This is long. I hope you’ll read it anyway. I’ve brought the tea: claims of noncitizen voting, last minute pre-election charges; it’s the same tired playbook & it's failed before. They’re hoping you don't remember. But knowledge is power. Read here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-reoccu...

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An interesting and important article for a range of reasons - if you're interested in Purbeck marble, medieval shipping, medieval Dorset, or simply the mechanics of marine archaeology, this Open Access (i.e., free to read) piece is worth checking out. #Skystorians

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Because “Archaeologists digging at Sanam Temple in Napata, the old capital of the Kushite Empire in Sudan, have uncovered a faience workshop” dating to the 7th century BCE. I give you my favorite faience object archaeologymag.com/2026/10/anci... It is a New Kingdom rolled up hedgehog (at the Met) 🦔.

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Pepper is “just” a spice? 🧂1st of all, it’s a great way to track long distance trade routes like the ones that went to ancient Petra arkeonews.net/3000-year-ol... side note: peppercorns were found inside the nostrils of the mummified remains of Ramses II (c. 1213 BCE). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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This week, we opened 385 new affordable homes in Brooklyn. We’ll soon grow the Innovative Urban Village to 2,000 affordable homes, child care, jobs, a grocery store and a performing arts center. That’s what it looks like to build a city without pricing out the working class.

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