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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 21/09/2026

From 50-year behavioral archives at Gombe to multi-site studies across Africa, primatologists are uncovering how maternal attachment, social risk, and cognitive awareness shape responses to loss in wild populations. www.johnhawks.net/p/grieving-f...

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Grieving for infants by primate and hominin mothers

Studies of nonhuman primates have documented days up to months of carrying infants after death.

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They knew this 1,000-year-old archaeological site was here. It had been mapped, published, and reported to the agencies responsible for the land. Trump's border-wall contractors bulldozed right through it /1 Link: youtu.be/A4U6q76eqUM

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This man is entirely fecal. There is nothing about him or his works that isn't utterly shit. And we elected him to lead our nation twice.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 28/08/2026

The UK, punching itself in the face repeatedly in a fruitless attempt to make xenophobes happy.

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Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Excellent article from Michelle Starr on "Death by Trebuchet" research. It's great when journalists come back and ask detailed, probing questions. Keeps us on our toes and definitely helps us communicate often very complex science in more accessible ways. www.sciencealert.com/broken-skele...

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Broken Skeleton Could Be The First Evidence of Medieval Death by Trebuchet

Some seven centuries ago, a man in Scotland had a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day indeed.

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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Couple thoughts on the recent resurgence of "scientific" racism. 1) This is usually treated as a science=head/humanities=heart problem. It is increasingly clear that this is a false framing. Lot of major players are emerging within the humanities (esp phil. depts). Biosci is largely steering clear

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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is what data center developers are saying all across Michigan It's condescending and it's going over like a lead balloon. Michiganders don't need some California billionaires telling us what to do, and we aren't buying their false promises.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My grandfather was part of the peer review process for “racial realism”…. He made specialist parts for B-24 bombers so that other members of the peer review team could bomb the hell out of Nazi Germany

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Zero new archaeology grants this year. 🏺🧪🫠

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Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Nice write up in the New York Times on Jo Buckberry and my research on the first archaeological case of death by trebuchet, as presented at the Palaeopathology meetings in Berlin. A 14th-Century Skeleton Had Injuries That Looked Like a Car Crash. What Killed Him? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/s...

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This Skeleton is the First Confirmed Death by Trebuchet

Researchers believe a young man buried inside a Scottish castle was a victim of the long-feared siege weapon, more powerful than a typical catapult.

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Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026

Interested in Gotland’s cultural heritage from a somewhat woolly perspective? Here’s a chance to join Red Fox Travels a week in early April. You will be guided by e.g. @erikaaaberg.bsky.social A fabulous opportunity! Read more here ⤵️ www.redfoxtravel.se/2027-gotland...

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2027: Gotland in English | Red Fox Travel

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A team headed by bioanth @kabweprq.bsky.social is working to reconstruct medieval combat using everything from macroscopic bone analysis to 4D motion capture. Here's a short piece on their identification of a spiked club as the coup-de-grâce blow at the 1361 Battle of Visby. 🧪🏺

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'Full-on berserker mode': Archaeologists solve mystery of medieval soldiers with gruesome square holes in their skull

A new analysis of skulls from a 14th-century battle in Sweden reveals a spiked club inflicted the death blow.

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Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Lovely write up on Visby 1361 project as presented at #PPA2026 from @killgrove.bsky.social. This is serious archaeological science with an amazing team all working in a transdisciplinary way. Huge shout out to @uucampusgotland.bsky.social MA student Ronja Bågling who kicked off the entire project...

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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Trump is now destroying Big Bend National Park. Bulldozers are clearing land in the beloved national park, where wildlife roams and the scenery has been untouched for thousands of years. #Pinks

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Archaeologists and Experienced Archaeologists Cotswold Archaeology Location: Andover, Kemble, Milton Keynes, Suffolk Salary: £28,532 - £29,844 (Dependent on Experience) Closing Date: September 1, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/archa...

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Archaeologists and Experienced Archaeologists - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources

Salary: £28,532 - £29,844 ( Dependent on Experience)Closing Date: 01/09/26Location: Andover, Kemble, Milton Keynes, Suffolk

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 11/08/2026

The man's skeletal injuries looked like a train hit him, but he died in 1304 CE. At #ppa26Berlin last week, @uniofbradford.bsky.social scientist Jo Buckberry concluded he was likely whacked by a flying boulder, making him the first confirmed trebuchet death in the archaeological record. @science.org

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Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet

“Devastation” across body of 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from flying boulder

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🤦🏻‍♀️ “Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach.” 🏺

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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Whenever I get asked about my views on climate change, the energy transition, etc, I always stress that whatever pathway lies ahead, the public have very, very good reason not to believe the motives of many if not most *energy* companies…

