Carl Feagans
@cfeagans.bsky.social
Archaeoskeptic. Professional archaeologist. I write about pseudoarchaeology. I blog at https://ahotcupofjoe.net (he/him) https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9803-9000
Hey all, this is a very important video and it's not being seen. The border wall is violating sovereignty for the Tohono O'odham nation and destroying sacred cultural heritage Please share widely and support those advocating on the ground
Flint Dibble@flintdibble.bsky.social · last wk.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
There's been an uptick of so-called "elongated skulls" stuff on social media recently, so I posted an updated article on the topic. ahotcupofjoe.net/2026/09/arti...
Artificial Cranial Modification in Antiquity and the last 10 Years - Archaeology Review
Artificial Cranial Modification is a commonly misrepresented human activity in antiquity that gets a lot of pseudoscientific attention.
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I recently had a convoy with an It specialist about Ms One Drive and why I don't use it to store my data. I still use a composition book as a data collector in the field. But the Canvas hack is another good reason to not use the cloud as a primary storage device.
This little shed survived yet another controlled burn. We cleared a line around it to remove fuels, but to be honest it just stays so green here I think we don't need to.
My office last week. Coyote scat on the log I took a break on. Sixty gauge cigar for scale.
Here's hoping I get to the rippened mulberries before some of the birds this year.
While Netflix wastes time with Graham Hancock's pseudoscience, genuine documentary opportunities are getting past them.
Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · 6mo agoEvery sentence brings something new to the madness. Stick it on CEEFAX.
"Nazis did not dismantle the legal structure of the Weimar Republic all at once or entirely, but replaced it with a bifurcated system in which state functions were divided between a “normative” sphere [...] and a “prerogative” sphere... "
ICE and the Dual-State Regime - Truthdig
The Nazi political theory behind ICE lawlessness creates two systems: one that follows rules and one that ignores traditional restraints.
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Just purchased Jason Colavito's (@jasoncolavito.bsky.social) new book, "Hoaxing History: An Anthology of Lost Continents, Fake Cities, Phantom Manuscripts, and Other Historical Fictions." It might come in handy at the end of January... Federal shutdown is looking likely again. Look for it on Amazon!
Professor Dave Takes out the Trash in this new video. Probably one of my favorites of his so far.
Jimmy Corsetti is Human Garbage
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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My friend Jeffrey Rose along with others have a new paper out in which they, "highlight the prominence of Nubian Levallois technology in Dhofar within at least two different lithic industries."
Lithic Miniaturization and Technological Innovation on the Southern Dispersal Route Out of Africa - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Over the past fifteen years, the Dhofar Archaeological Project has mapped 272 Middle Stone Age/Middle Palaeolithic sites in southern Oman, each exhibiting some extent of Nubian Levallois technology. T...
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Will someone wake me when the impeachment trials start? Or when the obituary is published. Whichever comes first.
Trump 'cancelling' Biden executive orders signed by autopen
Many presidents, including President Donald Trump, have used the autopen to sign various documents.
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I've been using QGIS off and on for a couple of years. To be honest, it seems to do everything that ESRI products do. Just differently. It's a bit like learning to drive a different class of car city bus to compact or compact to 18-wheeler. Rules of the road are the same, but the controls are diff.
With Nancy Pelosi in the news lately, I'm reminded of one of my favorite images of her confronting a douche-bag. There's a lot going on here. This, of course, was the clown's first admin, before he blinged out the WH. Hanging on the wall is The Signing of the Declaration of Independence.
A great discussion (albeit long) with Flint and Chris Kavanagh on how they "decode" modern secular gurus on their Decoding the Gurus podcast. It's like the Lays Potato Chips of videos... you can't just watch a minute or two. It'll have you paying attention!
Flint Dibble@flintdibble.bsky.social · 11mo agoI sat down for an in-depth discussion with anthropologist Dr Chris Kavanagh @ckava.bsky.social to discuss the phenomenon of modern, secular gurus and their influence on our world cc: @guruspod.bsky.social youtu.be/j4S--I7mx0g
Largely considered culturally inappropriate today, the wooden Cigar Store Indian was not uncommon even through the mid-20th century. They originated in 17th century England as a means to advertise Virginia tobacco to a generally illiterate customer base. Both images are from 1936.
I just had to share this digital version of a lithograph of an illustration by John Gast from 1870. It's called, "The First Cigar." That white-faced kid that's ready to puke made me grin! The peer-pressure here is strong.
From about 1846 until 1959, the U.S. Government required tax stamps on boxes of cigars to prove payment of excise taxes. It started as tax based on cigar value, but then became a flat tax per thousand cigars, and was eventually based on retail price (1917). Some states still require tax stamps.
I like a good cigar. But apparently, vitolphilia--collecting cigar bands--was a thing that peaked before WWI. Even children collected them. The hobby encouraged makers of cigars to create elaborate and artistic bands, which I'm sure didn't hurt sales. Details of the photo in the next comment.
Albert Robida’s 1890 novel "Le Vingtième siècle: la vie électrique" was truly a sci-fi story of the Victorian age. He included the telephonoscope like some Zoom/Netflix hybrid but also predicted biological warfare, flying cars, a hyperloop train, and a version of the Ring doorbell.
What a Zoom call might have been like in 1878. The telephone and the phonograph were recent inventions at this time, so George du Maurier imagined this is what Edison might have invented next. A sort of "Victorian Zoom." The Telephonoscope!
To Aceco demolitions in D.C.: The East Wing was first constructed in 1912, making it over 100 years old. It's destruction amounts to a Felony ARPA (Archaeological Resources Protection Act) case. Unless you have an ARPA permit in your possession.
“It became clear that [Mann] couldn’t easily balance a politically-neutral Vice Provost position with his public climate work. Sadly, in these times, those two positions are mutually exclusive.”
Penn community reflects on Michael Mann’s resignation, implications for institutional neutrality
Mann attributed the departure from his vice provost role to tension between his science policy advocacy work and Penn’s institutional neutrality policy. He remains a professor at Penn, and is the dire...
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I just encountered the term "undiluvial" in a text from the book "Archaeological Fakes" (1967), by Adolf Rieth. It seems a strange term given the context. "The style of the figure is undiluvial" (p. 72). The book is translated from German. The best I can assume is "not flood style?"