Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This Ruby-crowned Kinglet showing off its spiky red crown is my contribution to today’s #RedHeads #BirdOfTheDay theme. #Minnesota #Birds #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #NoCoastKin 3383
Reposted by Brian HoffmanJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is so incredibly addictive anyhumanever.comanyhumanever.comAny Human EverOne life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived. 93461163
Reposted by Brian HoffmanCouncil for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Have you ever spotted a face in a tree, an animal in the clouds? Grayson Walters looks at how Palaeolithic artists may have used the natural shapes of cave walls to create animals and human-like figures, and what this can tell us about early human imagination. 👉 youtu.be/u2j0hKaT_GA?...youtu.bePicasso Through Palaeolithic PerceptionYouTube video by Council for British Archaeology 095
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Seeing a White-throated Dipper was top of my list during our recent trip to England. Thrilled to watch this dipper feeding its fledgling early morning at Linton Falls. #BirdOfTheDay #Coastal&River #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature 28110
Reposted by Brian HoffmanHelsinki Birder @helsinkibirder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This is absolutely insane. 031
Reposted by Brian HoffmanJohn Hawks @johnhawks.net · 25/08/2026“In broad strokes, the modern human population evolved from a merger of two ancient groups around 300,000 years ago, roughly 80% from one, and 20% from the other. The uniformity of this signal in all living populations suggests that it was a true formative event.” www.johnhawks.net/p/modern-hum...johnhawks.netModern humans evolved from an 80-20 mixture of two deep streamsGenome models are converging on a scenario in which two stem lineages separated 1.5 million years ago, and merged together 300,000 years ago. 68024
Reposted by Brian HoffmanJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The Bucket of Infinite Owlets is an underrated magic item in D&D 1645214
Reposted by Brian HoffmanThis Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 24/08/20261632 years ago, on the 24th of August 394, Nesmeterakhem carved an inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs and demotic script along an image of the god Mandulis in the temple of Philae. It is the last known ancient Egyptian inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs. #otd #history 🗃️ 435091
Reposted by Brian HoffmanMark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“We who survive are hybrid humans, carrying in every cell the story of ancient travels and forgotten people. The ancient H. sapiens found at Jebel Irhoud are some of our ancestors, but they're far from the only ones. We each contain multitudes. None of us is ‘pure,’ and we should be glad of it.”unchartedblue.comThe ghost in your cellsOur DNA tells stories of great migrations and mysterious homecomings. 23614
Reposted by Brian HoffmanFrederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Damn 082
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Fantastic action shot catching the other photographer’s image. 110
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A Green Heron being dramatic for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #StrikeAPose. It is hunting in a pond covered with duckweed. #birds #herons #wildlifephotography #Minnesota #EastCoastKin #NoCoastKin 1261
Reposted by Brian HoffmanExhausted archaeologist-exhausteologist @hknorton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026My semi-regular reminder to #archaeologists to stop buying your 4-mil bags from this company 🏺 22515
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A Common Yellowthroat in a #Minnesota swamp for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #Warblers. #birds #wildlife #photography #EastCoastKin 1282
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I survived an encounter with bloödcheëp just this morning. #birds #cardinal #ECK 0112
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Here’s a #PeekABoo Swamp Sparrow for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. #Birds #nature #photography #EastCoastKin 1200
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A metallic green sweat bee hovering near Russian Sage blossoms on my campus. This plant is a great pollinator attractor. I’m always grateful to our university landscape staff for creating these great #nature spaces. #insectphotograpy #bees #flowers #macro #eastcoastkin 1433
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Thanks Sharon. I was birding in the Rice Creek preserve area near Lino Lakes on a the trail between Marshan and George Watch lakes. I usually can’t wander too far into the swampy areas without wet feet until last week. Also spotted this Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid. Made for a good day. 130
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I chose this Common Yellowthroat clinging to a branch for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BestOfJuly. It has been a very dry month in #Minnesota, so I was able to work my way deep into a swamp and then just wait for the birds to fly near me. Fun day #photography #wildlife #birds 2353
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026For my #birdoftheday contribution in the #CHE theme (cormorants, herons, egrets), I’m posting this Great Heron flying against a grayish sky. I normally try to get some other element into my bird shots, but I like the graphic quality of this photo. #birds #nature #photography #Minnesota 0261
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Gorgeous bird. Great choice for today’s theme. 110
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A backlit Halloween Pennant in Reservoir Woods. #Dragonflies #Nature #Photography 0191
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I have a Canon R6m2 and the 100-500 lens. I’ve been using it for over a year and I still feel my good shots are a little more luck than skill. But it’s totally different from what I used 20 years ago. So much fun. 110
Brian Hoffman @buzzhoffman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Birds&Flowers, I have a photo from this spring of a #Bay-breastedWarbler in a flowering crab apple tree. I was looking unsuccessfully for a rare Minnesota bird, but was pretty happy to get this nice shot instead. 2130
![A crude drawing of the god Mandulis from Hadrian's Gate at Philae, accompanied by a hieroglyphic inscription (above right) and a demotic inscription (lower right). The hieroglyphic text is the last one written in ancient times, and its author had a weak grasp of the writing system. The demotic inscription reads: "I, Nesmeterakhem, the Scribe of the House of Writings (?) of Isis, son of Nesmeterpanakhet the Second Priest of Isis, and his mother Eseweret, I performed work on this figure of Mandulis for all time, because he is fair of face towards me. Today, the Birthday of Osiris, his dedication feast, year 110 [of the reign of Diocletian]." The date is thus 24 August, 394 AD/CE. The hieroglyphic text says: "Before Mandulis son of Horus, by the hand of Nesmeterakhem, son of Nesmeter, the Second Priest of Isis, for all time and eternity. Words spoken by Mandulis, Lord of the Abaton, great god." (Source: Richard Parkinson, Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment (1999), p. 178.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oemiulhunxbmnbtjn2xlngqf/bafkreibyu77qrdtqloskno3emem7dnyphudosjw3qgongyblgipsfqon7y)
