Prehistoric maritime trade routes in the Gulf of Oman. Artefacts from Early Bronze Age Kalba show influence from both Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, indicating exchange across the Gulf as early as 4500 years ago. 🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

Hot singles are in your area looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.

🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"

Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.

New study finds Canadian trans youth rarely detransition | Xtra Magazine

A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later

xtramagazine.com

Wishing all of bluesky a very happy bc day tomorrow suckas

But why tax or regulate them, heck he even removed the new yacht tax when he took government. #FireCarney

papaesoco.bsky.social@papaesoco.bsky.social · 4d ago

AI Oligarchs Enjoy Superyachts as Their Data Centers Degrade Communities truthout.org/articles/ai-...

I just subscribed to this block list, and I really appreciate the public service provided here

Tess is Surviving the Horrors@mothmother.com · 4d ago

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

I somehow didn't realize this one was censored 😭 it says "#WiggerWednesday" (Typo of Wiggler missing the L)

Emeril is the reason I learned how to cook

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 5d ago

The one-time king of daytime TV cooking discusses what made 'Emeril Live' so special and why it’s trending now — plus his rock & roll past, reconciling with Anthony Bourdain, and more. Interview ↓

Pivoting from "would dad approve" to "would a bug approve" makes landscaping a lot more enjoyable

Therapist: Mr. Ohio can’t hurt you, he’s not real Mr. Ohio:

I didn't realize newfoundland was further south than egypt

Raphael Satter@raphae.li · 6d ago

The longer you look at the map the worse it gets. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

This comes as the federal government is preparing to invest billions of dollars into a new West Coast pipeline and at least one Crown corporation is disclosing more public dollars might be directed toward fossil fuels. #SocializeTheLosses #PrivatizeTheGains www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli

Public funding for fossil fuel industry breaks another Liberal climate promise, advocates say | CBC News

The Carney government's financial support for the oil and gas industry amounts to breaking a federal commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, according to environmental advocates.

cbc.ca

Mark Carney has folded like a cheap umbrella at practically every opportunity, then went on to subsidize American oil interests with a pipeline & carbon capture project Why not criticize the guy who’s actually in charge? Editorial decisions shouldn’t be decided by the algorithm #cdnmedia #cdnpoli

Theo Moudakis@theomoudakis.bsky.social · last wk.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

The fundamental, delicious paradox of studying history is that: 1. These people are radically different from me, and I may never properly understand them. 2. These people are exactly like me.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last wk.

one tendency that comes out about period films is the insistence that XYZ moral thought would not have occurred to anyone in the ancient world. to be sure there are moral innovations and changes but the existence of thorough dissatisfaction with the present moral order is not a modern phenomenon

Everyone thinks of google wrt enshittification, which I guess is fair since microsoft has just always been shit

Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · last wk.

And yet, still better than Outlook

And yet, still better than Outlook

In the future robots will create so much abundance that people won’t have to work jobs anymore. Humanity can spend every moment in the Pain Maze the robots constructed for us

While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.

Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen

The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones

thetimes.com

There really needs to be more discussion of how bad the dialogue in The Odyssey is. "Our age of bronze is collapsing" should be a meme on the same level as "Somehow, Palpatine returns"

em@foremphasis.bsky.social · last wk.

I thought it was really funny in The Odyssey when Odysseus looked at the camera and said "Our bronze age is collapsing"

Oh did a female academic with an extensive history of study and practice in a particular area of literature make a reasoned critique of a male filmmaker’s movie? I’m sure this will be handled with maximum normality.

We, allegedly, can't afford to look after vulnerable people. Now, it seems, we can't afford to 'do' science, or to teach our people about the universe we live in. Should we all just go and live in a cave? Or ask those who can afford it to contribute a bit more in tax? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

The sound mix of the odyssey was very loud and muddy!

The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · last wk.

The #Odyssey – and many other movies – regularly hit 85 decibels or more in theaters. That's around the point where prolonged exposure can start damaging your hearing. theconversation.com/loud-sounds-...

Astronauts returning from long missions report a “jet lag of the self”: “a sense of watching their own lives from a half-step outside the frame”. [spacedaily.com]

Astronauts returning from six-month missions describe a persistent 'observer' sensation

spacedaily.com

Read Emily Wilson’s review in full on the Internet Archive (Sorry for the inconvenience with our website: efforts ongoing.) web.archive.org/web/20260727...

Hopefully his new star wars hologram technology (pictured) prevents the need for all this travel and he can conspire with his dark forces efficiently

Isaac Callan@isaaccallan.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford flew to Kingston, Ottawa, North Bay and Windsor in the space of a month and a half this spring, skipping the highway commute as civil servants rushed to finish purchasing a private jet for him to use. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1197340...

Now expect self-congratulatory pats on their own backs from the mainstream elite claiming to have defeated the far right, missing that it was only popular by contradistinction thanks to their own actions, that Burnham has sent many bad signals in this respect and that its politics are now mainstream

Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · last wk.

Our latest voting intention sees cross over. Labour move ahead by 4. Their first lead since March 2025 & highest share since Nov 24 🌹 LAB 28% (+4)
⏩ REF 24% (-2)
🌳 CON 22% (nc)
🔶 LIB DEM 12% (+1)
🟢 GREEN 8% (-3)
🟡 SNP 2% (nc) N = 2061| Dates 24-27/7| Change w 22/7