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PhD in Mesopotamian Archaeology | Founder | Tour Operator | Traveler 🏺Building the next-gen archaeology software & news platform @archaeolist.com ✈️ Lead archaeology themed trips at merakivatravel.com 📍Philadelphia

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Hm. My #Youtube demographics are... skewed.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Completely infuriating that 99% Democrats are acting like we're still in an Aaron Sorkin drama

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Well, all of the Trump actions in the FIRST WEEK are bad, and I get the 1930s Germany comparison. But... can't imagine that Germany in the 30s so obviously just hurt the entire population, so quickly, for no good reason.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

submitted 30 days ago • 1264 comments

The YouTube shorts algorithm... in one picture

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

One thing I've learned in 1.5 years of #entrepreneurship is how exponential growth feels, when you're starting from 0... All good to hear "wow in 6 years I built my biz to $1m by growing 2x every year" but that means year 1 was like $10k... And that's ok! 2x, 2x, 2x, 2x...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Who knew I studied 9 years just to fight N*zis

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

This, tbh, was the failure of the TikTok ban Saying “China has your data” doesn’t seem scary. Give examples of what they could be doing… maybe people get that

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

I didn’t join Bluesky because it’s not owned by billionaires but now… I’m glad that it isn’t and I’m here #atproto #inauguration #democracy #oligarchy

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve heard that @skylight.social is coming to BlueSky, so want to make sure have videos to take advantage of that!

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Archaeologists are performing a colonoscopy… on a book? #archaeology #medieval #video #explainer #archaeologynews

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

The new BlueSky video feature is… actually pretty good?? It feels like a lo-fi version of TikTok but also feels natural. Hopefully we get people posting more native video here!

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This week in Archaeology news! - A 1 Mile long secret tunnel under Cusco - Genetic study shows Iron Age Britain was women-led - Lasers help reveal tattoos on mummies No One Knows Why the Inca Built This Secret Tunnel Under Cusco | Archaeology News youtu.be/c4NSbs1lTng

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

For Archaeology fans on Bluesky, I’m launching a weekly #archaeology news channel! 🏺 Check out the first ep here (Plz only click if you watch so doesn’t ruin my retention rate 🙏): youtu.be/yWPMJxYsTns

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Trump's Greenland obsession is a very concrete example of why the Mercator projection is bad.

submitted 46 days ago • 76 comments

The gap between current "reasoning" models and AGI is really obvious when you just have it do... scheduling. It can eventually get to an answer, but even just dealing with some simple "don't book during a holiday" logic it takes quite long and isn't 100% correct.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

I was down on 2024 progress but actually ran the numbers… Have to be happy with the wins. #buildinpublic #alwayssunny #iasip

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

What do we think about the Netflix NFL score graphic? Kind of feels like the NBC version. All the info is pretty obvious… I don’t hate it? #nfl

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Just landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first time: First impressions, this is nothing like I expected. Lots more to see, but it’s very modern. Reminds me more of Dubai than I’d seen… Lots more to come

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Well, that’s a first for a spam email… (no one “speaks” Akkadian, especially not me!)

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

One of the quick learnings from posting on YouTube on my personal account (vs. my business account): WOW people resonate much more with a personal account. For ~ same # of views, I'm getting 4x the number of subscribers. Plus way more "this is good, thanks dude" comments.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Finally jumping into try to regularly post on #YouTube First of the long-forms (with a good thumbnail and all!), though not my best work. Better videos are scheduled and in the queue but consistency and posting is the goal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Zt...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I just realized that #Survivor Tribal Council is definitely just the vibes of a grad seminar discussion The secret we hide in the seminar is that no one did all the reading… Professor Jeff Probst!

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Would people be interested in watching an archaeologist live stream the new #IndianaJones game that comes out next week? 🤠 (If enough people say yes, I can write it off as business expense 💲)

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

If you want to lose faith in humanity, read the comments on videos about the #UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting/assassination Seemingly every comment is joking about out of network coverage or just gleeful. Or implying he deserved it because he made millions of $$. ... what?! Really sad and gross

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone up for some experimental archaeology?? "The vase had a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol. The concoction was flavored with honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice and grapes, which were commonly used to make the beverage look like blood." 🏺

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

🎉WOW, just hit 1k followers on here!🎉 Bluesky is wild - that’s more followers than I’ve ever reached on any platform Starter packs are part of it, but also tapping into the right communities

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment