Elizabeth V

geolizzy.bsky.social

14 October 2026 20:53

Spontaneous combustion of marcasite a potential hazard for processing of ore recovered from deep sea mining (headline did make me laugh though) www.mining.com/deep-sea-min...

Kristina Killgrove

killgrove.bsky.social

14 October 2026 20:26

A new documentary on the archaeology of Great Zimbabwe airs tonight on PBS. I interviewed the lead archaeologist, Shadreck Chirikure, and if you click through, you can watch an exclusive clip showing the team's discovery of Longquan celadon from eastern China. 🧪🏺

Carl T. Bergstrom

carlbergstrom.com

14 October 2026 20:25

So it turns out that compared to centralized distribution of digital information on the web, printed material in libraries provided a kind of distributed defense against the casual whims of an authoritarian government aiming to rewrite history.

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keptsimple.bsky.social

14 October 2026 20:25

many centrists are as disdainful of science as MAGA these days. virtually every study on the topic, and there have been many, show that youth programs reduce crime. it's a settled question. this is no different from claiming vaccines are a hoax.

Brandon Bishop

brandontbishop.bsky.social

14 October 2026 20:25

People on this very website will dismiss anthropology and archeology because results from it don't agree with their favorite bloggers and invent wholesale conspiracies about how senior academics are jealous of said bloggers. I have seen this.