also one that doesn't really come out of your finger as much as it breaks off over and over in the tweezers until you wish Flanders was dead.

UPDATE: The government has not, as of 5:03 pm, filed the required daily status report. It missed the deadline. But Garcia’s counsel has filed a motion for the government to show cause as to why it should not be held in contempt: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This dumb fuck, the governor of Nevada, that has a government job and a government pension says that the working class wants ‘hand outs’ of tax payer money and completely skips the 5.3 trillion in tax cuts to the lazy ass ultra wealthy parasites that are intent on re-creating slavery.

Subbottom data showing a normal fault & a buried channel. The top of the channel bank is 64 ft (19.5 m) below the modern seafloor, or 160 ft (48.8 m) below sea level. According to the sea level chart, the channel would have been exposed prior to 12,300 years ago. #Archaeology #Geology

It gets worse: The order found that the administration was covertly withholding millions in FEMA funds from blue states.

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AOC is accusing Trump of manipulating the market to insiders' benefit. Elizabeth Warren has called for an investigation into Trump’s volatile change of course and Adam Schiff warned against the "dangerous opportunities for insider trading.”

MUST READ this story by @veritenews.org’s @richardawebster.bsky.social

And so say all of us.

My field supervisor sent me photos from the fieldwork for an upcoming paper. I guess that means I have to start writing.

My first harvest! Could have let it keep growing, but I wanted to see how it went. It was very tasty and zippy

It's all fun and games until … "Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Chag Sameach to everyone celebrating Passover. Wishing you joy, connection, and meaning as you gather with loved ones this year.

Made some 1: 16 harness, swingle trees etc. Model for the Middleton now complete.Perhaps not the most detailed, but it gives an impression - we can never know for sure - and I think it looks splendid, but then I would.

New distance learning part time programme in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Anthropology. One module a trimester for the year.

Lori Vallow Daybell’s brother told jurors at her Arizona trial that he believes his sister was behind the killing of her estranged husband.

🗺️ Scotland’s lost wild pines 🌲 We’re working to identify, map and #restore ancient #Caledonianpinewood fragments hidden across the #Highlands - using old maps, Gaelic names and field surveys. In collaboration with Woodland Trust Scotland. Read more👉 treesforlife.org.uk/about-us/wha...

Paul Krugman and I talk Trump, tariffs, polls, data journalism, and a bunch of other stuff: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/an-intervi...

🌳 How it's going. - 🌰 How it started.

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I am proud to join my colleagues in filing an amicus brief standing up to Trump’s unconstitutional and un-American attack on birthright citizenship. Let me be clear: If you’re born on U.S. soil, you are a U.S. citizen. That’s not just common sense—it’s the Constitution.

A funny moment where a bold squirrel dared to venture close to the one who strikes fear in the forest once night falls. ©️ by maxime_lv_photography #Owl #squirrel #Nature

The Natural History Museum Denmark is hiring a new Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Curator of (Vertebrate) Palaeontology! Could it be you or someone you know‽ spread the word! Really excited to have a new colleague to work on our amazing collections! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Welp, wife got an email from the Japanese embassy requesting her to carry her Green Card around everywhere. Hard to state how HUGELY disruptive this is for everything.

Clovis point (ca. 11,550 - 8,800 BCE) from west-central Louisiana. #Archaeology

Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the “it” animals of the moment. The capybara is a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig.

Contemporary shower fixtures are only one of the items that rankle the president. He has frequently denounced toilets that he claims require flushing “ten or 15 times” and LED lightbulbs, which he faults for making him look orange. By @peterelkind.bsky.social

I wrote a Viking quiz for your enjoyment! Now with feedback on each question… and, as always, terrible puns. 🏺

🔊 Sound on to hear the joyful trumpets and rumbles as ex-orphans Mutara (with baby Mambo), Turkwel, Kainuk, and the newly-minted mum Sities welcome her calf, Sunni. These lifelong bonds show that the orphan herd isn’t just a phase — it’s a family. And moments like this are made possible by you.