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

And LO the courtiers came Bearing a great gift, laden with jewels of foreign lands A ring for the Gods The King, with a mind that was not Sat atop his golden throne Drenched in his own effluence No nubile young girls before him Everything was broken, evil He saw sparkle And feared the flames

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/07/2026

Patriot Front came out of their moms’ basements, dusted off the Old Navy khakis, put on the white masks so they don’t get fired from their day jobs, and headed to Washington for America’s 250th birthday celebration. Four hundred self-described patriots, not one ounce of bravery.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The original No Kings day. Credit: chappatte.com

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country. Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1:

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

After noting that the majority seemed oddly reluctant to include any examples of Trump's "repellent and racially inflected" statements about Haiti in its TPS ruling that soft-pedaled them, Justice Kagan provided some receipts:

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Dems have to run on this hard. Do not let the RFK types try to spin what his own party just signed off on here. Actual Monsanto, the comic book villain of Adbusters days, was shielded from liability over poisoning Americans. I don't care if it's slopulism: this Supreme Court wants you dead.

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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

First protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils finds no male markers & adds to the mystery of how these bones ended up deep underground. New study @cellpress.bsky.social by an intl. team led by @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social & Enrico Cappellini. See: tinyurl.com/4efmxn7m & www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Asigot Finland @asigot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A great article on what maybe the first hominid feminists in history as well as new disoveries in brain size relative to inteligence/culture - a rare occasion when it is not hyperbolic to say it rewrites our understanding of anthropology

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Patrick Randolph-Quinney @kabweprq.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Food for thought. A very behaviour-focussed take on the social implications of Homo naledi sex proteomics work. Meanwhile the work on micro taphonomic signatures and naledi's pathologies continues in the lab. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

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Prehistoric female-only cemetery changes what we know about early human society

Evidence suggests very early development of prehistoric female cultural identity

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION! 🚨 The first-ever protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils has just dropped in Cell, and the results are an absolute paradigm-shifter. Of 20 distinct individuals tested, the team found ZERO male biological markers. open.substack.com/pub/deephist...

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The Daughters of Dinaledi: Ancient Paleoproteomics, Gendered Mortuary Space, and the Collapse of the Cognitive Rubicon

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Zach Cofran @dizachster.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

What does the most complete endocast of Homo naledi tell us about the brain and behavior of this most unexpected, recently extinct human species? #FossilFriday link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A human skull Xray with the brain area highlighted, facing a transparent skull of Homo naledi with its brain area highlighted. Both are against a black background and at the bottom is a scale bar depicting 100 mm.

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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 24/06/2026

The first molecular evidence of Homo naledi from at least 20 individuals shows that none are male. I've taken a deep dive into how the paleoproteomics works, what it says about naledi relationships, and why this result is less surprising than it sounds. www.johnhawks.net/p/the-first-...

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The first molecular data from Homo naledi

Protein data from the Rising Star cave system show the known sample of this species is entirely female.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The way we are taught about segregation can give the impression that it was a distinct legal regime that existed and then was ended, but actual segregation was dynamic and always in progress in one direction or the other. Hegseth is and has been attempting to resegregate the armed forces.

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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

These days talking about de-extinction comes with the feeling that I will be punished for it by whoever 👀 it is who is tragic enough to smear me and my work (academic and engagement). But talk about it we must, as these things should be public discussions -- not the preserve of private enterprise

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Daily Star have bought another lettuce 👀

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

"Sir, Maga Christian Nationalists *really* didn't like you posting a pic of you as Jesus healing someone." "Well, then why don't I post a pic of me as Jesus, only saying I sacrificed MORE for humanity than that stupid wuss??? That should win them over!"

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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Latest comic on an economy that has become hostile to humanity.

The post-human economy

poorly paid worker makes actual products in distant factory

more abstract jobs are given to a.i. "agents"

one executive to another: what a fantastic team we've assembled!

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investors reward companies that do away with workers, breathable air, a habitable planet

tv chyron: nasdaq jumps on plan to end humanity

as apocalypse nears, opportunities just keep growing!

computer monitor: doomsday prediction market

when will our goose be cooked?

dude: i'm going all in on next wednesday. i'm gonna be rich!

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/04/2026

The President spent more on bombs in ONE WEEK of his war with Iran than we spend in an entire YEAR to help parents afford child care. Trump & RFK Jr. are asking to spend $500B more for war—but they won't increase funding for child care by a cent.

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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Flu vaccines aren’t about “freedom.” They’re about keeping troops healthy enough to do their jobs.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/04/2026

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them. New piece ↓ open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

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This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement.

Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

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